Mie Frederikke Fischer Christensen

My work emerges from a interest in the way film, TV and pop culture reinforce social constructs such as the relations between women, objectification, violence and power.
Installations reminiscent of the set designs that stay in the background in dramas and comedies are brought to the forefront and become the basis for social commentary. Real life, risk and ephemerality is added to the safe, never changing, staged environment. I build build sets and environment that seem controlled and untouchable – celebrating specific aesthetics; femininity, beauty, film and art history. By using uncontrollable materials I hope to challenge myself as well as my audience and to invite people to break the structures or create new ones. 
In my work I am search for the balance between restraint and release hope to make the drama and the theatrical a catalyst for change while I´m also simply enjoying the playfulness of materials and the tensity between chance and purpose. My work often takes on a personal