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DESCONOCIDA:UNKNOWN “There are certain occasions in life where an idea,
an image, a project reaches out and demands engagement, and from that
moment there is no leaving, no polite nod and moving on. Such a moment
happened for me in Oslo in August 2008 when, through her exhibition at
gallery SOFT, I encountered the embroidered name tags project of Norwegian
artist Lise Bjørne Linnert. As I stared at the more than one thousand
name tags I knew I had to bring this exhibition “ Desconocida :
Unknown to The Gallery at University for Creative Arts Epsom.” The publication contains an introduction by Professor Lesley
Millar, UCA Professor of Textile Culture, an in depth conversation between
Lesley Millar and Lise Bjørne Linnert, and an essay by Professor
Kathleen Staudt, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas,
in which she outlines the context of the project. The book is generously supported by: Institusjonen Fritt Ord/The
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