Petrine Vinje / O publikasjoner

The publication is a rich volume that aims to discuss existential issues on the relationship between Body and Mind, both in historical and contemporary perspectives, using the historical room from the 16th century and Petrine Vinje`s installation Anatomical Theatre (2013) as a platform.

Texts by authors Aina Villanger, Hanne Ørstavik explores the anatomical theatre as a site of investigation of the self, whereas in other essays the enduring human interest in the body and mind relation are discussed in in titles such as “Al lin the Brain? Contemplative Life and the Anatomical Theatre of the Mind” (Martijn van Beek) and Mind-Body Technology: ‘Nosce te Ipsum’ and a Theory of Prosthetic ‘Trialism’ (Tom Slevin).

Taking artistic research as the point of departure, we approach the ancient writing system runes as a framework for broader reflections on humankind – a meaning-creating species in state of constant technological development. The book presents new perspectives on the use of runes in both the past and the present, tracing lines between the history of the Norse language, philology, and the reading of artworks, with reference to rune archives in today’s Germany and Norway.

The publication applies a broad contextual framework and explores the way links arise between the past, present and future as a result of the three-way relationship between technology, meaning-making, and materiality. Of central importance are the artistic processes, which feed on, enrich, and add new symbols, words, and images to the flow of meaning between people and their co-creators. It tells a story about artistic research and how an objective material transforms into poetic material with links to the artists subjective voice.

The volume explores the catalogue/ artist-book format, consisting of texts by the artist Petrine Vinje, author Victoria Durnak and theorist Boel Christensen-Scheel. In the exhibition, and book, a museum artefact serves as a aggregator of artworks and research concerning cultural memories derived from archaeology, architecture, materials, science, and myths. Through research into pre-modern museum artefacts from the Middle Ages in the Nordic region, alongside contemporary screen-based culture and technology, Vinje examines how we use semiotic material in our encounters with the unknown and the immaterial. She looks for the potential of sensory perceptions and experiences of meaning that exist at this interface.

The catalogue/ book Surfacing Solids displays the results of Petrine Vinje’s ongoing artistic research project as a doctoral fellow in the Art & Craft Department at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. In her PhD project, Surfacing Solids – Enactive Aesthetic Investigations in Memory, Material and Meaning, she explores how cultural memories and sculptural works are created within the relationships between people, technology and society.

The artist / researcher book consists of one essay by Karoline Kjesrud, in Norwegian: ‘Du er sterk i evighet (Herre)’ Runer – fra skrifttegn til magi’ and a series of collages by artist Petrine Vinje – printed in monocoloured book designed by Eller med a.

Kjesrud`s essay is the first published text in Norwgian discussing the history of runes in the North and how the system moves between spiritual, occult, and fringe use and

a subject of scientific study of language of the Nordic countries.

The interdisciplinary artistic research project project Agla Hagla examined the National Rune Archive, in close collaboration with Dr. Karoline Kjesrud and Dr. Prof. James Knirk. The project was granted support by Art Council Norways initiative -Hva er det med arkiv? (What is it about Archives?).

The book was released on Petrine Vinjes former publishing house Alfabetprodukt.