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BY CAMILLA HOWALT
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Step into a private space of reflection - a place where I explore the subtle shifts in perspective, the interplay between physiological and psychological states, and the visceral experience of art.
Guided by a desire to hold space for the other as other, these writings echo Luce Irigaray’s notion of “I love to you”: a form of love that honours difference, relation, and the impossibility of total knowing.
Here, I share intimate explorations of pain points - cross-sections of fragmented sensuality, traced and mapped with care.
NOTES is not promotional or loud. It’s a contemplative space for those drawn to the quiet power of texture, colour, and emotion - and how they speak through the work itself.
“Colour gives texture its emotional resonance, while texture imparts depth and materiality to the colour…”
(from a post, March 2025)
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AUTUMN LEAVES
Once upon a time, on a weekend not too long ago, I found myself in the clutches of a formidable cold, one from which I am still convalescing. This bodily affliction, as I have come to realize, often arrives like an unexpected cherry atop life's cake. But let me
TO THE EXTREME OF GREEN
This floor piece is exploring the tradition of painting and the history of perspective using the tool of map-making. It has been…
ID ENTITY: Birth of the individual
Text about the installation - used as a speech at the opening of the exhibition ID Entity 2017 ©️ Camilla Howalt
IN PIECES, IN GOLD
The text discusses using fragments in storytelling, inspired by literary, artistic, practical, and educational reasons. Literary fragments reflect life's complexity, artistic fragments allow for multiple interpretations, sharing on social media requires bite-sized content, and it's linked to the Japanese technique Kintsugoroi, repairing pottery with gold paste.