New installation by Malin Bobeck

    

Above, Tactile Refuge installation by Malin Bobeck, photographs by Emma Clayton and Yann Houlberg Andersen

 

Part of the appeal of textiles is the texture and tactile qualities, but all too often artworks are hidden behind glass or you are unable to touch them. Fortunately, Swedish artist Malin Bobeck is an exception to this and by incorporating optical fibres into her weaving, her work goes even further by responding to the human touch. Tactile Refuge is a light emitting textile installation that changes colour when touched and the reactions become stronger if more people respond to it.

“I’m trying to create spaces where you can share experiences with strangers in an open and vulnerable way,” she explains. “I do so by twisting the perspectives, and creating fantasy worlds using interactive textile materials and animated light. Hopefully you will come out of it smiling, taking the experience with you and letting you see the regular world in a new glow.”

To find out more about Malin’s work check out her interview here: www.textilecurator.com/home-default/home-2-2/malin-bobeck

 

Tactile Refuge will be exhibited at the Textile Museum of Boras, Sweden from April 5th – October 21st.

Another installation, Those Who Affected Me will also be exhibited at Avesta Art from 19th May – 16th September.