ELENA REDAELLI
BIO
Elena Redaelli is a researcher and a nomadic creator.
In her projects, she explores matter, transformation, processes of generation and decay involving different levels of control and challenging the boundaries of authorship and active intervention. Sometimes the material takes the lead, other times the participants or the environment itself, resulting in a constant process of transformation, improvisation and exchange. The act of art-making is an interrogative process within a new environment and her personal way to get closer to new cultures and people.
MA in Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
MA Fine Arts, UCA, London, Uk
Since 2010 she has been exhibiting her work internationally.
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Making Soft Water is a collection of sounds recorded during a collaborative reflection on the ‘FLOM’ theme, conducted through communal making in Bjerkreim. Together with the local community, I created a soft interpretation of water using raw wool, carded wool and old wool clothes, worked upon with felting techniques. Wool is a valuable material for Bjerkreim and Rogaland; it relates to the economy and culture, heritage, memories, feelings of belonging and familiarity. The sensory fascination of the matter is an instrumental medium to engage and open communication with people and places. The manipulation of the material triggers senses and memories. Intra-action, connections, dynamism, fluidity and change are involved. Through the sounds of making, the audience is called to experience an extension of the time lived, connecting back to the creation time when simple gestures and emotions transformed the wool.
