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Kristina Kvalvik

Distant Landscape

Film expérimental | super8 | couleur | 8:30 | Norvège, Islande | 2012

"Distant Landscape" consists of images of landscapes in which traces of movement of the film`s narrator are recognisable within the desolate surroundings. Short texts roll over the images, telling the story of someone in a close and sensual relationship with nature.

Kristina Kvalvik (b.1980) is a Norwegian visual artist currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She studied film and fine art in Norway, Sweden and Canada, and completed her MFA at Malmö Art Academy (SE) in 2008. Her work deals with matters relating to surveillance, the inexplicable and the threatening. She examines the limitations of sight and our ability to interpret what we see. Kvalvik has exhibited her work internationally including Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Overgaden Institute for Contemporary Art; Copenhagen, LOOP Film Festival; Barcelona, Center for Contemporary Art; Glasgow, GalleriBOX; Akureyri, Galeria Miroslav Kraljevic; Zagreb, Kunsthalle Exnergasse; Vienna, Parkingallery; Tehran, Västerås Konstmuseum, Høstutstillingen Kuntnernes Hus; Oslo and Abandoned Gallery; Malmö.