ALLANNGUUT
CHANGE
Assilisat / Photography 50x50 cm, 2025



Arlaata aanaavata sapangaaqqiai marluk, assigiit, immaqa 70-ikkunni nuisat. Tigoqqaarakkit pujortarfiusumeersut naamasinnaavakka. Sapangaaqqat nutaanngitsut, angissusaat qalipaataallu assigeeqqissaanngitsut. Ujalussiaq ullumikkut atorneqartartumit issunerusoq.
Aappaa kiluerpara, sapangaaqqat nakkakaapput. Sapangaaqqat errorpakka nueqqippakkalu.
Sapangaaqqat qillariit, ujaloq amitsoq.
Nutaanngorpoq, assigaa assigeqqissaarnaguli. Sapangaaqqat amigarput, kukkutaarneqarpoq. Aanatta kinaassusaanik kingornussaqarpugut allaavugulli.
Two identical bead works by somebody's grandmother, probably made in the 70's. They smelled of a smoker's home.
Older beads with different shades and forms. Thicker thread than what is used today.
I tore one apart, washed the beads and made it like the other one.
Beads shining, a thinner thread. Renewed, but not the same. Some beads missing, made small mistakes.
We are our grandmothers - and yet, we aren't.