Wir sind Schmutz
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Lost in the Glands
March 15, 2025
The “Wir sind Schmutz”-project is based on research into the Queer liberation in early 1900s Germany. Part of the project was researching the subject at the Magnus Hirschfeld Archives in Berlin, where I was fascinated by the historical quest to “explain” homosexuality through scientific inquiry. This video, crafted from scans…
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Looking the past in the eye
March 15, 2025
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It has been more than one year since I returned from my research stay in Berlin. It is strange with artmaking, – it doesn’t necessarily happen when you want it to. I had planned to start making art from my findings at the Hirschfeld library as soon as I got…
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It may have been a happy Christmas
December 27, 2023
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I am back in Norway after my period of artistic research in Berlin. My sketchbook, phone, and computer are full of notes, ideas, and images from archives and museums. A special thank you to the Magnus Hirschfeld Gesellschaft for allowing me to browse their archive in my search for glimpses…
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What are we all looking for
November 19, 2023
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I have so far spent two weeks here in Berlin, looking through archives, browsing books, visiting galleries and scanning microfilms in my artistic search in the early queer history. As I work, I come in touch with glimpses of hundreds upon hundreds of lives – individuals searching for freedom, daring…
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The longing for truth and beauty
November 12, 2023
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Looking through the shelves of the library at the Magnus Hirschfeld Society - seeing who and what I will meet in the century-old pages. I am struck by many encounters: by the scientific mind observing the world and attempting to understand, simplify, and classify; by the brave early queer lovers;…