Through My Stripes / Stripes for Peace
Salome Kappelin
05-08-2025
Through My Stripes / Stripes for Peace is a site-specific performance exploring themes of healing, memory, and shared vulnerability.
Drawing from biblical scripture (Isaiah 53:5 and 1 Peter 2:24), where ‘stripes’—the wounds of Christ—are seen as a symbol of healing, the work reflects on personal experience of illness, care, and the emotional traces left behind.
The performance is rooted in a gesture that emerged through drawing sessions with the artist’s father during his early stages of dementia.
As his condition progressed, he was no longer able to write or draw in recognisable ways—only able to make single, repeated marks.
These lines—stripes—became both a limitation and a form of expression: a release of frustration, a way of being present, and a means of connection beyond language.
The work includes participatory elements and offers a quiet, reflective space where personal and collective histories may surface.
Seita:/ˈSei̯tɑ/ : Tell me
Flesh to Fractals
03.06.2025
As part of the group exhibition “Flesh to Fractals”, curated and organized by Ida Bra Ingadottir.
“Seita” is an old Finnish word and means “tell me”. It has shared linguistic history with the words “cut off” and “a sacred place”.
RITUALS
As part of Stockholm Design week
07.02.2025
During Stockholm Design Week, an immersive performance and panel conversation took place at Konstfack, centered around the artistic process in dialogue and the role of ritual in creative expression. Vocal artist and composer Smiling LIS explored the boundaries between produced sound and real-time improvisation, responding to and interpreting artist Salome Kappelin’s installation, video and poetry.
The performance emerged from a four-day intensive residency in which the two artists collaborated closely, seeking a shared language through sound, movement, and visual media. The result was a powerful meeting of disciplines that brought their individual practices into a dynamic and thoughtful exchange.