Today we are delighted to present an online lecture by artist Ellen Ringstad - 'There's something in the woods and the waters that we have lost in the city'.
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http://www.lecturesandnotesarchive.com/#/ellen-ringstad/
Ellen Ringstad’s performative multi-sensory installations make use of surplus materials and waste, living plants and animals. Through ritualistic transformations drawing parallels to alchemy and other occult philosophy, these elements mutate into post-apocalyptic biotopes attempting to propel the dystopian imagination out of orbit, hopefully creating a dwelling for utopian consciousness. Ellen intends to formulate some thoughts about waste-to-value systems, existential freedom and shaping identity within structures of oppression, all within the context of Spaceship Earth and her own works.
Ellen Ringstad is a Portuguese-Norwegian artist venturing into her own monomyth somewhere in the woods, waters and mountains on the Norwegian west coast, safeguarded by her two parrot companions Galadriel and Aphrodite. She graduated with a BA from the Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Fine arts department in 2012. Her works have been presented in various ruinous and neglected places - as above so below - on land and at sea. Notable sites include the discontinued Olavsvern submarine base, a World War bunker, and infinite monkey cages.