During the first part of 2018, I am involved in a reconstruction of Blikk (1970), an installation originally created by Irma Salo Jæger (sculptures and light), Sigurd Berge (sound and music) and Jan Erik Vold (text). The work was constructed in collaboration with researchers and engineers from Norwegian Defense Research Establishment (FFI) and was performed at the Henie Onstad Arts Center, who also had commissioned the work. The work will be installed in the new National Museum in Oslo, and is being reconstructed as a commission from them.
Lighted rotating paddles mirror colors and cast shadows around the space, and are combined with sound from 10 speakers, so that Jan Erik Vold seems to move carefully around the room while reading. This alternates with Sigurd Berge’s electronic music, which was largely composed at The Gaudeamus-foundation in the Netherlands.