Tag: recommendations
“Christian Skredsvig – towards the modern” at Henie Onstad Art Center – Reviews and recommendations
Walking into the Henie Onstad Art Centre’s exhibition “Mot det moderne” is a rich and wonderful experience. Here, Christian Skredsvig’s moody picturesque world unfolds in full width. ON ARRIVAL: The…
“Squirrel with a Gun” – Reviews and recommendations
I’m very glad I went into this game completely blind. The only thing I had brought with me were the pictures you see above here. That was enough to get…
“Technotika” by Heidi Furre – Reviews and recommendations
As if to put two lines under exactly that, her new book comes out in an unusual square format. The pink, watercolor-painted cover is also unusual. So high that it…
Maskorama 2024 – Episode 1 – Reviews and recommendations
The “Maskorama” season is officially underway! After six intense weeks in last year’s Spirrevippen costume, this year I have taken on the slightly more comfortable role of detective on news’s…
“Stargate” at Trøndelag Theater – Reviews and recommendations
The opening scene in Trøndelag Teater’s version of Ingvild H. Rishøi’s Christmas novel “Stargate” sets a cheerful and magical tone for the performance. In a light dusting of snow, someone…
“Girls like me” by Bibi Fatima Musavi – Reviews and recommendations
The book is called “Girls like me”, but to say that it is about immigrant girls would be wrong. 16-year-old Asya was born and raised in Norway! Her parents, on…
“Reconstruction Psyche” by Anna Odell at Trondheim Art Museum – Reviews and recommendations
Throughout her career as an artist, Swedish Anna Odell has been preoccupied with queer power relations. She often talks about her own bad experiences both as a patient in psychiatry,…
“King. A Life” by Jonathan Eig – Reviews and recommendations
About halfway through the book comes the most famous speech delivered in the twentieth century. We are of course talking about the speech in which Martin Luther King repeatedly says…
“Folk” with Dagfinn Lyngbø at Latter, Oslo – Reviews and recommendations
When I reviewed Dagfinn Lyngbø’s previous solo performance “The Colonization of Mars” in 2020, I stated that little had changed in his 27 years as a stand-up comedian. Now I…
“Framed – American metropolitan photo 1907 – 2012” at Lillehammer Art Museum – Reviews and recommendations
Photographers have been taking pictures of the city since the camera was discovered. Many people, for example, are well aware of the French photographers Charles Marville and Eugene Atget, who…