The exhibition ”Patterns for Care” at Bonamatic, follows two tracks, one that unfolds in the intimate domestic space, and one that leads out into the common public space. Maria Finn and landscape architect Jacob Kamp have created works with references to textile patterns by the Danish pioneer in textile printing, Marie Gudme Leth, created in her own studio from the 40’s until the 60’s. In a series of collages Finn combines shoppinglists given to her while working as a home-helper in 90’s, with watercolour renderings of details from Leth’s patterns. Finn and Kamp have created a connection to De Gamles by, a historical and still functioning area with care facilities, where they on site have transferred a detail from one of Leth’s patterns with school chalk. The detail, a leaf, appear in different colours along the buildings to highlight how we construct environments for elderly and vulnerable residents. With a focus on the detail and the microhistory, Finn and Kamp here establishes a situation that connects intimacy and empathy with public space.

In the Darkness, We Ask the Sun to Remember Us

In the Chapel Park, Sct. Hans Garden, Roskilde, a large patterned decoration has been cut in the grass. Together, visual artist Maria Finn and landscape architect Jacob Kamp have created the large-scale grass installation “Mirakel” (after Josef Frank)”. The work is created by shaping the grass and leaving it to grow. The work is based on a textile pattern from the 1920s designed by Austrian-born architect, artist and designer Josef Frank (1885-1967), in which a complex and varied pattern emerges and continually develops by repeating and rotating a single element. A small part of Frank’s pattern has been transferred in a large scale to the grass of the Chapel Park by Finn and Kamp. Here, it once again becomes part of the landscape and visitors can view it from a distance or step inside it.

Törnrosa (after Viola Gråsten), embroidery linen/cotton, 150 x 173 cm, 2022.

Hidingplace, walldrawing, Retake, Tranen, Gentofte hovedbibliotek, 2012.