Interview & photograph of artist Christian Tony Norum for NORD magazine

A daytrip to the island of Hvalø // Interview & Photographs for NORD

I was so lucky to spend a day at this deserted island, with only two inhabitants. The result - both text and pictures - is in the winter issue of the fantastic food&lifestyle magazine NORD.

Ølsen in Buenos Aires / Interview & photographs for NORD

In february and march this year, Espen, Ada and I went off to Buenos Aires and stayed there for almost two months. It's a kind of city you never want to leave. We loved it. One of the places in our local area was the Scandinavian inspired restaurant Ølsen. I did a story on it for NORD when I got back - both pictures and text. This is from the summer issue.

Hansen & Lydersen / Interview & photographs for NORD

Ole Martin Hansen runs Hansen & Lydersen, which might be the best salmon smokery in London. From this little shed in East-London he delivers to the finest restaurants and hotels, and sheiks come flying in to have a taste. I had a really inspirational meeting with him, where we talked about life and love in addition to the art of smoking salmon. 

This was published in the autumn issue of NORD magazine. 

Feature on E-bikes for D2

This summer I've seen more and more electrical bikes on the streets of Oslo. They are becoming increasingly popular. But all of those who ride them, get told that they're cheating. I wondered; who do us norwegians have this attitude? That you have to put in the work, sweat and struggle. If not, you're cheating.

Read about it in today's D2!

Interview with ballet dancer Candela for D2

Professional ballet dancer Candela Lasanta Ebbesen is now dancing for Les Ballets de Monte Carlo in Monaco, while she also runs her own company; Ballerina Productions. 

I did this piece for D2 a few weeks ago.

PECHA KUCHA

Here are some photos from Pecha Kucha on thursday. There were 12 great, fun, warm, funny and strong speakers. And for me, nice to be out and about again, and to be hosting :)

This is me in a woolly purple dress which I've "inherited" from my cousin.
And then comes the speakers...

Photos by Kim Grønneberg

PECHA KUCHA - TONIGHT!

Tonight we're hosting the last Pecha Kucha this year. I'm really looking forward to it, as I skipped the previous one, as it was so close after Ada's birth.
But today I'm so looking forward to hosting and presenting again, see familiar faces, listen to the talks and get a dose of inspiration.

Here's a picture from an earlier Pecha Kucha, where the very colourful and inspiring designer Ingunn Birkeland spoke. Her talk was really inventive; she dressed in one of her creations, brought a couple of hand-painted chairs on stage, some cava for us to drink, and invited me up to "interview her" with a manuscript she had already written. It was super funny.

And that's exactly what we're looking for when we invite people to talk... That they think of creative ways to share their stories within the very tight format of 20 slides.

INTERVIEW WITH JULIAN SCHNABEL

The artist and film-maker Julian Schnabel is eccentric: He often dresses in pyjamas, he lives in a huge pink house named "Palazzo Chupi" on Manhattan in NYC, makes huge artworks, has made several prize-winning films, is married for the third time to a danish model (Lykke Mai) who is half his age.

He was part of the same art-scene as Andy Warhol, and when he started making films, his first one was of the late Basquiat. If you haven't seen any of his films, do check them out - I recommend: Basquiat, the beautiful The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and Before Night Falls.

I got to meet Schnabel in Copenhagen a few months ago, as he was having a exhibition at the Willumsen Museum in Denmark. I interviewed him for Aftenposten's monthly culture magazine "K". Him and his wife just had a baby, a few weeks before Ada, so we hit it off straight away.

Ada (then 5 weeks old) came with me to Copenhagen, and was out strolling with family living there, during the interview. The flight, and getting her ready for a stroll, was easy. But to write, while having a baby around all day, was the hard part....
Tried and tested, at least - it was such a tempting assignment, and oh my, I do love to work...
But I'm back in baby-mode now, I want to give this beautiful little creature all my attention. All those interesting and eccentric artist will just have to wait a little while :)

HELLO AGAIN

I'm back! Ada is now 4 months, so it's been a while...
I've contemplated a little bit... About what this blog is about. Where to take it. What to post.

When I started this blog, I was starting out as a freelance journalist, and wanted somewhere I could share the pictures I took, the people I met who inspired me, pix from travels, the variety of my work, anything interesting I came across. Then, two years ago, I started working on Aftenposten Junior (the best newspaper for kids in the whole world, if you ask me :)). At the same time Espen and I renovated our home and then I became pregnant. So my working life changed - less variety; I went into the same office every day. And with the renovation and pregnancy I had less energy, and perhaps, inspiration, which is necessary. So the blogging went kind of down-hill.

I quit my job as "reportasjeleder" (commissioning editor?) just before Ada arrived, and in a few months I'll be freelancing again. Embarking on Chapter III of my work-life, I suppose :)

But until then, I'm hanging out with Ada. I'm unsure of how much of her I'll reveal here. Unsure of how exposed I want her to be. And this will never become a pink mummy-blog with baby-stuff only. But there will be some, as my focus and world has changed.

Ada comes along to almost everything I do. She's been traveling with us for a month in the US. She has already been to three weddings (slings and baby bjørn are sooo great - they love being carried everywhere), she has joined me at an interview-assignment in Copenhagen, where I interviewed the artist and film-maker Julian Schnabel (more on that later). I've "baby-worn" her while photographing a lady I "follow" in Harlem, NYC. She's been on my lap while I got a pedicure and joined me at jazz-concerts. Well, she's great :)

Here we are on the NYC-subway on our way to Harlem. Ada is wearing my sound-canceling-headphones to protect from the high pitched subway-sounds (but during our 2 weeks in the city we mostly walked - everywhere!!).

Pecha Kucha @ Sukkerbiten

Sukkerbiten is a great outdoor spot in Oslo, which is open during the summer. It's located by the opera-house, just by the seaside, and they serve mussles, fries, burgers etc, while having DJ's play, events going on, etc.

Pecha Kucha opened this years season, with a Pecha Kucha Special on cultural projects in Oslo and Bergen. Kasper and I were hosting.

 

Photos by Espen Nord Eidene

DJ-performance with Marte Krogh

A couple of weeks ago, Marte Krogh and I performed at a summer party at a roof terrace in Oslo.

 

A new Era

This was my last week as comissioning editor (reportasjeleder) at Aftenposten Junior. I've been involved since the start of 2012, and now 1 1/2 years later, it is time for me to move on. It's fantastic to leave a concept that I'm proud of, which has won two prestigious prizes (Perspektivprisen from NRC and Årets Nykommer from MBL, in Bergen). The kids love it, and tell us we make the world easier to understand.

I've worked with great colleagues and have a had a great learning experience. I just hope this fantastic newspaper persists for at least 8 years - when my soon-to-be-born child is ready to read it :)

Here are a few of the recent covers of Junior. Colourful, energetic and positive! Just as the rest of the paper!

And me; I'll go on to other things. First, baby-leave, and then I do not know. Which I think is great. I love not having plans, and having the time to think things over and deciding where life leads.

Lots of love xx

Pecha Pecha Pecha

Last week it was Pecha Kucha in Oslo, and Kasper and I were hosting as usual. Here we're photographed by Knut Bry.

Me, with a big belly - and this was exactly 2 years after my lovely boyrfriend Espen picked me up in this venue, at a Pecha Kucha Night :)

It was also Kasper's birthday this evening, so I luckily fund a huge bouquet of balloons and gave them to him on stage!

Knut Bry is the most faithful of everyone in the Pecha audience. We love him for always coming to the events, for taking pictures and for always having lots of good ideas on who would suit on the Pecha-stage!

 Photos by Knut Bry

Yup, we WON!!

It's been a couple of weeks since I went to off to Bergen and "mediedagene", a media conference which is in Bergen each year. Aftenposten Junior won the price "Best Newcomer", or "Årets nyskapning", which of course is pretty cool :)

Off to Bergen - hoping to collect an Award!

Aftenposten Junior has been nominated for one of the Media Awards, which are handed out in Bergen tonight. We're nominated in the category "Årets Nyskapning" / "Newcomer of the Year", and our fingers are crossed! 

Konferansier i kveld - Oslo vs. Bergen

I'm hosting a Pecha Kucha event tonight. I'll write this one in norwegian (sorry). Here goes:

I kveld er det sesongåpning av Sukkerbiten med en presentasjon av noen av de mest inspirerende kulturprosjektene Oslo og Bergen har å by på!! Hvilken by tror du har mest å tilby på kultursiden: Oslo eller Bergen?

Jeg er konferansier  - og gleder meg!
Mer info her!

HER ER PROGRAMMET:

FRA OSLO:
Ingeborg Apall-Olsen og Tuva Langfeldt // ByFabrikken
Silja Leifsdottir og Stephanie von Spreter // U.F.O.
Nicolai Engesvik // Ren Reklame
Olav Stikbakke // KOTE
Hanna Norberg og Aina Kristiansen // Stakkars oss
Ilse Johansen og Karoline Garnes // Emergence School of Leadership

FRA BERGEN:
Monica Hannestad // Manøver
Linda Soh Trengereid // BLOKK
Silje Grastveit // THE HUB
Maria Valding Seim // Raff Designuke
Evelyn Holm // Bergen Assembly
Espen Rahlff // R3W Arkitekter

Pecha Kucha Spesial OSLO vs BERGEN arrangeres av Norsk Form og Manøver.