honorable mention
Anja Høvik Strømsted norway
title
The model
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entry description
“The model” is a series of self-portraits using green screen and stock photos. They often propose unlikely situations and focuses on storytelling. Most of the pictures mix a some what queer fashion photography with fine art. The series shows life in a humoristic way. The animals play a huge part. They both get a kind of Disney dimension where animals have the same value as people and are friends with people, and they tell a story about loneliness. The picture examines themes of identity, gender, and entertainment and popular fictions. They mix cultural references with personal meanings and identity.about the photographer
Anja Høvik Strømsted is a multidisciplinary artist born in Oslo. She has studied Creative Writing at Telemark College University and Gothenburg University Valand School of Fine Arts, and Film production (M.F.A.) at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. She has published one collection of poetry, and made five short films and one feature film that have won prices and screened in India, Germany, USA, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Iceland and Norway among other countries. Her first animated feature “Blossomele” is soon to be expected. She has made four albums. You on the Brain, her recent single, is her first collaboration with producer Atdhe Marku. The duo Strømsted and Hurst have made numerous music videos and art projects since 2012.back to gallery
