Martinka Bobrikova & Oscar De Carmen / Installation

Titled “Vibrant Mountains,” our exhibition delves into the profound question: What are the powers that emanate from things? This question revolves around our work that proposes a contemplation of contemporary society, questioning the material values that surround us. “Vibrant mountains” is an exploration of the action capacity of matter as a vibrant body. Drawing from the legacy of the Telemark Kunstsenter building, once a prominent symbol of financial influence as a bank, the exhibition prompts us to envision the structure as a representation of a fictional “faith” centered around capitalist principles. In this sacred space, the artists generate a ritual: diving into the ruins of a failed, unequal and damaging system. On the remains, they erect new symbols. What we see as waste is in reality a world subject to an infinity of transformations.