honorable mention
Gjert Rognli norway
title
Somnolence
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entry description
Gjert Rognli wishes to bring forth an alluring colorful representation of a mysterious landscape that conveys surrealism, mythology, loneliness, religiousity and time. The works are open to several questions and interpretations; Has man lost proximity to the more supernatural or religious nature? A representation that brings us closer to life and death?.about the photographer
Gjert Rognli works as a multidisciplinary artist, with film, photography, sculpture and performance. In his works, he draws in references from his belonging to Arctic Northern Norway, his Sámi cultural heritage, to light, darkness and the seasons. He takes nature and natural forces into his works with references to the surreal and mythological. Rognli has received a number of international art, photography, television and film awards for his works, and has had many separate and collective exhibitions at home and abroad, including the Louvre Museum in Paris. And his films have had the opportunity to contribute their message at the international environmental conference COP27-2022 in Egypt and COP28-2023 in Dubai.back to gallery
