Sea Change [2017]

Inkjet on paper, light tubes, steel rods

300x400x100cm

A site specific installation that uses print-outs from google maps installed in an abandoned class room of the local fisherman school. The prints show a section of ocean floor located off the Hong Kong coast. Google maps are used as an example of contemporary knowledge made available on digital platforms, a contrast to how knowledge has been presented in the spatial and social format of class room teaching and questioning the obsoletion in one form of knowledge about the ocean, against another. 

The work can also be understood as a response to the luminance of the nearby city of Hong Kong, a place where the power of a commercial message is defined by its ability to eclipse its surroundings, using light as a key element.

Exhibited at Cheung Chau Wave, Hong Kong 2017

Arild Våge Berge comes from the west coast of Norway. His practice includes photography, sculpture, text and video. Coming from a family of hydro power engineers, his works explore topics like archiving, technology, landscape and temporal narratives. Arild`s artistic methods include re-mediation of documents, questioning the status of objects and challenging the way we understand landscapes. Among his recent productions are object based sculptures that investigate the nature/culture relationship, landscape related video performances and an artist book that explores layering of archival material from his family history. He holds a Masters degree in fine art from Bergen Art Academy and works as an assistant professor within the institution.

Arild Våge Berge 來自挪威西海岸。他的作品包括攝影、雕塑、文字和視頻。來自水力發電工程師家族，他作品探索的主題包括存檔、技術、景觀和時間敘述等。他的藝術方法包括重新調解文件、質疑對象的狀態和挑戰我們對風景的理解方式。最近的作品是希望探究調查自然和文化間的關係物件型雕塑、與景觀相關的視頻表演以及一本關於他家族史的書。 他擁有卑爾根藝術學院的美術碩士學位，並擔任該機構的助理教授。

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