Grunnarbeid

Solo exhibition at Entrée comprising sculptures 3D printed in earth and clay. The works function as small biotopes: moss, algae, and other local vegetation take hold and gradually change their surfaces over the course of the show.

The same ongoing body of work was later shown in Bergen Assembly 2025 (Across, With, Nearby) at Bergen Kunsthall (11 September to 9 November 2025).

Soil and clay were collected from sites in Tromsø and Bergen marked by human activity and recent exposure, among them Nedre Håpet in Tromsø (where an earlier outdoor edition of the project was shown in 2020), Alrekstad beside Bergen’s light rail works, Fløyen under a fallen tree, and rubble after the 2018 Munkebotsvatnet dam breach. Material was processed and mixed in the gallery for on site printing.

The gallery was treated as a humid ecosystem. Moisture from the space and visitors was collected and returned as mist; glass ampoules held terrarium ecosystems combining material from the same sites. The title points to the redistribution of soil that underlies building, infrastructure, agriculture, and extraction, and the ecosystems that shift with it.

Grunnarbeid is an ongoing project: soils from earlier versions are reused and recombined in later ones. Photography: Bjarte Bjørkum (install); artist documentation (surface details).