For the launch of the new Landa table system, Massproductions, a Stockholm-based furniture company has commissioned artist Åsa Stenerhag to create works for an installation titled Alien Autopsy.
The installation comprises a series of stoneware sculptures in varying forms presented on top of the Landa tables. The sculptures are stained with gouache, shoe polish and linseed oil.
“It started with a request to do something in connection with the launch of Landa,” said Stenerhag. “The name of the installation challenged and helped me to further develop the design language. It’s like lighting a spark.”
“When parameters are set, ideas are triggered,” added Stenerhag. “The idea started from the long table. How we could tell a story, create a feeling, an exciting one, unified together. For me, creation is primarily about intuitive work though also about channeling a feeling. In this case, it is a life energy, which is shaping and explore itself. Both on the inside and the outside”
”My work usually starts with a feeling, an energy and desire that then comes down to material, surface and shape until it becomes a whole It is also about being fully present in what I do,” explained Stenerhag. “Clay is a living material and must be taken care of in different ways throughout all stages of the drying process. It is a constant collaboration between me and the clay. For me the process is as important as the result. That’s what drives me.”
