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Ann Edvartsen Hay
Oslo, Norway
Ann Edvartsen Hay (b. 1991 Stavanger) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Oslo, Norway.
Her works emerge at the intersection of photography, time-based media, collage, textile, and sculpture. With artistic research as a method she investigates the anthropogenic impact on ecology and technological acceleration – through fieldwork, archival research and speculative futures.
Hay holds a Bachelor of Arts from The Art Academy in Bergen (KMD), and a Master of Fine Art from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts in 2025. She has exhibited at galleries including Studio 17, Pikene på Broen, Vadsø Kunstforening, and at Vestlandsutstillingen.
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Publications
Where Stones Sleep and Bones Whisper (2025)
ISBN–Self-publication
Technique/material: Coldset on 52 gsm newspaper.
Dimension: 28 x 40 cm, 20 pages. Edition of 300.
Where Stones Sleep and Bones Whisper is based on Knaben mines in Kvinlog, Norway, a site closely tied to my family history. The project investigates the remnants of molybdenum and the lingering energies extractivism leaves in the landscape and in human bodies.
The publication offers a retelling of individual experiences from the German occupation of Norway and the forced labour that occurred from 1938 to 1945, intertwined with the Allied bombing on March 3, 1943, and the subsequent workers’ rights movement up until the final day of Knaben’s production in 1973. The publication features “Knaben-balladen” by Arnljot Eggen, includes verses from “Minne-song” by Arne Halle, and archival material, with personal experiences from the archives of those who lived and worked at Knaben from 1930 to 1973.
Work in progress (2026)
ISBN–Self-publication
Currently working on a limited self-publication with photographic collages, text and drawings, a continuation of the same project as Where Stones Sleep and Bones Whisper (2025). Currently planning to keep it in a limited edition and handbound.
Project website:
https://bodiesofextraction.com/
Nostos (2023)
ISBN–Self-publication
Technique/material: Risoprinted zine on A3 paper.
Dimension: 10,5 x 15 cm / 30 x 42 cm, 8 pages + poster. Edition of 30.
The zine is a visual investigation of the concept of nostos, from The Odyssey, where the journey home by sea becomes a metaphor for transformation, displacement, and sense of belonging.
In my research on Sør-Varanger in Finnmark, nature, culture, and technology intersect in conflicts over ownership of the landscape and its natural resources. Large mountain areas have been significantly altered through open-pit mining, resulting in the establishment of terrestrial and marine waste deposits that continue to impact surrounding ecosystems and marine life.
The zine is a visual reflection on the physical and psychological consequences of artificial landscape changes inflicted due to natural resource extraction.
