HC Gilje
Conversations with spaces
passages: periscope
a vertical pulse of light that travels through the 2.5m thick concrete roof of the bunker, through a hole that was originally used for a periscope.
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passages: shutter
a motorized iris diaphragm shutter that connects the inside of the bunker with the outside.
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Offshore Northern Seas
A kinetic light installation, part 3 of the "Dark is rising" series
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The scrolls
A time based sculpture with patterns changing over time, inspired by thinking of core samples as a climate history book.
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horizons
a mechanical 360 degrees light-shadow projection apparatus creating a wave of light and shadow patterns projected onto the surfaces of the room in the bunker.
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Lavsang - song of lichens
A new film looking at lichen through the microscope lens and highlighting the fascinating symbiotic life of lichen.
skyen
A permanent public light sculpture commissioned by KORO for Drammen Tinghus which opened in 2023.
mikro
Mikro is a series of improvised performances with microscopes and microphones, using the immediate surroundings as raw material.
It premiered at Paradiso, Amsterdam in 2007. The latest performance took place at Blå, Oslo in 2023
pigs in space
A light installation created in the former pigs barn at Kunstrum Fyn, as part of Tårup Dark Sky Festival 2023.
ebb and flow
A light installation for siloes, presented at Siloen, Papirbredden, Drammen and Kunstrum Fyn, 2023.
Rift (HD)
a remake of the Vertical Cinema film for the horisontal format, a microscope animation of plastic wrappings from consumables.
Premiered at Arctic Moving Image & Film Festival 2022
The intimacy of Strangers
A film that moves through microscope lichen landscapes, found on a rock in a fence at Trondenes in Harstad, Norway.
Commissioned by Arctic Moving Image & Film Festival 2022
Vardø Kystopprøret
A series of three works based on 3d scans of the tools used by the coastal fishers, presented as HD animations, holographic animations and light boxes at various locations in Vardø in February 2022
Vardø Felleskapsdrivhuset
A light installation in the community green house being built by volunteers in the center of Vardø, feb 2022
Light Shaft
An installation made for my exhibition at Møre og Romsdal Kunstsenter.
A wave of light moving slowly back and forth, placed on the inside of the gallery pointing upwards through the windows of the light shaft.
Light Drawer 1
An installation made for my exhibition at Møre og Romsdal Kunstsenter in Molde.
Light moves across a circular floor leaving traces of the motion in the phosphorescent pigment on the surfaace.
magasin 3
Light installation created for Oslo Negativ in the former main public library in Oslo aka "Det gamle biblioteket", in one of the storage spaces for books that were not shown in the public shelves.
Touching at a distance
a series of prototype objects with the ambition to create intimate experiences over distance using tangible and sensuous objects.
Nye Krigere
A performance created in collaboration with Pål Bøyesen and Future daughter, with two characters loosely inspired by samurai warriors and Norwegian folklore.
It premiered at Rosendal Teater in Trondheim in March 2021
The Rise and Fall 2
I was invited to make a light installation for the Norwegian Fjord Centre in Geiranger for the first edition of the Geiranger festival of Light Art in march 2021.
Shadowgrounds
Two large scale light installations in a former underground water reservoir, made for Factory Light Festival 2020
membran
a grid of 48 panels where each individual panel can be made either transparent or opaque,
where both the gallery space and the space outdoors become part of the work.
Made for Tr¿ndelag Senter for Samtidskunst and metamorf biennale, march 2020
The Rise and Fall
a light installation with 4 rails of LEDstrip mounted vertically in the atrium of KODE1, Bergen.
It was a commission for the first edition of Bergen-Lights in January 2020.
origo
A light sculpture created for the fountain in the small park Olaf Ryes Plass in Oslo.
It was part of the group exhibition signalfeil at Atelier Nord, january-march 2020
night shift
A light installation created for the office space of Atelier Nord on the 3rd floor of a building
on the south end of the park Olaf Ryes Plass in Oslo. It was a piece meant to be experienced from the outside after office hours.
It was part of the group exhibition signalfeil at Atelier Nord, january-march 2020
watching from a distance
A light installation made for a cave with stalactite ceiling inside the fortress in Kongsvinger, Norway.
It was part of the group exhibition Festningen aug-sep 2019
radiant live
An audiovisual performance using laser and phosphorescent pigment.
Based on the installation Radiant
Commissioned for the 25th anniversary edition of Sonic Acts Festival 2019
red white black
A rail of light follows the outline of the four interconnected rooms,
creating a space that expands, collapses, twists and turns in the light
from a red and a white pulse of light that chases along the walls,
corners and door openings of the space.
First shown at Akershus Kunstsenter February 2019
radiant
A large scale light painting in constant change using laser and phosphorescent paint.
First presented at Berlin Atonale in August 2018
entangled
Gilje has used the laser scanning technique LIDAR
to create a cast of himself in the forest
- a frozen moment orbited by a virtual camera.
First shown at ANX in january 2018
flux
a permanent light installation under Skalltaket in Odda
Skalltaket is a large curved roof made of concrete,
part of the former industrial plant in the center of Odda
The installation opened in january 2018
lysfanger nr 1
59¡55'58.9"N 10¡45'21.8"E
02.11.17 noon - 03.11.17 noon
a rotating camera captures a timelapse of the changing light
over 24 hours in the gallery space of Atopia kunstlab
rift
film commissioned by Dark Ecology for Vertical Cinema
35 mm cinemascope shown in the vertical format
rift is a film about petrochemicals, over 10000 microscope stills of plastic
rift premiered at Paradiso in Amsterdam during Sonic Acts feb 2017
speiling
Light projection on custom built floor and wall
A black and white form on a red background slowly changing shape and moving along the horizon.
Inspired by the work of painter and sculptor Gunnar Tollefsen.
Created for the group exhibition "Mitt Landskap" at Bodo Biennale 2016.
beacon
Kinetic ligt installation
Three light projectors suspended from the ceiling slowly scanning the space.
Each light projector consists of a light that orbits around a container of glass filled with water.
The water and glass works as a lens, focusing the light into a strip of light that moves around the space, like an inverted lighthouse.
Created for HC Giljes solo exhibition at Kristiansand Kunsthall aug-oct 2016.
The Crossing
site-specific light-motion installation
Exploring and re-activating an abandoned construction site using light and motion: ephemeral light meets physical structures.
Pulses of light passing over an unfinished structure of concrete slabs sticking up from a frozen dam. A total of six lines of light were suspended over the 20x20m area in the industrial zone of Zapolyarny, Russia
Presented during the Dark Ecology journey end of November 2015
Barents (mare incognitum)
a view of the Barents Sea slowly rotating: up becomes down, east becomes west.
Invisible borders and thresholds, and the potential for disaster inherent in the ocean.
Filmed at the border between Norway and Russia, pointing towards the North Pole, using my custom built orbital camera. Orbital is based on an idea of exploring spaces and landscapes using a video camera that slowly rotates around its own axis, and captures the world that revolves around it.
Presented during the Dark Ecology journey end of November 2015
blink v2
projection installation
Projection into the empty space of the gallery with a prepared elevated floor.
Dynamic light patterns are projected into the space, transformed by reflections and the shape of the space into an abstract light painting.
A steady pulse of sound is coming from various speakers placed in the gallery space.
Presented at Almost Cinema in 2011 and Kunstbanken Hamar 2015
off-the-grid
site specific light-motion installation
The grids of the existing light fixtures in the gallery space are suspended about 1 m above the floor.
4x4 lines of light with synchronized light pulses passes over the grids, creating dynamic light-shadow patterns on the floor.
Prosjektrommet, Carl Berner metro station, Oslo
2015
in transit X v2
outdoor light-motion installation
A series of white frames of equal size are suspended over a distance of 20 m, with a line of light passing above them.
Similarly two shorter sections of 10m intersect with the long line.
Light pulses pass over the frames, lighting up the frames but also casting slowly moving shadows on the ground.
Presented during the Signal Festival in Prague october 2015
flip flop
site-specific kinetic installation
a mechanical repetative motion propagating the room through sound, light and shadow.
A circle of flip dots suspended from the ceiling creating a motion that travels around the circle.
A light from above creates a shadow of the moving flip dot structure on the floor.
Presented at Gallery Lynx as part of the Norwegian Sculpture Biennale 2015
glimt
outdoor site specific light motion installation
Large wooden constructions resembling fish rack structures were placed on a beach on Sandhornoy, Norway for the SALT project.
I created a light-motion installation for one of the structures, meant to be a piece for the winter darkness.
12 lines of light intersect with the wooden structure creating a continuosly expanding and contracting structure.
2015
Voice
audivisual performance
Maja Ratkje and HC Gilje has since 2012 collaborated on a series of performances where Gilje uses a series of bright LED matrix panels to create a dynamic horizon behind Ratkje«s vocal and electronic improvisations.
The screens functions both as displays and light source, bringing the whole venue alive.
Last performance so far at Smeltehytta, Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2015
flimmer
light motion installation
light and wind passes through a volume of black strips suspended from the ceiling in the white gallery room of Wood Street Galleries, animating the space with light and shadows.
Ca 300 3m long strips of black plastic, 6 lines of light above the strips, 3 fans.
2015
spin - WSG
light motion installation
24 lights placed in a circle that rotate around the circle animating the shadow of whoever/whatever is below the circle.
This version was placed inside a custom-built half-transparent space at Wood Street Galleries so the installation could be experienced both inside and outside the space.
2015
revolver - WSG
light installation
3 circles of light revolving, creating a mulitcoloured band of light and shadows moving around the walls of the space.
A custom half-transparent space was constructed so the light patterns could also be experienced outside the installation space.
2015
junction
outdoor site specific light motion installation
The arches of the 40m long underpass of the King Edwards bridge in Elders Park were animated using two long and nine crossing lines of light.
Part of blinc program at Adelaide Festival of the Arts, Adelaide, Australia 2015
kile
outdoor site specific light installation
Solund, Norway
Part of Solund Light Art Festival 2014
revolver 2
light installation
Solund kyrkje, Solund, Norway
Part of Solund Light Art Festival 2014
orbital - turnhallen
video installation
Babel gallery, Trondheim, Norway
2014
in transit X
light-motion installation
Two crossing lines, each 12m long, with a series of white frames of equal size and distance are suspended over the church floor, with a line of light passing above them.
Light pulses pass over the frames, lighting up the frames but also casting slowly moving shadows on the ground.
Created for the space of Kulturkirken Jakob, Oslo october 2014
trace TDA
indoor site specific light motion installation
Scheveningen, Netherlands
Part of Todays Art Festival 2014
spin
indoor light installation
Cement Factory, Slemmestad, Norway
Part of Factory Light Festival 2014
7x7cirkler
A combination of Else Marie Pade«s 7 cirkler with HC Gilje«s light installation
Klangrum 14, M¿n, Denmark
2014
Wind-up birds
outdoor site specific sound installation
A flock of mechanical wind-up birds
First presented at UT21 in Lillehammer 2007, later at OSL Airport 2008, Rabat-Morocco as part of Brussels Biennale 2008, Festspillene i Bergen 2010, Parc Botanique, Brussels 2013, and Springhornhof Kunstverein 2014
lightspan forest flares
outdoor site specific light motion installation
Forest outside Oslo, Norway
2014
trace
site specific light motion installation at Svin¿ya, Lofoten
Part of LIAF 2013
revolver
light installation
Part of Dark Universe exhibition at Sonic Acts 2013
blink
projection installation
Projection into the empty space of the gallery.
Dynamic light patterns are projected into the space, transformed by reflections and the shape of the space into an abstract light painting.
A steady pulse of sound is coming from various speakers placed in the gallery space.
Originally created for HKS, Bergen 2009. Later shown at Trust, Dortmund U 2010- Sonic Acts NIMK, Amsterdam 2010- Wood Street Galleries 2012
in transit
light-motion installation
A 15m long line with a series of white frames of equal size and distance are suspended over the floor, with a line of light passing above them.
Light pulses pass over the frames, lighting up the frames but also casting slowly moving shadows on the floor.
First shown at Wood Street Galleries in 2012, later at Almost Cinema in Ghent 2012
frame (Projected Light Object)
projection installation
The frame of a square is placed at a 45 degree angle on and underlying square platform.
The frame is resting on the platform with one corner.
The projection constantly changes the relationship between the frame, its shadow and the background.
First shown at ANX, Oslo 2011 then at Wood Street Galleries in 2012
circle (Projected Light Object)
projection installation
Circle explore through projection, light and reflection the inside,
outside and perimeter of a circle mounted at a 90 degree angle to the floor.
First presented at IMAL, Brussels in 2011. Later shown at Wellington Lux,New Zealand -
sensxperiment, Lucena, Spain and Wood Street Galleries
Light Space Modulators
projection installation
An audiovisual installation based on the existing architecture of the IMAL exhibition space,
a 200m2 room with 12 columns.
IMAL, Brussels 2011
snitt
projection installation
A straight line moves slowly through the three rooms of the gallery space, cutting the space into different sections (snitt).
Galleri 21, Malmo Sweden 2010
puls
light installation
Two waveforms, one side blue-white, the other side red-white, with a total length of about 400m.
The movement of the train through the tunnel animates the waves.
Commissioned for the Fantoft tunnel for the new city-metro Bybanen in Bergen 2010.