ᚢᛅᛁᛋᛐᚢ ᚼᚢᛂ
⧵1 ᛋᚴᛅᛚ
Veistu hvé
⧵1 skal
installation, 2021
Veistu, hvé rísta skal?
Veistu, hvé ráða skal?
Veistu, hvé fáa skal?
Veistu, hvé freista skal?
Veistu, hvé biðja skal?
Veistu, hvé blóta skal?
Veistu, hvé senda skal?
Veistu, hvé sóa skal?
Håvamål, stanza 144
Veistu, hvé ráða skal?
Veistu, hvé fáa skal?
Veistu, hvé freista skal?
Veistu, hvé biðja skal?
Veistu, hvé blóta skal?
Veistu, hvé senda skal?
Veistu, hvé sóa skal?
Håvamål, stanza 144
Do you know how to write?
Do you know how to read?
Do you know how to paint?
Do you know how to prove?
Do you know how to wish?
Do you know how to worship?
Do you know how to summon?
Do you know how to sacrifice?
transl. Patricia Terry
Do you know how to read?
Do you know how to paint?
Do you know how to prove?
Do you know how to wish?
Do you know how to worship?
Do you know how to summon?
Do you know how to sacrifice?
transl. Patricia Terry
ᚢᛅᛁᛋᛐᚢ ᚼᚢᛂ
⧵1 ᛋᚴᛅᛚ
(”Veistu, hvé ⧵1 skal”)
Speculative hacker-trash cyber-magic norse futurism
Installation, 2021
Attempting to imagine a fictional past, to find a fictional future. Constructed from my direct surroundings and stanza 144 of Håvamål.
With input from:
Borrows some ideological and aesthetic guidelines from both cyberpunk and traditional forms of scandinavian “trolldom“ (sorcery). Among them: distrust of authorities, creative reuse of the environment, demonstratively radical practices.
Set up as an imagined future workstation and ritual circle managed by a ᚢᛁᛐᚴᛁ “vitki“ (Old Norse, close equivalent to "wizard").
The installation consists of three main elements:
The installation also includes various magic tools, from oil lamp and knife to bluetooth speaker and memory card reader.
(”Veistu, hvé ⧵1 skal”)
Speculative hacker-trash cyber-magic norse futurism
Installation, 2021
Attempting to imagine a fictional past, to find a fictional future. Constructed from my direct surroundings and stanza 144 of Håvamål.
With input from:
hacker activism
chaos magic
overlapping technology and sorcery
deep ecology / O.O.O
alternate history v. posthumanism
Borrows some ideological and aesthetic guidelines from both cyberpunk and traditional forms of scandinavian “trolldom“ (sorcery). Among them: distrust of authorities, creative reuse of the environment, demonstratively radical practices.
Set up as an imagined future workstation and ritual circle managed by a ᚢᛁᛐᚴᛁ “vitki“ (Old Norse, close equivalent to "wizard").
The installation consists of three main elements:
- A ritual circle and platform of extension cord and pallet,
- a computer, with a rune-based operating system, and the accompanying keyboard, and
- a set of older futhark rune stones, constructed in PVC (recycled from the lid of a storage box) instead of traditional wood or stone.
The installation also includes various magic tools, from oil lamp and knife to bluetooth speaker and memory card reader.
