Overidentification
Pre-installation view
Overidentification
Pre-installation view
Overidentification
Pre-installation view
Overidentification
Installation view / opening night
Overidentification
Installation view / opening night
Overidentification
Installation view / opening night
Overidentification
Installation view
Overidentification
Installation view
Overidentification
Installation view
Overidentification
Installation view
Overidentification
Installation view
Overidentification
Installation view
Overidentification
Post-installation view
Overidentification
Post-installation view
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Overidentification
12.05 - 12.06.2016
MFA Graduation Show
Kunstnernes Hus
Oslo, Norway
“Nordby repurposed OSB panels that had been used to board up shattered windows on buildings that were damaged after the terrorist bombing of the government district on the 22 July 2011, in Oslo, Norway. These panels were removed from their original site and function, and used to board up windows of the façade at Kunstnernes Hus.
Nordby used objects that once had a specific purpose and containing a very specific historical weight, and uses them in a similar function, yet with a different purpose. The windows at Kunstnernes Hus did not need boarding up, just like the gallery space did not need imitation walls. For this reason, in the reconfigured installation, the OSB panels moved from object to thing. In the Norwegian context the events that unfolded on 22 July 2011 continue to have a profound affect on the national psyche. Repurposing materials that are physically connected to this event and its aftermath creates, as the title indicates, a heightened identification and forces remembrance of what unfolded on that day. By adding the prefix ‘over’ to ‘identification’, the artist also cautions the viewer about this direct association, and suggests that there may be an alternative angle to take in processing the piece.”
- Hanna Gjelten Hattrem, Outtake from press release and Old Laughter and Synonyms for Actors / Read more
Thanks to Marianne Heier, Dag Erik Elgin, Mats Stjernstedt, Lars Engnæs, Anders Wethal, Knut Nordby, Ulrik Rolstad, and Christopher Holt-Iversen.
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12.05 - 12.06.2016
MFA Graduation Show
Kunstnernes Hus
Oslo, Norway
“Nordby repurposed OSB panels that had been used to board up shattered windows on buildings that were damaged after the terrorist bombing of the government district on the 22 July 2011, in Oslo, Norway. These panels were removed from their original site and function, and used to board up windows of the façade at Kunstnernes Hus.
Nordby used objects that once had a specific purpose and containing a very specific historical weight, and uses them in a similar function, yet with a different purpose. The windows at Kunstnernes Hus did not need boarding up, just like the gallery space did not need imitation walls. For this reason, in the reconfigured installation, the OSB panels moved from object to thing. In the Norwegian context the events that unfolded on 22 July 2011 continue to have a profound affect on the national psyche. Repurposing materials that are physically connected to this event and its aftermath creates, as the title indicates, a heightened identification and forces remembrance of what unfolded on that day. By adding the prefix ‘over’ to ‘identification’, the artist also cautions the viewer about this direct association, and suggests that there may be an alternative angle to take in processing the piece.”
- Hanna Gjelten Hattrem, Outtake from press release and Old Laughter and Synonyms for Actors / Read more
Thanks to Marianne Heier, Dag Erik Elgin, Mats Stjernstedt, Lars Engnæs, Anders Wethal, Knut Nordby, Ulrik Rolstad, and Christopher Holt-Iversen.
