Projects Expanding the Drawing Format;
In my artistic practice, drawing constitutes a conceptual and material foundation that permeates all my forms of expression. Drawing is not merely an exercise in arranging lines on a two-dimensional plane; it also functions as a structuring principle that can be reshaped, expanded, and translated into various media. This expanded approach to drawing involves continuous boundary-crossing, where the traditional roles of pen, paper, and lines are challenged in their interactions with sculptural elements, installation, video, and mixed media.
By elevating drawing from its conventional format into a three-dimensional context, new opportunities for interaction between line and space emerge. When, for instance, drawing is transferred to sculptural expressions—whether through wire forming lines in the air or through incisions on various surfaces—the distinction between plane and object dissolves. In these processes, drawing becomes a supporting structure that holds the artwork together, both visually and conceptually. At the same time, a potential for performative qualities arises: viewers can physically move around the “drawing,” observing it from different perspectives and experiencing the lines as a bodily presence in the space.
Throughout this process—where the role of drawing is continuously reformulated in dialogue with a wide range of media—I seek to challenge preconceived notions of what drawing can be. I view drawing as a method of orchestrating experience, a way of thinking and creating that transcends two-dimensional boundaries. As such, drawing serves as a catalyst for reflection, intervention, and transformation, both in the material world and in the conceptual space the artwork makes available. This holistic perspective, in which drawing remains a pervasive and sustaining element, underscores its capacity to stand out as a unique and innovative force, even in the face of the most complex multimedia expressions. In doing so, it pushes boundaries and opens up new ways of understanding and experiencing artistic practice.
«The Potential of Rejected Ideas»
«The Potential of Rejected Ideas» is an art project taking the form of a drawn sculptural installation. The installation consists of 10 meters of drawing paper crumpled up and shaped into a kind of ball. Various drawn motifs in different sizes can be seen in the different folds/curls. Some motifs clearly stand out, while others are hidden. Some motifs are fragmented, detached drawings that are incorporated or taped onto the crumpled paper ball.
«The Potential of Rejected Ideas» aims to create a dialogue around the potential in what is often considered failed or discarded ideas. By challenging the viewer to see the value in these ideas, the project aims to inspire a culture that embraces experimentation and risk-taking as a path to innovation.
The art project challenges the traditional interpretation of drawing by incorporating traditional paper drawing as a foundation and creating an organic connection between the two-dimensional and the three-dimensional. In this way, the audience is challenged to redefine the relationship between flat surfaces and three-dimensional form. The artwork invites reflection and discussion on the unpredictability of the creative process and its transformative power.
«The Potential of Rejected Ideas» seeks to promote critical reflection on society’s tendency to dismiss ideas that do not immediately prove viable. By exploring the potential creative opportunities in what has previously been rejected, the art project aims to contribute to a culture that values experimentation, failure, and learning as an integral part of the innovation process.
In today’s society, characterized by rapid technological development and complexity, the ability to rediscover, challenge, and integrate rejected ideas is crucial for innovation. This art project seeks to reflect the contemporary need to embrace diverse perspectives. It underscores the importance of seizing the opportunities inherent in rejected ideas to shape a more holistic and innovative future. «The Potential of Rejected Ideas» thus positions itself within a larger conceptual framework of creative rebirth, iteration, and recycling.
Various Art Projects
In my mixed-media installations, drawing often manifests as a guiding thread that unites multiple materials and techniques. The choice of materials is guided by a shared, drawn logic, where the linear structure creates continuity across media. This allows drawing to be incorporated into a holistic aesthetic, where the core idea is to explore how the line, in its most expanded sense, can drive the work’s form and content. By combining tactile and digital methods, the elasticity of drawing as an expressive form is further highlighted.
In my video-based projects, drawing is integrated as a central visual and narrative element within the temporal format. Lines, shapes, and graphic motifs may be projected, animated, or manipulated digitally, thereby situating drawing in a moving, multi-layered landscape. Through shifting layers of visibility, transparency, and overlap, the drawing achieves a dynamism that challenges our conventional understanding of the term. Here, it becomes capable of commenting on and influencing sequences of images in real time, opening up possibilities for rethinking drawing’s relationship to both time and space.
Artistic intervention of a building in Oslo, Norway:
“Are you receiving this message?” is an Audio-visual work (2013) and was my contribution to an curated artistic intervention which I was involved. My artwork was projected onto one of the walls of the Cafe Dramas premises. “Are you receiving this message?” is an artwork composed and animated on 58 layers, that consists of photography, drawing, digital drawing, video, text and audio. All items made by me. «Are you Receiving this message?» reflects on how the new technology affects and change how we communicate with each other and subject us to unpleasant exposure.
Audio-visual works, duration 3 minutes.
The speech bubbles are in Norwegian.
TO ENGLISH SPEAKERS, HERE’S THE TRANSLATION:
– «What’s up with the dude behind us? He’s staring at us! »
– «LOL, WTF»
– «I know right! OMG»
– «Wait, is he filming us? »
– «Awkward! What are we gonna do? »
– «I dunno, act natural? »
– «ROFL, sure! »
– «LMAO, we’re just gonna chill, then? »
– «Yeah »
Video/ Multimedia Art
2012-2014
My media art videos are composed of various elements such as video, drawing, photography, sound, text and performance, and explore various aspects of identity, intimacy and distance.
In my artistic research I have reflected on our technological age, and our behavioural change through our visual culture and our high consumption of images. I found that the change was most evident in the way we communicate with each other. I’ve also pondered the phenomenological aspect of our society’s technological means of communication, as these become a sensuous extension of the body, which we perceive and experience other people through.
My artistic alter ego; «Psykonauten» (the Psychonaut), often occurs in my audiovisual-artworks. My artistic definition of him is one that explores the unconscious mind in man. He tries constantly to understand ways that people communicate in, with more or less success.
«Psychonaut» definition: a psychonaut «a sailor of the soul» is one who study and explore consciousness (including the unconscious) and altered states of consciousness; it rests on the realization that to study consciousness is to transform it.
«The Psychonauts tentative travel in the communication realm»
“The Psychonauts tentative travel in the communication realm”. Media art video/Audio-visual work (2014), duration 10 minutes.
This art video is an interpretation of my Psychonaut’s journey and his examination of various communication attempts. This interpretation was part of my thesis on different communication interstices and of my art-based research.
«Screen Flicker»
«Screen Flicker» (2015) An artistic interpretation of screen addiction, which indicates how we humans, through the new technological possibilities, crave constant news updates and leaves us in a detached and fragmented state. Audio-visual work, duration 1 minute.
«The perforated I»
Silent Communication or Communication without sound
«The Psychonauts persistent attempts to contact» (Duration 4 minutes) This media art video was also a part of my master thesis on various communication interstice. This artpiece performed simultaneously with «The Psychonaut’s communication journey» and was in active dialogue with its counterpart.
At the exhibition the audience could join in front of a mirror. Only these codes was provided during the projection of the video:
1 = waving hello, 2 = Dance, 3 = Take symbolic wave of joy, 4 = Applaud
Artistic research
This Media Art video is a part of a larger arts-based research project. Techniques: Video, drawing, photography and performance elements. Duration 2 minutes.
This Media Art video is part of a larger art-based research project. Techniques: Video, drawing, photography and performance elements. Duration 2 minutes.
Mixed Media
In my mixed-media work, I blend photography, drawing, and new media—each element crafted by me. I merge my own photographs with hand- or digitally-drawn details, adding watercolors or other paintings I’ve made. Through a transformative process, these images take on a unique artistic identity.
My art reflects modern life’s duality, where urban existence meets nature, revealing hidden emotional layers.
