Souvenir

Things usually encountered outdoors have been moved inside.

Sculptures shaped like portable barriers redirects your movements in between the four rooms at Heimdal Kunstforening. But this time the way around leads you closer. And you find engraved messages in the metal structure. It reads like scars and speaks of memories, about a trip to the beach. And so, we are moved to the ocean. You look down and see small fragments collected at the seat of your car. A picture is taking shape from the everyday still life: spilled coffee and sea creatures, a half-eaten apple and raging sun. Create some shade. Take a break. Spit out the core.

It all adds up to a sand cake.

The exhibition was accompanied by a text written by Lisa Torell. Read it here.

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Installation views and details from the show Souvenir at Heimdal Kunstforening in Trondheim, Norway, 2023.

Mixed media (Foldable and stretchable iron metal structures, bolts and mutters, plaster reliefs cast from car mats with mounted photographs, sculptures casted in plaster, sand, iron metal sculptures, three pieces of plywood and mdf sculptures with worked surfaces like carving, color, filler and burnt wood, bleached cotton textiles with text calligraphed by the artist's mother, smaller objects cast in plaster, wax and silicone, as well as various found objects, linen canvas, paper, black rubber mat that covers one room's floor and which gives off a distinct smell, car speaker with looped sound, 9min. Dimensions variable.

Photography by Daniel Hansen.

Exhibition supported by Kulturrådet, Trondheim Kommune and Norske Billedkunstnere