Exhibition – Galleri Vulkan September 6-21 2014
Helene Torp & Hege Liseth “Noisy Prayer” explores metaphysical realities with different approaches to a non-physical and spiritual world. The exhibition includes paintings, drawings, photography, video, sound work and various remedies that relate to each other in a playful way.
Power to live In a modern world, Almost There, Into The Sun, Entering With Sound, Sounds Of Mother Earth
Into The Sun exhibited at Pixla Festival, Iceland may 2015
I Give Birth To Aliens
Helene Torp ©
Drawings as motion, energy and vision. Close, fragile. Bridge between spirit and science. Endless. Repeating itself in new beginning and endings. Reminding of the constant shift where noting stays the same outside time and space there are points of consciousness
Entering With Sound series 15 drawings, ink on paper. 76 x 56 cm, 56 x 38 cm, 52 x 38 cm
This is some of my most healing works ever. I hardly never allowed myself to make room for abstraction. I loved doing it. It was like meeting my best friend. I know it sounds naive and it is. The where made during a session, a meditation on silence and of course my interest for making animations. It was made during my collaboration with Hege Liseth. This was made in a deep inner state of nothingness, a connection to a source with less noise but still movement. It is not a personal space. It is an endless deeper state of being where nothing is judged or desperate wantings. I later found the sutras and poetry of E.Tolle and his book, Silence speaks. I could feel a strong connection to. Our practice was daily meditations and to make art both together and side by side. Come listen. Silence do speak. This is a part of my ongoing practice as an artist.
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Walk by Helene Torp ©
Title: Walk
SD video, Helene Torp © 2000
A meditative walk and restless feelings. Where needs and wanting meets. Exhibited at Uks, Oslo, Norwegian filmfestival.
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32 sec. Helene Torp ©
Title: 32 sec. Helene Torp © 2001
32. sec videoart. Soundtrack from a traditional norwegian chant meets forbinnen love. One of my early performative videos. First shown at Norwegian Shortfilm festival 2001 and gay and lesbian filmestival in Oslo. Review published in Z film magazine.
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The Sun
5 min. Helene Torp © 2001
I had this idea about mixing traditional chanting (often of religious content) with an erotic play to see the contrast. I planned to make a series of this works after art school. Maybe I will refresh the norwegian moral traditions later on…
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Applause © Helene Torp
Title: Applause (for butterflies) © 1999 Helene Torp SD, b/h, mute, 3 min./loop. Premiere at Norwegian film festival year 2000. Stills and review published in Z film magazine.
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Title: I Want To Share My Art With Mom. SD, Dual projection. © 2000 Portrait of my mother and I. I asked my mother to smile for 5 min. Can feelings changed from subtle to mechanic? And what does it look like?
I will soon update with more videos from my early years.
Walk by Helene Torp ©
Title: Walk
SD video, ©Helene Torp 2000
A meditative walk and restless feelings. Where needs and wanting meets.
Exhibited at Uks, Oslo, Norwegian filmfestival.
The Sun
5 min. Helene Torp © 2001
I had this idea about mixing traditional chanting (often of religious content) with an erotic play to see the contrast.
I planned to make a series of this works after art school. Maybe I will refresh the norwegian moral traditions later on…
I Want To Share My Art With Mom
I Want To Share My Art With Mom
Title: I Want To SHare My Art With Mom. SD, Dual projection. © 2000 Portrait of my mother and I. I asked my mother to smile for 5 min. to examine how feelings changed from subtle to mechanic.I also did this myself. I always had the feeling of a big contrast with inner and outer world. That is a great part of my work. Funny science lately have proved smiling actually make you feel better….7 min. loop.
32 sec. Helene Torp ©
Title: 32 sec. Helene Torp ©
32. sec videoart. Soundtrack from a traditional norwegian chant meets forbinnen love. One of my early performative videos. First shown at Norwegian Shortfilm festival 2001 and gay and lesbian filmestival in Oslo.
Helene Torp and Anne Berntsen ©
15. min. Dv/Beta, to monitors synced.
About: Based on Anne´s knowledge about therapy called “Parsamtal”, we challenged each other asking brave questions and moving behind words to a deeper feeling of involvement, shame. I showed this as a part of a installation at my final year show. Screened at Trondheim Art Museum and Uks in Oslo. Curator: Lars Bang Larsen