Angelica Falkeling

zeefdrukken, textiel, tekenen, Soft sculptures, sculptuur, schrijven, performance, Objecten, mens, Literair, Lichaam, LHBTIQ+, installatie, Gender, Experimenteel, Educatie, Economie, Ecologie, DIY, Design, Dekolonisatie, collage, Autobiografisch, Audiovisueel, Artistiek onderzoek

Angelica Falkeling (b. 1988, Degerfors, Sweden) is an artist and seamstress working across collage, drawing, performance, music, sculpture, textiles and video. They work with hobby materials, textile crafts and D-I-Y solutions in the scale of the domestic. They pay attention to textural play and logistic chaos.
Born into a working-class family who was taught to forget everything, they nowadays imagine what their forgotten folklore aesthetics might have looked like if it had been continued. Historically; it is all closely tied to the movement of the computer's invention mirroring a loom's punchcards, 1822. Their seamstress background serves as a web. They browse textile craft techniques into an ensembled practice. No family member taught them these skills; YouTube did. They depart from the dressed body and textiles as what makes spaces livable. They connect vulnerability, hard and soft materials, and skilled and unskilled labor as joint sequences.

They have a theoretical foundation in de-colonial, queer, and feminist future-making. In a broad sense, their research focuses on garment history, generational trauma, storytelling and tacit knowledge. They often collaborate with others and host events in communal spaces, approaching fiber arts as a decorative, material and relational practice.

They are currently finalizing a large knitted collage, depicting joyful and affirmative queer life where the masquerade operates as a time capsule, portraying their locally chosen family.

Their work has been shown and performed at CCA Glasgow, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Pracownia Portretu Gallery Łódź, TENT Rotterdam, Temporary Gallery Cologne, Textielmuseum Tilburg. They graduated with an MFA from the Piet Zwart Institute, in 2017 and a BFA from the Malmö Art Academy in 2014. They live and work in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Desperate Hobbies
Exerscies in Texture - 30 x 42 cm. 2024 – ongoing. Sketch for knitted collage made with aquarelle, colored pencils and oil pastels on paper. This work is an ongoing queer material-driven research project intending to push how textiles are felt, held and seen within the field of contemporary art. I’m using a masquerade event to portray my local queer community aka chosen family. Supported by Het Cultuurfond and The Swedish Art Grants Committee.
Suitcase Deadlift
Suitcase Deadlift - 55 x 43,5 cm. 2024 aquarelle, cardboard, coloring pencils, drawing paper, marker, photo copy, oil pastel, tape. I worked for a period of time as a courier and chauffeur for a large supermarket chain. One of the most painful experiences was to carry white middle class people’s orders of drinks and soda up in stairs without receiving any help, tip and just an insulted “compliment” of one’s strength.
The Pitfall of our Measurement Systems
The Pitfall of our Measurement Systems - Left: The colors of my craft classes tape measure Right: My grandmother's tape measure is white and yellow 2024 pair of two, 215 x 20 cm. each acrylic yarn, cotton fabric, polyester thread, recycled plastic belt buckle, steel As part of this research do uncover the violent methods of clothing measurements and sizes with its origins in slavery and military uniforms. The long term goal is to explore new working methods to create garments. Supported by Stimuleringsfonds.
Above the Couch - 2023, drawings with textile frames in various sizes, acrylic paint, aquarelle paper, cardboard, double sided tape, drawing paper, coloring pencils, cotton fabric (elastic and woven), cotton yarn, eyelets, gesso primer, fake leather fabric, felted wool, foam filling, foam rubber, ink pens, latex fabric, markers, mdf, oil pastels, pine wood, push buttons, screen-printed fabric, sewing thread, staple gun pins, various steel hooks and screws, vintage frame, velcro tape, velvet fabric, wood glue, wool yarn, water colors, water coloring pencils.
Above the Couch
Above the Couch - 2023, drawings with textile frames in various sizes, acrylic paint, aquarelle paper, cardboard, double sided tape, drawing paper, coloring pencils, cotton fabric (elastic and woven), cotton yarn, eyelets, gesso primer, fake leather fabric, felted wool, foam filling, foam rubber, ink pens, latex fabric, markers, mdf, oil pastels, pine wood, push buttons, screen-printed fabric, sewing thread, staple gun pins, various steel hooks and screws, vintage frame, velcro tape, velvet fabric, wood glue, wool yarn, water colors, water coloring pencils.
Life with Fifi
Life with Fifi - page spread from upcoming book, illustration and writing project exploring the queer potentials in human-canine relationships 21 x 30 cm. 2025 Made together with Kris Dittel, to be published _BÖKS Taking care of a puppy is taking responsibility for building their world and letting the small animal transform yours. In this book, we narrate a day in the life of Fifi. We share how we connect with her, how we see her understanding her surroundings and what she has taught us about companionship. Supported by Cbk Rotterdam.
Life with Fifi
Life with Fifi - page spread from upcoming book, illustration and writing project exploring the queer potentials in human-canine relationships 21 x 30 cm. 2025 Made together with Kris Dittel, to be published _BÖKS Taking care of a puppy is taking responsibility for building their world and letting the small animal transform yours. In this book, we narrate a day in the life of Fifi. We share how we connect with her, how we see her understanding her surroundings and what she has taught us about companionship. Supported by Cbk Rotterdam.
Property don’t make history
Property don’t make history - Series of 6, 45 cm. high, 20 cm width, 2022 acrylic yarn, foam, merino wool, screen printed cotton fabric, sewing thread, steel. This series of screen-printed keys is a starting point for research related to Swedish material raw resources, through the professional life and travels of my Swedish father as a buyer of various raw metals, their geography, and economies during the 1990s in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Russia. This work is also connected to previous works that address women's official clothing, the absence of pockets, the concepts of carrying, owning, holding, gifts, secrets, and so on.
Tacit Knowledge - 180 x 120 x 120 cm. 12:42 min. 2022 Wool and steel; plant dye: angelica, cow parsley, nettle, bedstraw, onion peels, sorrel, mango tree leaves, geranium, reseda/mignonette Synopsis: In the ethics of plant dye, you don't pick more than you need. Neither do you dye with what can be used as food. On Røstlandet, in Lofoten Archipelago, Nordland county, Norway, on the colonized land of Sápmi, in today’s northern Norway, a group of people learns how to dye wool with the support of plants. In a communal setting led by duodji and Sámi artist Venke Tørmœnen, the group cooperates and communicates via the materials they have at hand, their bodies, and their spoken languages (English, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, and Sámi). The film is a portrait of tacit knowledge and a person dedicated to this practice and way of living.
Tacit Knowledge
Tacit Knowledge - 180 x 120 x 120 cm. 12:42 min. 2022 Wool and steel; plant dye: angelica, cow parsley, nettle, bedstraw, onion peels, sorrel, mango tree leaves, geranium, reseda/mignonette Synopsis: In the ethics of plant dye, you don't pick more than you need. Neither do you dye with what can be used as food. On Røstlandet, in Lofoten Archipelago, Nordland county, Norway, on the colonized land of Sápmi, in today’s northern Norway, a group of people learns how to dye wool with the support of plants. In a communal setting led by duodji and Sámi artist Venke Tørmœnen, the group cooperates and communicates via the materials they have at hand, their bodies, and their spoken languages (English, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, and Sámi). The film is a portrait of tacit knowledge and a person dedicated to this practice and way of living.

Life with Fifi

Datum:
Locatie: De Appel
In samenwerking met: _BÖKS

Life with Fifi: Boeklezing en workshop
15:00–17:00

Op zondag 25 mei vindt in de Appel de boekpresentatie plaats van Life with Fifi, een boek voor alle leeftijden geschreven door schrijver en curator Kris Dittel en kunstenaar en ontwerper Angelica Fakeling. In aanwezigheid van de hond Fifi zullen Kris en Angelica voorlezen uit het boek en reflecties delen over wat het betekent om voor een ander wezen te zorgen en om hun wereld binnen te treden.

https://www.deappel.nl/nl/archive/events/1293-life-with-fifi-boeklezing-en-workshop

Life with Fifi

Datum:
Locatie: PrintRoom
In samenwerking met: _BÖKS,

Book presentation
16.00 – 18.00

In this book, we narrate a day in the life of Fifi, from the moment she wakes up to when she falls asleep at night. Along the way, we share how we connect with her, how we see her understanding her surroundings and what she has taught us about companionship.

Published by _BÖKS, Edition of 350

Authors: Kris Dittel, Angelica Falkeling
Copy-editor: Clem Edwards
Design: Amy Suo Wu
Photography: Lili Huston-Hertreich

https://printroom.org/2025/04/09/wednesday-16-april-bookpresentation-life-with-fifi-youre-invited/

Moving Out Party I Multi-Avond

Datum:
Locatie: TENT
In samenwerking met: TENT
https://www.tentrotterdam.nl/en/event/moving-out-party-multi-avond/

Above the Couch

Datum:
Locatie: an other world project space
In samenwerking met: Gemeente Rotterdam

Above the Couch is a solo exhibition consisting of drawing, paintings and textile works.

https://anotherworldproject.space/?Above_the_Couch_Angelica_Falkeling

Kleurstoff

Datum:
Locatie: Textielmuseum
In samenwerking met: curator: Adelheid Smit

Tacit Knowledge is a video installation commissioned by the Textielmueum, Tilburg, as part of the group exhibition; To Dye For, curated by Adelheid Smit. To Dye For as a whole, delve into the origins of and stories behind the dyes in our textiles.

https://www.volkskrant.nl/privacy-wall/accept?redirectUri=%2Fcultuur-media%2Fin-het-textielmuseum-in-tilburg-leer-je-alles-over-kleuren-en-voor-wie-wil-je-kunt-ze-ook-proeven%7Eb44c6e63%2F&authId=ac65785e-47a5-4caf-99db-cc47c8ac9c83&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

The Herbarium as a place for storing ideas

Datum:
Locatie: Museum of Contemporary Art
In samenwerking met: curator: Irina Batkova

The Herbarium project explores the work environment in contemporary culture in which ideas are created and exchanged. The focus of Herbarium is to compile a collection of sealed creative energy in boxes (40х40х10, 40x20x10 or 20х40х10) of different generations of artists around the world. The contents of each box are accompanied by a description and a sound file with the artist's voice.

https://herbariumcollection.com

A Malmö Trilogy Chapter I: Armaturer

Datum:
Locatie: Signal I Center for Contemporary Art

group exhibition together with Sara Lindeborg and Selma Sjöstedt. The artists have been invited to work on one exhibition which will be told in three chapters throughout the spring. Each chapter has a leading voice, yet each chapter is the sum of a collaborative exploration that guides us through the multiple folds that compose a practice. Idiosyncratic, unexpected, inconsistent bare meanings we like.

https://www.signalsignal.org/a-malmo-trilogy-armaturer-2/?lang=en

The Hoodie

Datum:
Locatie: Het Nieuwe Instituut

Het Nieuwe Instituut and curator Lou Stoppard have invited a range of artists to respond to the themes of the project with a new work created from their own individual perspective and practice. In their mixed-media installation What We Are Made Of, Angelica Falkeling looks at cotton: the material most hoodies are made from. Falkeling uses audio and sculptural elements to explore the cotton industry's impact on the societies it touches and our climate.

https://thehoodie.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/en/commissions/what-we-are-made https://www.tubelight.nl/the-hoodie-special-1-hoodies-en-het-werk-van-angelica-falkeling/

Emotional Channel

Datum:
Locatie: Rib
In samenwerking met: Anna Maria Łuczak

Rib welcomes Angelica Falkeling and Anna Łuczak as they present their latest work, Emotional Channel, the result of their residency at Skafftfell Art Center in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. The presentation includes a live-performance-set on Friday November 30 and an exhibition the following two days.

https://www.archive.ribrib.nl/events/emotional-channel-angelica-falkeling-anna-luczak https://artviewer.org/angelica-falkeling-and-anna-luczak-at-rib/ http://www.guestrooms.xyz/bittersweet-reality/

Repair

Datum:
Locatie: TENT

Repair is set in a TV studio during rehearsals for a talk show. The director, guests and musicians get involved in a conversation whose script is based on spontaneous events, conversations and educational TV programs. The starting point of the performance is the figure of the 'joykiller', a feminist concept with which theorist Sara Ahmed designates someone who does not adhere to the conventions that are supposed to deliver happiness and satisfaction, and thus opens space for new possibilities.

https://www.tentrotterdam.nl/event/repair/, https://www.metropolism.com/nl/features/33339_gender_tekst_garage_tent
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