Exit Stetind

Oslo Negativ

Nasjonalgalleriet, October, 2026
Exit Stetind will be presented at the National Gallery in Oslo, together with a selection of Haptic Drawings.

Exit Stetind — Original Essay (2006)

An essay written alongside the original photographic project, reflecting on climbing, Peder Balke, the materiality of images, and the relationship between landscape and artistic practice.

Read the full essay in Norwegian →

https://www.harvestmagazine.no/artikkel/exit-stetind

Exit Stetind is a multi-layered analogue photographic project made on and around the Norwegian mountain Stetind, near Narvik in Nordland. The work was first produced for the national site-specific project Kunstneriske forstyrrelser and later reworked as an autonomous photographic series.

The photographs were initially made while climbing the mountain’s South Pillar, then printed and re-photographed in the studio, incorporating the room’s light and reflections on the surface of the paper prints.

The series has been shown at several venues, including Henie Onstad Kunstsenter (Fjellet i norsk kunst), Fotogalleriet in Oslo, Nordland Kunstsenter in Bodø, Narvik, and the exhibition Mørke Nu, among others. Works from the series have been acquired by Preus Museum, Akershus University Hospital (AHUS), and other collections.