Utstilling: Elisa Halvorsen Castillo - Knoklene blir til trær

𝗦𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗴 𝗶 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗬𝗔𝗡 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗶 𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 «𝗞𝗻𝗼𝗸𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗿æ𝗿 » 𝗮𝘃 𝗳𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗳 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗼.

“Knoklene blir til trær” presents a series of photographs collected during a residency in Austmarka, a small village in the Norwegian forest. This residency program was divided in 3 periods: fall, spring and winter. This exhibition is a continuation of an earlier show in the same space titled “Finnskogen”, that displayed the ongoing results of the first residency period in January 2023. On this occasion, the artist is showing a developed project after working for two more years and experiencing the “Forest of the Finns” for another two residency periods.

This exhibition consists of a series of Gelatin Silver prints, using traditional and experimental methods such as Lith Printing, and a technique Elisa created that allows to integrate drawings into the analog developing process. Working with photography, the artist explore how memories and perception are affected by mental illness, reflecting on the duality of the forest as a place to find peace, in contrast with facing loneliness and vulnerability. This project portrays the unsettling feeling of walking through a silent vast forest, while “its presence” stalks. Illustrating the forest presence as a living being by drawing in the dark, transforms its appearance in haunting ghosts.

Together with the photo exhibition, the artist is launching the Photobook “Knoklene blir til trær” (Los huesos se transforman en árboles), the third edition of the book series “Finnskogen”. Including new material gathered after a third residency period, this publication is made by mixing analog photography processes with printmaking techniques, aiming to break the walls between both practices.

This Photobook is made with the support of Kulturdirektoratet, Norske Grafikeres and Atelier Austmarka. Risoprinted, and hand-bound by the artist in an edition of 100 copies.

𝗔̊𝗽𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗴 𝟮𝟴. 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗸𝗹 𝟭𝟴:𝟬𝟬-𝟮𝟯:𝟬𝟬
𝗔̊𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟮𝟵.-𝟯𝟬. 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬 - 𝟭𝟴:𝟬𝟬

For the exhibition Vernissage we invited the artist 𝗗𝗮̊𝗿𝗮 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘆 (Femme Brutal), who will create a music performance based on the artwork.

About the artist:

Elisa Halvorsen Castillo (f. 1990) er en chilensk kunstner med norske røtter. Hun er basert i Oslo etter å nylig ha fullført en master i kunst og håndverk ved Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo. Ved å jobbe med analoge eksperimentelle teknikker og selvutgitte kunstnerbøker, utforsker Elisa begrepet hukommelse og dets plastisitet. For tiden fokuserer arbeidet hennes på å kombinere fotografi, tegning og selvpublisering, utforske hvordan minner og persepsjon påvirkes av psykiske lidelser.

Kunstnerbøkene hennes har blitt en del av Norsk Nasjonalmuseum, Preus museum (Norges Nasjonalmuseum for Fotografi) og Kunsthøgskolen i Oslos biblioteksamlinger.