In the artist book "Månesyk", photography, collage and text create a personal story about loss and reconciliation. The book address photography's role in memory and the role of art as a space for processing grief more generally. Cutting the deceased father out of the photographs in the collages highlights the story of loss that can be found in the book, and the new compositions tell the story of an artist searching for her father, for traces of the relationship as well as an expression for her grief - not only for what was lost, but also all that never was.
PUBLISHED BY:
Katja Høst
Katja Høst (based in Oslo) got her degree from Bergen Academy of Arts and Design. Her work has been commissioned by osloBIENNALEN, the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH), as well as Litteraturhuset in Oslo. Public art projects by Høst have also been produced for public spaces like the Central station and suburban areas of Haugerud in Oslo. She is currently working on her fifth artist book; commissioned by LANDART Gjerdrum. The project will be exhibited at Fotografiens hus in Oslo the same year.
