Wonder Cabinet in Sortland
Really happy to be chosen as the artist for the project Nå-Da, initiated and organised by the wonderful and enthusiastic bunch of people at Sortland Artsociety. They have selected the old, and now listed, cinema in the old Town Hall in the centre of town as the venue for the project. An amazing building from the early 50-ies that [...]
Pust på Dansens Hus
Gleder meg masse til å vise min film “Breath” og dele mellomroms perspektiver på seminaret “Puste rom” på Dansens Hus i Oslo sammen med fantastiske Haugen produksjoner. Dette er et unikt seminar som handler om pusten fra ulike perspektiver som jeg vil anbefale på det aller varmeste! Etterpå bare MÅ dere se forestillingen PUST som […]
Famous in Echizen
We have become famous in the Echizen region, the paper making district of Japan! No less than two newspaper articles about our visit. Not sure what they are saying though:)
Suminagashi master Mr. Fukuda!
Spent a precious few hours with 90 year old Mr. Fukuda, master of the ancient Japanese art of Suminagashi in Echizen!
In Between
Solo exhibition “MELLOMROM” (In Between) at the North Norwegian Arts Centre in Svolvær 27th February – 12th April.. Premiere of my film Breath screened synchronically on two walls. Also showing the short film “In Between” (6 min) and the sound installation “Exchange”, performance lecture “In Between” and Pranayama Introduction course with Charlie Taylor-Rugman on the […]
THE VALUE OF BREAD
King Ramses Bakery “Food and land and labour and human dignity are the only real sources of value but we trade those for cash hardly giving a thought for our children, our air, our water. But we can’t eat cash, no matter how much we make! So the value of bread is not in the […]
ALCHEMY
I was brought up with bread making being an existential, and therefore integral, part of the weeks work. My grandmother baked, my mother baked and even my father baked bread. Not just one at the time but often in batches of 6, that filled the house with the unmistakable aroma of yeast and freshly made […]
BREAD AS SOCIAL SCULPTURE
Read more about my breadwork on www.evabakkeslett.com – Work/Projects – The Poetics of Bread