Welcome to a new opening 17th of July

Welcome to the opening on 17 July at 3pm.

There will be a concert in the exhibition at the opening with Bettina Hystad and Simon Lerin at 3 pm.

New works by Magnhild Opdøl are shown in the smaller gallery space.

The large gallery space presents Electronic Flora, a new audiovisual installation by the duo Lerin/Hystad, drawings by Åslaug Krokann Berg and a sound installation by Joakim Blattmann.

Electronic Flora – an audiovisual installation by the duo Lerin/Hystad. Electronic Flora documents some of the plants in our ecosystem that are now undergoing major changes through the Anthropocene. Biologists Elisabeth Schussler and James Wandersee talk about the concept of plant blindness, they describe it as the inability to see or recognize plants in their own environment. Unfortunately, plants are often reduced to backgrounds, interior details, or furniture. But plants are complex organisms deeply embedded in the world’s ecosystems.
The work presented at Møre og Romsdal Art Center, is an audiovisual installation with recordings from three different forests in Värmland in Sweden. A primeval forest at Fäntjärnsskogen forest nature reserve, plants in the ashes after a forest fire at Fräkensjömyrarna /Fräkenlake marshes nature reserve and a clear-cut in the forest east of Sunnemo (Värmland Sweden).The Duo Lerin/Hystad Simon Lerin and Bettina Hystad are both educated at Konstfack and the Royal Konsthögskolan in Stockholm, as well as at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen, Norway. The duo has participated in a number of individual and group exhibitions internationally. Lerin/Hystad are also active as musicians and have toured in Europe, China and Japan. The project in Molde is made possible with support from regional project funds from The Artcenters Norway/KIN.
https://www.lerinhystad.com https://vimeo.com/569440588
New works in various media by Magnhild Opdøl. Magnhild Opdøl lives and works in Sunndal. Opdøl has an MA (2007) and BA (2004) from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.Her practice touches on subjects such as nature, value systems, transience, representation, natural resources, power and materials. In recent years, she has exhibited at, among others, the Vestlandsutstillingen 2023, Haugesund Billedgalleri 2023, Galleri BOX (Gothenburg), Norsk Skogmuseum (Elverum), Hå gamle prestegard, Risør Art Park, Art Museum Nord-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal Art Center, Art Museum KUBE, Butler Gallery (Ireland), Gallery LNM, Tegnerforbundet, Akershus Arts Centre, Buskerud Arts Center and Royal Hibernian Academy (Ireland). http://www.magnhildopdol.com/