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Tune Ship and Trees

Administrator — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:42:08 +0000

Here’s another segment from my video projection for “Skibladnir” at the Viking Ship Museum. This segment is made of two moving images, one of the Tune Ship at the Viking Ship Museum, and one of walking through the forest south of Oslo. I suppose this is a not-so-subtle way of making a connection between ships and [...]

Harald Gråfell Skiing

Administrator — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:26:20 +0000

I decided I can file this on under “outdoor adventures,” too, since I recorded some of the video on skis during the winter of 2011 (February 9, 2011 according to the file information) at Pebble Creek. This is a layered video (having multiple superimpositions of images) that I included, albeit briefly, in the video projected [...]

Harald Gråfell

Administrator — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:52:48 +0000

Here’s a two-minute-or-so segment from the video I am projecting in my sculptural installation at the Viking Ship Museum. The total length of the video loop (which I burn to a DVD) is about 28 minutes now. I really like this little segment. There is no sound at the museum, but here you can hear [...]

Epic Video, or Because I Could

Administrator — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:25:46 +0000

Well, YouTube allows long video uploads, so I thought, “Why not?” Here is the video that I am currently projecting in Skibladnir. I change the video loop almost daily, making slight variations, as I tweak it to make sure that it’s bright enough, and that it “looks right.” This is the variation for today. So, [...]

Confessions of a Control-Freak

Administrator — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:25:50 +0000

Well, I don’t really think I am a control-freak, but I am picky! Being an artist is like being a parent. You create things: your kids or works of art, but you don’t own them. They need you, but not forever. Yesterday at the museum it was bright inside because the sun was shining (and it [...]

Skibladnir’s Big Day

Administrator — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:25:14 +0000

Here are some pictures from the opening day of the exhibition on February 1st, 2012. These pictures belie the throngs of tourist who come in waves, particularly when the ferry arrives from Kiel, Germany every morning! I took these during a lull in the afternoon. Skibladnir was ready ahead of schedule. How did I manage that? [...]

Skibladnir Video

Administrator — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:04:28 +0000

I decided that I needed to take the day off today. . .to sleep in a little. . .to watching skiing on Norwegian TV. . .and then Julie & Julia this evening. Oh, and I took a nap. I deserve some R&R after a week of installation. It has actually been a wonderful, but exhausting [...]

When words don’t quite do it

Administrator — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:01:04 +0000

Well, well, well. It’s ironic that when there is something really exciting to blog about, there is no time to write anything. . .I guess it’s like good ol’ Ben Franklin, who thought he was going to have time to write his autobiography in his dotage (and did write part of it), but basically had [...]

Icelandic Highway

Administrator — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:03:14 +0000

This segment is going to be included in my video sequence for projection in my sculptural installation at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. When it is projected on the vessel form (which is made of tulle, suspended from a wood framework), the image becomes much more abstract. What remains is a languid fluidity. I seem [...]

Sneak Peek

Administrator — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:12:18 +0000

I assembled Skibladnir (notice, um, the misspelling in previous posts. . .spell check doesn’t work for Old Norse) in the studio in Romsås to make sure the tulle panels were hanging properly. I think it looks pretty good! I have to alter the length of a few of the panels. I’m not sure where the [...]