Photo by Elliott Almén
Biography
This is me, a video artist, born in 1975. I have a MFA degree from the Art Academy in Trondheim (Norway) and lives and works in the Swedish landscape.
In my practice, I explore what might be perceived as beautiful, I do however not seek to romanticize or glorify my environments. I want to bring the work past our preconceived notions about what we expect to be confronted with in a certain encounter. The image archive Ecolonia, is my language, my way of describing a reality we co-create with our surroundings. I’m interested in conveying the hidden, that something ‘more’ which resides in nature and goes beyond what meets the eye. Within this system, the everyday is revalued.
My videos has been shown at Impakt Festival in Holland, Kunstnerernes Hus in Norway, Speechless Film Festival i Minnesota and Queensland Center for Photography in Australia among others.