Time and place: Sunday November 22 2026 18.30 Cinemateket, Dronningensgate 16 Oslo.
This is a result from a REAL kunst project. The films address industrial extractivism, water pollution and scientific research in several sites in Norway, Finland, Lithuania and France.
The edge of a hole we once built
2024-2026
16mm transferred to 2K
22min
The result of a two-year artistic research project in collaboration with architect Thomas McQuillan and a residency at Velferden Center for Contemporary Art. 16mm film strips were soaked directly in the toxins and polluted water samples collected from abandoned mines and toxic waste dumps (Sokndal, Rekefjord and the island of Langøya).
Entre deux eaux Between two waters
2025-2026
16mm-expanded
25min
A collaboration with Eira Carlsen, REAL Kunst, University of Oslo and Sahima Hamlaoui, Natural History Museum, Paris. A 16mm expanded cinema screening, incorporating water samples from polluted lakes in Oslo and scientific instruments from the University of Oslo. Vacillating between toxic ecology labs and toxic water bodies in both Oslo and Paris, this work incorporates underwater 16mm footage, filmed using custom-made underwater housing built at the University of Oslo.