During her four months Lene Kilde found herself fascinated with Molinere Bay’s Underwater Sculpture Park, an artificial reef grown upon colonisable sculptures. During her four months of residency, Lene Kilde attempted to find the perfect formula for a sculpture coral could colonise. Inspired by the Caribbean tale of the Nutmeg Princess, she finally produced a life-size sculpture made of full concrete. Inspired by the Caribbean tale of the Nutmeg Princess, she eventually produced a life-size sculpturemade of full concrete. Since then Lene decided to incorporate concrete to her children-inspired sculptures, along with copper, mesh and “air”. Each artwork demonstrates her storytelling talent. Being fascinated with children and their emotions, but mostly the universality of these, Lene invites the viewer to take a stroll down memory lane into his own childhood. Kilde believes body language to be a fully-fledged manner of communicating, hence her focus on their hands and feet as the core of the gesture.
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Articulate Magazine Cultura Collectiva Courrier International