Christian Houge stiller ut i London

Fotograf, Christian Houge ( f. 1972), er invitert av det anerkjente Scout Gallery til å stille ut sin `Arctic Technology` serie i London den 16. september. Serien er fiksjonsrettet dokumentarisme som utforsker antennekonstruksjoner i det øde arktiske landskapet på Svalbard. I `Arctic Technology` representerer antennene menneskets søken etter identitet, innsikt og kunnskap.



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Exhibition runs 17 September ? 29 October

Christian Houge has been photographing the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, located between Greenland and the North Pole, over the last five years. ?Arctic Technology? is a fiction-based documentary which explores an arctic landscape known as one of the cleanest places on earth. Houge's spectacular large format panoramic photographs were often shot in pure moonlight using extreme exposure times.

Enormous technological structures enable scientists to study climate change, atmospheric pollution and space itself. Satellite receivers send and receive invisible information from space which enables people around the world to communicate. The installations reveal the strong contrast between the primal landscape and technology, man and mans creations; our extrovert search for knowledge, and our introvert search for insight.

Christian Houge has had numerous exhibitions in his native Oslo. In 2004 and 2005 he received year long grants from the Department of Culture and the Norwegian Artists Fund to complete this project.