it´s been half a year since last newsletter, so I thought it would be time for an update.
KRISTIANSAND KUNSTHALL
I start with my current exhibition at Kristiansand Kunsthall, my biggest solo show so far in Norway, with almost 500 m2 of exhibition space.
I am showing 5 works there: Circle (2011), in transit (2012), revolver (2013), Barents (2015) and the new installation beacon (2016).
The exhibition is a collaboration with punktfestivalen, and also included a performance of mikro in collaboration with Justin Bennett.
You can get a quick overview over the exhibition in this short video:
and plenty of images to be found here
BEACON
Three light projectors suspended from the ceiling slowly scanning the space.
Each light projector consists of a light that orbits around a container of glass filled with water.
The water and glass works as a lens, focusing the light into a strip of light that moves around, like an inverted lighthouse.
SPEILING
Light projection on a custom built wall and floor.
A black and white form on a red background slowly changing shape and moving along the horizon.
Inspired by Gunnar Tollefsens paintings “rød speiling” and “blå speiling”.
Created for the group exhibition “Mitt Landskap” at Bodø Biennale across three venues: Stormen, Bodø Kunstforening and Bodø Domkirke.
The exhibition presents the paintings and sculptures of Gunnar Tollefsen in the context of younger generation of artists. Here he is in front of my installation:
(photo Siri Tollefsen)
The other artists in the exhibition: Siri Austeen, Johanne Hestvold, Linn Halvorsrød, Olav Christopher Jenssen, Edvine Larssen and Vemund Thoe.
MIKRO
(photo Rosa Menkman and Per Kvist)
For the third Dark Ecology journey which took place in June, I was commissioned together with Justin Bennett to make a new version of our performance collaboration mikro.
Mikro series is an audiovisual improvised performance where we use material found at the location we perform.
For Dark Ecology we collected materials from the whole journey: Pasvik, Nikel, Kola superdeep and from the processing plant in Kirkenes where we performed.
During the performance I use a microscope to examine and capture the textures of the various materials found, while Justin uses various microphones to sample and process sounds he creates from the materials.
Watch the video below to get an impression of the performance at Dark Ecology:
We also got a chance to perform this at Kristiansand Kunsthall as part of punktfestivalen in the beginning of September.
We enjoy this collaboration and would love to do more performances, so please be in touch if you know of a suitable venue/occasion.
LIVING EARTH -FIELD NOTES FROM THE DARK ECOLOGY PROJECT 2014-2016
The Dark Ecology team has created a beautiful book summing up the three Dark Ecology journeys. I have been so fortunate to be part of all three journeys and I am happy to be included in the book!
Read more about it and how to order
SPIN AT ØYAFESTIVALEN
I showed an outdoor version of spin at Øyafestivalen, Norway´s largest music festival that took place in Oslo in mid-august.
UPCOMING
Barents will be shown at a one-night event at the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam on October 28th. A collaboration between Sonic Acts and the museum.
I will participate in a artist laboratory project at theANTI Festival, Kuopio, Finland end of October, as part of the bigger project “Future DiverCities – Creativity in Urban Context”.
Solo exhibition at Rake Visningsrom in Trondheim in November, really looking forward to doing something at this place.
…and a few unconfirmed projects that will hopefully happen.
Conversations with spaces 