Mass Superposition, wall painting by Marte Johnslien
A Joyous Slope Between the Stomach and the Head, wall painting/installation by Marianne Hurum
Mini concert by Sverre Strandberg.
A Joyous Slope between the stomach and the head (2003) Wallpainting and projection by Marianne Hurum
Detail, A Joyous Slope Between the Stomach and the Head (2003) Wallpainting and projection by Marianne Hurum
Sverre Strandberg, mini concert (2003)
Sverre Strandberg, mini concert (2003)
About the works
Mass Superposition
The mural consisted of meteorites painted on a dark brown background. The wall was lit from below by mounted light-tubes. The meteorite mural has relevance to other works Johnslien have done concerning catastrophes and cosmic fear. The meteorite can be looked upon as the ultimate threat to human existence, at the same time as the time-perspective makes it an irrational fear for the individual in the everyday life. This notion led to the depiction of the meteorites in an inviting, decorative way, with only hints of the dark and dangerous. The aesthetics of the work comes from a fascination with 60’s and 70’s space exploration, and the mural could be imagined to be a reproduction of the decoration in some science lab from that time, hence the description installation.
A Joyous Slope Between the Stomach and the Head
The wall painting consisted of a monochrome red colour, the colour that was so often used in traditional salons, where these red walls formed the background for paintings. It was regarded as an ideal background to best view paintings at that time. On the wall was a video projection of a tennis ball that was bouncing off the wall.
The exhibition was open one night only, on 15. January 2004 and was followed by an artist talk with Johnslien and Hurum on the next day.
