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