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Else Marie Hagen works conceptually with photography and objects. She plays around with the spectator’s experience of such phenomena, using strategies such as spatiality and site-specificity, as evinced in her installation Cover. The room is dominated by a pink, glossy podium formed as a large L and resembling a catwalk wrapped in pink paper. At one end, the paper has been partially torn off and lies crumpled in two giant balls on each side. A photograph hangs on the wall at each end, either completely or partially wrapped in the same pink paper that ensconces the catwalk. One of the photographs shows a model posing with closed eyes and layers of tattered clothing, creating a sense of unease among the ostensibly calm, pastel-pink surroundings.