Kunstnarhuset Messen is an artist residency in the small factory village of Ålvik in the heart of the Hardangerfjord, Norway. The Hardanger region has a rich cultural heritage and is famous for its beautiful landscape. I was drawn there by the folk music and I was honoured to get fiddle lessons by local fiddle legend Knut Hamre while I was there.
Displaced to the studio, the experiences gathered along the shore and in the sea, meeting people, walking and swimming during Winter, Spring and Summer residencies were documented, cataloged and responded to.
Posts during residency April – June 2015
Drømme [dream] – witnessing Orca at the Hardangerfjord.
Tåke [mist] – mist settles.
Alarm – spring weather in Ålvik set to improvised music.
Eg Attende. Vår Attende. – returning ‘home’ after a party in Volda.
Jeg Står Rolig i Regnet [I stand quietly in the rain]
Truande [looming] – observations of the fjord through the bus.
Bruremarsj [wedding march] – video with audio
Søvn – sleeplessness due to excessive fiddle playing.
Salt Vann – leaving the Hardangerfjord.
Residency May 2013
Residency November 2013
Susan Hughes 