Lisa Størseth Pettersen
Livets vest

"Hello!" said the town-master from the horse's mouth to the pupils soaking their deeds by the riverbed. Telling them it is like it is and nothing more. A familiar gesture. Wittingly proud. A someone amongst the people, a people-pleaser, on cloud nine pleasing people. "Fool me not." "I am but a servant for your convenience," the town master shouts as the city lights dim. As the fog has cleared and the jackals have stopped howling, the town master purges alternative ideas amongst the people, for the people. But there is a situation at hand. Emotions. The town master can't control them. The public always seems to have another responsive emotional mechanism than what is expected. But sophistication is the town master's hidden talent. And it's consistent, so much so that it's becoming tickles of repetition. Stoked, cloaked, and stamped nonetheless. The hidden talent is to double down the salutations to redouble themselves so as not to appear so. The boulevards in the main objecthood are now freckles, surfacing as ifs. It's been said that the town master used horseshoes in different area codes with the intent to interact with the public. The master plan worked until the public rejoiced. - Lars Nordby

Lisa Størseth Pettersen lives and works in Trondheim, Norway. She holds an MFA from Trondheim Academy of Fine Art in Norway (2020). In her practice Lisa works with performative, context specific events relating to site, that can take form as sculpture or happening or a combination of these two. She is interested in repetition, rehearsal/trying and collaboration as a method to create space and far-fetched connections. Recent solo exhibitions includes Alle lener seg mot noe (2024) UKS, Oslo, Norway, Luftslott, en performativ hendelse og inskripsjon i fjell (2022) at Stoksund trygdepensjonat, Åfjord, Norway,04:43-22:59 (2021)at Heimdal kunstforening, Trondheim, Norway, IS IT THE SEA? at Ila fiskemottak (2021) Trondheim, Norway and Modern Loneliness (2020) at Risvollan Borettslag, Trondheim, Norway

www.lisastoersethpettersen.com

Many thanks to Tequila Bar Fnky Mnky for providing beverages for the opening night.