Blog – Pop-up-tuft

Tableau 1 – Efjord/Áhtávuodna

13th of July 2020

The project Pop-Up-Tuft starts and ends Summer 2020. Or maybe it will last forever.

The first exhibition tableau is from Efjord in Nordland county. What happens when 3 iconic buildings from Beirut, Lebanon is presented in one of the most beautiful fiords of Norway.

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Tableau 2 – Kalvåsen/Varrevuolle

14th of July 2020

My childhood meadow and the high mountains in the back. Nothing could be safer.

Tableau 3 – Melkedalen

15th of July 2020

Melkedalen, Ballangen/Bálák. On the foot of the small river from Hjertvatnet/Vájmmojávvret

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Tableau 4 – Kjøpsvik/Gásluokta

16th of July 2020

In Fredagsvika/Ráhtaluokta on the way to Hundholmen/Benasuoloj in Tysfjord/Divtasvuodna. My head is in these fiords and tufts.

Tableau 5 – Lapphaugen at the foot of Silbavárri/Sølvfjellet/The Silvermountain

20th of July 2020

Pop-up-tuft is on the border of Nordland for this tableau, but the space is connected even if we are standing in Troms county.

When Shatilla, Beirut, meets Lapphaugen in the north of Norway.

The Sámi and the Palestinian sun melts together at Lapphaugen.

Tableau 6 – Drag/Ájluokta, Quarts Quarry

29th of July 2020

Retro mannequins from Lebanon meets the Drag Quarry. Nordland, Norway.

Tableau 7 – The waterfall Forså/Bálák

31st of July 2020

The waterfall Forså, Ballangen/Bálák. Bringing the project #Digtegning to my childhood waterwall. Washing evil away. @billedkunstnerkathe and I created digtegning in 2015, what a journey.

On this piece:
Khiam: From being a prison for the Lebanese army, the south-Lebanese (SLA) took over in 1985. SLA supported Israe and there where comprehensive torture on prisoners, both Palestinian prisoners and Lebanese prisoners, until the year 2000 when Isra left Lebanon.

Photo and lyrics: Lene. Drawing and digital: Käthe Øien. Translation to Northern-Sámi: S. Skåden.

Norwegian lyrics:
gynge, gynge, gynge til Khiam Khiam
hvem sitter der?
der sitter palestineren
han er der på brød og vann

tenke, tenke, tenke på hva han har gjort
han har vært slem
han trodde på Jerusalem
nå får han aldri dra hjem

English lyrics:
rocking, rocking, rocking for Khiam Khiam
who´s sitting there?
It is the Palestinian man
Far away from his own land

Thinking, thinking, thinking about what he´s done
He has been grim
He clung to The Jerusalem
Now his home is lost for him

The project Digtegning is a combination of Käthe Øiens pencil drawings, Lene E Westerås´ lyrics and both their photos. This is merged into a digital design by Øien. The name Digtegning is the artists´ copyright. norr: Digtegning. germ; Digtegning. arab; Digtegning. eng; Digtegning.

In the middle of my project, the 4th of August, Beirut was hit by tragedy. My thoughts are with my Lebanese and Palestinian friends living there.

Kudos to the people of Lebanon for their strenght.

Tableau 8 – Presteidstraumen, Hamarøy/Hábmera

7th of August 2020

Presteidstraumen, Hamarøy/Hábmera, Nordland.

Seaweeds surround us. I met a kingfisher/isfugl at the cornish of Beirut. I am going to the ocean currents/havstrøm at Presteidstraumen. The mannequins from the Nablus souk/market/bazaar are also part of this tableau in pic 2&3.

Tableau 9 – Vargfjord, Bálák

9th of August 2020

My Ramallahphotos slides into an old abandoned fort in a forgotten fiord. Aluminum/hemp. Korshamn fort.

Tableau 10

10th of August 2020

I throw my last tableau on the moss covered coastal rocks in Efjord, Bálák. Nablus, Palestine meets my childhood secret fishing places. The official Popuptuft project has come to an end.
Now remains the rest of life.
To be continued …

… exhibiton coming

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