Nora Fuchs is a sculptor from Germany and lives in Berlin and Dortmund. She has been a professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund since 2003. There she teaches in the bachelor’s program in three-dimensional design and in the master’s program in scenography and is active in a network for the improvement of artistic teaching at universities. It is her second stay in the fishfactory in Stödvarfjödur.
“It’s nice to be back. I had the opportunity to try out new ideas, experiment, and find a wonderful setting at the factory to present the results. The first few days felt like spring; there were some glorious, summery days, and in the last few days, winter returned with lots of snow and a yellow severe weather warning—which once again made me reflect on the power of nature and the smallness of humanity.
As a new project, I’ve started recreating my mother’s evening gowns. She had such beautiful dresses, all hanging in her closet, some of them wrapped in cellophane. As a child, I loved sitting in that closet, feeling the texture of the fabrics, the colors, and the sheen, and trying on the dresses. This work is linked to many memories and thoughts of my mother from the 1970s. I also reflected on that time through collages. As a second project, I completed a photo film about the Finnish summer.
It was shown on-site in a cardboard box modeled after an Icelandic house. It was a quiet month—such a beautiful, concentrated, and focused time—that it’s worth returning there and enjoying this place.
THANK YOU to everyone at and around the Fishfactory! Special thanks go to the Knitting Club and Phora, the lady who donated her collection of pins! “