Katja Høst

Omroert, commissioned by LANDART Gjerdrum, is a photo-based book project with the re-establishment of the landslide pit after the catastrophic mudslide in Gjerdrum as the pivotal point. The book offers an artistic and text-based reflection on the mutual influence and adaptation of nature and humans, as well as processes and goals related to the way forward after traumatic events. Central to the book is the municipality's choice to retain a small piece of ravine forest that came with the landslide and has now established itself on new ground. Some perceive this little forest as a painful wound, while others see it as an important time witness. By highlighting the ravine forest as a naturally created memorial, the book address the practice of memorial sites and memorials.

Texts by Christine Hansen, Line Madsen Simenstad, Per Gunnar Tverrbak, T.S. Guttormsen and Øystein Nødtvedt. Foreword by Mari Meen Halsøy and Liva Mork.

In the book project "Månesyk" photography, collage and text create a personal narrative of loss and reconciliation. The collages touch on themes related to the role of photography as memory in particular and the role of art as a space for processing difficult events and emotions more generally. Cutting the deceased father out of the photograph highlights the story of loss that can be found throughout the book, and new compositions tell of how the artist is searching for her father, for the relationship, and an expression of grief – not only for what is lost, but also for what never was.

The Y-block is history. Photographer Katja Høst followed the building's last years with her camera. In the book, we are presented with around 60 photographs of the Y-block's decay after the terror in 2011. The book has 4 essays that concentrate on telling about the architecture, art and historical background surrounding this iconic building.

Foreword: Tone Hansen.

Authors: Jan, Digerud, Kjetil A. Jakobsen, Per Gunnar Eeg-Tverbakk, Line Ulekleiv