| MNKK Rebild 2012 was a gathering of artists in the North Jutland region of Denmark. I was invited to participate along with artists from Iceland, Norway and Spain. I created some work about Danish identity that was exhibited in a 1000-year-old church: "Danish Puzzle." I asked people, as I traveled, about their identity, how they saw their place in their country, in Europe, and in the world, jotting down their answers and taking photos of them. I combined these photos and quotes to make a composite portrait with puzzle pieces, a metaphor for the difficulty of putting the pieces of history and language and identity together. I continued to rework this material into collages and altered books. |
| Digital photos printed on A4 paper 2012 |
| Aileen Bassis "MNKK Rebild 2012" |
| “Identity Puzzle # 2” (above), 2012, reworks this residency material,combining digital photos, lithography and ink on paper in a collage, 19 1/2 x 25 ½” |
| Above is another approach to this, titled “Danish Story,” 2013, an altered Danish history book with digital photos and puzzle pieces. |