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Thanks to colleagues Thomas Iversen for an awesome job, helping me with the carving, Cathrine Alice Liberg and Sigvei Ringvold for printing :-)

wood, powder coated metal, rope and hardware, 2017

Apartment 420 - fragments of a memory, woodcut on textile, 244x716 cm. I have used the apartments I have lived in as memory triggers. The memory of objects and events are not necessarily related to the specific apartment, but go beyond the place they happened. One association follow the other, the work becomes dreamy and everything merged. To document my work for my MFA online exam, I went to @kunsthallgrenland that have been so generous to opens the doors to artist, to use their space to work in, and to have a possible exhibition in the end of this summer. You will find me here on and off this summer 👌💕 And thanks to @myselitt who invited me and for awesome lift handling ✨👌#kunsthallgrenland #woodcut #blackandwhite #tresnitt #leilighet420 #mfaproject https://www.instagram.com/p/CAZppAApnGm/?igshid=js0r5dvgspi3

Diving into my memories connected to objects and places I have lived, part of my master project, exhibition opening in June. Big scale woodcut. Carving with colleague @mr_thomas_iversen 👌✨ #woodcut #largescale #memories #placesihavelived #mfaproject #blackandwhite #dagbokprosjekt #tresnitt https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Bnjn8pwmi/?igshid=lyj6qugq5r91

In 'The White Possessive: Property, Power and Indigenous Sovereignty', Goenpul woman, Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson states "These cities signify with every building and every street that this is now possessed by others; signs of white possession are embedded everywhere in the landscape. The omnipresence of Indigenous sovereignties exists here too, but it is disavowed through the materiality of these significations, which are perceived as evidence of ownership by those who have taken possession. This is territory that has been marked by and through violence and race. Racism is thus inextricably tied to the theft and appropriation of Indigenous lands in the first world. In fact, its existence in the United States, Canada, Australia and Hawaiʻi, and New Zealand was dependent on this happening. The dehumanizing impulses of colonization are successfully acted upon because racisms in these countries are predicated on the logic of possession." p. xiii. The book includes a chapter titled 'The Legacy of Cook's Choice' which discusses Cook's decision to take illegally claim possession of the East Coast of the Australian continent in the name of his monarch, King George III. The chapter provides some context regarding the current debate around monuments and Cook's role in colonial history. I highly recommend this book for those wishing to unpack colonial mythology and the history we've been fed for far too long. Pictured: 'Unlearning Cook, Part Three', 2016, 16 fixed lumen prints, 81cm x 102cm, unique work. & Aileen Moreton-Robinson, 'The White Possessive: Property, Power and Indigenous Sovereignty', Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015 #mfaproject #mfaresearch #MythofTerraNullius #captaincookresearchproject @vca_mcm

Australia... Honestly, I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried. Captain Cook statue (I guess you could call it that), Cock & Bull, Cairns, Djabugay Country. #MythofTerraNullius #captaincookresearchproject #UnlearningCook #mfaproject #mfaresearch #straya

Tonight. Sophia Cai - In My Skin - Contemporary Chinese Photography. Roderick Grant - Critical Infrastructure - Landscape, Intention and Intervention. And me - Camera obscura - past, present, future. 6pm @ccp_australia. No booking required. @sophiatron @rsjgrant #cameraobscura #mfaresearch #mfaproject

I have so much gratitude for all who came through the camera obscura over the past two days. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and just be in the space with me. It was an energising and fun couple of days with so much experimentation, thoughtful dialogue and learning. Now, onto the next stage... 🏕 #cameraobscura #mfaproject #mfaresearch