Sculpture by Halvor Skiftun Digernes adorns the foyer

Halvor Skiftun Digernes, The Fjord, 2022

Blue clay from Bjørvika, beachsand from Hvervenbukta, pacific oysters from Nøtterøy og seaweed from Huk on Bygdøy.

A vessel about the human and nature

Built large to take up space, shaped by hands, rugged in its structure

Covered with dead and rotten seaweed, thrown on to land by the winds and weather

Norwegian marine clay from a time when everything was ice and sea

Pacific oysters cleared on to land to protect our feet

Sand from the beaches we visit in the summer

glazed and fired I a oxygen low atmosphere to a almost impenetrable structure

Hidden and forgotten