FUTURE
Writing Residency at The Arctic Hideaway in October 2026.
About the Arctic Hideaway Artist residency:
The Arctic Hideaway hosts artists year round. Most stay two weeks or more to truly settle into their process. You will have a private sleeping cabin with working space/wifi and access to the communal studio and njalla, as well as the kitchen house and sauna area.
It’s up to you how much time you spend in focused work. The architecture of the place invites you to move between solitude and social, you are the leader of your own process here.
We are a lighthouse in the landscape of travel. This is a place where isolation meets forward thinking and the conversations taking place in this experimental village are as much about guiding cultural lines as they are about your individual process. We have created a beacon for sustainability but much more than that, a space away from distractions where you are thrown into a eco-economy as an equal to the elements. Come without expectations of what you will create during your stay and instead look at what nature reflects back at you.
I am very grateful to have received support for the artist residency through the project support scheme from Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond (BKV)
PRESENT
Live now! My essay/interview "Making without Breaking
a Conversation with Sissel M Bergh, Reyes Santiago Rojas and Simon Daniel Tegnander Wenzel" in The Vessel 11, Garden, beautifully edited by guest editors Magdalena Kotkowska and soso brafield.
About the Vessel, and edition 11 Garden:
The Vessel 11 GARDEN is the second to launch in a trio of themed issues showcasing crafts’ relationship with three key spaces: the home, the garden, and the studio. The editors for each issue have been selected through open calls.
GARDEN is edited by artists Magdalena Kotkowska and soso brafield. The two initially submitted proposals for separate issues, but seeing how their ideas complemented each other, we invited them to join forces in a collaboration. Luckily for us, they accepted the challenge. The issue they’ve put together highlights the many ways in which artistic practice mimics the rhythms of a garden, from sowing seeds to harvesting the ripened fruits. It also shows us how we, artists and non-artists alike, rely on our relationship with the outdoors, whether it be for materials, for inspiration, or for our sense of self.
The 11th issue of The Vessel reveals the garden in its many forms: as material, metaphor, archive, refuge, infrastructure, and a site of cultivation. For editors Magdalena Kotkowska and soso brafield, both gardening and craft practice entail negotiation with a living process, just beyond complete control.
The Vessel is an online magazine about crafts and material culture. The Vessel looks at the world through a craft lens – showcasing making practices, visual expressions and material knowledges from a multitude of perspectives. The Vessel collaborates with external editors, artists and writers. The Vessel is published by Norwegian Crafts. The Vessel's managing editor is Tonje Kjellevold, the editor-in-chief is Norwegian Crafts' director Hege Henriksen.
I am taking part in the group exhibition "Der me er" curated by Inger Eri at Sogn Kunstsenter in Lærdal 19/6-25/9, 2026.
The participating artists are:
Eli Mai Huang Nesse
Jens Hauge
Maria Brinch møter Knut Rumohr
Marius Moldvær
Nils Olav Bøe
Sigrid Voll Bøyum
Øystein Klakegg
More information (in Norwegian) on the exhibition, guided tours and artist talks on Sogn Kunstsenter's website