The Revolt of Form is an ongoing project by Hanne Væringsaasen that expands the traditional two-dimensional drawing surface by integrating pencil and charcoal drawings with three-dimensional paper forms. This approach challenges the boundaries between drawing and sculpture, exploring the full spatial potential of the medium.
Thematically, the project reflects on the human condition in encounters with limitation and resistance, investigating how different forms of freedom and constraint are negotiated in everyday, social, and political contexts.
Visually, the works assert a strong presence, with manipulated paper functioning as both surface and sculptural form. The paper is crumpled, compressed, and subsequently drawn upon, causing the motifs to appear as though they are resisting or merging with the folds. In this process, the paper shifts from a passive ground for drawing to an active, three-dimensional element — generating resistance, imposing constraints, and opening new narratives of vulnerability and resilience.
