Coral Trout Series

Falling Down the Stairs in A#Major

Peformance series from 2017 and 2020. The two performances that took place at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo in which the Coral Trout “fell” down the stairs to Beethoven’s 7th Symphony in A#Major. In 2017, the first “Falling” took place in which the Coral Trout paraded dangerously down the main staircase inside Kunstnernes Hus with a large golden sculpture and palm tree. At the bottom of the stairs the fish ate sushi- a big fish eating little fish. About the rise of the one percent and oligarchies which is…

Begjærkonkurranse

KUBE and Jugendstilsenteret, Ålesund in October 2020 “Begjærkonkurranse” was a bread making competition among the people of Ålesund in which they competed for ostentatious golden medals which the Coral Trout dangled from a giant golden hook off the balcony of the Jugendstilsenteret. Beginning with a parade through the streets of Ålesund with a thirty piece marching band, the Coral Trout led the parade dressed in Catholic inspired golden ceremonial wear that was also adorned with bread. Finishing the…

Painting is Sexy

Performance at Verkligheten in Umeå, Sweden, 2024 and Hvitsten Salong, Norway, 2021 Three part performances dealing with the enduring myth of the male painter and the “sexiness” of abstract expressionist painting as well as the art world’s obsession with objects. The Coral Trout had an existential crisis about mortality and her art career after being confronted by a skeleton. As a result, the Coral Trout realised she could achieve immortality and earn more money by changing sex and morphing into a…

Like Water

Performance for PAO Festivalen curated by Performance Art Oslo August 2021 Following water graffiti by artist, Stan D’Haene, the festival audience walked from Galleri ROM to the Akerselva where the Coral Trout was waiting. The Coral Trout then paraded down the river with an iceberg sculpture featuring a dead polar bear as well as a D’Haene and a curator. Emerging later on the banks of the river, the Coral Trout was then verbally attacked by an internet troll/INCEL type played by Mattias Hellberg.…

The Spirit

20th May 2018 A lecture performance during the Sunday Service at Sagene Church in Oslo as part of the Kunstnerprekene series of performances curated by Liv Kristin Holmberg. The performance was held on day of the Pentecost which marks the birth of the Christianity in which early Christians were imbued with the holy spirit and spoke in tongues. I researched how various forms of Christianity celebrate the Pentecost and in doing so, used symbolism such as the colour red. In collaboration with the priest…

Coral Trout in Berlevåg

CORAL TROUT IN BERLEVÅG Performance and Photo Series, Berlevåg, Finnmark, November 2017 A series of appearances and photographs taken in the town of Berlevåg and its surrounding landscape as part of a three week residency at Kvitbrakka. Located on the Arctic Ocean in Finnmark, Berlevåg’s 900 inhabitants are dependent on the fishing industry to survive. The photographs evoke this dependency and fragility in increasingly vulnerable ecological times which coincide with the dominance…

Blue Christmas Carol

BLUE CHRISTMAS CAROL December 2016 Performed at Vandaler Forening and PNEK Winter Solstice A ten minute mourning song played on the recorder in a steaming hot shower on the shortest and darkest night in Scandinavia- the Winter Solstice. In some Christian faiths, the night was the time for “Blue Christmas Mass” in which those who have died in the year would be remembered. Therefore, the coral trout mourns the death of the Great Barrier Reef as well as the humanitarian and political…

Mer eller Mindre

MER ELLER MINDRE Durational Performance and Installation The Partisan Cafe The Bergen Assembly 25/9/16 “Mer eller Mindre- do two litres of water make two litres of piss?” was a performance and installation dealing with the attention economy, the rise of the individual and the rise of the seas. At a time of radical ecological change are you paying attention? Can you pay attention? Or are you constantly being distracted? Then again, are you too busy gaining attention for yourself?…

Coral Trout Welcome Parade, Oslo

Performance at the opening of Østlandsutstillingen, Oslo on June 6, 2015. A procession involving 13 participants- most playing loud, obnoxious, improvised music on the tuba, trumpet or recorder. Beginning inside the Richard Serra sculpture at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the parade entered three galleries: Galleri LNM, Tegnerforbundet and Galleri BOA. Inside each gallery, a drawing with a Coral Trout seal was nailed onto a wall near the entrance. The drawings all featured the word “Hello” and were…