UTOPIA IN THE ANTHROPOCENE ################## ARTWORKS BY
MARGRETHE KOLSTAD BREKKE
MARGRETHE KOLSTAD BREKKE
A General introduction to Hopes and Dreams at Galleri Fisk
25.-27. october 2013
The map of Hopes and Dreams at Galleri Fisk:
1st room
1: the hopes and dreams of Simon Opitz/Maja Elliot/Edvard Sundby:stone found in garden of Kalfarlien 18 by Simon Opitz. When the hopes and dreams of Maja Elliot was lost in the autumn leaves, She claimed this stone to be her hopes and dreams instead. She wanted to share the hopes and dreams with Edvard Sundby.
2: the hopes and dreams of Randi Brecke, regarding the lofothorse: not to have it ressurected even if it might be possible, rather herself to go to Iceland and ride on Icelandic horse, possibly the closest living relative of the icelandic horse. (artwork presented shows artistic study of the difference between Lofothorse and Horse)
3: The hopes and dreams of Julie Lillelien Porter and Jens Stegger Ledaal, the two artists that created The Vast Dream: Confluence of Two
4: the hopes and dreams of Nathan Myrvold: Dubyko`s Blanket (ask exhibitonguide to see transcripted inteview by Fareed Zakaria)
5: the hopes and dreams of Al Hazna Tannery,Abu Dhabi,UAE
6: the hopes and dreams of the Twin Peaks Appreciation Society: New seasons of Twin Peaks!
7: The possible hopes and dreams of the people of Nazca: communication?
8: The hopes and dreams in Festival City, Dubai, UAE summer of 2009
9: the hopes and dreams of traders in rubber
10: the hopes and dreams of the little horse, born in the saltmines outside of Krakow, living in the saltmines, going round and round never to see the sun
11: the hopes and dreams of Mohamed, leaving his job in danish shipping company Maersk to mine black marble with fossils in the desert outside Marrakesh
12: The Hopes and Dreams of an adventorous geo-engineering-enthusiast
13: general hope and dream: love
14: general hope and dream:health
15: The hope and dream of Henrik Wergeland: Lets dress the mountains! (La oss Klæde Fjellene! Spørr gallerivakt om å få se på Ingri Revheims tekst)
16: The hope and dream of Grete Kolstad: In the 1950-ties the very young Grete Kolstad tried to change here name to Plastik Kolstad. At that time, this material was all the rage.
17: The hope and dream of Corrina Thornton: I would say: Corrina do dream about horsehair. And there was also this SMS: Cabin.Nature.Family.Laughter.Health.Animals.Warmth.Adventure.Garden.Home.Unity.Flavour.Passion.Ideas.Music.Welcome.Love.Intensity.Wood.Mud.Dust.Stone.Water.Sand.Green.Hopes and Dreams.
18: The hopes and dreams of someone moving to Radøy
19: Hopes and dreams for Spode/artistic research/Anne Helen Mydland (cushion cover found by A.H.Mydland, dyed by myself)
20: Hopes and dreams of the Old Norse, going to the Scottish Highlands back in the days.
21: Possible material for bulding a threehouse (response to the Hope and Dream of Anita Bruvoll: to live in a threehouse)
22: Hopes and dreams in the Hoegst Factory, testing and trying out remasol reactive dyes for 10 years before releasing them on the market in the 1950ties copyrighted for 100 years. (remains of testing in Zitka-wood, conducted by the Reactive Movement of Bergen summer 2013)
23: Hopes and dreams for the Pan-like-creature appearing in Jitterbug Perfume but dissolving on the pages, leaving just the smell.
24: The possible hopes and dreams of Sissel Calmeyer. Sissel Calmeyer sadly passed away in the summer of 2012, and left a sophisticated collection of yarn to staff and students at KHIB. A very good yarn is the hope and dream of all weavers.
25: The hopes and dreams for north atlantic proteinbased textile fibres: someone again to be figuring out a very good use of the fat in this wool. Icelandic lanolin would be like THE luxury material, Dahh!
26: The hopes and dreams, on the underground railroad, to avoid pursuers by walking in drunkards path.
27: the hopes and dreams of living 1000 years: in Jitterbug Perfume, red beats were the main ingredient
28: the hopes and dreams of happy days after postmodernism
`hope and dream projected upon Frans Jacobi: the hopes and dreams of happy days after postmodernism(this hope and dream was later reclaimed by the student/artist Margrethe Kolstad Brekke)
29: The hopes and dreams of Sheik Zayed: Jumeirah Palm, view from Jumeirah Beach, February 2013.
30: Hopes and Dreams for the people in Hebron
31: the hopes and dreams of Idun Aune: this sculpture is not made by Margrethe Kolstad Brekke,it is made by Idun Aune and dyed by Margrethe Kolstad Brekke. (Ask expo guard Margrethe Kolstad Brekke to see the papers explaining this)
32: The hopes and dreams of Aoi Chan, which had this item, resembling a pedestal, produced by her boyfriend for the BA-graduation show at KHIB in the spring of 2011. She sent me her hopes and dreams from Helsinki where she is currently staying, with a wiev of a lake with two islands, which is her hope and dream, so she is actually living the hope and dream. I made a watercolour of her photo.
33: Hopes and dreams of Neil Brownsword and continued traditions for high quality approach to cheramic arts production.
34: Hopes and dreams from the great acceleration in China: making something that glitters like crystal but are slightly cheaper. This material was in Dragon Mart in the desert outside of Dubai sold as `Chinese Crystal` to people planning to make their own chandeliers.
35: Hopes and dreams of Marco Polo and also the character played by Michael Pitt (from Boardwalk Empire) in the movie `Silk`
36: Hopes and Dreams of Anish Kapoor, Mahatma Gandhi and possibly Lise Finne
2nd room
37: Hopes and Dreams on the underground railroad: follow the North Star, it will take you to Canada
38: Hopes and Dreams of the Top Predator
39: Hopes and Dreams of the engineers in the Helly Hansen factory in the 1940ties: developing a luxurious range of raincloth, based on silk impregnated with linseed oil. This collection sadly flopped, due to synthetic materials being introduced on the market.
40: Painting of the possible hopes and dreams of Bendik Riis
41: The hopes and dreams of someone wishing to become the collector of hopes and dreams.
42: The hopes and dreams of Lars Brekke: to speak with dolphins.
SMS 3.oktober 2013: hei!sorry att jeg ikke fikk svart paa delfin spm.mine haap og droemmer om delfiner er jo ganske enkelt kommunikasjon, som i seg selv kanskje ikke er en veldig original droem, men muligens hvis man setter det i sammenheng, for eksempel med soeken etter intelligent liv i vaerdensrommet ELLER med en artikkel randi sendte meg hvor en fyr spoer `is the dolphin actually the dummy of the seas?` paastandene hans er muligens tvilsomme, men hvis man legger de til grunn saa synes jeg ideen om aa kommunisere med `Havets Dumrian`er ganske interresant.
43: The hopes and dreams of Lars Brekke is resting on a bed of possible materials for hopes and dreams, that didn`t make it into this exhibition
44: The hopes and Dreams of Bjørn Kjos
45: The hopes and dreams of Audun Kolstad: retire, go to Skånevik, do work with this toolbelt involved
46: the hopes and dreams of someone young at heart/wild at heart
47: The hopes and dreams of Mari Haugerud and Pelle Ask
drømmen er å bli en shaolin-kriger på 28 dager. drømmen er å se fra høyre øye til venstre øye. fra venstre øye til høyre øye. drømmen er å betale 12 610 kr i mnd i ett år.
48: Possible material for bulding a threehouse(response to the Hope and Dream of Anita Bruvoll: to live in a threehouse)
49: the hopes and dreams of Christiane Lieungh and Leander Schönweger:
Christiane Lieungh:
To make art in a car and love in a tunnel. Drink wine in a boot and have fun fun fun just for fun.
Hopes and dreams Leander Schönweger
Hopes: - to manage to earn my money from beeing an artist. - that my family knows how much i love them. - humanity is getting better. - my dogs live long enough, so i can go to adventures and hang out with them again. - to be healthy. - to find more time for practicing guitar. - to have chosen the right way for me in my life.
Dreams: - to fly (by my self whitout external help) / to have superpowers in general. - to be a celebrity. - to travel through space / having exchange with extraterrestrian intelligence. - to live very long (more than 200 years).
50: the hopes and dreams of learning to love to weave
51: the hopes and dreams of producing pleistocene-style merchandize
52: the hopes and dreams of participating in Almdahls Award- rug-competition (but the samples was sent to China instead of Kinna,Sweden)
53: The hopes and dreams of Bjarne Melgaard: to drop sossages from airplane over the city of Moss during Momentum 2000. Sadly there was not enough funding for these hopes and dreams.
54: The hopes and dreams of Erlend Hammer: to exhibit the art inside the abandoned factory site of Moss Petterson during Momentum 2013. Sadly there was not enough funding for these hopes and dreams.(the paper wrapping the carpet samples that travelled to China was probably produced at Moss Peterson, hence the representation)
55: Not really the hopes and dreams of Kiyoshi Yamamoto
56: The hopes and dreams in Kalfarlien 18: funding for scaffolding, to wrap the house in nice coloured fabrics while fixing the roof.
57: More hopes and dreams of the top predator,or just the hope and dream of staying warm through the winter.
58:The hopes and dreams of Mariusz Tarkawian:
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Art must become More Great
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Art must become the Dog playing Piano
59: hope and dream of producing the Hopes and Dreams of Anne Marthe Dyvi in pale pinks in the future (maybe aprox 25th of November 2013)
60: According to Maja Elliot,daughter of architect with solid work experience from the United Arab Emirates : the Scandinavian Model was also somewhat present among the Hopes and Dreams of Sheik Zayed. This is why architects and cityplanners with experience in the Scandinavian countries were invited to join the work in the early days of the United Arab Emirates.
61: Hopes and dreams of the Reactive Movement of Bergen
62: Hopes and dreams for Happy Days in the Anthropocene