'Stories of Hands and Towels' was made for the ANIMA exhibition in the museum of Ystad in 2003.
Twelve women, age 13 to 85, embroidered portraits of their hands on towels they had inherited.
On attached texts they described their lives as seen through the toils of their hands. Together, texts
and images made up a narrative of 100 years of women history. In the museum of Landskrona, the
exhibition was named: 'The language of the heart'. It emphasized the value of our own emotional
experience gained from communications with others.
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Above: Two towels from the exhibition:
'Stories of Hands and Towels'. The museum
of Ystad, 2003, Sweden.
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Above left: In the exhibition 'The language of
the heart', the public was invited to share their
own experience under the headings: 'Bright
Memories' and 'Dark Thoughts'. Close to 350
notes were posted on the noteboards.
Above right: The exhibitions foundation
consisted of embroidered portraits of seven
anonymous women stirched on transparent
organza. The women came from all walks of
life and from different parts of the world.
Through their texts about important emotional
experience, the exhibition visitors could explore
their own possibilities to meet with other
individuals, in spite differences in language
and background.
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Art Curator Birthe Wibrand (about the exibition: 'The language of the heart' at the Museum of
Landskrona, 2004,Sweden).
Great skill and lots of empathy is needed to recieve and express the sensitive message of a persons
most inner thoughts. Kerstin Jakobsson has this skill. Both as a human and as an artist. She managed,
in a most sensible way, take part of the, sometimes very hard and complex thoughts and emotions of
the women and tell them to the surrounding world in a way that touched everybody.
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