Bærum Revisited is a visual meeting with the local history of the municipality of Bærum, Norway, from approximately 1870 until today. In this work commissioned by Henie Onstad Kunstsenter for the exhibition UTOPIA BÆRUM, Lise Wulff invited people to share their photos and stories with her. She also made use of archive photos from the local library. Special attention was given to daily life situations and stories so far unknow to the broader audience.
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!
The local newspaper Budstikka writes about the installation of LIME KILN, an outdoor art work commissioned by Moen Eiendom AS for Vettre Torg in Norway. The art work is a collaboration with Riri Green and 140 pupils at Vettre school, who have made their own ceramic tiles with drawings inspired by the local history.
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 >>>
For the relational art work “Home is a Foreign Place”, a series of workshops were conducted with refugees and Norwegian youth. The workshops resulted in two outdoor art installations. The project was a commissioned work, realized in collaboration with artist Vigdis Storsveen. During the first workshop, the participants talked about the word “home” and – amongst other – which colors they related to “home”. In the following workshops, reclaimed wood was painted in the chosen colors. Two constructions were built with the material. See the building of the first construction here >>>
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Lise Wulff has been invited to participate in the exhibition UTOPIA BÆRUM at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter. Her project is a relational art work about the local history of Bærum, Norway. Now she is inviting people to contact her, if they have old photos and stories they would like to share. The local newspaper Budstikka has interviewed the Director of Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Tone Hansen, and artist Lise Wulff about the projects, and sends the invitation to participate to its readers.
Bærum – Revisited er et visuelt møte med Bærums historie, fra 1900 og frem til i dag. Prosjektet inviterer Bærums befolkning til å delta med sine egne fotografier og små fortellinger. Det vises på Henie Onstad Kunstsenter som del av utstillingen UTOPIA BÆRUM, fra 16. oktober 2016 til 15. januar 2017. Det engelske ordet “revisit” betyr å besøke igjen, men også å vurdere, diskutere og betrakte på nytt. Gjennom arkivfoto og private bilder ønsker kunstneren bak prosjektet, Lise Wulff, å skape en visuell strøm av inntrykk; Bygninger og gater, folk og interiør, aktiviteter og ting. Hva skjedde? Hva hadde vi på […]
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 […]
“Woven Stone” is an eco art work by Lise Wulff. 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. 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 between present, past […]
“Woven Stone” is an eco art work by Lise Wulff. 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. 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 between present, past […]
Happy for the contribution from Destination Hemsedal which enables me to carry through a project I have been wanting to do for many years – to cover a beautiful stone in the mountains of Hemsedal with yearn. Lise Wulff The 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. The work will create bonds between present, past and future. For generations, caring hands have woven and knitted warming and protective tissues and clothes. Nature needs the same kind of thoughtfulness, and future generations […]
Hillesvåg Ullvarefabrikk is a family owned wool spinning mill, founded in 1898. It has been in the same family for four generations. The mill is situated on the Oster fjord, about 35 km north of Bergen.
Velkommen til åpning av verket “Woven Stone”, i Hemsedal, lørdag 23. april kl. 13.00! Kristin Krohn Devold står for åpningen. Du finner frem ved å ta Tindenheisen opp, da svever du like over verket. Vi skilter vei fra toppen av bakken og ned. Info in English >>> Woven Stone er et miljørelatert kunstprosjekt ved billdekunstner Lise Wulff. Det knytter bånd mellom natur og kultur, mellom fortid og fremtid. Videre skapes et nytt sted, et nytt turmål, og en identitetsmarkør. Kunstprosjektet gjennomføres i samarbeid med Destination Hemsedal. Verket innvies lørdag 23. april kl. 13 av Kristin Krohn Devold. Publikum inviteres […]
The Scream from Nature is an eco art project which aims to raise consciousness about the relationship between humans and nature. The project is a contemporary interpretation of Edvard Munch’s masterpiece the Scream, in which the iconic anxiety-ridden face is recreated outdoors in nature, with a variety of materials. See a 3 minutes video about the project or visit the project’s web site! Munch wrote several texts about the Scream motif, the most poignant among these being: “I felt a huge unending scream course through nature”. Now, over 100 years later, we hear another ”scream” from nature: droughts, forest fires, floods, earth slides, extreme weather, melting glaciers, rising […]
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.
Lise Wulff and her eco-art project The Scream from Nature is part of the film “Masterpieces – How paintings become icons”, broadcasted by Deutsche Welle in their art magazine Art.21.
The Scream from Nature eco art project features on the ArtCOP21 web page. During the COP in Paris, gathering some 190 countries, ArtCOP21 presents art events and actions on climate change.
The Norwegian newspaper Askeravisen writes about the outdoor art installation “Kalkovn” commissioned by Vettre Torg. In collaboration with Riri Green, Lise Wulff involves 140 pupils in creating their own ceramic tiles which are to be mounted on a sculpture at Vettre, just outside Oslo, Norway.
During the COP in Paris, Norwegian radio NRK P2 focus on the environmental issues. Lise Wulff was interviewed in “Kulturhuset” about eco art, together with Dr. Prof. Christian A. Klöckner at NTNU. You can hear the interview here >>>
In the group exhibition “In Between”, Lise Wulff showed a new series of art works inspired by the title of the exhibition. 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. Thus, making a space, a place “in between”. Working on this series, today’s refugee situation gave symbolic colors to the works, reflected in the title of each work. The exhibition was curated by Vibeke Slyngstad, Merete Steiro Mortensen and Pekke Persson. Opened by mayor Lisbeth Hammer Krog. Other artists: Ellen Holtskog, Anna Marit […]
The Norwegian newspaper Budstikka writes about the outdoor art installation “Kalkovn” commissioned by Vettre Torg. In collaboration with Riri Green, Lise Wulff involves 140 pupils in creating their own ceramic tiles which are to be mounted on a sculpture at Vettre, just outside Oslo, Norway.
In relation to the exhibition “Edvard Munch. Arquetipos” at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, Lise Wulff was invited to speak about Edvard Munch, his view on and use of nature, as well as her own art works in nature. A main theme of the speech was how everything is interconnected, clearly stated here by Edvard Munchs lovely woodcut Kiss, where not only the man and women melt into one, but even the material of the work melts into the rendered figures. Same theme, treated in a completely different manner, but also using wood, is Wulff’s Woven Water. The water and the wooden […]
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.
