Katalog for Kunstnerisk Publisering. Katalog.org. Torpedobok (Oslo) 15 Nov. 2024 -15 Feb 2025

Small exhibition at the bookstore Torpedobok in Oslo which displays the first 10 publications chosen for a Norwegian catalogue for artistic publishing (Katalog.org). My artist book “I was (t)here” (2009) is part of the selection (https://www.helenesommer.net/i-was-there/). Katalog for kunstnerisk publisering (Catalog for artistic publishing) documents important publications within artistic publishing from a Norwegian perspective. The purpose of the catalog is …

Liv laga seg bevisløse tilstander (Proofless States of Being). Opening 23.02.23 at BO

“Liv laga seg bevisløse tilstander” (Proofless States of Being) is a collaborative project with Ole Christian Ellestad. An updated version of the video from 2020 as well as a publication will be presented as an installation at BO in Oslo from 23rd of February until 26th of March 2023. https://www.billedkunstnerneioslo.no/en/helene-sommer-and-ole-christian-ellestad/  

July/ August 2022, Residency at Max Planck Institute

I’ve been selected as a fellow in the framework of the new residency program »Field Trip« – a new transdisciplinary residency program between Akademie Schloss Solitude and Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies. 6 weeks will be spent at the MPI in Konstanz, Germany, during the summer of 2022.