Ida Ekblad (b. 1980)

‘I frequently work with found material. These materials appear in current settings, now, today, and so to me they are contemporary, although their patina, shape and construction might reveal that they were constructed in the ’70s, or in the 18th century, for that matter. In general we get rid of the old and acquire the new, so more often than not, I find “old” artifacts. I am curious about these materials being suggestive of something in the past, and yet gleaned from the remnants of recent political situations.’ (I. Ekblad, quoted in G. Del Vecchio, ‘Pure Energy, Deep Poetry’, in Mousse Magazine, no. 22, February – March 2010, p. 153)