Polaroid Android
Polaroid Android var en serie med fake polaroids som jeg laget i 2005/06, da jeg bodde i Bergen. Konseptet gikk kort fortalt ut på å gjøre digitale bilder om til polaroidbilder ved hjelp av en enkel mal, en printer og fotopapir, for deretter å påføre dem små sitater fra sangtekster som jeg syntes sto til motivet. Siste steg i prosessen var å plassere disse “polaroidene” ute i felten for å avfotografere dem igjen, mot en passende bakgrunn.





































Fun fact: Da Flamme Forlag noen år senere åpnet kontor i gata nedenfor der jeg bodde på Grünerløkka, sendte jeg en e-post og tilbød dem å lage en utstilling med bildene i lokalene sine, ettersom de nettopp hadde gjort noe tilsvarende med John Erik Riley sine bilder. Bendik Wold formulerte et høflig avslag, med begrunnelse i økonomien, men også at “noen av disse sitatene ... blir litt ‘hest-hest’, altså at de ligger litt for tett opptil motivet”. Oh, well, der lærte jeg i det minste et nytt begrep. Jeg synes uansett de er ganske fine, da – kanskje først og fremst som et tidsbilde (fake eller ei) fra den tiden, de dagene og alle sangene jeg hørte på.