Blowing against the Wind

Blowing Against The Wind is a unique site-specific series of works designed to celebrate the rich and layered history of Jersey’s much-loved Castle. This colourful commission, featuring a series of Katrin Mountain’s iconic flags, brings to the fore the spiritual history of Elizabeth Castle. Starting from the Castle’s entrance and leading to the Hermitage, the flags invite visitors to follow a thread into the past, and to find their own path amidst the stories, symbols, myths, and histories that surround and give meaning to this place.

Each flag is a work of art that disrupts the traditional idea of heraldic or national flags. Using curves, rather than geometric symmetry, and non-conforming colours, like hot pinks, they broaden our notion of flags and their function.

About the Artist

Katrin Mountain (katrinmountain.com) holds two Masters in Fine Art, one from Goldsmiths College London and one from Weißensee Art School Berlin. Her work has been shown internationally and she has received awards and grants for her creative contributions. Before becoming an artist, she trained as a professional tailor in Munich. Her work is mainly with fabric, creating flags, sculptures, wall hangings or cut-paintings.

Katrin says: ‘I seek to inspire truth and authentic conversations. I create art and rituals to inspire liberation, freedom and self-awareness.’

It is this drive within Katrin’s work that has made her the perfect choice for Jersey Heritage’s first creative commission by our Creative Commissions Producer, Aras Amiri, which responds to the complex history of the various inhabitants of the islet through the ages.

Find out more about the artist here.