The art show består av Inari Virmakoski (FI) Espen Sørli/JameOne (NO) og Anita Hillestad (NO)
The art show er en vandreutstilling som tilpasser seg hvert enkelt utstillingslokale og omgivelsene rundt. Det består av faste arbeider i tillegg til arbeider som blir laget for stedet. Arbeidene skaper tilsammen en egen verden der alvorlige temaer som forrurensing og fugledød vises til på en naivistisk, humoristisk måte. Andre temaer er feminisme, gentrifisering og aktuelle temaer fra tiden vi lever i.
The work entitled Inari is a collaboration between Anita Hillestad and Inari Virmakoski. It consists of several videos and photographs showing short, filmed performances where Virmakoski interprets several female figures of either historical or fictional origin. Examples of ancient female figures include the Mermaid and the veiled woman.
The White rabbit was an outdoor art project at Grønland in Oslo at the Metro station. The sculpture- The white rabbit are now in Bergen. The project was run by Rachell Dagnall and Anita Hillestad in collaboration with JAM, Maria Astrup, Don Martin, Jester, Riverside, Djs and more.
Turist was a project where I investigated tourism with an ironical, critical an humorous approach. The project visited Trondheim Oslo, Karlsøy, Helsinki and Belgrade. The artist Stig Olav Tony Fredrikson was a big part of the project.
The art show is a group show with Inari Virmakoski (Helsinki), Espen Sørli (Oslo) and Anita Hillestad (Nesodden) that examine how collaborating artists with divergent artist practices and expressions create new interpretations, wonder and innovation. Our techniques are performance (Inari Virmakoski), graffiti / painting (Espen Sørli) and textiles, photography and video (Anita Hillestad). The themes of the works are both contemporary and site specific, inspired by nature, feminism, each other and the issues surrounding ecology.
Our collaborations have led to several works being made together as well as each artist contributing individual works to the project.
At Karlsøy Anita Hillestad had performance as the frog and Inari Virmakoski had performance in the church.
