A 3D-printed sculpture of the gatherer. The work title is related to the expression ‘to glean’ meaning to gather or collect something from the ground. It refers to the film The Gleaners & I by Agnes Varda and Ursula Le Guin's essay The carrier bag theory of fiction, both working with the gatherer as a figure.

Gleaner was made for the exhibition 'Haul' at Kunsthal Regelbau 411 in Thyholm, which took place in two bunkers from the Second World War. The contrast between figure and surroundings, the collector and the bunker, was a central part of the work, which drew parallels to possible new narratives in our conflict-ridden world.

As a counter-narrative to the hunter’s brave exploits, the gatherer represents the eternal hauling-home-of-stuff as part of our history, but also makes clear that the gathering of all the artifacts underpinning our worldview is both selective and subjective.

The human figure itself is an interpretation of a type of sculpture that reconstructs prehistoric people from Neolithic times, that can be seen in cultural history museums around Europe, where the retelling of the character illuminates the fictionality of how we reconstruct the past.

Made in collaboration with Nina Møller.