Installation view: Drawing the Line (Hardanger) at Prosjektrom Normanns.
Excerpt from statement:
Today, Hardanger is being destroyed, by unrestrained capitalism and nebelous political forces. Under the guise of securing the power supply of Norway’s second largest city, Bergen, the government, through the state owned company Statnett, have powered through the decision to build a new power line cutting through the unique landscape. When the decision to build the power line was initially made public, there was outrage. The government, in an attempt to avoid voter anger, announced the founding of a commitee to explore alternative options to the proposed overhead line.
The Facts:
- Analogue color photographs.
- Major series.
Excerpt from statement:
As an outsider, the pervasive wealth was both startling and fascinating. Big, beautiful houses, luxury cars and designer clothing. Most of all I sensed an overwhelming sense of contentedness. There was no great ambition to change to world. If you come to Stavanger, there is little glitz to great you. [...] People own more things, and better things, but not very different things. This is the lottery winner, that insisted he wasn’t going to change much.
The Facts:
- Analogue color photographs.
- Ongoing/major series.
Excerpt from statement:
There is a great tradition for young photographers finding musicians they connect with, and then form a lasting artistic collaboration with. Anton Corbijn and Joy Division, Annie Leibovitz and The Rolling Stones. [...] Communicating music visually, is an essential part of manufacturing the myth. My role is not that of the arhchivist, neutrally preserving chosen moments for later generations. My photography is fiction. Not the fiction that implies a lie, but the kind of fiction that transcends specific moments, and instead distills the essence of the moment so that the viewer can relive it over and over again.
the facts:
- Digital colour and monochrome photographs in various sizes.
- Ongoing/major series.
Excerpt from statement:
Looking out on the North Sea from the west coast of Norway, means looking at the waves and feeling the freezing wind on your skin, only interrupted by the odd shipping tanker passing by. But further out lies the oil platforms, the commercial fishing trawlers and enough wind power to eliminate fossil fuel.
The Facts:
- 7 medium scale color photographs.
- Digital pigment prints.
- Edition of 1 + 1 A.P.
- Minor series.
Contact:
erik@nufsaid.no
(+47) 402 90 658
About the artist:
CV
Artist Statement
Press:
The press kit