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29. Any object whose purpose of existence or production escapes any logic?
Fabric softner.
The immoderate smell taking over every other smell. Softer then ever...softness and care...I believe childen need friction (physical and mental) for a healthy growth. The plastic ingrediends making the fabric not only absurdly soft, but also covered with possible toxics.

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27. An object that you always essentially possessed but never bought yourself even once?
Hairband. Always made my own from different materials, or they just lie there on the floor; holding data, traices from friends or family members.

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31. Any thing that encouraged or enabled you to stay put in a certain state of mind? Something that proved to be an anchor, a reminder, a carrier, or a barrier?
A football.
Into the game, I´m into other premesis. Together with others, a try to make the impossible, shoot the perfekt shoot; the perfekt fit into my teem-members body. The ball for me is a play I do with others, inside the lines with other kinds of values. Many kinds of bodies being necessary, on different spots, serving the togetherness, the team.

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7. Did you ever raise or grow any object? 
Whistles encapsulated in pine tree resin. I harvested the resin in the wintertime, heated it up, raised it over plastic sport-whistles, creating some kind of ceramic tunes compared to the sharp original sport-whistle sound.

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22. Did you experience an object that helped you think out of the box? Which pushed you to discover a mind’s elasticity?
Lego-figure. 
This type of toy remind me of the connection between a childs play and the unexpected. A toy being both weird, scary, insane and komplex, representing my passion for things being hard to read and categorize.

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8. Did you ever come across a nonobvious object?
Wooden piece.
A piece looking as some kind of handmade lock for ropes or some kind of tool? Old or not that super-old?

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14. A thing whose sole meaning comes from its unique material, which is one of its kind whose traits and attributes can not be reproduced by an alternate material.  
Pearl flower.
A fake flower I appreciate, bought by a lady on a market in Pardubice, Czeck republic. It´s made so you can bend and adjust the leafs, the pearls shining a bit, in some kind of pixled texture.

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18. Have you ever witnessed an object becoming a thing?
Cracked soap.
A handsoap, cracked from old use. It´s the memory of my grandma, the strong specific smell, the tactility and the ruff kind of towel waiting after the cleaning procedure.

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11. An object/thing/dingus that offered a counter-narrative or challenge to your belief system (s)?  
Black-lined ceramic angel.
I see angels being presented in soft colors, harmful and humble in their symbolics. I see it as a counter narrative when it comes to the black lines, highlighting the form a bit harsh, the face hiding behind a pair of glasses or some kind of mask. It´s naive and childish but in the same time take a stand as a norm challenge.

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10. Any man-made object that was designed so well that it had the sensual balance, proportions, function or the poise of a living being? 
Poster of buildings.
A poster I bought from a designer, with figures standing somewhere inbetween buildings and human body, with legs, head, in an upstraight position.

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34. Do you have (or ever had) an uncommon object in your possession?  
Glass muffin.
I bought this when I where in Prague 2017, visiting a friend in her art/designers collab-shop. I like the concept of more permanent materials in relation to non-permanent ones.

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25. Any object that you instantly need to replace with a similar one (a copy or a replica) as soon as it disappears from your reality (through expiry, loss or use)?
 Balm.
Many years ago, I came across ”the balm-method” where I stopped using shampoo, to reduce a dry, itching scalp. It was a cheap bad looking sticker on the front, so I started to take of the brand from the bathroom-bottles. It´s something interesting when a plastic bottle makes it hard to figure out the content.

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32. Did you ever become an object, or at least tried to become one?  
Picture of a beggar.
Walking by a suffocating person, who I cant help in the long run, I then think about the outcome. Every day, seeing people in need, walking by them, is some kind of dehumanizing activity; making humans into objects. I become less human by shutting down my emotions, and at the same time ignoring another human being human.

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30. Something, which is a commodity by every definition of the word, but you approach or understand it otherwise?

Berries.
Rowan berries was one of my first memory of being ”alternative” in my childroom setting; hanging them instead of curtains, by the window. I see the berries as both an activity of collecting/saving/hording but also a material with potential, if used in bigger sculptural pieces.

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3. An object to which your access is hurdled, and /or a constant struggle for you? 
Transformer figure (toy).
It´s a struggle for me thinking about what toys are being presented for boys; limiting their emotional spectra and also the lost of training for softer and more embracing behaviours. It´s a struggle for me thinking about this fact, but still it´s also something triggering in this, the way I never got to play when I was little.

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13. Is there a thing in your possession that you may call alien? 
Human hair.
This is a thing I´ve had for a long time, without reflecting on the accompanied note saying ”human hair”. It´s an extension used by someone, or for the purpose of using. It´s alien because it´s something unfamiliar, something unexpected. It´s something threatening in the way it´s from a real persons body. Its alien because the hidden story about how it´s made, where, and from whom?

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24. Any object, whose underlining/governing systems you always wanted or tried to replicate?
Figure out of shells.
In some places they are souvenirs, in some places read as hobby-craft. The repeated shells, a cover of the shape of something easy recognizable. The shells becoming some kind of tactile fur, fascinating because of it´s absurdity but also beauty, mixing the outside of some basic figurines, with the shell being the outside in itself.

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12. If you are to start a personal museum or collection, what would it contain? 
Tapestry of a house.Separatistic folklore/craft museum. Objects or techniques made by woman/transwoman, connected to domestic atmospheres, taking an own stand on an esthetic or symbolic level.

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33. Do you have an object, which puts you under a state of stress, shame or pressure?
Mirror.
Looking into the mirror helps me to grasp my look, but foremost I´m reminded of the observation made by others. I´m reminded of me as someone outside myself. Me in other peoples eyes, the mirror fitting into the eye view as judgemental, more than other senses.

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5. An object that has a hidden past that you have always been curious about?
Oil painting.  
It´s something with the person being portraited, was she (they?) alive? It´s something about the position of the legs, taking on the space. It´s a bit of a sporty outfit but with contrasted red lips and dreamy eyes.