The White, the Green, and the Dark
No Man’s Land: An Interview with Frank Ekeberg
by MONA // June 30, 2020
Drawing on natural ecosystems for inspiration and material, Frank Ekeberg’s audio compositions have a cyclical quality akin to the habitats they capture. Field recordings play a crucial role…[read on]
Cyclical Storytelling: An Interview with Britta Marakatt-Labba
by Alison Hugill // June 23, 2020
Britta Marakatt-Labba, a Sámi textile artist and painter, grew up in a reindeer-herding family in the Northernmost region of Sweden. For the Sámi, who have lived across the borders of the countries today known as…[read on]
Inger Blix Kvammen
by Dagmara Genda // June 16, 2020
On the last day of April there is still a meter of snow on the ground, unusual even for Kirkenes, a small town on the…[read on]
Art as a Political Tool: An Interview with Máret Ánne Sara
by Elizabeth Schippers // June 09, 2020
A cascade of bones spirals down from the ceiling, creating a fluid motion reminiscent of that of a wind chime. For ‘Spirals of the Pile’ (2018), the reindeer jaws, reused from her previous pieces, are carefully…[read on]
Video by MONA // June 03, 2020
In the newly opened exhibition ‘The White, the Green, and the Dark’, presented by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Berlin, artists Ingrid Torvund and Jonas Mailand will show all three films from their ‘Under Earth’ trilogy…[read on]
Interview by Hannah Carroll Harris // May 26, 2020
A steel mountainous landscape steadily deteriorates in its brine-filled vitrine, turning the once-clear liquid a corrosive dusty orange; a hanging plastic sheet rhythmically moves to a draft of air in the…[read on]
Interview by William Kherbek // May 19, 2020
Torbjørn Kvasbø has been producing his richly evocative ceramic works for more than four decades. He is frequently the subject of exhibitions that span from Lillehammer in Norway to…[read on]
Interview by Denisa Tomkova // May 12, 2020
We talked to Synnøve Persen about her Sámi origin, her work as a visual artist, activist and poet, and about her video work in the upcoming exhibition ‘The White, the Green, and the Dark’ at…[read on]
Kari Steihaug
by Hannah Carroll Harris // May 08, 2020
Kari Steihaug’s studio can be found in a large, old brick building on an island five minutes by ferry from Oslo’s busy city centre, and is a place of creative refuge for local artists…[read on]
