ATELIER NORD - Oslo

Broken Chord is a sound installation by Hans Rosenström composed of semi-reflective glass panels and multiple voices. The installation is shown for the first time at Helsinki Contemporary, Finland, in June 2025 before traveling on to Oslo. Audiences can experience the sound installation at Atelier Nord between September 5 and October 12, where it will also be part of the Ultima programme. In Broken Chord Hans Rosenström is interested in the fleeting, almost organic nature of the human voice in contrast with the sleek architectural structures of reflective glass facades. In the installation the glass acts as a barrier in between two worlds, the inner and outer, and the voice a vessel that penetrates these realms.

Espen Sommer Eide’s exhibition Wild Music Reserve (Pasvik) combines music, sound, video, and graphic prints that are results of the artist’s long-standing interest in nature reserves. Central to the exhibition is the strictly isolated Pasvik Zapovednik reserve on the Russian side of the river in Pasvik, Sør-Varanger, which operates under Soviet-style reserve thinking. The artist explores the area on several levels and opens up for an esoteric and alchemical approach. Now that the border with Russia is closed, the reserve has, paradoxically, once again become a sanctuary for endangered species and old-growth forest, where nature is allowed to evolve freely without human interference. In a time when structures are collapsing and much is left to exploitation and extraction, Sommer Eide’s installation explores the possibility of a protected space. A hideaway unreachable by others, where intimate experiences and ways of life remain concealed and safeguarded. When the wind blows in the right direction, you can hear the music from here.