SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE, EXHIBITION, & CATALOGUE

Alternative Ecological Survey in Nome municipality in Telemark, Norway 2025/2026
with Linn Obrestad and Hilde Iren Dølheim (Extractions)

I will be joining Hilde Iren Dølheim and Linn Obrestad (HILO) and other artists, researchers, and local residents for a site-specific performance in August 2025 in the forest area that has been designated a potential waste site for the proposed Rare Earth Elements (REE) mine at Fensfeltet in Nome municipality in Telemark, Norway. This event is designed and organised by HILO.

Fensfeltet is the largest known deposit of light REE in Europe that mining companies, politicians, and governments are eager to exploit — regardless of the environmental impacts. These minerals are considered critical because of their technological applications and are portrayed as necessary for the “green shift” transition to more renewable energy. They are also part of a wider European/Western geopolitical agenda to become more economically independent from China, which currently dominates the REE market. This performance or “field weekend” questions these narratives through artistic practice, taking inspiration from ecological surveys such as those typically carried out in environmental impact assessments. Inspired by scientific methods of surveying, HILO invites artists to engage with and react to this forest landscape that may soon disappear due to extractive industries.

This performance is connected to the project Extractions by artists Hilde Iren Dølheim and Linn Obrestad (HILO). Extractions is an ongoing project and conceptual umbrella comprising exhibitions, live art, films, a forthcoming book catalogue, and this site-specific “field weekend”.