EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED

Everything is Connected (Alt henger sammen med alt); an exhibition of six of my films at Galleri Nord-Norge in Harstad, North Norway 18th January - 22nd February 2014.

Some pics from the opening:

ICE - AN AESTHETIC AND POETIC EXPRORATION

ICE - an aesthetic and poetic exploration with 6th grade pupils from Ashley school, Walton on

Themes in Surrey. The sessions included a three day aesthetic exploration of ice through the five

senses; sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. We worked with ice from different perspectives; sculpting

with ice, made ice instruments and jewlery, made time lapse ice-melt films, wrote iceflake poetry,

explored the soundscapes created by ice and explored the transformation of ice in various other ways.

A fantastic group of engaged children in a wonderful school where sustainability is at the core.

BARENTS RESIDENCY

Residency organised by Pikene på Broen, Kirkenes 1st-10th of December 2013. I researched rømmekolle, an indigenous fermented milk "yogurt" that will materialise as a project for the arts festival Barents Spektakkel 2015 in Kirkenes, Norway. I interviewed many elderly people in Sør Varanger county about their rømkolle traditions and nearly got hold of an old heirloom culture that had been cultivated by the 92 year old Ovidia Kurti since childhood. Unfortunately it had died 4 months previous to my arrival (!), probably due to her using shop bought milk that must have been contaminated by antibiotics. I am still looking for a culture, and also looking into other ways of creating the starter from a mountain plant.
I also researched milk fermentation in Murmansk, North Russia, and had the pleasure of meeting a lovely family from Tjetchenia and a lady from Arkangelsk. They both had amazing foraging traditions that they introduced me to but unfortunately thy had no fermented milk traditions in their areas. I would hva to travel all the way to Caucasus next time!

GREEN LIGHT FOR THE ARTS - COMPENDIUM

A compendium on Green Arts and material choices (Grönt Ljus på Konsten) researched and developed by Artlab Gnesta.
I was invited to write an introduction on The Art of Widening Perspectives.
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SUSTAINABLE ART – A CREATIVE CHALLENGE

”Sustainable Art – a creative challenge",  A booklet on green art and sustainable choices  published by Stockholm City Council, Sweden.  I wrote an article for the booklet.

 

GREEN LIGHTS FOR THE ARTS - SEMINAR

 

The seminar Green Lights for the Arts took place at Liljevalchs Konsthall 11th November 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden. Organised by Stockholm City Council in collaboration with Artlab Gnesta. I did a talk on
The Art of Discovering New Perspectives.

 

 
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LIVING CULTURES WORKSHOP

BREATH

Just returned from an amazing trip to Island filming the earth breathing. Breathtaking scenery, frothing and spurting water, bubbly mud and steaming hot vapours. Inspiring and expiring all at once. I am nearing the end of my filming and now look forward to sculpting the images together to create this longer version of the film Breath!