Sandra Wasara-Hammare

In her art, she is interested in the present, norms, dark mantras, financial bonus systems, fears and despair as a mindset, from the perspective of her own experiences of more than ten years of work on the floor of one of Sweden's largest mining companies.

The work I put my heart in my locker when I come and take it with me when I go. To Julia and Julia refers to a kind of mantra that the artist heard during her years on the floor and to two events that occurred in different places in Sweden, when two young women named Julia were killed in workplace accidents. One of them was pulled into a steel roller and the other fell through a rusty grating. The work calls for remembrance and depicts the artist's wonder and anger at neglect and turned-away glances. The materials meet our bodies and our minds and carry a message of sorrow.

Exhibited works, degree exhibition

I put my heart in my locker when I come and take it with me
when I go. To Julia and Julia, Vulcanised rubber, concrete, bronze, fabric, wall paint

Interview

Sandra Wasara-Hammare, born 1986, Kiruna (Swedish).