HILO-project

HILO-project is a Norwegian artist duo and project by Hilde Iren Dølheim and Linn Obrestad. We are based in Telemark, Norway, and have worked together since 2017. HILO works with a wide range of media and we are particularly interested in the discourses that can arise when objects are re-contextualized, re-framed and re-visioned, and when normal modes of art viewing are altered. Our work is cross-disciplinary, object oriented, and closely aligned with nature.

Metal meets wood, and words emerge—etched into the very fabric of the forest. They speak of an impending mining project, which threatens to transform this place into a toxic wasteland. They speak of progress and its cost - the insatiable hunger for resources. They whisper, gentle imprints - an invitation to tread lightly upon the land.
“Rock, Paper, Scissors”, art project that explores aspects of knowledge and meaning. The project is inspired by the game rock-paper-scissors, where two players simultaneously form one of three shapes with their hands.
The game is a metaphor for the project’s exploration of the interplay and conflicts between different media, materials, and forms of knowledge. The game/play metaphor also reflects the project’s playful and experimental approach to art creation, and how elements of chance and unpredictability are involved in creative processes.
The number 42, which according to the book Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is the answer to life, the universe, and everything, is used as a unifying element that ties together twigs, stones, pictures, film, and books into a whole.
Ongoing land art project in the Telemark forests
On site investigations and out-door exhibition on the small island of Langøya, Telemark and a follow up exhibition in Galleri Pop in Langesund based on our stay on the island.
Big issues seen though the lens of the everyday, mixed media installation works
Mixed media installation works
Link to documentation video

Extractions (2024)

Metal meets wood, and words emerge - etched into the very fabric of the forest. They speak of an impending mining project, which threatens to transform this place into a toxic wasteland. They speak of progress and its cost - the insatiable hunger for resources. They whisper, gentle imprints - an invitation to tread lightly upon the land.

“Extractions” invites contemplation on the intersection of art, ecology, and industrialization, and reflection on our role and responsibility within and outside of this specific space. We are nature//we are the thing itself.