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Mette Kuhlen Gullach: colour portrait · Molly Marina · 2023
Let the portrait breathe
© Molly Marina · COPENHAGEN / 2023
THE COLOUR OF THIS ENCOUNTER

Four ways of seeing. Choose your perspective.

060 / 100 · ONE OF 100 PERSPECTIVES

Mette Kuhlen Gullach

“She changed, but not overnight like in the books you read. Over years. Slowly and painfully. Sometimes brutally. But she did.”
A quote selected by the participant · 2023

Let the image shift. Stay with the words. What changes in your reading?

THE PERSON BEHIND THE PORTRAIT

In her own words

I’ve always been the one who did my homework, was good at it, showed up on time, followed the rules and tried to live up to what I thought I was supposed to be. All in the name of being good enough, fitting in, belonging. It took me a long time to realize that while that approach has given me many great skills and opportunities, it’s only when I started to get to know myself, find my own voice, my own story, that I started to feel like I was good enough and belonged. And because we all have stories, are stories, we can also connect with each other through them, across time and place, culture and age. Stories create community, presence and cohesion. Storytelling has therefore now become not just something I do, but something I can’t stop doing.

02 / COLOUR & SYMBOL

A portrait has more than one voice.

Look, listen, change perspective. There is more than one way into a story.

Symbol chosen for Mette Kuhlen Gullach

A personal symbol.

Stay with the image for a moment. What does it bring to mind?

Colour

Two colours. A different atmosphere. Choose one and look again.

03 / LISTEN

Dark Turn of Mind · Gillian Welch

Listen while you give her story a little more time.

Music is part of her story.

Spotify ↗
YOUR COLOUR READING

What does this colour feel like to you?

Choose a colour above. Give it a word below. Then reverse the colours. Does your reading change?

WHAT WILL YOU TAKE WITH YOU?

Look at her.
Look a little inward.

You do not need the right answer. Only an honest one for yourself.

QUESTION 01 / 05

Where in your own life could you find a new way?

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100 PORTRAITS

Another encounter awaits.

Three more voices from the exhibition. Which story makes you curious?