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Bjørnstadfeltet
Bjørnstadfeltet is a site with petroglyphs in Sarpsborg and a part of Oldtidsruta. The site is also known as Bjørnstadskipet, or the Bjørnstad ship, because of the large ship figure dominating the site. The petroglyphs are dated to the Nordic Bronze Age (1800 BCE -500 BCE) The petroglyphs at the site are painted, but the…
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Maihaugen
I went to Drotten in Lillehammer to see the petroglyphs there, but area was inaccessible due to the high water levels at this time of year. So I visited the open-air museum Maihaugen, also in Lillehammer, instead.
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Glittersjå Fjellgård
Large deer species like Reindeer and Moose are very common in the Norwegian Stone Age petroglyphs. As part of the research for Fortidens Norge, where I use drawing to experiment with the interpretation of the Norwegian petroglyphs, I visited a farm with Reindeer and Moose to study these animals.
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Ekeberg Petroglyphs
I traveled to and photographed the petroglyphs at Ekeberg in Oslo for Fortidens Norge. These petroglyphs are dated to around 3000 BCE during the Nordic Stone Age. The location of the petroglyphs are fairly close to the Oslo city center, but I still managed to get a bit lost when driving there with the city…
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Artist Recidency at Seanse
June 13th-June 17th I had an artist recidency at Seanse Art Center in Volda with my project Fortidens Norge (Prehistoric Norway). In addition to myself there was one other visual artist, one actress, one musician, one group of three actors and one group of two dancers together with a musician having their residency at the…
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Fortidens Norge / Prehistoric Norway Supported by Kulturrådet
My project about rock art in Norway is now funded by Kulturrådet (Arts Council Norway). The name of the project is Fortidens Norge, or Prehistoric Norway in English. The funding will allow me to work at least one year with the project. This summer I will travel to many different locations with rock art in…
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Moelv Petroglyphs Part 4
Some of the figures on side three the Moelv rock are made in a different style than the ones on side 1, and it is probable that more than one artist made the figures on the rock and possibly there were big gaps of time between the creation of some of the figures. The shape…
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Møllerstufossen Petroglyphs
I visited and photographed the petroglyphs at Møllerstufossen by the river Etna in Dokka. Red paint is no longer applied to the petroglyphs at Møllerstufossen, as it can damage the petroglyphs. This can make some of them difficult to see. I’ll later use the images from the trip to draw different interpretations of the petroglyphs.
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Moelv Petroglyphs Part 3
Figure 4 and 5 on the Moelv rock are missing some parts due to damage to the rock, and I did a restoration for what the missing parts might have looked like: The abstract patterns within figure 4 and 5 are quite common in petroglyph animal figures. What the artists had in mind when adding…
