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Testing the margins of normality
Anne Lise´s works challenge the premises on which our community is based. She investigates the definition of normality and sets the focus on deviations from the norm – things that we often believe are universally given, which arouse a sense of ambivalence between the community and the private sphere.
Over the past 8 years Anne Lise has worked with what she prefer to call “video portraits”. In each project she uses different ways of storytelling - video, photography, sound and text. The subject of investigation is a variety of persons, places or both. The themes she works with are issues that evolve around cultural differences and antagonism in the social, political and public field. Her narrative structure is poetic and her subjects are people who are brought in to the centre from the periphery, people who live in the margins of normality and on the edge of society. The eccentrics and strange characters she focuses on are portrayed with astonishing integrity and dignity. Her documentary style reduces the distance between the spectator and these marginalised people and raises the question "what is normality?"
Author: Robin Sjöblom
Bio
Anne Lise Stenseth is born 1959. Llives and works in Oslo
Education
1989-1993 National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway
1984-1986 IFM-Westerdahls reklameskole, Oslo, Norway
1980-1983 Bergen Kunst og Håndverksskole, Bergen, Norway
1981 West Surrey College of Art, England
Education
1989-1993 National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway
1984-1986 IFM-Westerdahls reklameskole, Oslo, Norway
1980-1983 Bergen Kunst og Håndverksskole, Bergen, Norway
1981 West Surrey College of Art, England
Works
Birdess
Exhibition / Installation,
2007
Installation at Bergen Kunstforrening
Something about Wapke
Exhibition / Installation,
2006
Circumsatances and incidents in the life of a Dutch artist. Video projection installation at Galleri Ram
Get a grip, this is not exactly a Birthday Party
Exhibition / Installation,
2005
Video projection and installation at IKM, Internation Cultural Centre and Museum Oslo.
Videoworks
Exhibition / Installation,
2003
Stensersen Museum - Oslo
Harvest
Exhibition / Installation,
1999
Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseeum
My Farm
Exhibition / Installation,
1997
Sogn og Fjordane Artcenter
Trisomy 21
Exhibition / Installation,
1997
Arendal Kunsforening
Horror Vacui
Exhibition / Installation,
1996
Galleri F15
Projects
This artist took part in the following project(s) organized/funded by the culturebase.net partner institutions.
