In the interval between military landscapes and suburban areas

On artists being commissioned to work on places which are not of their choice or places choosing their artists. On the necessity to see more to understand more. On places made inaccessible. The slowness with which physical space reflects the must faster changes in lifestyle. On the lookout for forms of representation necessary for a city’s evolution.

A presentation of one public project brought to an end and another one in the process of being initiated.

Ingrid Book (1951) and Carina Hedén (1948) live and work in Oslo. Ingrid Book was educated in Oslo, Carina Hedén in Lund, Paris and Maastricht. These two artists have exhibited together at venues such as Bergen Kunsthall (Festival Artists at The Bergen International Festival 2008), Salzburger Kunstverein (Salzburg Art Society), The Bienale de São Paulo, The Berlin Biennial and Kunstnernes Hus (The Artists’ House, Oslo). In addition they have taken part in a number of group exhibitions worldwide.
Book and Hedén have worked and exhibited together since 1987. Today they enjoy international recognition, and can point to frequent exhibitions since the early 90s. They work as a pair in many different mediums, such as photography and video. In recent years the artists’ projects have become increasingly social and more clearly pronounced in their questioning of ethical matters.