Jeanette Schäring
Interdisciplinary Artist
working with
Ecology – Colour – Textile
Sensory Reseach
About
I am ViskansDotter
I am fascinated by the eco-poetic and sensuous states of colour, by forms of entanglement that fluctuate between plants, light, humans and more-than-human life – microbial worlds, colour processes, fibres, water and our collective memory, our extended mind and embodiment, and how we are all interwoven within cosmic ecology, the larger field of life and matter.
I explore colour as a living, relational intelligence, an eco-poetic field where matter, memory and ecology dissolve into one another. Interdisciplinary collaborations are essential for me in the creation of imagination and knowledge, as are experimentations, poetry, phenomenology, poetry, biosemiotics and philosophy, and how we are all interwoven within cosmic ecology, the larger field of life and matter.
I work through slow processes of colour, fermentation, textile, water, and somatic sensing. The sea becomes an extension of my colour and material processes, and of my body, a place where textile, microbial life and movement form new biosensorial states.
Born in Borås, Sweden. Permanent residency in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
NEWS – Gibca Extended
ViskansDotter.-TransistorLaB
Sensory and somatic Colour systems integrate experiences of our existential encounter with the world, bringing us the truth and the magic of the breath and the wilderness of our hearts.
My Blog
The colours from plants can enhance our sensory perception, and deepen our psyche of intricacy, substance, beauty and fragility. The light gives us the prismatic shift of the colour blue in the ocean reminding us of nature’s time, schedules, the dynamics and interconnections of all life.
My work
I work with artistic research about botanicals and colours as an artistic research material and not as a resource. In my work, I investigate and delve into depth around plants, water, ocean, methods, colonisation and rights related to holistic, Colour, medical, scientific, and ancient knowledge. I try to understand complex processes beyond our current thinking, where I examine plants, seaweed and colours and how they communicate with us in a somatic and intelligent way. Water is fundamental in this work, as element, memory, and co-creator.
In my artistic research work, which is in-depth research about plants, colour and water. The focal point of my artistic endeavours centres on the eco-philosophical, aesthetic and spiritual exploration of Colour and material, biology, water and the intricate dynamics of our delicate ecosystem, which include looking deeply into the colonial colour and textile history with an ecological understanding of our future for change.
