Verena Issel
Verena Issel

Trolldeig

Lovaas, Munich

Verena Issel

Trolldeig

The installation TROLLDEIG plays with the dual meaning of two words: In Norwegian, trolls are mythical creatures. In English, “to troll” refers to the act of deliberately provoking or disrupting others in digital spaces—often anonymously, mockingly, and with intent to cause irritation. In Norwegian, however, “deig” simply means dough.

At the sculpture of an abstract bus stop, the artist applied graffiti made from salt dough—a fragile, homemade material more often associated with domesticity and childhood than with public intervention. Here, digital aggression meets soft substance, transforming into a quiet, ironic form of resistance.

Ingredients

Untitled

Polemikki

Untitled II

Rumours

Lies

 

Trolldeig
2019, wood, salt dough, chalkboard chalk, pastel chalk, with three paintings, 
240 cm x 220 cm x 70 cm

Installation view Lovaas Projects, Munich

Trolldeig
2019, wood, salt dough, chalkboard chalk, pastel chalk, with three paintings, 
240 cm x 220 cm x 70 cm

Installation view Lovaas Projects, Munich

Trolldeig
2019, wood, salt dough, chalkboard chalk, pastel chalk, with three paintings, 
240 cm x 220 cm x 70 cm

Installation view Lovaas Projects, Munich

Trolldeig
2019, wood, salt dough, chalkboard chalk, pastel chalk, with three paintings, 
240 cm x 220 cm x 70 cm

Installation view Lovaas Projects, Munich

Trolldeig
2019, wood, salt dough, chalkboard chalk, pastel chalk, with three paintings, 
240 cm x 220 cm x 70 cm

Installation view Lovaas Projects, Munich

Trolldeig
2019, wood, salt dough, chalkboard chalk, pastel chalk, with three paintings, 
240 cm x 220 cm x 70 cm

Installation view Lovaas Projects, Munich

Trolldeig
2019, wood, salt dough, chalkboard chalk, pastel chalk, with three paintings, 
240 cm x 220 cm x 70 cm

Installation view Lovaas Projects, Munich

Untitled
2019, pipe cleaners and acrylic-styrofoam on foam rubber, 60 cm x 40 cm

Detail from Trolldeig

Detail from Trolldeig: „Polemikki", pattern made with pastel chalk on the base of the sculpture

Untitled
2019, styrofoam tape on cork with felt, 60 cm x 40 cm