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EPOS CHRONICLE in thread and line
Shared by Shared by Sasha Ivashkevich | Traced by Jason Wallis Johnson
Epos Literature Boat has a 60-year tradition along Norway's West Coast, for most of its life serving as a floating library connecting coastal communities. It is now a mobile cultural venue, sharing stories through gatherings, events, performances and talks. The boat is protected by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage, preserving its legacy while evolving as a modern cultural hub.
During the cross course, we will explore the layered history of Epos, a vessel continually reshaped over time and purpose. Imagining being archaeologists of the present time, we will study the boat's faded surfaces and worn features. What fragments of Epos' past intertwine to shape its evolving narrative? Through the collective act of weaving, we will translate these observations into textile fragments, creating a tactile narrative that captures the journey of Epos - one of many stories gathered on board. Merging the precision of architectural documentation and the fluidity of material expression, the course offers a space of reflection and creative reinvention. Our woven series will contribute to a larger textile installation integrated into the boat’s renewed interior.
The program and materials for the course are prepared in collaboration with a group of master students at BAS, who are currently working on the transformation of Epos’ interior: Carolina Andrade, Stephanie Helene Celliers, Chloé Galic and Ymane Hage.
Aleksandra Ivashkevich is an architect whose practice is driven by a fascination with urban environments as dynamic accumulations of overlapping systems. She collaborates with others to develop projects that reimagine shared spaces and also works as an assistant teacher at Bergen School of Architecture. Developing practices that embrace the coexistence of diverse perspectives, she explores the ways in which the architectural profession can serve various alter-dependencies that emerge from the “urban polylogue.”
Jason Wallis-Johnson is a British artist who studied sculpture at the Royal College of Art and has since developed a diverse practice which includes sculpture, drawing and cartography. He has exhibited in Europe and the USA and his work is in collections that include the British museum and the Victoria and Albert museum, London.
