Pamela Grombacher

Translated as Membrane logic / Protection / Flexibility / Involuntary / Morbidity / Possessive / Amoeba / Parasite / Parasitism / Fog = anxiety situation, this exhibition by Danish artist Lotte Lind centers on the parasitic figure of the amoeba.

A single-celled organism that is sustained by the body of its host, the amoeba lurks within humans. There it lies dormant, awaiting ideal conditions for its growth, when it can feed and expand, slowly. The amoeba typically evades detection and diagnosis. When it is treated, the antibiotics destroy all of the host’s protective microbes and compromise her immune system, leaving her vulnerable to physical and even mental illness, including anxiety and depression.

Lind combines sculpture and slide projection in an immersive installation that evokes the bodily materiality of the amoeba and contextualizes this figure within the gendered history of mental illness, tracing the lingering harm caused by pathologizing female psychology. She instead considers the potential for empowerment through vulnerability as a form of feminist resistance.

On August 31, 2019, Lind further explored the exhibition themes with a performance that combined a poetic lecture and video. This event was made at Kvindemuseet i Danmark (The Women’s Museum in Denmark) as part of Aarhus Festuge.

Curated with Sasha Rose Richter.
Supported by rum46 and Aarhus Kommune.