In this exhibition, a museum artefact serves as a aggregator of artworks and research concerning cultural memories derived from archaeology, architecture, materials, science, and myths. The museum artefact is disseminated by means of freestanding sculptures, installations and a film. In several works I take sources from Old Norse poetry, the material text culture from the historical era when we transitioned from oral to literal systems of communication. By allowing these textual sources to surface through hi-tech materials, digital technology and ancient craft techniques, I attempt to achieve a flattening of time, in which unites the unknown in the past, present and future and brings it together in the rooms housing the exhibition.
The works in this exhibition was made on the basis of collaborations with the Norwegian Institute of Cultural Heritage Research: Follobaneutgravningen, the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Paul Scherrer Institut (Villigen, Switzerland).
Fotos: Eivind Lauritzen, F15
