samtaler // conversations, 2021
I invited two people to have a live conversation with me Kunstnernes Hus. The conversations reflected upon body-dysphoria, sex and disability, the self, solidarity work, the mediator’s role and Narrative therapy. The two individual conversations were aesthetically and conceptually framed.
Notater // Notes, 2021
Pink paper notes placed sporadically around at Kunstnernes Hus. The text excerpts are quotes from eight interviews and three Narrative therapy sessions I carried forward and participated in as an observer. The texts was also available in Braille in a booklet for the visually impaired and blind.
Jeg er lyden sola ville lagd // I am the sound the sun would make, 2019
The voice in these works belongs to a dear friend and author Frøydis Sollid Simonsen and is excerpts from conversation-interviews between Simonsen (forever greatful) and me (Katarina Skjønsberg) between 2016-2019. The recited poems are heartlearned out of a necessity and are presented edited and in excerpts. The transcription of the poems is directly written down from Simonsen's recitation. *English translation by Kreg Viesselman
Below you will find various takes on the same content
Video work #3
Documentation from group exhibition "Og lenge gikk vi uten lys" at Kristiansand Kunsthall, november 2020
video#1: I Am The Sound The Sun Would Make (excerpt)
video#2: I Am The Sound The Sound Would Make (excerpt)
Documentation of Sound work #1. Part of 'The Suitors', a Momentum Biennale event hosted by fellow students at the Kunstakademiet. This is a documentation of the work shown on the bus ride.
I hold your heart, 2020
Documentation of video work and performance “I hold your Heart” in untitled exhibition
Al Badawi and I // A Tree is strong by its roots, 2019
I started looking for the Palestinian olive tree Al Badawi in 2017. I found the tree. This is two of the attempts to share my encounter with the tree and its story.
My journey, encounter and ambiguity towards making art of an ancient Palestinian olive tree. Montage video.
Documentation of the installation and video work “ A Tree is strong by its Roots”. Paper/tv (showing a charcoal animation)
om å trene i fredstid (I & II), 2018
Om å trene i fredstid (I) is a sound installation consisting: a pink paper with text, a glass plate, gaffa tape and headphones.
Om å trene i fredstid (II) is an installation consisting: a montage video and a wall of photographs
Documentation of the installation and video work ‘Om å trene i fredstid II’. An attempt to make a video of anxiety exercises. Photographs/paper/video montage
stone in stone, 2013
On a trip to a mountain outside of Ramallah, Palestine I found a stone. Not a usual stone, this one. In a cavity in the stone, there is a little stone. It is as if the little and the big stone belongs to one another - as they once were one stone.
Documentation of installation. 200 silk screen prints, framed pencil on paper, video work, 2013
Documentation of installation. 200 silk screen prints, framed pencil on paper, video work, 2014
Documentation of drawing. pencil on paper, 2013