In collaboration with Hurtigruten and with the support of Miljødirektoratet and Hurtigruten Foundation, Lise Wulff is doing a large EcoArt project in lovely Lofoten, Norway. Passengers and crew of Hurtigruten collected 1.500 kg of garbage along the coastline of Norway the 19th of September. The plastic waste is mounted on a fish rack in Svolvær, gradually filling up the rack. HESJE is the Norwegian word for a rack
Every night, as the Hurtigruten ships enter the harbor of Svolvær, Lise Wulff is meeting up to collect the plastic garbage from the beach cleanings carried through by the passengers and crew. The plastic is used in the EcoArt installation HESJE. The amount of plastic is overwhelming
The first group of passengers from Hurtigruten could witness the nordic lights while mounting the EcoArt work HESJE. The passengers had picked plastic garbage from the coast of Bodø during the day, and now, they could put some of it on the fish rack in Svolvær. Plastic vs fish….
An enormous effort has been made by Hurtigruten’s passengers and crew, making the coast line of Norway 1.500 kilos “cleaner”. 11 ships participated in this fleetwide beach cleanup, and the waste will be part of Lise Wulff’s EcoArt project HESJE (Norwegian for fish rack). If the plastic pollution of our oceans continue iwhth the speed we have today, there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans in 2050 The project urge all people to make a difference by minimizing the use of plastics, not throwing waste in nature, and picking up waste. Thanks to the support of Miljødirektoratet and Hurtigruten […]
In collaboration with Hurtigruten and with the support of Miljødirektoratet and Hurtigruten Foundation, Lise Wulff is doing a large EcoArt project in lovely Lofoten, Norway. Passengers and crew of Hurtigruten will collect garbage along the coastline of Norway the 19th of September. Today, Lise Wulff started out with her own beach cleaning. The plastic waste will be mounted on a fish rack during the week to come. As the ships are entering the harbor of Svolvær, passengers will put the waste on the rack (called HESJE in Norwegian), and the rack will be gradually filled up. 1 piece of beautiful […]
In the nature reserve of Jotunheimen, Lise Wulff did a short time, site specific installation the top of Norway’s highest mountain Galdhøpiggen. 2469 meters above the sea level, a stone was covered with yarn. Just for some hours, as you are not allowed to leave anything behind in the nature reserve.
Hvitsten Salong is a three day long art festival, arranged yearly in the small community of Hvitsten, by the fjord of Oslo. Artists are invited to exhibit their works indoors and outdoors, to give performances and concerts. Artists like Edvard Munch and Theodor Kittelsen once lived and worked in the area of Hvitsten. The Salong whishes to revive this spirit and create a dialoge with the art of today – Jon Lundell, artist and head of Hvitsten Salong Participating artists 2017 are Jon Lundell, Hanne Friis, Herman Mbamba, Mikolaj Malek, […]
A two meter tall shape of rusted reinforcement mesh is placed by the seaside in Svelvik. The citizens tie threads on the mesh, making it gradually more dense and less transparent. Still, the wind will open up the rounded shape, in which people can enter to watch their surroundings through a colorful filter. The sculpture will be moved to different places around Svelvik, amongst other outside Berger Museum Fosskleiva – a previous weaving factory. The art work is left in the hands of the public, who is invited to continue to put their threads on the mesh. The project is commissioned […]
“A Clear Day” is an outdoor art exhibition at Nääs Slott, situated just outside Gothenburg. Artists from the Nordic region are invited; Lise Wulff (N), Maria Lilja (S), Mikael Hansen (D), Kaisu Koivisto (F), Cecilia Parsberg (S), Greger Stålgren (S), Helena Maria Ekenger (S) and Agneta Segerfelt (S). Migration is the conceptual framework of the exhibition, in a broad perspective. The first human beings came to Nääs during the bronze age. Starting from the human cradle in the south east area of Africa, our predecessors moved through the Middle East and further up north through Europe and to the Nordic region. […]
“What you Bring. What you Leave” is a site specific outdoor art work made by Lise Wulff for the exhibition “A Clear Day”. A rounded moss covered stone is beautifully situated in a shade between the trees. The shape of the rock is repeated in a light and transparent material; crocheted steel wire. The two forms are next to each other, inviting to thoughts around the heavy vs the light “A Clear Day” is an outdoor art exhibition at Nääs Slott, situated just outside Gothenburg. Artists from the Nordic region are invited; Lise Wulff (N), Maria Lilja (S), Mikael Hansen […]
Organic shapes are floating under the glass roof in the huge entrance hall of Romerike Helsebygg. The title of the art installation – Catchers of the Sky – springs out of the funnel-like forms that shed different views of the sky down to the viewer, while the viewer’s eyes are lifted up and out. Wulff often works thematically in relation to place and content, and has here worked with embracing forms that underline the content of the building; health and care services. The shape and palette og the twelve sculptures break with the clean lines and colors of the building, adding warmth and […]
During a visit to the Chilean winery Aresti, Lise Wulff covered a stone found in the vineyards, with yarn in symbolic colors. The stone is a river rock, shaped by the water from the Andean mountains. At some point in time, the river transported the stone to the fields that are now under preparation to become new vineyards . White for the snow in the Andean mountains, red for the passion for the nature and its fruits, and a soft, pink yarn for care and thoughtfulness
A relational art project by Lise Wulff and Vigdis Storsveen, involving refugees to Norway and Norwegian youth. The work reflects on the concept of «home» and deals with topics such as self-sufficiency, sustainability, housing and real estate. It is made from reclaimed wood painted in colours that the participants related to the word “home”. Two constructions were made from the material. The first one was shown during the exhibition “Kunst rett Vest” at Dikemark, Norway. The second one was placed outside the site for the Nobel Peace Prize concert 2016, commissioned by the Municipality of Bærum.
150 pupils at Vettre school made their own ceramic tiles which were mounted on these wood structures inspired by the ancient lime kilns in the area. The tiles have drawings related to the local history, where the production of chalk and lime played an important role together with fishing, farming, ice cutting and salt production. The work was done in collaboration with artist Riri Green as a commission for Vettre Torg by Moen Eiendom AS. Making tiles was great fun!
Today, the outdoor work LIME KILN was installed at Vettre Torg, Norway. The art work is a collaboration with Riri Green and the pupils at Vettre school, who have made ceramic tiles with drawings inspired by the local history. The work is commissioned by Moen Eiendom AS.
“Unfolded Landscape” consists of several outdoor installations working in the field between nature and human intervention in nature. The area of the site specific works stretches from the City Hall of Sandvika to Henie Onstad Art Center; an area which contains the whole specter from beautiful nature and the Oslofjord, to highway and heavy traffic. By invitation from the municipality of Bærum and the regional art exhibition Kunst Rett Vest, and in collaboration with Norwegian artist Vigdis Storsveen, a series of five site specific outdoor installation are about to be realized. “Unfolded Landscape #5” ia a cube shaped form inspired by the surrounding stones. Made in polished steel, […]
A relational art project by Lise Wulff and Vigdis Storsveen, involving refugees to Norway and Norwegian youth. The work reflects on the concept of «home» and deals with topics such as self-sufficiency, sustainability, housing and real estate. It is made from reclaimed wood painted in colours that the participants related to the word “home”. Two constructions were made from the material. The first one was shown during the exhibition “Kunst rett Vest” at Dikemark, Norway. See the making of the first installation here >>>
A large and powerful stone is ubicated at the edge of a mountain side in Hemsedal. The area is wild and beatuiful, but also tamed by human interventions like skiflitfs and slopes. A net of yarn covers the stone. See the “making of” and “skiing to” the Woven Stone here>>> The color of the yarn – acidic bright green – makes the stone look alien from a distance. Coming up close, the viewer will see that the color is exactly the same as the brightest moose on the stone. The natural is multiplied into the unnatural. The work creates bonds […]
Lise Wulff made a net of hemp to cover a carefully selected tree. The work changes continuously with the seasons and with time. In order to survive, the tree needs to overcome the constraints of the net. The installation was presented in the Slovak architecture and urbanization magazine Urbion in 2012 and the Norwegian arts and crafts magazine Kunsthåndverk 2/2015. “Some Day, I’ll go my own Way” is part of the outdoor exhibition “Landscape – revisited” in Slovakia. Seven international artists were in 2011 invited for a residency with the aim of establishing an outdoor gallery just outside Banská Bystica. The project was supported by […]
The organic pattern of the plywood is put to play with more strict and geometric lines and forms, submerging from behind, through openings in the former layer.
A series of four photo works – “Light Drawings” – are now in the collection of the Municipality of Bærum. They will be placed in the municipality’s culture house, Bærum Kulturhus. In this series of works, Wulff has infused the medium of photography with new approaches. She effectuates an interaction between the traditional work in the dark room with contemporary forms of presentation, between an analogue and a digital methodology. This gives rise to a new visual language that is at once simple and sophisticated.
By invitation from the municipality of Bærum, and in collaboration with Norwegian artist Vigdis Storsveen, a series of five site specific outdoor installation are about to be realized.
By invitation from the municipality of Bærum, and in collaboration with Norwegian artist Vigdis Storsveen, a series of five site specific outdoor installation are about to be realized.
The organic yarn in an asymmetric pattern meets the strict structure of the mesh.
A beautiful red tree along the path resulted in a small work; “Woven Autumn”.
Exhibition at Berger Museum, Norway, automn 2014. The lake outside the old factory building is part of an art work inspired by the production that used to be inside; namely weaving. The water and the wooden boards have now taken the place of the yarn as the threads of the weave. And while the water makes up the backdrop, the wooden boards create the pattern in this carpet of water. Woven Water will be on the lake for one year, to be able to follow it through the seasonal changes.
In this series of works, Wulff has infused the medium of photography with new approaches. In her work, she effectuates an interaction between the traditional work in the dark room with contemporary forms of presentation, between an analogue and a digital methodology. This gives rise to a new visual language that is at once simple and sophisticated. Four “Light Drawings” are in the collection of Bærum Kommune, to be placed in the Bærum Kulturhus.
In the city center of Sandvika, Norway, five green trees are lighting up the dark – giving promise for the spring to come. A collaborative work together with Danish artist Dorthe Søndergaard, spring 2013. Placed in a colorless area of the city, surrounded by grey buildings, the green trees and the colorful carpets below them, changed the environment completely, creating a more dynamic and energetic ambience.
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Some old and rusty cable drums stood pushed aside not to disturb the hectic building activities in the city center of Oslo. Some phone calls later, they were on their way to an exhibition. To see how they ended up, check out The Wonders and Wounds of Existence.
