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Life as far as I know it

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BackgroundThe first part of my life was about building who I was, what I made, and finding my direction. I began mapping almost all of my years in themes (the beginning is a bit blurry). Not to define them, but to understand them. Just snapshots, notes, fragments. A way for future me to remember, not everything, just what stayed.

1991
Growing

1996

Smiling

1998

Learning

First day of school

I wanted to become an author when I grew up

1999

Reading

When my teacher asked who wanted to be the storyteller in our school play, I raised my hand without thinking twice.

When I got home, realising what I had done, I immediately regretted. I remembered I absolutely hated talking in front of people... and despite my dreams of becoming an author my reading and writing was terrible!

My parents also taught me to finish what I had started. So they helped me line up all my toys on my bed like they were my audience. I practiced until I had memorised the whole play.

On the day of the play I held my papers pretending to read everything, even though I knew the whole play by heart.

How my Mom found me after the performance of my lifetime, while the other kids where eating cake.

2000 +-

Playing

I could entertain myself for hours playing with my toys and create all these characters. My imagination was too wild for me to ever get bored being by myself.

2002

Gaming

iykyk →

2003

Exploring

Arizona

New York

2005 +-

Competing

2008

Rolling

Perspective

Street smart sister

Skulkeboller

I never ditched school. Something my older sister Ane didn’t exactly support. After a lot of convincing, I agreed to ditch one day with her—on one condition: that she promised to help me with my homework! To that, she replied, "Let's make skoleboller (school buns). It’s basically the same as being in school!"

Then she packed all the skoleboller in her school backpack, and we rolled down to Hvalstrand, where we soaked up some vitamin D and I learned a few life lessons they don’t teach you in school.

We have a dream of one day open a bakery calld Skulkeboller (ditching buns).

2009

Puzzling

Visited Barcelona on a study trip in high school and made this Parc Güell-inspired zebra when I got home.

2010

Doodling

Started studying graphic design. Didn't really know what I was doing. Only knew I wanted it all.

2011

Illustrating

2012

Building

Carved, screen printed, painted, sewed, and built my portfolio showcaseing my work at Norwegian School of Creative Studies. Inside where case presentations and packaging prototypes.

2013

Observing

Something to think about

Stone face

Out of the blue

2014

Animating

Study break

Cathrine and I spent way more time than we would like to admit learning that cup routine.

Drawing the line

The film depicts challenges in relationships; rejection, recognition, establishing trust as well as the need for connection vs adventure seeking and open-mindedness. It also shows how dramatic change can lead to a return to a starting point that is valued in new dimensions.

Graduating

Double BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan

Finito

2015

Winning

Nothing tastes better than gold

Dagens Næringsliv, 30 under 30 ↗
Hometown newspaper ↗

2016

Experimenting

3D

Coding

Distorting

2017

Melting

2018

Cutting

Looks fishy, linocut

2019

Bouncing

Opening shot

Bounce back 8-ball

2020

Breaking

Struck

Shattered

2021

Moving

Holding position

Moving off grid

2022

Learning

Shooting

Coding

Tufting

2023

Listening

Voice messages →

Silence

Music →

2024

Apprichiating

Taste

Motion

Nature

2025

Creating

Fusion →

Porta →

Field Trip →

2026

Reflecting

This year feels like the right time to close this first part. Maybe I’ll return and do it all over again, when this second part of life has been lived. If I’m lucky enough to live that long.

I don’t know exactly what the future holds, but I’m planting a hopeful seed of a sketch here.

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