This ongoing Mapping Praxis project springs from my long-time interest in how nomadism, travels and migration shape our lives and thinking; an urge to visualize dimensions – both spatial and non-spatial – of leaving, arriving, (re)settling, and (sometimes) returning. Following the Praxis of Social Imaginaries working sessions, I’ve had the benefit to reflect (on) emerging topics, as well as conducting workshops together with participants from oh! so many places and walks of life. During the latest gathering of the Praxis network in Oulu, I could also carry out three interviews for Mapping Praxis.
Here’s a rendering of the first interview: Frank’s Itinerary.
Frank’s Itinerary
Frank’s Itinerary is made from various materials: paint-stained cloth framed in an embroidery hoop; mercerised cotton threads; acrylic, glass, umakite, rhinestone and lava pearls; whole nutmeg, fishbone fragment.
Frank Berger himself is a multi-gifted composer, singer and musician. His closest collaboration within the Praxis network is with Sámi/Swedish artist Emma Göransson; their mutual interest in ‘animated landscapes’ being transformed into music and textiles in their project Spirit Land/Vuoiŋŋalaš Eanadat.
Bonus: here’s Frank playing a traditional wedding march from Esse (Finland) on his hurdy-gurdy:
Helena Hildur W. 