Runaway Explorers

In the art project Runaway Explorers, Kerstin Jakobsson create fragile dolls and use them as crash test dummies, to explore the fine line between creativity and destruction.

The art project is developed in real time together with artists around the world, who gives the dolls both life experiences and violent deaths. The dolls borderline journeys together with the artists are published as it happens on this website.

An important role in the project have the old textiles used for the dolls. These textiles, now devalued as products of inhibited housewives, have old and powerful connections to both the human body, and female creativity. When the dolls runs away to explore the world, they also explores their own history.

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The easiest way to follow the projects development is to become a member of Runaway Explorers Facebook group, where all news on this site will be announced.

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