Hva heter det igjen når man skulle ha vært der_18

The video series "Hva heter det igjen når man skulle ha vært der", (2020 - ongoing) delves into the relationship between body, identity, and space, exploring how these elements intersect in complex, often uneasy ways. Each work in the series is projected directly onto the walls of the exhibition space, erasing the boundaries between the projected image and its physical surroundings. This spatial interplay emphasizes how bodies navigate, interact with, and alter their environment. Through themes of repetition, movement, scale, vulnerability, and alienation, the series questions our assumptions about harmony and order. Instead, it introduces moments of disruption—small, subtle changes that challenge expectations and foster a sense of fragility and uncertainty.

In Nr. 18, the work takes on a more complex, clustered composition, where the body’s gestures form a landscape or map of movements, tangled and layered like a landscape of hair and skin. The video portrays gestures centered around the hair, body, and subtle physical actions that loop and repeat, creating a sense of both personal exploration and alienation. The figure’s hands move methodically, tracing patterns across the body, exploring its form and limitations while simultaneously pulling away from it, suggesting a deeper sense of estrangement from the self.

This installation explores identity through physical repetition, each movement becoming a map of personal and shared experience. The gestures are repetitive but intimate, forming a visual rhythm that reflects the tension between familiarity and distance, particularly in relation to one’s body. As the figure engages in these repetitive acts, they create a landscape that is both internal and external, mapping the physical world while navigating through themes of isolation and identity.

Projected directly onto the wall, the work merges with its architectural surroundings, reinforcing the body’s connection to, and alienation from, the space it inhabits. The repetition and clustering of gestures make the body a site of continual discovery and re-negotiation of its boundaries, mirroring the layered complexity of identity and self-perception.