Above the Below / Sanctum of Flow (2026) is a siteintegrated ceramic installation in the communal washroom of Kistefos’ visitor center. At its center stands Above the Below, conceived as an anti-monument in which a porcelain splash rises from a dense stoneware base on a marble platform above the sinks, so that the work is experienced from below. A circular mirror placed above serves to close the well. As visitors wash their hands, they encounter themselves held within the falling structure – no longer outside the work, but inside it.
Surrounding this core, Sanctum of Flow unfolds through thirteen oval wall works integrated into the restroom stalls. Formed from clay, glaze, and glass, they resemble bodily and architectural thresholds – openings, passages, releases – made of pipes, ropes, zippers, anatomical fragments, and fluid forms. Skuja Braden is an international artist duo working primarily with ceramic to create immersive, feminist installations that merge decorative tradition with autobiographical, political, and cultural critique.