OBSERVATIONS • etc
CROSS-SECTIONS OF FRAGMENTED SENSUALITY, UNFOLDED UP CLOSE, MAPPED & TRACED
POIESIS
Poiesis, from the ancient Greek ποιεῖν - “to make.” A word that pulses through language and matter, entwined with poetry, its close kin. In biology, hematopoiesis speaks of the formation of blood cells - life itself in a state of becoming. In art, poiesis is the act of bringing forth, of making the unseen visible. It is both process and transformation, a continuous unfolding.
IN / EX HIBITION
To inhibit is to hold back, restrain, keep within. To exhibit is to display, reveal, bring into presence. These opposing forces shape the act of showing - between concealment and revelation, intimacy and exposure, withholding and offering.
From the Latin exhibere - to hold out, to present - exhibition is not just a space for art but a gesture, an encounter, a negotiation between what is seen and what remains just beyond sight. It is sustenance, a way of holding space, a way of giving and receiving.
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Camilla Howalt
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MEET THE ARTIST & THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE WORK •
Poiesis and poetry emerge as emotional experiences — an orchestration of color, texture, and fragile compositions. The work does not seek fixed representations but traces evolving mappings of presence, perception, and experience, like threads circling closer to and further from some weft of truth. Moving through inner and outer landscapes, it engages with pain not as something to overcome, but as a force that shapes, frays, and reveals.
Across stitched surfaces, woven textures, and layered photographic transfers, shifting states of being are inscribed and unraveled. Material and memory are held in tension, mirroring the fragile weave of sensuality, introspection, and rupture. Rather than imposing order, each piece becomes a surface where complexity knots, frays, and unfolds — offering spaces where the boundaries between material and meaning remain delicately unresolved.
Poetic encounters foster a kind of aesthetic grounding, creating intimate spaces where perception, vulnerability, and connection are invited to surface.
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