Last night/Natt til i går
Wallpaper and footprints
Studio 17
Stavanger 31 July, 2015
Smell of memory - is made up of wallpaper pealed from a bedroom after a party. The Wallpaper carries the traces of being cut into, writing, marks and paint from several events. Behind the surface of the wallpaper lies several other layers dating back almost a hundred years with each their different shades and colours. Dust and odours like coffee, cigarettes and sweat is present.
Untitled marks Stavanger - A site spesific work made onto the floor made deliberatly by hosting an event in the gallery space prior to the opening. The work shows footprints from dancing on the floor made up from dirt, alcohol and condensation from human breath. A rectangle is clean reviling the natural colour and quality of the floor. .
▼It is an elevated state, where one is able to free oneself. But festivities are not something one have alone. In an intense setting you build something up with others, something that is big, that only exits in the small time one can stand to be there, that afterward carry dreamlike impressions, as is it was not quite from reality▲
News article (NO):
http://www.aftenbladet.no/kultur/Han-inviterer-til-fest-etter-festen-3742641.html