ingrid hora (Italy)
Ingrid Hora, born 1976 in Italy, works as an artist in London and Berlin.
Her work narrates the life of a disordered (or hyper ordered) society,
with all the clashes and tensions that contemporary life brings. People
build walls around themselves to create order and borders. Hora is interested
in showing what happens behind these walls, where obsessions, desires
and fantasies hide. Some of Hora’s works resemble pieces of furniture,
although their definitions do not quite exist yet; they seem to support
behaviours rather than bodies. Other works are airy screams of a brief
interruption of a more enduring state. Lately, her work has evolved around Functional
Escape, a term she came up with to describe the tendency to seek
distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially through
a special activity, purpose or task. The objects carry stories of loneliness,
hope and supplication as well as the need to hide and the desire to reach
out. Hora’s work has been exhibited and published internationally.
She has taught at the Royal College of Art, the Architectural Association
and the London Met. She also lectures worldwide.
www.ingridhora.com