After many years abroad, I find that my perception of the familiar Norwegian landscape has changed. I have often been asked about the reason why I chose to move back to Norway, and as I find it difficult to give a short and clear answer to this question, I am always tempted to give the same answer, which, I think, contains everything: have you seen Stranger than paradise by Jim Jarmush? But unfortunately, most people who ask me don't know Stranger than paradise. And hence I feel unable to explain it to them. This missing link in the communication is something I also encounter in my perception of the Norwegian landscape. It is familiar, in one way, and yet so strange. It seems like I am in a constant dispute with my Norwegian surroundings.
This work is an ongoing project based on my constant mode of observing and questioning Norway as it appears to me, and at the same time it is also a necessary part of my ongoing dispute, a practical task which helps me relate to it.
© Anette Nordskog