Faelerie

Faelerie's work embodies the metaphor of fragility through hand-knitted objects. Fragility is visible everywhere, around us. Instead, the attraction to all concrete objects that appear fragile, for Faelerie, is precisely their strength. Fragility is also inherent in the human body and existence. The practice of knitting by endeavoring in repetitive forms and knots over a long period of time ultimately unites Faelerie's own emotions with the phenomenon of fragility. In such a continuous practice, the yarn traces and embodies a complex network of connections, linking each small and simple action into something bigger and more meaningful.

The installation of knitted objects, The Thirteen Offerings, depicts the 'ritual' of fragility as a motif of sacrifice and practice. Thirteen knitted works resembling human veils are radically draped, hanging in a breech position. The images of these bodies appear loose, limp or floppy; the knitting sags due to the downward pull. The expressions of the heads, sometimes shown to be more than one, serve to 'support' the position of the intertwined limbs - at first glance providing an erotic view. Faelerie depicts this as an unexpected human emotion when facing the dilemma between fragility and sacrifice. Selfhood and subjectivity disappear, humans 'die' many times in order to surrender to a greater purpose, beyond the limitations of their own bodies. Faelerie's work encourages us to look deeper than just form, to reflect on our contribution to the world.
Faelerie was born in Wonosobo, Central Java in 1994. She graduated from Visual Communication Design Study Program, Department of Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI), Yogyakarta, 2019.