Morten Abel

Full of Dreams

Photography: ©Sigve Aspelund/Tinagent
Assisted by Morten Skalstad
Styling by Kjell Nordström
Make-up by Hanne Christophersen
Front cover collage and drawings/paintings by Morten Abel
Design and lettering by Halvor Bodin

THE EARTH BELONGS TO THE ANIMALS

mortenabel.com

Projects for The September When

2026
LP, black vinyl

CA10LP.  5021732850188
℗ & © 2026 COMMERCIAL ANIMAL under exclusive distribution to WARNER MUSIC NORWAY AS.

The Best of Sivert Høyem

Front cover photography by Andreas Hornoff.
Collage and drawings by Sivert Høyem.
Photos on inner sleeve by Frode Fjerdingstad, Andreas Hornoff,
Marthe Amanda Vannebo, Morten Andersen,
Bjørn Opsahl and Simen Vangen.
Graphic design and photomicrography by Halvor Bodin.

siverthoyem.com

2026
LP, black vinyl

HEKTORLP10. 5021732970213
℗ & © 2025 Hektor Grammofon AS under exclusive license to Warner Music Norway AS.

Threads in Time
– From the National Tapestries to the Royal Tapestry

The Paris World’s Fair opened in an atmosphere of buoyant optimism in the spring of 1900. Europe stood on the threshold of a new century, and people were filled with enthusiasm and anticipation about the potential of new technology. Electric lights had already begun to illuminate city streets, railways were connecting cities more closely, and the telephone was revolutionising communication. Europe’s technological, scientific, and cultural achievements were proudly presented to the Fair’s visitors, and the future seemed boundlessly bright. A new type of modernity was emerging alongside this technological optimism. As a counterbalance to the harsh conditions of industrialised life, people turned their attention inward—towards the human psyche, the organic, and the intimate world of the home. This shift is expressed in one of the highlights of the Fair: tapestry. Many artists returned to a craft tradition with deep historical roots that drew inspiration from the Middle Ages as well as from ancient legends
and folktales.

The renewed interest in weaving at the turn of the previous century is closely linked to the English Arts and Crafts movement. William Morris, one of its founders, idealised medieval aesthetics and production methods as a counterweight to industrial mass production. His ideas resonated strongly in Norway, where the Middle Ages were regarded as a national golden age—a time when the country was an independent kingdom with significant political power and a rich cultural heritage. Leading this artistic renewal were figures such as Frida Hansen and Gerhard Munthe, who established textile art as a key vehicle for expressing national identity and reimagining the aesthetics of the Norwegian Middle Ages, with the addition of international trends and ideas. Together, they exhibited two monumental works at the 1900 World’s Fair—Sigurd and Baldwin and Entry into Myklagard. Celebrated as national treasures, the tapestries were renamed the National Tapestries (Riksteppene) and were later purchased for the Royal Palace.

The exhibition Threads in Time—from the National Tapestries to the Royal Tapestry presents a selection of tapestries from the Royal Collections that spans the period from the renaissance of tapestry weaving in Norway in the 1890s to the years following the Second World War, after peace had been restored. These works—acquired both as gifts and as purchases—primarily hang in the Royal Palace and the Royal Lodge (Kongsseteren). Each tapestry offers a woven narrative of identity, international influence, and royal patronage.

(From the catalogue introduction, written by Sandra Lorentzen.)

Published for the exhibition
Threads in Time—from theNational Tapestries to the Royal Tapestry

Exhibition Location: Queen Sonja Art Stable
13 February to 6 December 2026

The design project includes thr catalogue, promotional material and ads.

The Royal Collections
The Royal Court

© Det kongelige hoff/The Royal Court 2026
ISBN 978-82-8106-048-7
2026
20 x 25 cm
128 pages
Language: Norwegian/English

Curators of the exhibition and editors of the catalogue:
Sandra Lorentzen/Kaja Maria Ranveig Hjort

Texts by:
H.K.H. Kronprinsesse Mette-Marit
Anne Britt Ylvisåker
Sandra Lorentzen
Adine Lexow

Proofreading and translation:
Kjersti Velsand (norsk)
Carol B. Eckmann (engelsk)

Design: Halvor Bodin
Repro: Øivind Möller Bakken/Halvor Bodin
Printer: TS Trykk, Oslo
Bookbinder: Bokbinderiet Johnsen
Typography: Displaay Tobias
Paper: MultiArt Silk, 170 g/m²
Paper, cover: Algro Design Advanced, 350 g/m²

Photography:
Øivind Möller Bakken, De kongelige samlinger and more, credited in the catalogue.

Kathy’s Song XXV

Kathy’s Song XXV digital release 22 December 2025
Original CD (2000) single and digital release to the right.

Design by Halvor Bodin

Kathy’s Song (Come Lie Next To Me)
(Ferry Corsten 2025 Remix – Radio Version) 03:56

Kathy’s Song (Come Lie Next To Me)
(Zone Tripper Remix) 08:17

Kathy’s Song (Come Lie Next To Me)
(Mental Overdrive Remix)05:24

Kathy’s Song (Single Version) 03:56

Vocal recording and mixing: Fredrik Darum
Mastering: Ole-Espen Kristiansen
Vocals: Kathy Macintosh
Programming and co-producer: Vegard Blomberg
Co-produced: Inge Nilsen
Co-Mixing engineer: Alexander Odden

Remixes by: Ferry Corsten, Zone Tripper and Mental Overdrive

℗ & © 2025 Pitch Black Drive

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2025
Cover for digital release

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AVTT/PTTN

Cover art and album design by Martin Kvamme.
Inside gatefold photo by Halvor Bodin.

The debut album from AVTT/PTTN, a collaboration between The Avett Brothers and Mike Patton. The album is being released on Thirty Tigers in association with Ipecac Recordings and Ramseur Recordings. The Ipecac Bandcamp store and webstores have an exclusive vinyl variant with alternate artwork.

In 2019, Scott Avett and Mike Patton began communicating after Avett mentioned his admiration of Patton in an interview which caught the eye of Patton's management team. Patton told Avett the door was open for collaboration should Avett ever be interested. A year or so later, Avett sent some song demos to Patton that blew him away. The trading of songs and sounds continued between The Avett Brothers and Mike Patton until several years later, they had a full album of songs—and AVTT/PTTN was born.

AVTT/PTTN is Scott Avett, Seth Avett, and Mike Patton.
All songs written and performed by AVTT/PTTN except Ox Driving Song (traditional. Produced by Mike Patton, Scott Avett, and Dana Nielsen. Engineered and Mixed by Dana Nielsen. Additional performances by Mickey Raphael, harmonica and bass harmonica on Dark Night of My Soul. Additional engineering on Ox Driving Song by David Mayfield; Additional programming on Ox Driving Song by Jason Lader; Additional drum programming on Ox Driving Song by Otto Von Schirach and Dana Nielsen.

Released November 14, 2025

Ipecac Recordings
Ramseur Recordings
The Avett Brothers
Mike Patton Bandcamp
Martin Kvamme Instagram

2025
I did the photograph used inside the gatefold on vinyl and CD as well as the backdrop photographs for live TV when AVTT/PTTN played CBS Saturday Sessions 251206. The artwork with photocollages and the cover design is done by Martin Kvamme.

The photographs are from Moutmarka in Færder National Park, Norway where I have lived and worked for the last ten years. Færder National Park is a distinctive archipelago landscape in the outer Oslo Fjord that is the result of the work carried out by the enormous ice masses from the Ice Age.

The pictures are shot close to local well named points of interest Verdens Ende (World’s End) and Faenshølet (Devils/Damn Hole).

Mellom kunst og gravsteiner

– En fortelling om SA Steinskulptur

Between the Tube tracks and Østensjøveien, opposite Østre Gravlund in Oslo, lies a small firm with a big story to tell. Since 1948, Steinskulptur has been the place where artists and stonemasons meet – to shape sorrow into remembrance and ideas into sculpture. From here, memorials have risen across the whole country, and works in Norwegian stone have found their way as far as Cleveland and Philadelphia.

Espen Hauglid offers a vivid account of the artists’ own enterprise: from the post-war collective need for monuments, via radical gravestones exhibited at Kunstnernes Hus, to conflicts and restructuring for a new era.

We meet the people, the craft and the politics behind the monoliths – and follow the business from Helsfyr to the plans for a new centre of knowledge for sculpture. Between art and gravestones, the book finds an unexpected tension: the struggle for the material, for the memories – and for ensuring that art can still be carved here at home.

© Orfeus Publishing
Author: Espen Hauglid
Publishing editor: Birgitte M. Siem
The publication was produced in collaboration with SA Steinskulptur.

Design/repro: Halvor Bodin

Orfeus Publishing

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2025
190 x 230 mm
160 pages
ISBN: 978-82-93959-30-4
Livonia Print SIA, 2025, Latvia
Paper: Amber Graphic 150 g/m²
Book jacket: Geltex 11 LS
Typography: Bradford LL
Language: Norwegian

Gulljerven

Gulljerven is an award to honor all those who stand up for the performing arts for a young audience, and help bring it to children and young people in Norway. Scenekunstbruket is 
Norway’s largest provider of performing arts for a young audienceWe ensure that children and young people throughout Norway, regardless of background or where they live, can experience professional performing arts.

The 2025 award ceremony was 251127.

Design/typography/drawing/animation: Halvor Bodin

Gulljerven
Scenekunstbruket

Documentation photos from Gulljerven 2025 by Lars Opstad

2025
Award design identity, typography, diploma, drawing, animation, video

Wongraven Barbaresco a Silvana 2021

Wongraven Barbaresco Silvana is made from organically grown Nebbiolo from two vineyards in Barbaresco, as a tribute to Silvana – a close friend of Wongraven Wines, known for her hospitality and warmth. It is spontaneously fermented with natural yeast, matured for two years in a single neutral 500-litre cask, unfiltered and unfined, before further bottle ageing. The result is a classic Nebbiolo with precise fruit, lifted freshness, ripe tannins, and a long finish.

Design/drawing: Halvor Bodin

Wongraven Wines

2025
Wine labels for 75 cl/150 cl

Kristian Blystad

Known for his distinctive monumental works in stone, such as Torso (1999) in the former government quarter, Reclining Head II – Dream at Filipstad Brygge (1999), and The Sailing King (1993), a monument in memory of King Olav V at Hankø. He played a significant role in collaboration with Snøhetta on architectural projects such as the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Oslo Opera House roof.

The book covers Blystad’s entire oeuvre, from his early years in Bergen, through exhibitions and acquisitions in the 1990s and 2000s, up to his current creative practice in the quarry at Skjeberg, Østfold.

© Orfeus Publishing
Author: Øivind Storm Bjerke

Publishing editor: Birgitte M. Siem
Design/repro: Halvor Bodin
Photography: Øystein Thorvaldsen, Halvard Haugerud, Halvor Bodin, Øivind Storm Bjerke and more

Orfeus Publishing
Kristian Blystad website

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2024
19 x 24 cm
464 pages
ISBN: 978-82-93959-106
Livonia Print SIA, 2024, Latvia
Paper: Arctic Matt 150 g/m²
Endpapers: Munken Lynx 150 g/m²
Typography: ABC Arizona
Binding: Open spine, edge milling, blind debossed cardboard, foilblocked with white, coloured threads (7 colours)
Language: Norwegian

Documentation photos above: Øystein Thorvaldsen.
More documentation photos to come.




The book Kristian Blystad is among the selected 23 books for The Most Beautiful Norwegian Books 2025 (Årets vakreste bøker). The exhibition in Oslo is open 28 May–15 June at Grafill in Oslo. Online presentation at grafill.no.

Jury’s Comment
This is a book that confidently translates the artist’s monumental visual language into book form. Its physical presence – weighty, coarse, and rich in detail – mirrors Blystad’s sculptures in a way that feels both authentic and apt. The production choices are numerous: exposed spine, multicoloured thread, milled edges, blind embossing, and foil stamping. It’s a lot, but here everything is rooted in a clear concept and executed with precision and sensitivity to the material. The typesetting is heavy and solid, yet balanced with space and rhythm. Variations in layout and excellent photographs – both of the artworks and the creative process – give the book depth and dynamism. The visual and tactile elements work together in a cohesive and carefully crafted publication that not only documents an artistic practice but also conveys it in a sensuous and physical way. A strong and solid monograph that gives Kristian Blystad’s art a dignified and lasting book format.

“In the competition books with exceptionally high quality in design, creative solutions, and choice of materials are awarded. The aim is to inspire the consistent use of design in book publishing and to highlight everyone involved in creating them.”

Juryens kommentar
Dette er en bok som med sikker hånd oversetter kunstnerens monumentale formspråk til bokformatet. Den fysiske tilstedeværelsen – tung, grov og detaljrik – speiler Blystads skulpturer på en måte som oppleves som både troverdig og treffende. Produksjonsgrepene er mange: åpen rygg, flerfarget tråd, freste snitt, blindpreg og foliering. Det er mye, men her er alt forankret i en tydelig idé og gjennomført med presisjon og forståelse for materialet. Satsspeilet er tungt og solid, men balansert med luft og rytme. Variasjon i layout og gode fotografier – både av verk og arbeidsprosess – gir boken dynamikk og dybde. Det visuelle og taktile spiller sammen i en helhetlig og gjennomarbeidet bok, som ikke bare dokumenterer et kunstnerskap, men også formidler det sanselig og fysisk. En sterk og solid monografi som gir Kristian Blystads kunst et verdig og varig bokformat.

Karl Erik Harr – Å fange en bølge

Karl Erik Harr has been a beloved and popular visual artist throughout his more than 50-year-long career. With his powerful depictions of Northern Norway, as well as his delicate pen drawings for Knut Hamsun’s novels, he has secured an enduring place in art history.

Art historian Tommy Sørbø writes engagingly and insightfully about Harr’s life and artistic journey—about what it means to be both loved and criticised by the Norwegian art community.

© Orfeus Publishing
Author: Tommy Sørbø

Publishing editor: Inger Schjoldager
Design/repro/scanning: Halvor Bodin

Orfeus Publishing
Harrmuseet

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2024
24,5 x 27 cm
352 pages
ISBN: 978-82-93959-11-3
Livonia Print SIA, 2024, Latvia
Paper: Arctic Matt 150 g/m²
Endpapers: Munken Lynx 150 g/m²
Typography: ABC Arizona
Binding: Balacron Ottawa 9072 (FSC™)
Language: Norwegian

More documentation photos to come

Interiør & Møbler
NILs årbok 2024

The Norwegian Organisation of Interior Architects and Furniture Designers (NIL) represents the country’s leading talents within interior architecture and furniture design. The 2024 annual Interiør & Møbler presents the juried projects from 2023.

The 2024 edition of Interiør & Møbler is published both as a printed version and a digitial version. The content is the same, both a html-version and downloadable pdf-files identical to the print layout.

Editor: Inger Schjoldager, Orfeus Publishing.
Project manager: Mona Lise Lien

Art direction, graphic design and production/repro: Halvor Bodin.
Design intern: Caroline Rognan Aasen
Advertising: Coordinator of sales: Steffen K. Ludvigsen.
Typography in use: Neue Haas Grotesk.

The 2024 edition is the third Interiør & Møbler published both as a printed version and a digitial version. The content is the same, both a html-version and downloadable pdf-files identical to the print layout. The web-project is developed with Bleed, Avento and Halvor Bodin (also responsible for the content management).

Interiør & Møbler online version

2024
228 pages
Format: 29,7 x 23 cm
ISBN 978-82-91194-34-9
ISSN 0803-7582

Paper: 300 g/m² FSC [omslag],
115 g/m2 G-Print FSC [materie],
Rainbow Intensive Orange 80 g/m²

Livonia Print SIA, Latvia

Orange colored paper on the index and address chapter.

Royal Photographers
– Snapshots from 1890 to 1990

Snapshots capture the many events of our everyday lives, from the recording of a child’s first steps, or siblings enjoying each other’s company, to a decisive moment in a skiing competition, or simply a fishing trip. The term was first used in 1860 by chemist and photographer Sir John Herschel, who wrote in The Photographic News that soon, it would be possible to take “[…] a photograph, as it were, by a snapshot – of securinga picture in a tenth of a second of time”. This proved to be true. The cameras in use by the late 19th century were smaller and easier to handle, and boasted faster shutter speeds. Continuous advances in film chemistry, such as the transition from glass negatives to less fiddly film rolls also made photography a less complicated affair. Given that it was now much easier to quickly grab one’s camera, it was all the more possible for a photographer to capture these snapshots – an event, a moment, a movement, or even a loving glance.

The timeframe covered by the Royal Photographers exhibition ranges from the reign of Queen Maud and King Haakon to that of Queen Sonja and King Harald and shows moments captured with “point-and-shoot” cameras. These photos offer us glimpses of personal moments in the lives of the Norwegian royal family. However, through the collection, the viewer can also recognise a common culture. Many of the photos portray the royals on holidays and trips, the very same moments we tend to pull our cameras out and take a few photos – they, too, depict family relationships, childhood memories, Easter holidays spent at the cabin and in the mountains,and summer days enjoyed by the sea.

The photos taken by the royal family themselves may look like those taken by any other family, yet they differ significantly. The moments they share as a family are not private, like those of other people, rather theirs become part of Norwegian history.

(From the catalogue introduction)

Published for the exhibition
Royal Photographers – Snapshots from 1890 to 1990

16 February 2024–19 January 2025
Queen Sonja Art Stable

The design project includes a catalogue as well as promotional material and ads.

The Royal Collections
The Royal Court

© Det kongelige hoff/The Royal Court 2024
ISBN 978-82-8106-044-9
2024
20 x 25 cm
152 pages
Language: Norwegian/English

Curators of the exhibition and editors of the catalogue:
Sandra Lorentzen, Øivind Möller Bakken, Ingeborg Lønning

Texts by:
H.M. Queen Sonja
Gunhild Varvin
Sandra Lorentzen
Øivind Möller Bakken
Ingeborg Lønning
Marie Fongaard Seim
Hege Oulie
Anja Hysvær Langgåt

Proofreading and translation:
Totaltekst

Design: Halvor Bodin
Repro: Øivind Möller Bakken/Halvor Bodin
Printer: TS Trykk, Oslo
Bookbinder: Bokbinderiet Johnsen
Typography: ABC Arizona
Paper: MultiArt Silk, 170 g/m²
Paper, cover: Algro Design Advanced, 350 g/m²

Royal photographers:
Dronning Alexandra (1844–1925)
Kong Haakon (1872–1957)
Dronning Maud (1869–1938)
Prinsesse Victoria (1868–1935)
Kong Olav (1903–1991)
Kronprinsesse Märtha (1901–1954)
Kong Harald (1937– )
Dronning Sonja (1937– )
Kronprins Haakon (1973– )

Kultur for kunst – Trondheim kommunes kunstsamling

The anthology Kultur for kunst (Culture for Art) was published on the occasion of the 20-year anniversary of Trondheim municipality’s program for art in public spaces. The book takes a thematic approach with contributions from seven authors, delving deeper into the experiences and effects of presenting various types of art to the public.

© Orfeus Publishing
Subject editor: Marit K. Flåtter
Editorial board: Berit Kirksæther and Ingun Myrstad
Publishing editor: Inger Schjoldager

Texts: Rita Ottervik, Marit K. Flåtter, Hanna Malene Lindberg, Meva Hasan Aydilek, Ingeborg Hjorth, Märit Aronsson-Towler, André Gali, Anna Ulrikke Andersen, Hans Carlsson
Design/repro: Halvor Bodin
Photography: Øystein Thorvaldsen, Grethe Britt Fredriksen, Glen Musk and more

Art in Trondheim
Orfeus Publishing

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2023
24 x 27 cm
208 pages
ISBN: 978-82-93959-09-0
Livonia Print SIA, 2023, Latvia
Paper: Sappi Magno Gloss 150 g/m²
Endpapers: Munken Lynx 150 g/m²
Cover: Balacron Savanna 5122
Typografi: ABC Arizona

Interiør & Møbler
NILs årbok 2023

The Norwegian Organisation of Interior Architects and Furniture Designers (NIL) represents the country’s leading talents within interior architecture and furniture design. The 2023 annual Interiør & Møbler presents the best projects from 2022.

The 2023 edition of Interiør & Møbler is published both as a printed version and a digitial version. The content is the same, both a html-version and downloadable pdf-files identical to the print layout.

Editor: Inger Schjoldager, Orfeus Publishing.
Project manager: Mona Lise Lien

Art direction, graphic design and production/repro: Halvor Bodin.
Advertising: Coordinator of sales: Steffen K. Ludvigsen.
Typography in use: Neue Haas Grotesk.

The 2023 edition is the third Interiør & Møbler published both as a printed version and a digitial version. The content is the same, both a html-version and downloadable pdf-files identical to the print layout. The web-project is developed with Bleed, Avento and Halvor Bodin (also responsible for the content management).

Interiør & Møbler online version

2023
236 pages
Format: 29,7 x 23 cm
ISBN 978-82-91194-33-2
ISSN 0803-7582

Paper: 300 g/m² FSC [omslag],
115 g/m2 G-Print FSC [materie],
Rainbow Intensive Orange 80 g/m²

Livonia Print SIA, Latvia

Orange colored paper on the index and address chapter.

HMBRSAFT

Fruit juice brand and packaging.
Brand design and label by Halvor Bodin.
Rendering by Halvor Bodin.
Bottle 3D-model by Netron Norway

Homborsund Bryggeri

2023

KHiO PÅ OSCARSHALL 2023
ET STED FOR SAMTIDSKUNST

Oscarshall at Bygdø sits like a shining monument at the entrance to Oslo
and was built between 1847–1852, following the largest building project of the
19th century in Norway: The Royal Palace. Oscarshall was not only created to fulfil the function of a pleasure palace, but it can also be interpreted as the Royal Palace’s commitment to artists and the exhibiting of contemporary art and craft. The complex is considered the main work of Danish architect Johan Henrik Nebelong (1817–1871) and is the first place in Norway to be built as
a contemporary art museum.

In keeping with this tradition, The Royal Collections is delighted to present a group exhibition in Gallery Josephine and the adjacent park, in collaboration with the department of Art and Craft at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Ten international artists, who recently studied printmaking as part of the MFA in Material- and Medium-based Art, have conceived new artworks in our own time, to be exhibited in dialog with the historical palace.

The artists: Ben Clement, Hanna Halsebakke, Kamil Kak, Kari Kolltveit, Milton Mondal, Sally Nordström, Debangona Paul, Sigvei Ringvold, Maria Viirros, Anna Weilhartner.

Curator for the exhibition: Ingvar Strøm Torjuul
Mounting: Ottar Annfelt Moe
Texts: The artists, Gunhild Varvin
Photography: The artists, Øivind Möller Bakken and Jan Haug, The Royal Court
Catalogue design/repro: Halvor Bodin

© The Royal Court 2023

The Royal Court
The Royal Collections
The Royal House of Norway

The department of Art and Craft at Oslo National Academy of the Arts
 

2023
14,8 x 21 cm
48 pages + cover
ISBN: 978-82-8106-041-8
Print: TS Trykk, Oslo
Paper: Edixion Offset, 150 g/m²,
Edixion Offset, 250 g/m²
Typography: ABC Arizona

Olggos viiddis máilbmái
– Bente Geving gulahallá John Savioin

Ut i vide verden
– Bente Geving i dialog med John Savio

Out in the Wide World
– Bente Geving in dialogue with John Savio

The book accompanies the exhibition Out in the Wide World by Bente Geving.

Editor: Bente Geving
with support from Saviomusea – Saviomuseet
Preface: Liv Astrid Kvammen Svaleng
Essay in Swedish and English: Jan-Erik Lundström
Essay translated to Sami: Elle Merete Utsi
English translations: John Irons
Sami translations: Maret Laila Anti, Giellamedia AS and Tor Magne Berg
English translation of Lars Levi Læstadius’ text © Börje Vähämäki, Aspasia books 2002

Published by Saviomusea – Saviomuseet
9900 Kirkenes, Norway

Photographs: © Bente Geving / BONO 2023
Page 8 © Ellisif Rannveig Wessel/Grenselandmuseet
Page 11: Helga Tokle/Private
Page 93 © Tromsø Museum
Exhibition Prints: Per Berntsen

Woodcut Prints by John Andreas Savio:
© Saviomusea – Saviomuseet
Page 58 and 80 © The National Museum

The book and the exhibition
were produced with support from:
Arts Council Norway
Billedkunstnernes Hjelpefond, Norway
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Norway
Contemporary Art Centres in Norway
The Fritt Ord Foundation, Norway
Sámi Artists’ and Authors’ Remuneration Fund, Norway
The Sámi Parliament, Norway

Thanks to:
Liv Mette Larsen and Edye Weissler,
Kjetil Galleberg, Linda Henrichsen, Dorthe Herup,
Geir Tore Holm, Gro Jarto, Morten Juvet, Aslaug Juliussen,
Kjersti Martinsen, Regina Schubert
Grenselandmuseet – Varanger Museum
Tana and Varanger Museumssiida

bentegeving.no
Saviomuseet

2023
30 x 42 cm
96 pages
ISBN 978-82-996954-2-8
Design: Halvor Bodin
Printing: TS Trykk, Oslo
Bookbinder: Bokbinderiet Johnsen
Typography: ABC Arizona
Paper: Arctic Volume White, 170 g/m²
MultiOffset, 140 g/m²
Binding: Naturlinnen 240

More documentation photos to come.

FG X
Fine Grains Records 10 year anniversary 2022

221119
Text from the OT301 website:

FG X – Fine Grains 10 year AnniversaryGenre: Electronic
Line up: Nicoba, DJ Uraki Riddim, Blanali, CAIN, Moroka.
Open: 22:00–03:00 hrs

This November, we’re celebrating 10 years of Fine Grains. Expect far-reaching polyrhythmic sounds that are true to their local scenes: from Oslo to, Aberdeen, London, Amsterdam, and beyond. Join us as we put a marker on the 10th year with a showcase of label mainstays and future collaborators.

Chilean DJ Nicoba assaulted our senses as part of his Echobox show live at Dekmantel earlier this year. As a monthly exponent of exponent of ritmos latinos on his Con:texto show, he seemed the perfect foil for a live set by Colombian producer Blanali.
The warm hypnotising electronic jams from Blanali’s Birds of Paradise EP were a personal record, testament to a producer rich in talent and experience. We are excited to have the Barcelona-based artist play live in Amsterdam for the first time.

DJ Uraki Riddim, founder and host of the Fine Grains Echobox Show was raised on a diet of rowies, battered seagull suppers and jungle – so expect a calorie-packed set of fourth world and hardcore continuum-lathered sounds.

CAIN is the artist most synonymous with the label since our inception. Having completed a triplet of EPs, each telling their own story, we’re gearing up for a very special album release in 2023. Prolific in production, and with releases on other labels like Highlife, Darker than Wax & Boogie Box, his sound encompasses percussive influence from far and wide, yet always true to his bagpiping Highlands origins. This will be a set not to miss.

Closing proceedings we have the unrelenting machine funk of Moroka. Dance floor intensity with that loose swagger and swing we aspire to reference. Mo's forthcoming beat tape promises to be another stand out from a producer who has been refining his sound in recent years with releases on Steven Julien's Apron.

Live visuals and FG X artwork by Halvor Bodin, an acclaimed Norwegian artist/graphic designer and long standing collaborator.

CAIN live - Soundcloud
Blanali live - Soundcloud
Moroka dj - Soundcloud
Uraki Riddim dj - Mixcloud
Nicoba dj - Mixcloud
Halvor Bodin vj - Website

Fine Grains Records on Bandcamp

SELVPORTRETT I SELFIENS TID

INGRID LYDERSEN LYSTAD

This book focuses on identity, who we want to be, and what we consider essential to convey about ourselves. Eight of Norway’s leading visual artists respond to the question “Who are you?” through their self-portraits.

Ingrid L. Lystad has interviewed Håkon Bleken, Tore Bjørn Skjølsvik, Marianne Heske, Håkon Gullvåg, Lotte Konow Lund, Esther Maria Bjørneboe, Shwan Dler Qaradaki, and Máret Ánne Sara.

Through images and words, the artists explore their identities from various perspectives, sharing what has been particularly significant in shaping who they are today. This is the first book in which Norwegian visual artists share their stories and self-portraits.

Thus, this book is highly relevant and a significant testament to our times.


Orfeus Publishing
Publishing editor: Inger Schjoldager
Text: Ingrid Lydersen Lystad
Design/repro: Halvor Bodin

Orfeus Publishing
Håkon Bleken
Tore Bjørn Skjølsvik
Marianne Heske
Håkon Gullvåg
Lotte Konow Lund
Esther Maria Bjørneboe
Shwan Dler Qaradaki
Máret Ánne Sara
Ingrid Lydersen Lystad

2022
26 x 20 cm
224 pages
ISBN: 978-82-93140-90-0
Livonia Print SIA, 2022, Latvia
Paper: Arctic Matt 150 g/m²
Endpapers: Magno Natural 150 g/m²
Cover: Brillianta 4196
Typography: Sans Sans, Englisch

Victor Lind
Friheten må gjestfri være

The catalogue was released at the opening of Victor Lind’s exhibition Friheten må gjestfri være at Haugar Art Museum 17 September 2022. Curated by Erlend Hammer.

Texts: Erlend Hammer, Ida Bringedal

Editorial help: Leif Magne Tangen
Design/repro: Halvor Bodin
Photography: Joron Pihl, Øystein Thorvaldsen, Halvor Bodin

Published by Haugar Art Museum
The catalogue is available at the Haugar Art Museum Shop. More info (Norwegian) about the exhibition at Haugar.

We made a limited edition box set including the catalogue from Kunstnernes Hus in 2012 and the red one from Horten Kunstforening/Kihlegalleriet 2022.

The red catalogue Fra et bomberom i 1972 is for the exhibition that opened 15 October 2022 at Horten Kunstforening/Kihlegalleriet. The catalogue is designed by Alette Hovik Kjeldsberg with photos by Thomas Moss and texts by Per Bjarne Boym, Dag Kjeldsberg and Ellen Marie Sæthre-McGuirk.

The blue catalogue Contemporary Memory was published in 2012 for Victor Lind’s exhibition at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo 2012/2013. The catalogue was designed by Node Berlin Oslo with texts by Mats Sjernstedt, Ida Kierulf, Marianne Heier, Per Bjarne Boym, Charles Esche and Victor Lind.

The yellow catalogue Friheten må gjestfri være for the exhibition at Haugar Art Museum in Tønsberg is designed by me, photographs by Øystein Thorvaldsen and me. Texts by curator Erlend Hammer and Ida Bringedal.

The box set with blue, red, yellow catalogues is/was available at Haugar Art Museum, Horten Kunstforening and Kunstnernes Hus. The box set is signed by Victor Lind. The catalogues are of course also available as single publications. 

Victor Lind’s website

Aparte Festival 2022

APARTE is an annual festival for experimental music and art, held in Tønsberg, Norway. The goal is to present experimental music and related art forms in all its diversity. The festival presents concerts, performances and artist talks and takes place in the concert venue Støperiet, Vestfold Kunstsenter and Haugar Art Museum.

The non-profit festival was established by Nonfigurativ musikk, nyMusikk Vestfold, DITHEN, and Vestfold kunstsenter in 2021. 

Aparte website
Facebook
Instagram

2022
Graphic identity, official festival documentation photography, website, posters, flyers

Top image slideshow: Yamabiko Prólogos. A physical theatre performance by Janne Hoem. Image grid below: The Molecular Ballet

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Black Pawn (B-Sides & Rarities)

Release 220916 (digital)
Pre-order at Pitch Black Drive on Bandcamp 

Design by Halvor Bodin

℗ & © 2022 Pitch Black Drive

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2022
Cover for digital release

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Margaretakyrkan
Svensk närvaro i Oslo

Orfeus Publishing
Editor: Inger Schjoldager
Text: Marie Rehnberg, Ulf Grønvold, Per Anders Sandgren, Kristina Sandgren Furberg

Design/repro/photography: Halvor Bodin

Photo: Pål Rygh, Øystein Thorvaldsen, Halvor Bodin, Julie Jacobsen, Meinich Arkitekter, Bjørn Rørslett/NN/Samfoto/NTB, Nasjonalbiblioteket

Orfeus Publishing
Svenska Kyrkan i Norge

2021
24,8 x 27,2 cm
144 pages
ISBN 978-82-93140-85-6
Livonia Print SIA, 2021, Latvia

Paper: Arctic Matt 150 g/m², Munken Pure 150 g/m²
Endpapers: Munken Pure 150 g/m²
Cover: Geltex Púrpura – 1325, 115 g/m²
Typography: SangBleu (Swiss Typefaces)

Interiør & Møbler
NILs årbok 2021

The Norwegian Organisation of Interior Architects and Furniture Designers (NIL) represents the country’s leading talents within interior architecture and furniture design. The 2021 annual Interiør & Møbler presents the best projects from 2020.

The 2021 edition of Interiør & Møbler is published both as a printed version and a digitial version. The content is the same, both a html-version and downloadable pdf-files identical to the print layout.

Editor: Inger Schjoldager, Orfeus Publishing.
Project manager: Mona Lise Lien

Art direction, graphic design and production/repro: Halvor Bodin.
Advertising: Coordinator of sales: Steffen K. Ludvigsen.
Typography in use: Neue Haas Grotesk.

The 2021 edition is the second Interiør & Møbler published both as a printed version and a digitial version. The content is the same, both a html-version and downloadable pdf-files identical to the print layout. The web-project is developed with Bleed, Avento and Halvor Bodin (also responsible for the content management).

Interiør & Møbler online version

2021
244 pages
Format: 29,7 x 23 cm
ISBN 978-82-91194-31-8
ISSN 0803-7582

Paper: 300 g/m² FSC [omslag],
115 g/m2 G-Print FSC [materie],
Rainbow Intensive Orange 80 g/m²

Livonia Print SIA, Latvia

Orange colored paper on the index and address chapter.

Cronos Titan
Brides of Christ

Originally released on CD in 1995 by Tatra Records. Reissued on LP in 2021 by Tatra Records with three of the songs edited for length and remastered for vinyl.
Released 210709

All songs by: Preben Bjønnes & Per Aksel Lundgreen. 2021 Vinyl Remaster by: Morten Lund/Lunds Lyd/Oslo. Digital edits on tracks 2, 4 and 5 by: Stephan L. Grot. Photography by Tonje Li

TATLP 023

I designed the original CD as well.

Cronos Titan Bandcamp

2021
LP

White vinyl

Motorpsycho live
at Haugar Art Museum 210814

Band photography on the poster by Terje Visnes, Detail from Norwegian Muskox by Sverre Malling. This monumental drawing is in the Haugar Collection.

Haugar Art Museum
Nonfigurativ musikk
Uro
United Stage
Motorpsycho

2021
Poster and other promotional material

Live photography by Halvor Bodin

Apoptygma Berzerk
You And Me Against The World

Photos by Sebastian Ludvigsen.   
Design, typography and drawing by Halvor Bodin, Ai 25.2.

I designed the typography/font on the original CD release in 2005. The cover design was otherwise done by Dirk Rudolph. For the reissue we used other photos, my font Strategiche (Apop version) and I used a drawing I did back in 2005 while travelling in Turkey.
 
℗ & © 2021 Pitch Black Drive under exclusive license to Tatra Records.

TATEP 073

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2021
2 X LP, jewelcase CD (bonus tracks)
Red vinyl and black vinyl

Fonts in use: Strategiche (Apop version) by Halvor Bodin and DIN

Kongens gate 1
Bygningen, historien, menneskene

Orfeus Publishing
Editor: Birgitte M. Siem
Text: Lars Roede, Gaute Brochmann, Bård Helland

Illustrations: Marianne Andresen
Design/repro/photography: Halvor Bodin

Photo: Åse Holte/Asplan Viak, Are Carlsen, Chris Aadland, Halvor Bodin, Espen Grønli, Det Kgl. Bibliotek, København, NTNU UB, Riksarkivet, Statens kartverk, Nasjonalbiblioteket, Randsfjordmuseet, Grethe Johnsrud, Oslo Museum, Byhistorisk samling, Olaf Martin Peder Væring, 
Rune Aakvik, Ruth Raabe, Leif Ørnelund, 
Knut B. Eng,  Anders Beer Wilse, Harriet Flaatten, Kari Paulsen, Vestre Aker historielag, Per Anders Rosenkvist/Samfoto, Ortofoto: Oslo kommune, Jan Michael Stornes.

Orfeus Publishing
Asplan Viak
Mustad Eiendom

2020
24,8 x 27,2 cm
144 pages
ISBN 978-82-93140-75-7
Livonia Print SIA, 2020, Latvia

Paper: Arctic Matt 150 g/m², Munken Pure 150 g/m²
Endpapers: Munken Pure 150 g/m²
Cover: Geltex Gris Ardoise – 1325, 115 g/m²
Typography: SangBleu (Swiss Typefaces)

hvitr

A film by Johan Wildhagen
Music by Fay Wildhagen
For Noradapt/Vestlandsforskning
Editing/grading by Embrik Ellingsgard
Animation, graphic design
and naming of the film by Halvor Bodin

2020

Duration: 05:40
Typography in use: Frisianus

Interiør & Møbler
NILs jubileumsårbok 2020

The Norwegian Organisation of Interior Architects and Furniture Designers (NIL) represents the country’s leading talents within interior architecture and furniture design. The 2020 annual Interiør & Møbler presents the best projects from 2019. This edition marks the 75 year anniversary of NIL. 

Editor: Inger Schjoldager, Orfeus Publishing
Project manager: Mona Lise Lien
Art direction, graphic design and production/repro: Halvor Bodin
Graphic production assistance: Claudia C. Sandor
Advertising: Coordinator of sales: Steffen K. Ludvigsen

The 2020 edition is the first Interiør & Møbler published both as a printed version and a digitial version. The content is the same, both a html-version and downloadable pdf-files identical to the print layout. The web-project is developed with Bleed, Avento and Halvor Bodin (also responsible for the content management).

Interiør & Møbler online version

2020
292 pages
Format: 29,7 x 23 cm
ISBN 978-82-91194-30-1
ISSN 0803-7582

Paper: 300 g/m² FSC [omslag],
115 g/m2 G-Print FSC [materie],
Rainbow Intensive Orange 80 g/m²

Livonia Print SIA, Latvia

Cover fold, gold foil on cover.
Orange colored paper on the index and address chapter.

Apoptygma Berzerk
Nein Danke!

Innersleeve photo by Tarjei Krogh.
Cover design by Halvor Bodin, Ai 24.1.

Nein Danke! was coordinated and produced by Stephan L. Groth, Ole-Espen Kristiansen and Per Aksel Lundgreen for Pitch Black Drive Productions 2020 All songs published by Dead Man Moving. Made in Norway.
WE ALWAYS GO TOO FAR!

℗ & © 2020 Pitch Black Drive under exclusive license to Tatra Records.

TATEP 071/TATCDEP 071

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Released: 19 June 2020
EP
12 inch
Yellow and clear vinyl
CD jewelcase

01. Soma Coma

02. Atom & Eve

03. A Battle For The Crown

04. Nearest

05. Deep Red (The Long Cut By Vile Electrodes)
06. A Battle For The Crown (Drugwar Remix)

07. Atom & Eve (C-64 Version)

08. Jennifer Corvino

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Cyclopaths Rapha bib

Custom designed cycling bib for Cyclopaths.
Rapha Custom is in 2021 unfortunately closed down.

Graphic design by Halvor Bodin

Cyclopaths OSL on Strava
Rapha

2020

The 2014 Cyclopaths long sleeve jersey

Apoptygma Berzerk/Vile Electrodes
Deep Red

Apoptygma Berzerk Deep Red (Vile Electrodes Remix)
Vile Electrodes Deep Red (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)

℗ & © 2019 Pitch Black Drive under exclusive license to Tatra Records.

Graphic design and lettering by Halvor Bodin.
Of course everything relates to Profondo Rosso.
Live photos by Halvor Bodin from Parkteatret, Oslo 190824

TATEP 070

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2019
10 INCH EP
Transparent red vinyl and clear vinyl

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Apoptygma Berzerk
SDGXXV

SDGXXV was compiled, coordinated and produced by Stephan Groth and Per Aksel Lundgreen for Pitch Black Drive Productions MMXVIII/MMXIX. 

Band photography by Schlossnose/Frode Slotnes and Arvid Skancke-Knutsen/Puls

APB PAX logo sketches by Christian Bloom

Design/photography/CGI by Halvor Bodin/Hal, Ai 23.0.1

℗ & © 2019 Pitch Black Drive under exclusive license to Tatra Records and Artoffact Records.

TATLP069/TATLP069
AOF360/AOF360CD/AOF360MC

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Released 15 March 2019
2 X LP,  jewelcase and digipak CD, cassette.
Black vinyl, clear vinyl, green with black smoke, red and white cornetto, ultra clear with dark smoke. Uncoated stock on gatefold, coated paper on inner sleeves.
Cassettes: transparent red, black/white, silver.

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01. Like Blood From The Beloved (Part 1)
(Interpreted By Steven R. Sellick)
02. Burning Heretic
(Cycles Of Absolute Truths Mix By Ancient Methods)
03. Backdraft (Deviced By The Invincible Spirit)
04. Stitch (Restitched By Cronos Titan)
05. ARP (No Sleep Mix By Beranek)
06. The Sentinel
(Southern Discomfort Mix By Blackhouse)
07. Walk With Me (FRXTA Skyline Mix By Mortiis)
08. Backdraft (Kill The Light Mix By Codex Empire)
09. Spiritual Reality
(Gold Golem Version By Portion Control)
10. Stitch (Amplified Version By Clock DVA)
11. Bitch (Weil Mix By Substaat)
12. Borrowed Time (Sublime Mix By Atropine)
13. The Sentinel (Doom Electronics Version By Prurient)
14. Stitch (Patched & Processed By O/E)
15. Ashes To Ashes (Diabolic Mix By Bal Paré)
16. Skyscraping (Cricket Mix By Monster Apparat)
17. All Tomorrow's Parties
(Evolve Or Die Mix By Naked Lunch)
18. Like Blood From The Beloved (Part 2)
(Reworked By Erik Wøllo)

Espen Dekko
Minus 14

Gyldendal ungdomsbøker

2019
Book cover

Ingeborg Stana
Landscape, Painting

The book Ingeborg Stana Landscape, Painting is by far the most comprehensive presentation of Ingeborg Stana´s artwork.

The book is a 240 page illustrated monograph. Through texts in Norwegian and English by the art historian Jørgen Bakke, the authors Erlend Loe, John Erik Riley, Nikolaj Frobenius and philosopher Espen Hammer, the book provides various introductions to the understanding of the artist's work. The book is published at Uten Tittel AS, by editor Marcus Bøhn.

Forside/Front cover:
Cloudscape I, 2017
50 x 50 cm, Olje på lerret/Oil on canvas

Bakside/Back cover:
Cloudscape III, 2017
50 x 50 cm, Olje på lerret/Oil on canvas

Redaktør/Editor: Marcus Bøhn
Tekstredaktør/Text Editor: Nikolaj Frobenius

Tekster/Texts: Jørgen Bakke, Nikolaj Frobenius,
Espen Hammer, Erlend Loe,
John Erik Riley og Ingeborg Stana

Ingeborg Stana
Uten Tittel  
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2019
Book
25 x 30 cm
240 pages

Design: Halvor Bodin
Papir/Paper: Arctic Matt 150 g/m²,
Munken Kristall Rough 150 g/m²
Typografi/Typography: SangBleu (Swiss Typefaces)
Trykk/Print: GöteborgsTryckeriet
Repro: JK Morris Production/Halvor Bodin

ISBN 978-82-93502-27-2

Opphavsrett til verk av Ingeborg Stana/
Copyright of works by Ingeborg Stana:
© Ingeborg Stana/BONO 2019

© Forfatterne/The Authors/Uten Tittel

Foto/Photo:
Jens Hamran
Halvard Haugerud
Jarle Lindstrøm
Bjørn Wad

At the exhibition opening/book release photographer Sandra Jensen dressed accordingly in matching colours.

Rewild The Mountain

Magnificent wild nature provides possibilities for reflection. The film is a result of thoughts and reflections that have come out of years spent in the mountains. Feeling insignificant and small in large nature is humbling and this humbleness we need to take with us in our lives.
Johan Wildhagen

A film by Johan Wildhagen
Music by Fay Wildhagen

Idea/direction/camera/production by Johan Wildhagen
Additional camera: Christo, Karl Kristian Sondre, Linn, Ida, Elling
Text: Øyvind Egeland
Voice: Nils Faarlund
Graphic design by Halvor Bodin

Rewild website

2018
Duration: 27 minutes
Embedded here: 2 minute teaser

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Apoptygma Berzerk
Soli Deo Gloria

APB PAX logo created by Christian Bloom.
Soli Deo Gloria woodcut by Albrecht Dürer.
Original design/images by Subtopia
(Marius Renberg and Halvor Bodin), Ai 6.01.
Reissue design/images by Hal, Ai 22.1.

Soli Deo Gloria (25^th Anniversary Edition)
was coordinated and produced by Stephan Groth and Per Aksel Lundgreen for Pitch Black Drive Productions 2018.

℗ & © 2018 Pitch Black Drive under exclusive license to Tatra Records and Artoffact Records.

TATLP018/TATCD018
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2018
LP,  jewelcase and digipak CD
Black vinyl, purple vinyl, white/black splatter vinyl. Uncoated stock on cover, coated inner sleeves.

Fonts in use: SangBleu (Swiss Typefaces)

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Satyricon
Deep calleth upon Deep

This was the first Satyricon album I worked with since Volcano (2002). Before that I did Rebel Extravaganza (1999), Intermezzo II (1999), Nemesis Divina (1996) and The Shadowthrone (1994). This time I came up with the idea of connecting Satyricon with Edvard Munch and we agreed on using this lithography called Dødskyss/The Kiss of Death from 1899. The inner sleeves includes textures from Edvard Munch’s sketchbooks.

This project was designed when I was staying in London.

Front cover illustration by Edvard Munch
Dødskyss/The Kiss of Death, 1899
Photography: ©Munch

Gatefold photo by Johan Wildhagen
Typography: Nivlheim by Magnus Rakeng (Melkeveien) and GT Sectra

Live tour photo and stage rig photo with backdrop by Espen Ixtlan.

Photos from the release concert in Oslo by Halvor Bodin.

℗&© 2017  Moonfog
Under exclusive license to Napalm Records
NPR751

Satyricon official
Napalm Records
Munch
Munchs hus

2017
2 x LP, digipak, promotional material, backdrop
Vinyl versions: black, white, white/black splatter, transparent, white/black marble boxset, white/black marble

art25haus

25^th anniversary theatrical trailer for Arthaus

Music by Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz Duo
Editing, direction, motion graphics by Halvor Bodin
Arthaus logo and 25^th anniversary logo by Ellen Lindeberg & Egil Haraldsen at Exil Design

The art25haus trailer builds on the 20^th anniversary version from 2012. art25haus continues with films released the last five years.

Arthaus website

2017
1 minute 31 seconds, 2K Flat and Scope formats, 1080p