Video work exhibited in combination with an interactive material installation. 

We often convince ourselves that material things around us do not matter because they are in fact just things. That is why it is easier to discard and dispose of them and get new and fresh things to replace them. 

Things build up the foundation of the everyday routine and therefore we live in a constant embodied dialog with the material objects around us. The video work Fill me with things, gives the viewer an insight into a hairy universe that explores the everyday routine differently through the materiality of hair. 

Gæla is an explorative design research studio that analyzes and suggests a new set of embodied behavior between body and object. The value of care in everyday life between individual and object is Gæla‘s main research focus. This relationship is highlighted in materiality, with the use of Icelandic lambs’ fur and its hairy properties that manage to highlight and initiate interaction.

The designers behind Gæla are fashion designers Helga Lára Halldórsdóttir and Marta Heiðarsdóttir. They have been working together since 2019 and have exhibited their work and products internationally.