L/R Residency, part 3

A tour around Klungtveit house. 

It had this typical summer house feeling about it, with an eclectic collection of furniture, books, porcelain, old clothes and other things. Just the kind of place I like to stay in.

L/R Residency, part 2

Settling in at Klungtveit farm. It was a strange experience to come out into the vast nothingness of this faraway place, discovering that there was no outcome at all for the stress and speed I brought with me from the city. Here, I had all the time in the world for doing what I wanted - I will keep coming back to time and the use of it. 

So, the first days was all about slowing down. Took time to discover the place inside and out. Sitting down at the mountainside in the sun, looking at the view, drinking instant coffee, carving on a piece of wood, winding a tangled skein of yarn, doing nothing. And after a while, starting to work on the projects I wanted to do.

L/R Residency, part 1

I have just come home from my little residency at Lukkeskåra/Rådlausjuvet at Klungtveit farm in Suldal, Norway. Five days in absolute silence, serenity and solitude. Not exactly a time for peace of mind, but rather an intense rush of thoughts that suddenly could emerge in this still and quiet place.

It took some time to settle into this new pace (or the lack of it), and I totally lost my sense of time - simply because time did not matter. The key experience I bring with me home is that there is so much time. It is about the way one spends it.

Needless to say, I got things done. I'm struggling to organize the humongous number of photos I took during my stay, and will post them here in short chapters for as long as they last. On Instagram as well. 

This is a part of the project Tales from the Woods, previously posted here. Our work can also be followed on Facebook. Soon, it's time for the next part - the collaboration project and symposium in Tartu, Estonia. Looking forward to that!

Strange architecture

Someone is building something in the woods behind our house. I don’t know who or why, but I do find it quite beautiful. I keep coming back to this place because this construction has been ever-changing over the years – once it looked like an ordinary campsite, another time it rather had the vibe of a pagan altar… And now this “hut”.

This post was also posted at Tales From the Woods today. And my sylvan residency draws nearer!

Tales from the Woods

A couple of weeks ago, I got involved in a new project. It's called "Tales from the Woods" - and what could suit me better?

“Tales from the woods” is a unique artist-in-residence project that gives you the opportunity of following the lives of five young artists (called The Art Flaneurs). Each Art Flaneur is a representative of a partner organisation from Estonia (Creative Center Carnation), Finland (Kronomagasinet), Sweden (ARNA and Not Quite) or Norway (Rogaland Art Center- L/R). During the project all of them will visit one of the partner organisations to experience a short term artist-in-residence programme. They will also work on a joined project that will be introduced to the public in April 2014 when all of them meet at a symposium in Tartu.

In addition, a small research is made about the affect of arist-in-residence projects to the local communities. All of the partner organisations are located more or less in smaller cities or some even in the real woods. The project is coordinated by Creative Center Carnation from Estonia.

So, in a few months time, I will be headed to my residency at Lukkeskåra/Rådlausjuvet in southern Norway. And then to Estonia! But my research starts now - I will share the process here on my blog.

Follow our project here, or through Facebook.

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The photos above are from my latest edition of my exam work installation "The Last Girl in the Woods". Staged in our barn in August.