inastatewhenitgotrelevant

All that I could carry

Video 8 minutes

I didn't expect the outcome to be what it was. I had talked about allowing the room to exist without imposing my own ideas of what should or shouldn’t be there. Yet, my proposal for the upcoming exhibition at Kunsthallen turned into something quite literal: a cast of the floor.

Made of insistent material, it is only controlled by the ratio of water to crushed stone. In its softest state, it ultimately revealed its most dramatic form. One after one slab was made, the one heavier than the other. If they had been any larger or heavier, I wouldn’t have been able to move or carry them. I only realized this afterward, which was fortunate because I was by myself most of the time. They became all that I could carry, all that I could control. After university, this would be my place, something I could take with me. In a state when it got relevant.

Perfect State was first shown at Bergen Kunsthall in 2025. An opportunity to present my practice within a different setting.