Refuse to be a coward

• Ocean Without a Shore
  I’m looking forward to seeing some videoworks by Bill Viola at Kabuso on Saturday; in the meantime I’m enjoying a youtube-clip of a video installation he did  for the 2007 Venice Biennial.
• Limen
  Ellen Ringstad, Hélène Førde, Sofia Eliasson, Emily Ilett, Moa Franzén Limen – exhibition opening this Friday 20.00 at Premiss, Damsgårdsveien 35. There will be a performance at about 20.30. The exhibition will also be open Saturday and Sunday 12.00 – 18.00. For more information see www.prmss.no
• Not in my backyard, please
  My head was pondering this morning, my pulse higher than ever before. I was burning alive, as a close friend watched me from a safe distance, match sticks in hand. I forgive you, little matches boy, you’re only struggling to survive. It is not enough to think happy thoughts. The flames die eventually, as dreams [...]
• Cannibalism
• Cleaning out my crayons
  There’s something absurdly beautiful in a graffiti-bombed wall. Perhaps it’s the post-industrial, apocalyptic and dystopic I am attracted to. It’s certainly an acquired taste, most likely influenced by my ex, a «legendary» spraypainter: «What do I think of tags? I can enjoy the beauty in a bombed wall or a bombed subway, although I understa […]