Linda Nurk

Bodies in Rhythm & Space
Linda Nurk
The Mad Silkworm Lady
Photo: Thomas Zamolo

Linda Nurk is urban micro-farming and rethinking the life cycle of materials, creating textiles together with non-human bodies and re-imagining the future of ethical production.

Her work centres both practically and metaphorically on the life cycle of the silkworm and the production of raw silk. Her ideation is a balance between humans, vegetation, textiles and living creatures combining experimental methods with a poetic and abstract vision to create a wearable conversation about life, the environment and re-birth.

Threaded throughout the research and application of her work is a conceptual “rite of passage” in three prominent stages which results in a triptych of rhythms between desire, self-realisation and survival, all hung on a backdrop of material growth, spiritual growth and their symbiosis with the environment.

Linda works across mixed media including glasswork, silk, copper, performance and film.

Linda Nurk
Bodies in Rhythm & Space (Still from film: The Mad Silkworm Lady)
Photo: Thomas Zamolo
Linda Nurk
Bodies in Rhythm & Space (Still from film: The Mad Silkworm Lady)
Photo: Thomas Zamolo
Linda Nurk
Bodies in Rhythm & Space (Still from film: The Mad Silkworm Lady)
Photo: Thomas Zamolo
Linda Nurk
Bodies in Rhythm & Space (Still from film: The Mad Silkworm Lady)
Photo: Thomas Zamolo
The Mad Silkworm Lady
Photo: Thomas Zamolo