Video HD 28 min. 2020/2022.
Collaboration with Ole Christian Ellestad.
The film “Liv laga seg bevisløse tilstander” (Proofless States of Being) is a poetic reflection on scientific research in light of the history of psychiatry.
The point of departure in the film is an area called Gaustad in Oslo where Norway’s first psychiatric hospital (est. 1855) is located, as well as the University in Oslo and the new Life Sciences building which is under construction on the former fields of the psychiatric hospital.
We wanted to speculate in future scientific research in light of Gaustad´s history – from ideology of architecture and geography to medical history and individual destinies. A history that ranges from good intension to human experiments in the name of progress.
The film is a collaboration with Ole Christin Ellestad and includes both our voices and texts in addition to poetry written by a patient. The imagery ranges from our own filming, archival material, documentation of interventions/performances and conversations with doctors in psychiatry, a filmmaker and children in a local kindergarten.
Installation shot, BO, Oslo, 2023. Photo: Adrian Bugge
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