DOLLHOUSE Alva Le Febvre, Gloriya Talebi, Mette Genet, Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø 14.03–19.04.2025

current exhibition

21 Feb

Announcement

Oblong is excited to present Dollhouse, an exhibition of work by Gloriya Talebi, Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø, Alva Le Febvre and Mette Genet.

Dollhouse is the first exhibition in Oblong’s newly expanded space. Join us for the opening on Friday 14th March, 17.00–21.00.

The exhibition runs 14.03 - 19.04.25

Curation: Ida Düring & Jonathan Lieb

Graphic Design: Helena Sirianni & Isabella Zanoni

Related Programming

Opening on Friday 14th March 17.00 - 21.00

Exhibition Statement

The exhibition explores the dollhouse as a site of control and chaos—a miniature world where fiction and reality merge. Through a combination of photography, video work, installation, collage, and sculpture, the artists construct layered narratives that blur the lines between play and control, expectation and fulfilment. They investigate how everyday objects can shift from playful to unsettling, transforming the familiar into something uncanny and charged.

Drawing inspiration from pop culture, feminist narratives, and the aesthetics of the domestic, the exhibition reflects on the dollhouse as a space of both freedom and entrapment. In these constructed environments, narratives of care, violence, and rebellion unfold, challenging expectations of the female role and adherence to societal norms.

ArtistS

Mette Genet (b. 1988) is a Danish-Ethiopian artist based in Copenhagen. She holds a BFA from HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design in Gothenburg, and is currently studying a Masters at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Copenhagen.

Genet works within a variety of different mediums - photography, video, sound, 3D scans and prints. Drawing on her own Danish-Ethiopian background, her practice is a study of identity and the experience of navigating between cultures. Through avatars, traditional Ethiopian objects and rituals, she explores the concept of transformation, employing elements from the digital world to create a new narrative, and a parallel universe.

Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø (b. 1997) is a Danish artist and photographer based between Copenhagen and Gothenburg. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from HDK-Valand in 2024.

Her practice explores the body and its limitations, focusing on illness, disability, and societal perceptions of vulnerability. Through self-portraiture, hospital scans, 3D video, and emerging technologies, she examines the ‘sick gaze,’ using her own experiences with chronic illness and bodily reconstruction as a foundation. Her work navigates themes of identity, survival, and self-representation, often challenging ableist narratives.

Gloriya Talebi (b. 1999) is a Swedish multidisciplinary artist based in Oslo. She holds a bachelor's degree in Fine Art Photography from HDK-Valand and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Fine Art at Oslo National Academy of the Arts.

Talebi explores the interplay between memory and materiality in image-making processes, where nostalgia functions not only as a longing for the past but also as a tool for reimagining future identities. The archive, whether composed of personal photographs, found images, domestic objects, or pop-cultural references, becomes a dynamic space in constant flux. She examines how memory operates performatively rather than statically, allowing for shifting narratives that question and expand notions of identity, time and belonging.

Alva Le Febvre (b.1999) is a French-Swedish artist based in Copenhagen. She holds a bachelor’s degree in art photography from HDK-Valand and has studied at the Danish school of art photography, Fatamorgana.

Her work often draws inspiration from objects, and explores themes such as femininity, violence, child games, and collecting. In her practice, she explores feminine stereotypes and the symbolic weight of objects through photography. Drawing inspiration from still lives in female art history and pop cultural depictions of female aggression, her process merges intuitive image making with staged photography and darkroom print processes.