Susanne Khouri has been inspired by the rune stone which is a large, flat stone artfully inscribed with patters and ancient letters describing the achievements of Vikings, a people living in Scandinavia 1300 years ago. These stones were put in the landscape along roadsides as messages to future travelers.
In these works she investigates the story of her own migration from Sweden to New Zealand. By relocating the iconic design from a Swedish runestone into the context of her personal mythology, she traces her search for memory and identity.