On images
An image is the fastest way to agree on a feeling. We make it first, before names and before plans, because a whole team can stand in front of it and point. It holds the colour, the weather and the mood of everything that follows.
Havdyp
Art studio on the Norwegian Sea.
Henningsvær, Lofoten
68°09′N 14°12′E
The sea is deep.
The ocean is vast,
as is our imagination.
The sea is deep.
The ocean is vast,
as is our imagination.
What an art studio doesChapter I
We make images, films and art collections that give a brand a world of its own.
I.
We look
Every project starts in the archive: paintings, film stills, paper, the odd thing that keeps coming back. We read a brand the way a curator reads a room.
II.
We hang
One image leads. The rest answer it. Sound, type and motion are placed around that first image until the whole room says one thing.
III.
We open
Then the doors open: a site, a film, a campaign. People walk in at their own pace, and the work keeps moving after they leave.
The hangChapter II, work I of IX
Sea patternsChapter III
Every project carries a little of the sea.
The garden below
Index of worksChapter IV
- I.Astro MadonnaSpectralmoon ArtPainted still
- II.Amsterdam in paperSpectralmoon ArtCut paper layers
- III.Sky CitySpectralmoon ArtPainted still
- IV.Blue VortexSpectralmoon ArtPainted still
- V.UmbralSpectralmoon ArtFilm still
- VI.La CalaveraSpectralmoon ArtFilm still
- VII.Street of candlesSpectralmoon ArtFilm still
- VIII.IntiSpectralmoon ArtInk and blossom
The studioChapter V
We work at the edge of the map, where the Norwegian Sea meets the Lofoten Wall.
- Where
- Henningsvær, Lofoten, Norway
- Coordinates
- 68°09′N 14°12′E
- People
- Seven, and a small boat
- We make
- Art direction, identity, film, type, exhibitions, websites
- Open
- By tide and by appointment
Wall textsChapter VI
On film
Film is an image that has decided to keep going. We use the same still as the first frame, so the world carries over whole. The camera walks in, the light turns, and the brand gains a place you can remember.
On type
Letters are the part of a brand people touch most. We set them large, let them arrive line by line, and give them the same care as the art. On a good page the words are part of the hang.
Work with usChapter VII
Thank you. We answer with the next tide.