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 […]
NY ORK
New Ork is an arena to get inspired by sustainability and green thinking and practice initiatiated by Osebakken Green Neighborhood in Porsgrunn in collaboration with Grenland Artgallery (Norway). The goal is to see how new knowledge and aesthetic experiences can inspire and create a foundation and understanding of sustainable ways to collaborate and develop urban […]
BIOCHYMICKAL ARTS – FOAM WORKSHOP
No, its not a misspelling but a deliberate mix of Alchemy and Chemistry. A word coined long before the arts and sciences were separated, according to Maja Kuzanovic, initiator of FOAM. This workshop, initiated and organised by the cultural lab FOAM in Brussels, was a master class bringing together practitioners and enthusiasts in the art, science and technology […]
TREES – the lungs of the world Part II
This was the second part of the project about getting children to connect with the wonders of trees through aesthetics, poetics, play and stories. The project was a collaboration between storyteller Georgiana Keable and myself for the project Kunstsprang – a Norwegian initiative working with art and ecology for young children. Through storytelling and creative work with the […]
DRØMMESOMMER
Artworkshop at a summer camp for children i Ålesund, Norway, 29.07-2.08. My aim for the week was to inspire the kids to explore the local area for making materials and colour extracted from natural material. I wanted them to develop a curious and playful mind and enjoy using their hands for creating. We made paper […]
TRANSFORMATION in a changing climate
Transformation in a changing climate was an international conference in Oslo, Norway on the 19th -21st June 2013. The aim of this conference was to bring together diverse perspectives on transformation, and to generate cutting-edge discussions on deliberate, ethical and sustainable transformation in response to the complex global challenges associated with climate change. It […]
NEW AGRARIAN MYTHOLOGY
Collaborative baking happening with Amy Franceschini & Future Farmers/Bakehouse Bjørvika and 50 eager delegates from the conference Transformation in a Changing Climate, Oslo, Norway.