Morten Søkilde: Miniature moments of being

On a visit to the Danish poet, writer and artist Morten Søkilde in his Copenhagen studio, where he talks about his fascination for the world of miniatures.

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it appeals very much to the dream world, to recollection

and it could also somehow stimulate the imagination

in a very powerful way

and I in reality, it is perhaps a desire to create pictures

about stillness and presence

the miniature is the refuge of the great

the quality of miniatures or small things is in reality,

the concentration of of information the sharper

the diamond is ground the more beautiful the gem looks

and it is in the fact the processing of three-dimensional forms

that increases their value

there is a figure so small

that he can split a dust particle with his forehead

and step through it with his whole body

so that's pretty small right?

in a way the artist works with remnants, society's remnants

this is always the area with potential

I am a thing finder and its so extreme that every time I .. some shoes are so

badly made that they lose their labels

a kind of red thing under the shoe, in the sole

I have been finding them for ten years, each time each time I pick up one like that

because I use the as stairs

when I have enough I use them as steps

so suddenly the world is incredibly large with regard to materials

it's all about ideas

the premise right from the start has been

to collect items from the world around that are already manufactured

and take them and put them into my own contexts

and use them on the miniature level

it "mimes" something else, that you don't see at first

but which has it's origin in a completely different function

but this kind of disappears. it is dissolved

and of course there are also things that already have an age

a certain ambiance that matches this poetic universe

because I aim to generate images

that may encourage you to linger a while in them

and materials that have a certain age radiate a restraint

and a value that I feel is poetic

we are very stimulated

I think we're living in what's called "the great social epoch"

we exchange a lot

the downside is perhaps that things don't have time to mature

we are very quick to take action in all kinds of context

but art is a space reserved for a certain spontaneity

a place where you don't have answers and don't need to produce

you go back to just being

as they say, we are 'human doings' or 'human beings'

I feel attracted to the idea of just being allowed to be

I am interested in presence

and that is perhaps found more in stillness and reflection

one can speak of ... without sounding pathetic

there is actually something called ' the artist's great loneliness'

and it suits me just fine

that this place here dilapidated and worn

it seems so much more relaxed to me this is definitely my oasis