Ameq

Ameq, 2018

Video installation. Materials: Sealskin, wood, video.

Ameq means skin in Kalaallisut. The sculpture is a 2 x 2 meter drum frame in wood with sealskin. The video projection is macro imagery of seal fur, human skin, and seal skin, which is being stitched together as it visually merges with human skin.

Ameq, 2018. Still from video.Ilulissat Artmuseum, Greenland. 2025.

Ameq, 2018.  Sculpture/installation: Video, Sound, wood, sealskin: 210 x 210 x 11 cm. Erfarte Landskab - Embodied Landscapes, Heimdal Kunstforening, 2018. Foto: Katarina Mathisen