http://ovekvavik.com The art of Ove Kvavik. en Emacs 720 <p><img src='http://ovekvavik.com/img/lyspaere3.jpg' /></p> <p>This singular light bulb uses the same amount of energy as a human being uses to stay alive.<br /><br /> When the bulb goes dead, the art piece is complete, and its residue will be taken away from exhibition.</p> <p><a href='http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=11'>more</a></p> a portraithttp://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=112008-06-06T00:06:00Z <p><img src='http://ovekvavik.com/img/thom.jpg' /></p> <p>After killing her trainer in a city parade in Erwin, Tennessee, 1916, the elephant Mary was sentence and hanged in front of an audience of 2500 people.</p> <p><a href='http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=9'>more</a></p> the hanging of maryhttp://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=92008-06-06T00:06:00Z <p><img src='http://ovekvavik.com/img/un-titled_1.jpg' /></p> <p>Images of losing youth boxers moments after their defeat in the national championship.</p> <p><a href='http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=1'>more</a></p> un-titled 1http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=12008-06-06T00:06:00Z <p><img src='http://ovekvavik.com/img/ess.jpg' /></p> <p>After jumping from the observation deck, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale plunged over 300 meters down Empire State Building and landed on the roof of a parked UN limousine.</p> <p><a href='http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=10'>more</a></p> empire state suicidehttp://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=102008-06-06T00:06:00Z <p><img src='http://ovekvavik.com/img/descent.jpg' /></p> <p></p> <p><a href='http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=8'>more</a></p> descenthttp://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=82008-06-06T00:06:00Z <p><img src='http://ovekvavik.com/img/EI_front.jpg' /></p> <p>A large drawing of the facade of Kunstnernes Hus where the exhibition was. The visitors were invited to erase the drawing. After the exhibition was over, the residue was collected.</p> <p><a href='http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=2'>more</a></p> erasing institutionhttp://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=22008-06-06T00:06:00Z <p><img src='http://ovekvavik.com/img/a_closer_void.jpg' /></p> <p>A new version of Yves Klein’s 'Leap Into The Void'. In the 1960’s version he is on the gap between flying and falling, but in this rendered version he is centimetres from hitting the ground. The cyclist is further down the street and a car is coming in from the right at great speed.</p> <p><a href='http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=3'>more</a></p> a closer voidhttp://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=32008-06-06T00:06:00Z <p><img src='http://ovekvavik.com/img/the_white_elephant.jpg' /></p> <p>A small elephant made of ivory, missing the tusks.</p> <p><a href='http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=4'>more</a></p> the white elephanthttp://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=42008-06-06T00:06:00Z <p><img src='http://ovekvavik.com/img/OTWD.jpg' /></p> <p>There are nearly 200 bodies on Mt. Everest. Most of them died on the way down from the summit.</p> <p><a href='http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Future&w=1'>more</a></p> on the way downhttp://ovekvavik.com/?s=Future&w=12008-06-06T00:06:00Z <p><img src='http://ovekvavik.com/img/skeleton_cube.jpg' /></p> <p></p> <p><a href='http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Future&w=2'>more</a></p> skeleton cubehttp://ovekvavik.com/?s=Future&w=22008-06-06T00:06:00Z <p><img src='http://ovekvavik.com/img/Car_1.jpg' /></p> <p></p> <p><a href='http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Future&w=3'>more</a></p> bombhttp://ovekvavik.com/?s=Future&w=32008-06-06T00:06:00Z <p><img src='http://ovekvavik.com/img/teicho1.jpg' /></p> <p>Three LCD-screens on a small plateau turned towards a white wall in a dark room. Videos of violence are playing, but only the light reflected by the wall is visible for the audience. The title is taken from a term in theatre.</p> <p><a href='http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=5'>more</a></p> teichoscopyhttp://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=52007-06-06T00:06:00Z <p><img src='http://ovekvavik.com/img/astronaut_1.jpg' /></p> <p>Rendered portraits taken from NASA’s public archive. All personalities are gone and symbols are changed to the unfamiliar.</p> <p><a href='http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=6'>more</a></p> astronaut 1http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=62007-06-06T00:06:00Z <p><img src='http://ovekvavik.com/img/the_ring.jpg' /></p> <p>Rendered picture taken from NATO’s public archive. All personalities are gone and symbols are changed to the unfamiliar.</p> <p><a href='http://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=7'>more</a></p> the ringhttp://ovekvavik.com/?s=Works&w=72007-06-06T00:06:00Z