Danica Olders

Danica Olders is a multidisciplinary artist interested in space. Not outer space but the space between people; the distance from a person to their connected walls/objects, the ownership felt of said spaces and the interactive energy possessed by them. She activates narratives by designing environments where movement through space is critical to the work. She often works with everyday things (chairs, doorways, architecture), subverting them slightly or repositioning them as obstacles. Her goal is to understand, question and experience space, her place in the world and the world as a place itself. There are histories, legends and myths associated with space as life shifts and builds within it. Places are erased and rewritten as linear time chugs forward. Using constructed forms, ceramic, textile and painting as elements within installation, Olders explores the public vs private mythologies inherent to spatial experience. Through installation, reality is manipulated for self-reflection and critique, a space created where life can be re-enacted and re-addressed.

Danica Olders is a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (2011) in Textiles and Fashion, and is currently pursuing a masters degree with the support of the Dale & Nick Tedeschi Studio Arts Fellowship. 

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Surrender, Danica Olders, 2023. Paper pulp, PLA, porcelain, terracotta, stoneware, two stepper motors, microphone, arduino uno, 5 conductor wire, climbing rope, various sports balls. Photographed by Ian Cameron. Columns with hands 11’ tall, other dimensions vary.

Surrender (detail), Danica Olders, 2023.