BOB RECINE + BJARNE MELGAARD - Blood, Stones and Certain Beasts

For the exhibition BLOOD, STONES AND CERTAIN BEASTS Bob Recine and Bjarne Melgaard joined forces to present a unique, disturbing and surreal experience. Grotesque sculptures, masses of hair, plastics, enormous photographs, a hanging car wreck claimed attention in a 1700m2 warehouse location at the harbour in central Oslo, Norway.

The two artists combined creations, notably the sculptures, are results of a close collaboration where they took turns creating and making modifications fusing their visions and creative outputs. The curation of works exhibited melted together their artistic universes at the same juxtaposed their differences in perspective and approach. The Architecture and Design firm Snøhetta, created a set of interdependent pedestals - adding a fusional dimension, mirroring their silhouettes.

COLLECTIVE OSLO commissioned the experimental Art and Design studio VOID, to create a site-specific light installation for the exhibition to challenge the traditional concept of displaying and experiencing art. VOID created a spacial experience - a dynamic, ever-changing environment through light and movements. By programming unpredictable behaviour for the movement of the light sources, the experience of the monumental artworks and the ambience of the exhibition was augmented and adding a new layer to the experience.

To further the experiences, the musicians and composers Bendik Baksaas and Kristoffer Eikrem created live generated soundscapes adding a compelling, generative ambience.

The exhibition also featured a live generated soundscapes and a generative ambience by Bendik Baksaas and Kristoffer Eikrem.

"I unify all of my seemingly varied worlds — of 'fashion', of 'art', of 'study' — for people to see that all is interconnected"

– Bob Recine