In her solo exhibition NECKWREATH, Tysse explores the delicate threshold between support and constraint. Through sculpture, drawing, and textile, she reconfigures garments such as the liturgical ruff and the corset into new sculptural work, regarding them as prosthetic extensions of both inner and outer structures. The clerical collar– the ruff– is said to symbolize the division between head and body, between sense and sensibility, and can be read as an instrument of dualistic worldview.
The exhibition’s title merges neck and wreath: a circular form that can signify both devotion and suffocation, celebration and control, marking where thought meets flesh. Her research and material practice weave together traditional meticulous craftmanship with rough, experimental techniques and intuitive sketching. Drawing from both personal experience and historical research, Tysse expands on her interest in physical and psychological boundaries- – between the wild and tamed, human and animal, the natural and constructed.
She re-evaluates, distort and animates found objects and materials, which are not passive but active participants, each carrying histories and emotional resonances. In this exhibition, feathers from local birds wreath and adorn the found, extending her broader exploration of ecology and environmentalism, where acts of making become gestures of care and conservation.
In NECKWREATH, boundaries dissolve, opening new realms where the human, the animal, and the monstrous intertwine. Instruments, theatrical costumes, and a scenographic carpet – drawing on Tysse´s experience with costume design and theatre – coalesce into a staged yet absurd chamber, highlighting the fragile line between sense and sensibility.