








Oslo Negativ October 2023 A photographic group exhibition at the old, now unused veterinary school in Oslo. Fontainebleau Forever (Nattbilder) – Kunstens og buldringens arkeologi Geir Harald Samuelsens pågående fotoprosjekt, med bilder av sandsteinsformasjoner i Fontainebleau utenfor Paris. Bildene er tatt med analogt mellomformatskamera med lang lukkertid i mørket rett etter solnedgang. Noen av bildene viser også en transparent, spøkelsesaktig figur i ferd med å klatre opp steinformasjonene. Arkeologer fra Sorbonne har de siste fem år oppdaget et stort antall steinaldergraveringer (petroglyfer) som er risset inn i sandsteinen i grotter og i ly under de store formasjonene i Fontainebleauskogen. Med dette fotoprosjektet ønsker Samuelsen å fange atmosfæren i det eldgamle kulturlandskapet og la sporene etter menneskelig aktivitet resonnere i bildene. Inkludert i presentasjonen er også ett verk fra serien: Haptiske tegninger (Foldet). Disse relieff-aktige papirarbeidene inneholder spor etter direkte berøring og resonnerer både med fotografienes langsomme visuelle registrering, men også med de gåtefulle tegnene fra steinalderen. Mesolithic Petroglyphs in the Fontainebleau forest









Archaeological field trip to Fontainebleau, March 2022. Participants from the artistic research group; Matter, Gesture and Soul from the Art Academy in Bergen, met with archaeologists from Sorbonne in Paris to study the Mesolithic Petroglyphs in the Fontainebleau forest.






