https://annevibekemou.info annevibekemou Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:50:48 +0000 https://annevibekemou.info en https://annevibekemou.info/Work-1 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 11:33:50 +0000 annevibekemou https://annevibekemou.info/Work-1 https://annevibekemou.info/Solar-Glyphs Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:50:48 +0000 annevibekemou https://annevibekemou.info/Solar-Glyphs Solar Glyphs2025 - 2026Silver stain of golden halos and expressions of divine light, mixed with water from springs near the summit of Cross Fell, Fiends Fell, on the summer solstice. <img width="1042" height="729" width_o="1042" height_o="729" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c5906e6a224497c5fc507f26ca68b21fb6a75621984d99d9ea1df1945fef0a7/image0-1.jpeg" data-mid="250724315" border="0" alt="Silver stain, water, diamond point and sunlight on glass. Detail from an ongoing series." data-caption="Silver stain, water, diamond point and sunlight on glass. Detail from an ongoing series." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c5906e6a224497c5fc507f26ca68b21fb6a75621984d99d9ea1df1945fef0a7/image0-1.jpeg" /> There is silver in this mountain, water flows through deposits, absorbs the sunlight. <img width="3102" height="2132" width_o="3102" height_o="2132" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45bc2429b86833445432d99f63dc02cbbc8042a0b6242f5a305f31b50d9d960c/Solar-Glyphs-2.jpg" data-mid="251116647" border="0" alt="Silver stain, water, diamond point and sunlight on glass. Detail from an ongoing series." data-caption="Silver stain, water, diamond point and sunlight on glass. Detail from an ongoing series." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/45bc2429b86833445432d99f63dc02cbbc8042a0b6242f5a305f31b50d9d960c/Solar-Glyphs-2.jpg" /> Molecular transformations, stained glass and diamond point engravings, traditions of gathered herbs at Midsummer, hold light, energy and shadows of a celestial event. &nbsp; <img width="2322" height="1783" width_o="2322" height_o="1783" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78531a329a9f660948e13e80480ae4d3e22cd5d36447ac0f854c898c3dd3dd6f/Solar-Glyph-Fluorite-detail.jpg" data-mid="250785153" border="0" alt="Fluorite and diamond point engraving on black glass. Detail from an ongoing series." data-caption="Fluorite and diamond point engraving on black glass. Detail from an ongoing series." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78531a329a9f660948e13e80480ae4d3e22cd5d36447ac0f854c898c3dd3dd6f/Solar-Glyph-Fluorite-detail.jpg" /> Fragments of fluorite, mining debris, seen on Cross Fell on the winter solstice during an encounter with an owl. <img width="2564" height="2000" width_o="2564" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1a391662e2e403bc5c43f84d09c93cd6b3f4b9be1d5047848a8ce1a4b6660cd/Solar-Glyphs-4.jpeg" data-mid="251117146" border="0" alt="Fluorite and diamond point engraving on black glass. Detail from an ongoing series." data-caption="Fluorite and diamond point engraving on black glass. Detail from an ongoing series." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1a391662e2e403bc5c43f84d09c93cd6b3f4b9be1d5047848a8ce1a4b6660cd/Solar-Glyphs-4.jpeg" /> A mineral of optical enhancement, clarity, fluorescence, flux, synthetic growth, acid, chemical etching and energy conversion.&nbsp; <img width="3953" height="2806" width_o="3953" height_o="2806" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5c2cf35742e2159e87d2cafc6735f025e18bd8ab878b43088a48833b46a3503/Anne-Vibeke-Mou_2026_solar-glyphs.jpg" data-mid="251683827" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b5c2cf35742e2159e87d2cafc6735f025e18bd8ab878b43088a48833b46a3503/Anne-Vibeke-Mou_2026_solar-glyphs.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2899" width_o="4096" height_o="2899" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb4654684f31770b3964816b769e8f8d1ff4ff76a749a9d86d3eca3101ebe3c5/Anne-Vibeke-Mou_2026_Solar-Glyphs-06_sRGB.jpg" data-mid="251683892" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb4654684f31770b3964816b769e8f8d1ff4ff76a749a9d86d3eca3101ebe3c5/Anne-Vibeke-Mou_2026_Solar-Glyphs-06_sRGB.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2900" width_o="4096" height_o="2900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b19ca243c6e9fdef7543ab780fe80bafb0d90a337fbdc8232cd0d1623b818c1/Anne-Vibeke-Mou_2026_Solar-Glyphs-05_sRGB.jpg" data-mid="251685935" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b19ca243c6e9fdef7543ab780fe80bafb0d90a337fbdc8232cd0d1623b818c1/Anne-Vibeke-Mou_2026_Solar-Glyphs-05_sRGB.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2905" width_o="4096" height_o="2905" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0bab9decaede5448d4d2edd024490b564c11df959589c8070d909f81904d416/Anne-Vibeke-Mou_2026_Solar-Glyphs-08_sRGB.jpg" data-mid="251683841" border="0" alt="Pen on paper, 2025 - 2026. From an ongoing series of notebook drawings." data-caption="Pen on paper, 2025 - 2026. From an ongoing series of notebook drawings." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0bab9decaede5448d4d2edd024490b564c11df959589c8070d909f81904d416/Anne-Vibeke-Mou_2026_Solar-Glyphs-08_sRGB.jpg" /> https://annevibekemou.info/Mrs-Bone-Artemisia-for-Artemis Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:37:40 +0000 annevibekemou https://annevibekemou.info/Mrs-Bone-Artemisia-for-Artemis Mrs Bone (Artemisia for Artemis) 2024 – 2025 Diamond point engraving on flameworked laboratory glass. <img width="5333" height="8000" width_o="5333" height_o="8000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c11aa40d40fdadde3265df2f3bbd346be72cc9e7073065aaf39a0df1794d357/AVM-Mrs-Bone-Artemisia-for-Artemis-1.jpg" data-mid="227652531" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c11aa40d40fdadde3265df2f3bbd346be72cc9e7073065aaf39a0df1794d357/AVM-Mrs-Bone-Artemisia-for-Artemis-1.jpg" /> Glass is central to our representations of scientific research, with its arrays of test-tubes, flasks and retorts etcetera. Maria Hebraica, or Maria Prophetissa, was an early alchemist living in the first century. She developed chemical apparatus for heating and distillation still used around the world in laboratories today. One might say the origins of the laboratory are both feminine and mystical.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Anne Vibeke worked with scientific glassmaker Brian Jones to playfully feminise laboratory glass objects. This bottle is dedicated to Eleanor Rae Bone, the Wicca ‘Matriarch of British Witchcraft’ also known as Artemis, who lived and is buried a stone’s throw from Anne Vibeke’s studio in the North Pennines. The bottle is decorated with leaves of the herb Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort) found growing near her grave in Garrigill. <img width="2730" height="4096" width_o="2730" height_o="4096" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5db1c8216b8a87d080a75edea2f1c622cf47c64046016e5df25f70ac442996e3/AVM-2502200812-website.jpg" data-mid="227783617" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5db1c8216b8a87d080a75edea2f1c622cf47c64046016e5df25f70ac442996e3/AVM-2502200812-website.jpg" /> <img width="5333" height="8000" width_o="5333" height_o="8000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3eeaedac0d997a3623c2dcef9701661fb726bc98e96c662565df155759dc26a/AVM-Mrs-Bone-Artemisia-for-Artemis-2.jpg" data-mid="227652532" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3eeaedac0d997a3623c2dcef9701661fb726bc98e96c662565df155759dc26a/AVM-Mrs-Bone-Artemisia-for-Artemis-2.jpg" /> https://annevibekemou.info/Glass-Nails Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:41:52 +0000 annevibekemou https://annevibekemou.info/Glass-Nails Glass Nails2023 - 2024 Flameworked and polished laboratory glass nails made as gifts for women in Tuktoyaktuk. <img width="8000" height="5155" width_o="8000" height_o="5155" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84b8379b76df2924edec026a148c428a03285d5e51f1fdb04e59cd6c945341a3/AVM-Glass-Nails-1.jpg" data-mid="227652582" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/84b8379b76df2924edec026a148c428a03285d5e51f1fdb04e59cd6c945341a3/AVM-Glass-Nails-1.jpg" /> On the eroding shores of the Arctic Ocean, between the tundra’s thawing permafrost and the forces of a rising sea, lies the Inuvialuit hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk - a longstanding community where residents face rapid changes and the question of relocation. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; In September 2023, as part of the Inuit co-led project Carving out Climate Testimony: Inuit Youth, Wellness &amp; Environmental Stewardship, which supports young Inuvialuit in their desire to enhance wellness and environmental stewardship in their own community of Tuktoyaktuk, and where the effects of climate change are particularly acute, Anne Vibeke became involved in setting up a pop-up nail bar with a group of women.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b2ae5d3a8e56517170781c492ca8db7b60cf5cdd0c398f9221152e102a371627/AVM-Glass-Nails-1-detail.jpg" data-mid="227652583" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b2ae5d3a8e56517170781c492ca8db7b60cf5cdd0c398f9221152e102a371627/AVM-Glass-Nails-1-detail.jpg" /> The setting of nail polish, acetone-free remover and a cuticle pusher may not be one typically associated with environmental science and knowledge production. And yet it’s here, over manicures and nail clippings, that a deep understanding of a changing climate is articulated precisely, grounded in generations of lived experience. Western science models have long dominated the exploration of Arctic environments. The early 19th century saw various colonial expeditions aimed at extracting scientific data from northern regions to map and seek imperial expansion and prestige. These models often depend on laboratories and experts located far away in southern geographies to process and translate Inuit Nunaat, the lands of the Inuit. Extracts from an article published in The Narwhal ↗With scientific glassblowing, a skill traditionally employed to produce laboratory equipment, Anne Vibeke made glass nails to bring as gifts. See more from the project&nbsp;here&nbsp;↗. <img width="8000" height="5155" width_o="8000" height_o="5155" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b91da0cc79733072fa65fe9711bd8f22c8148aa359153a22edeae9df3424dc0/AVM-Glass-Nails-2.jpg" data-mid="227652584" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b91da0cc79733072fa65fe9711bd8f22c8148aa359153a22edeae9df3424dc0/AVM-Glass-Nails-2.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e93ae715a0bf88b795024f091e9a4eb9c5bbac5e65a543665105d0562d526d1e/AVM-Glass-Nails-2-detail.jpg" data-mid="227652633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e93ae715a0bf88b795024f091e9a4eb9c5bbac5e65a543665105d0562d526d1e/AVM-Glass-Nails-2-detail.jpg" /> With thanks to Brian Jones of Wearside Glass Sculptures at National Glass Centre, Eriel Lugt, Carmen Kuptana and the women of Tuktoyaktuk, Jen Bagelman and the CINUK-funded project Carving out Climate Testimony: Inuit Youth, Wellness and Environmental Stewardship. Photography by John McKenzie. &nbsp; &nbsp; https://annevibekemou.info/Revolutions-per-Minute Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:54:05 +0000 annevibekemou https://annevibekemou.info/Revolutions-per-Minute Revolutions per MinuteJuly 2023 - 2024 &nbsp; &nbsp; An optical glass cast of a Lebanese Baidaphon label shellac record echoing pre-1948 fragments found broken and scattered amongst the ruins of the village of Qadas. <img width="5370" height="6000" width_o="5370" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c3020c675c18fa16d14e7df205000ab5fb0468a978606db693d5ef4e605c6c02/AVM--Revolutions-per-Minute.jpg" data-mid="227651918" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c3020c675c18fa16d14e7df205000ab5fb0468a978606db693d5ef4e605c6c02/AVM--Revolutions-per-Minute.jpg" /> Qadas is located in Galilee near the ‘Blue Line’ demarcation between Israel and Lebanon on a site which contains the remains of a Roman Temple and layers of human settlements spanning thousands of years. The Palestinian village was depopulated in the 1948 Nakba and became, for a short time, an Arab Liberation Army camp, before it was demolished and erased. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Composed of optical glass, a transparent material used to magnify perspectives, employed across satellite, surveillance and military technologies, the glass record incorporates sand from the mouth of the Na’aman River in Acre (the site of Pliny the Elder’s origin myth of glass) along with ashes of olive wood from Bethlehem. The glass blurs the boundaries between antiquity and contemporary states; a liquid flow of the object from inherited narratives to more recent violent events, merging ingredients of archeaological objects with new technologies, burning olive groves and the voices of 20th century popular Arab music. _ &nbsp; &nbsp; In July 2023, working with the Geography Department at Durham University, Anne Vibeke visited Palestine and Israel to research glass in museum collections and sites related to early glass making. She visited active archaeological excavations with Emek Shaveh, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that resists the ruins of the past being used as political tools in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Anne Vibeke spent time with archaeologists at Qadas in Galilee working above the complex layers of ancient histories to reveal more recent narratives of movement, dispossession, and erasure.&nbsp; With thanks to National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland, Angela Thwaites, Northern Bridge Consortium, Durham University, Noam Leshem, archaeologists and volunteers in Palestine and Israel. Photography by John McKenzie. https://annevibekemou.info/Qadas-Drawings Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:34:19 +0000 annevibekemou https://annevibekemou.info/Qadas-Drawings QadasJuly, 2023 Pen on paper.Studies of remnant trees and crops once tended by Palestinian farmers in the depopulated and demolished village of Qadas, Galilee. The drawings are of olives, almonds, wheat, and thistle – plants which nourished a community and in some cultures are assigned symbols of peace, wisdom, resistance, resilience, rootedness, belonging, prosperity, kindness, hope and renewal. <img width="2708" height="3963" width_o="2708" height_o="3963" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ead2d81c6cbcf6ac256466076cacb84aff02f52b094e1d1232e7053f2f6bd7b/Qadas-Almond.jpg" data-mid="227654507" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ead2d81c6cbcf6ac256466076cacb84aff02f52b094e1d1232e7053f2f6bd7b/Qadas-Almond.jpg" /> <img width="2683" height="3959" width_o="2683" height_o="3959" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc5636ade61e864114208c9230403fc23506f4c1a967853daa4a7f94e43aee32/Qadas-Thistle.jpg" data-mid="227654508" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc5636ade61e864114208c9230403fc23506f4c1a967853daa4a7f94e43aee32/Qadas-Thistle.jpg" /> <img width="2875" height="4096" width_o="2875" height_o="4096" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/538a4d1e78f2c0fd5f08b2214495535145a10cef6512c43bd21487642868662e/Qadas-olive-1.jpg" data-mid="227677067" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/538a4d1e78f2c0fd5f08b2214495535145a10cef6512c43bd21487642868662e/Qadas-olive-1.jpg" /> <img width="2865" height="4096" width_o="2865" height_o="4096" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3e7899bf147495d5da65d504065e502f56a6550315ad762c94491065b5e1a47/Qadas-Olive-2.jpg" data-mid="227677068" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3e7899bf147495d5da65d504065e502f56a6550315ad762c94491065b5e1a47/Qadas-Olive-2.jpg" /> <img width="2871" height="4096" width_o="2871" height_o="4096" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5dc854a024455e9858d1049ec6703a4824e7c437d0000212ae4de648292eb462/Qadas-wheat-1.jpg" data-mid="227677069" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5dc854a024455e9858d1049ec6703a4824e7c437d0000212ae4de648292eb462/Qadas-wheat-1.jpg" /> <img width="2864" height="4096" width_o="2864" height_o="4096" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ec97c95123e06b04f158aa4297a2606db9891f898f90a27bfa73b36f4019e8a/Qadas-wheat-2.jpg" data-mid="227677070" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ec97c95123e06b04f158aa4297a2606db9891f898f90a27bfa73b36f4019e8a/Qadas-wheat-2.jpg" /> With thanks to Northern Bridge Consortium, Durham University, Noam Leshem, archaeologists and volunteers in Palestine and Israel. &nbsp; https://annevibekemou.info/Worry-Beads Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:10:04 +0000 annevibekemou https://annevibekemou.info/Worry-Beads Worry BeadsJuly 2023Flameworked glass beads on silk string. 33 + 1 beads made from broken glass collected at Al-Nabi Yusha, a depopulated Palestinian village, shrine and mosque.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da315af85fbf1b1eba7a603494bfbf61433adf8700e6ecf04c65ffddd114698a/AVM-Worry-Beads-Al-Nabi-Yusha.jpg" data-mid="227652245" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da315af85fbf1b1eba7a603494bfbf61433adf8700e6ecf04c65ffddd114698a/AVM-Worry-Beads-Al-Nabi-Yusha.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0babfea401c964c15dc7af08fb0cf7fec73d77c89d60a49e1aa1ab2881d5621/AVM-Worry-Beads-Al-Nabi-Yusha-2.jpg" data-mid="227652246" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0babfea401c964c15dc7af08fb0cf7fec73d77c89d60a49e1aa1ab2881d5621/AVM-Worry-Beads-Al-Nabi-Yusha-2.jpg" /> With thanks to Brian Jones, National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland, Northern Bridge Consortium, Durham University, Noam Leshem, archaeologists and volunteers in Palestine and Israel. https://annevibekemou.info/Heliotrope Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:18:40 +0000 annevibekemou https://annevibekemou.info/Heliotrope HeliotropeJuly 2023Diamond point engraving on glass of a Heliotrope growing at Al-Nabi Yusha, a depopulated Palestinian village, site of an abandoned mosque, tomb and shrine dedicated to the Prophet Joshua. The name "heliotrope" derives from the idea that the flowers of this plant follow the Sun; helios is Greek for "Sun" and trope, from trepein, means "to turn". <img width="4001" height="4096" width_o="4001" height_o="4096" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cce7d7d486ed9c45f0053677ccd50145d75c41636c28934ef69eb00786792acf/AVM-Heliotrope-Al-Nabi-Yusha-website.jpg" data-mid="227779925" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cce7d7d486ed9c45f0053677ccd50145d75c41636c28934ef69eb00786792acf/AVM-Heliotrope-Al-Nabi-Yusha-website.jpg" /> With thanks to Northern Bridge Consortium, National Glass Centre, Durham University, Noam Leshem, archaeologists and volunteers in Palestine and Israel. https://annevibekemou.info/A-Liquid-Hitherto-Unknown Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:23:03 +0000 annevibekemou https://annevibekemou.info/A-Liquid-Hitherto-Unknown A Liquid Hitherto UnknownJuly 2023 - 2025 Screen printing on glass. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="3752" height="5368" width_o="3752" height_o="5368" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd95a5caea567f6b912fbcb7cb7634a76d98c18745bfc5c1eb6625b5604a0ea6/AVM--A-Liquid-Hitherto-Unknown.jpg" data-mid="227652331" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd95a5caea567f6b912fbcb7cb7634a76d98c18745bfc5c1eb6625b5604a0ea6/AVM--A-Liquid-Hitherto-Unknown.jpg" /> A discarded plastic cup found in the sand at the mouth of the Na’aman River in Acre, the site where Phoenician merchants camped for the night in Pliny the Elder’s origin myth of glass. The image encompasses mythological beginnings as well as a sense of the end of glass making, and blurs the boundaries between ancient and contemporary object in clashing hierarchies of treasure and trash.Edition of 6 + 4 APs. <img width="4096" height="3072" width_o="4096" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8bb8445c76126b6a6735517106f68d2cd6a6f887b9af48e80c0190ff93e17d39/IMG_3262.jpg" data-mid="234410539" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8bb8445c76126b6a6735517106f68d2cd6a6f887b9af48e80c0190ff93e17d39/IMG_3262.jpg" /> With thanks to National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland, Jade Tapson, Northern Bridge Consortium, Durham University and Two.&nbsp; https://annevibekemou.info/Untitled-Qadas-1 Fri, 09 May 2025 11:58:43 +0000 annevibekemou https://annevibekemou.info/Untitled-Qadas-1 Untitled (Qadas) 2023 - 2024 Diamond point engraving of branches from olive trees growing in the depopulated and demolished Palestinian village of Qadas, Galilee. <img width="4096" height="3048" width_o="4096" height_o="3048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/480b1ce603e0dc9a56fc149af7da759c4e94a7b37726fb334e47d290b1b72320/Untitled-Qadas-1.jpg" data-mid="232993865" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/480b1ce603e0dc9a56fc149af7da759c4e94a7b37726fb334e47d290b1b72320/Untitled-Qadas-1.jpg" />