Melkorka Katrín (b. 1995), who goes by the artist name Korkimon, is a visual artist who steps in and out of versions of herself. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in fine arts at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
topographia
On display were collage works—a blend of photographs, shaped rope, twine, and yarn with stitched attachments—separate but connected. The title of the exhibition refers to the Greek origin of the word topographia (topos: place, graphein: to write or draw). The works depict deconstruction and reconstruction, creating physical and conceptual topographic homesteads from sharp forms that have nonetheless been shaped by the image.
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Visible traces and threads are laid across the image surface with temporary fastenings that, on their journey, have collected dust, fibers, and remnants of presence. The past is affixed, visible, and unchangeable, because no transformation is ever absolute. It carries with it the marks of what was torn apart to create something new. Despite being imitations, they retain a complete image of reality, where the tape still seems lifted, the threads are tangible, and the stitching is corporeal. This ambiguity—the trompe-l'œil effect—sheds light on ideas of proximity and distance, perception and reality.