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Ane Woll Godal

Godal has said about her own work on the website pinsandpower:

‘Hence I keep my phrases hung like clothes in a cupboard, waiting for someone to wear them.’ (Virginia Woolf. The waves (1937). Grafton 1977)

Virginia Woolf writes in The Waves and that’s what I am about to do in my ma-project “wear” Virginia Woolf’s phrases. As I have been reading, my consciousness about textile in text has increased. I decided to take a closer look at the use of textile words by choosing books and find all the sentences referring to textile in it. I started with Virginia Woolf’s The Waves and I immediately encountered textile:

‘The sea was indistinguishable from the sky, except that the sea was slightly creased as if a cloth had wrinkles in it.’ (Virginia Woolf. The waves (1937). Grafton 1977)

On almost every page in the Waves Woolf uses a textile language. To be able to compare Woolf’s use of textile in text I’ve read books written by young Norwegian authors. One of these books is Perlebryggeriet (2009 Kolon forlag) written by Jenny Hval. Hval reveals her own relation to textile; she doesn’t just see cloth, she hears it as well. Hval uses textile almost like an instrument in her text.

Ane Woll Godal: Follow the lines, 2008.

Ane Woll Godal: Back, 2008.

Ane Woll Godal: Follow the lines, 2008.

Ane Woll Godal: Picture, Act 1, 2008.

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