this is another work i put up in the  H Y S H room...containing field-modelled objects (meaning made in nature on site)  and another of Mr Jason Larkins photographs. ..the fact that the nature on the picture is not so different to some of the places i go makes an interesting connection as all the objects are made by inspiration...directly...after seeing a new uploaded image/text combination from Mr. Jason Larkin during the spring of 2009

for me it has much to say about how my ideas grow...the imprtance of exchange of ideas ...views...work... how finding a kindered spirit expand my world and make me come closer to my physical surroundings

the fragility of it all...us ...nature...and the absurde attempt to capture it either in images or porcelain... eeehhhh...its important...both for the prosess...the finished whole of the work...and just me

too many words  H Y S H

 i think this picture together with Mr Jason Larkins photo illustrate what i want to express...and during the vernissage i got the impression that this is what people want to do...like i did so many times in real-life...pick up a bird from the ground and take it back home for rescue...as i have (a rare occation) enlargered the motif i hope to bring forward the experience of childhood...the bird is quite big in your hand...

to be a bit personal this leeds back to a single experience for me that i think i want to share: when i was nine, i lived in a block in a suburb of bergen...there was some small patches of forrest left close to the buildings where we kids used to play...in one of the large  trees there was this magpie nest...and some of the children made a game of throwing stones at it....of course i felt the urge to climb up and rescue the birdies...so i did...one...but i was not allowed to keep it at home...so i ran away...for about eight hours i was going along the highway in the rain with the bird in my hands...unable to cover its body with my hands in one grip...constantly having to change the postition of my fingers to keep it warm...much of my obsession of modelling these birds comes from that night i think 

i was a bit afraid the amount may scare the viewers off from connect with the figures ...but obviously that did not happen...in this case i also split the installation so the birds can be bought one by one and by that find a new safe enviroment at its new owner with or without one of the beautiful images...

taking pictures like that im a bit amivalente to...i dont want it to look as i use the photos as a backdrop...they are as crucial to the story-telling as the birds itselves...but i think its visualizes my own private experience somehow and for me it becomes alive again

last week i was putting up the H Y S J exhibition at Østfold Kunstnersenter. This was one of four paralelle shows and a very pleasant place to work, a nice room and kind collegues with very interesting projects i must say...im honoured to be exhibiting with you guys :)

luckily my special ordered crash-pad in baby-blue fake-leather had arrived  before me...(my corrected photos never did) despite of the ash in the air

i had alot to do...every of the 56 birds got between 30 and 50 small holes in which there are to be glued a tiny piece of tread...splitted and vaxed cotton...and this action took me two hardworking days on the floor...while sitting like that i learn to know the room and as i have all the pictures around me i put them up one by one when i see/feel the right spot...i use black map-pins as the room is kinda rough and i like to avoid frames in order to achieve a straight forward expression