Markus Emilsson

- As a artist I want to challenge myself and the spectator, with the investigation of glass as a dialogical, social medium.

My artistic practice explores human experience and social relations. At the core of my work is an interest in the encounter between the artwork and the viewer, and the interactions that emerge between them. This relational perspective informs my sculptural practice, artistic projects, and the exhibitions I compose.

I believe in craft as an alternative language with a diverse potentuality of both confirming as well as questioning our selves, our lives  and the world we live in. I value the objects funktion of memorabilia and I am intrigued by the potential of craft as a practice to empower us to try different thoughts, positions and actions. 

Through my work I explore different ways of connecting with material culture, specifically with glass. I see glassblowing as a practice for material and aesthetic investigations but I also relate to it as a practice of relational matter with possibilities to create interpersonal connections. It is the relationship between the object and the spectator that I find interesting. As a artist I want to challenge myself and the spectator, with the investigation of glass as a dialogical, social medium.