Last week of Gunn Harbitz “De høyeste fjellene er under havet” & Tor Simen Ulstein “Atlanterhavsvollen” exhibitions at SKOG.
Open weekend 12-16 hs
Many thanks to @gunnharbitz2021 and @ts.ulstein for the immense and pleasant collaboration 🫶🏽
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Tor Simen Ulstein: The Atlantic Wall
“Photographs of past and future time” is a photographic project that portrays the monumental bunkers along Europe’s coastline. They were built by Hitler’s regime during the Second World War as protection against an Allied invasion, and today they are left to the inevitable forces of nature.
Drawing on his own childhood memories from holidays along the Danish beaches, the artist explores the bunkers’ mystique, their brutal and timeless aesthetic, and their historical significance, as structures caught between human creative power and nature’s slow dissolution.
The project follows a journey along the entire Atlantic Wall, a 2,685-kilometre-long defensive system stretching from Kirkenes in the north to the French–Spanish border in the south, consisting of approximately 6,000 bunkers.
The complex was constructed by the German Todt Organization under the leadership of Minister of Armaments and chief architect Albert Speer.
Today, the bunkers stand not only as remnants of another era, but also as mirrors reflecting the political and social tensions of our own time.
The project explores how the bunkers, even as abandoned structures, continue to carry a strong presence in the landscape.
They function as memories of war, but also as symbols of something unresolved in our own time. Through photographs of the meeting between sea and land, where erosion gradually eats its way into the coastline, it becomes visible how these foundationless concrete structures are slowly displaced, scattered across nature’s restless borderland.
You can read more about the exhibition on our website.
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The exhibition presents an interplay between artists of two generations and two different modes of expression (photography and sculpture).
Tor Simen Ulstein with “Atlanterhavsvollen” and Gunn Harbitz with “De høyeste fjellene er under havet”. In the exhibition, their perspectives on nature, stone, decay, and a new beginning are woven together.
A fascinating, quiet force emerges, one that stirs the viewer deep within the soul. Nature reveals itself in a unique interplay in which decay, weathering, and the melting of earth provide nourishment and bear witness to new growth.
Utstillingen viser et samspill mellom kunstnere av to generasjoner og av to ulike uttrykksformer (foto og skulptur).
Tor Simen Ulstein med “Atlanterhavsvollen” og Gunn Harbitz med “De høyeste fjellene er under havet”.
I utstillingen tvinnes deres blikk på natur, stein, nedbrytning og en ny begynnelse inn i hverandre. En fascinerende, stille kraft dannes: Den pirrer tilskueren dypt inn i sjelen. Naturen viser seg i et unikt samspill hvor nedbrytning, forvitring og jordsmelte gir næring, og vitner om ny vekst.
Prosjektet Atlanterhavsvollen er generøst støttet av Ingerid, Synnøve og Elias Fegerstens stiftelse - Norsk Fotografisk Fond (Nofofo) – Norske Fagfotografers Fond og Ingrid Lindbäck Langaardsstiftelse.
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We’re happy to invite you to the opening of exhibition “Atlanterhavsvollen” by Tor Simen Ulstein and Gunn Harbitz “De høyeste fjellene under havet» at SKOG
Tor Simen Ulstein (b.1988)
The project traces a journey along the Atlantic Wall, a 2,685 km defensive structure stretching from northern Norway to the French–Spanish border.
Today, its bunkers stand as both historical remains and reflections of contemporary political and social tensions.
The exhibition opens on
Thursday 15th January
18:00 - 20:00
Photo Tor S. Ulstein @ts.ulstein
T52° 26′ 24″ N, 4° 36′ 50″ E BE - 2024, 58° 0′ 36″ N, 7° 25′ 5″ E NO NO - 2024
Analog mellomformat fotografi, 100x80, 20x25 1/3 inject pigment print.(photo 1)
49°40′42″N, 1°45′13″W FR - 2025
Analog mellomformat fotografi, 62x75 -1/3 inject pigment print. (Photo 2)
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Atlanterhavsveggen, muren, vollen, den har mange navn. Her er fem bildet fra mitt pågående prosjekt som henger på den 137. høstutstilling. @hostutstillingen
