We want and we need, but they are not the same. I will argue that if one only follows what one wants you will regress as a person, this is not to say that one should never indulge, on the contrary, the word to underline is only. Want is connected…
One could say that before the hero can become the hero they must first be a fool, at least that is the narrative structure of storytelling. In Norwegian folklore, one has Askeladen who is the but of the joke for his older brothers, but who in the end rises to…
When I talk about the fool I do not mean any sort of fool, I’m talking about the fool who is the umbrella term for the trickster, the shaman, the holy fool and the jester, I describe them all as the Licensed Fool. In essence, the Licensed Fool is someone…
Do I think everyone should become licensed fools? No, I see it like this, there are professional dancers, but most can find enjoyment from dancing no matter their skill level. Just replace dancer with Licensed Fool. Now imagine a world where nobody dances and there are no venues for people…
I believe the system that runs our society is built on binary classifications and thinking, there is good and bad, man and woman, right and wrong, rich and poor, liberal and conservative, us and them. Creating two points like this gives way to valuing the quantifiable, in turn placing a…
Plato’s analogy of the cave is fundamental to my practice because it can be used as a base to describe my thinking. It has been that way from the first art video I did in collaboration with Kristian Sinkerud, the film was called ‘Reality’ and was about a family eternally…
