elin nielsen / the absent referent V The circles moving in spirals

The circles moving in spirals are an essential symbol because the circle/spiral is infinite

in every creative space

Even today

motherhood and role models

70 x 105 cm

elin nielsen / the absent referent V The circles moving in spirals62 x 34 x 7 cm dyed fabric, epoxy resin, bird repellent spikes The series The Absent Referent refers to Carol J. Adams' concept of the absent referent, which describes how corporeality and violence must be made invisible for consumption and social normalization to become possible both in the consumption of non human animals meat and in the objectification of female read bodies. According to this logic, the body is supposed to disappear or remain