...vi puster med tidevannet og bølgeskvulpet rasler i magen, 2022

Exhibition of art collective ”Ekko Ekko” under the Arctic Arts Festival, 25th of June- 2nd of July 2022. 

A nomadic, social, interdisciplinary art project between me, environmental philosopher Tuva Saltermark and biology student Kathleen Helleland. The project wanted to problematize how the state of Norway views the ocean as an eternal resource, as well as talk to people along the coastline of Northern Norway/Sápmi about what the ocean means to them. We also speculated about what might exist in the deep ocean rhealm after oil spills and deep sea mining, aesthetically and philosophically being inspired by the diatom, the microscopical algae that produces more oxygen than the rainforest of Amazonas. The research culminated in an exhibition at the festival consisting of a collage of material gathered from our travels in Northern Norway/Sápmi. 

In the exhibition:

Peer of pine wood, 20x100x300cm / Video projection (loop) of film-collage of documentation from the travel (length: 11,5 min)

Drawing and spirulina ink sealed in isomalt, 2 x (15x15cm) / Sound recording of the beluga whale Hvaldimir lent from the organisation OneWhale

Glass sculptures (made in collaboration with Gallery S12, Bergen) with spirulina ink, 2x (ca25x15x15cm), 3x(ca20x15x15cm)

Glassculptures ”Ode to the diatom” (made in collaboration with Galleri S12, Bergen) with instruction, 3x (ca14x6x6cm), 2x(ca12x8x8cm)

Hand made fishing net of linen yarn growing during the exhibition / Ceramic sculptures with cobolt glaze, 6 x (ca5x5x10cm) / Maps from 1952, 60x100cm

Library with poetry, theory and art books that have inspired our project

Social arrangements during the exhibition:

Monotype workshop with seaweed and flowers (”Fabulerende fangst”) /  Harvesting by the shore (”Fra fjæreslang til fellesspisning”) / Fish yarn binding

Thank you to

Collaborators for Havdagan- festival at Tørrfiskbrygga, Brønnøysund 8-12th of June: Sebastian Strand and Kari Johanne Aglen

Collaborators for Havblikk pop-up exhibition 18th of June: Astrid Ardagh, Paula Megija Kárklina and Eva Bakkeslett