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The following interview first appeared in Home Appliances Journal and was conducted in 2021 by Tända Lysa’s favorite refrigerator

Who are you, what are you, who moved the rock?

I have studied conservation of art. I have owned a gallery space. I’m a nail artist & body painter. I was a member of a dadaist band. I come from a performance art background. Tända Lysa is her own distinct person.

What themes do you pursue?

I adore electrical appliances so I want to bring them into the spotlight they deserve. Close up and celebrated.

What is the message you are trying to convey?

I bring forward the relationship between machines and their users – the daily, the codependence, the symbiosis. Machines and appliances have shed their utilitarian identity and are now our fellows, companions, and lovers. I try to deconstruct this contact, this constant touching, feeling, using. The capitalistic origin has slowly blossomed into something new. We are no more just materialistic.

What are your influences?

As the great Walter Bishop once said:

“Nothing sings like a Kilovolt. Unique pitch. Nothing else in nature quite like it.”.

Describe your work methods.

It is a particularly painstaking procedure. I photograph and/or film my subjects and then filter and bend the material through various software, from Photoshop to Ableton and anything in between, to my heart’s content.

What is the artist’s role in the world today?

I do not believe an artist’s role has significantly changed through the years. Regardless of the media, digital or other, society drags artists into a codependent relationship.

Should art be funded?

A definite yes.

And finally, a more intimate question: What is your favorite kind of electrical current? Direct or alternating?

Alternating all the way.

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