Rina Eide Løvaasen Norwegian, b. 1988

I work transdisciplinarily, using oil painting as a foundation for projects that incorporate mixed-media objects—such as glass, stone, and Jacquard weavings—alongside video installations and performative productions. For me, techniques must transcend their own genres to reach their full potential; characteristic qualities must be broken down to make room for something new. Collaborating with other artists and professionals allows me to expand the spectrum of materials and media within my practice.

The optimal form is the Gesamtkunstwerk—not only for the balance it requires but also for the complexity it allows. There is great potential in bringing different disciplines together, and the various works can complement one another like an ecosystem or an interaction between people.

Navigating allegories and rhizomatic structures, I search for fragments of language and draw connections across time and fields. My work explores a wide range of themes, from geological processes millions of years ago to futurism and dystopia, and from biological rituals related to death to the vastness of space travel and astronomy. I strive to create complex scenarios where voids become tangible, with this mythology informing the images and materials that shape my work.

Through reduction, I examine the parallels between cognitive abilities and endangered ecosystems. The viewer plays a crucial role, meaningfully completing the work as a mirror and thereby extending the voids.

Time is crucial both as a theme and as an investment. Some places can't be reached without investing time. This is evident in oil paintings as large as apartments with no visible brushstrokes, stone objects with surfaces soft as silk, or renditions of pearl embroidery with a total length of 64 meters, where 10 cm requires an hour of work. It’s not about the self but about outward attentiveness, and whether surfaces are where attention should rest.