Majda Vidakovic shares a booth with Britte Koolen
How can objects and places become “unintentional” monuments, preserving memories of lost spaces? As a multidisciplinary artist, I focus on creating sculptural works that explore the concept of remains and traces left behind by nature or human use.
I work with discarded materials and experiment with various crafts like ceramics, paper pulp, epoxy, glass and metal. I’m particularly interested in finding ways to recontextualise the past with the present remains by embracing imperfections, patterns and transformation of materials.The forms either emerge from the qualities of the found materials or are designed to resemble them.
My work is largely inspired by Spomeniks: abstract monuments built between 1960-80 in former Yugoslavia. These neglected structures, which blend modernist and Brutalist architecture, represent a country that no longer exists but continues to carry cultural significance. This interest in monuments and cultural heritage inspires me to learn about large-scale production and their context. I explore how memory, contemporary archaeology and material culture can intersect in my artistic practice.
Britte Koolen and I showcase our shared exploration of industrial residue and ceramics, highlighting our contrasting approaches to materials, focusing on both narrative potential of materials, while emphasising their abstract forms.
