Tree of Knowledge

Tree of Knowledge (2007-08), sound installation (16-20 channels)

Secondhand speakers.
Recordings from news media.
Sound of seagulls.

Exhibited as a part of 4×4, Tromsø kunstforening, Tromsø (NO) sept 2007, and as part of the performance Welcome to paradise, a requiem, Oslo (NO), sept 2008.

The 2008-version was filled with recordings from the “Global War On Terror”; news feeds from Al Jazeera, interrogation recordings from Guantanamo, commercials from the Norwegian Air Force and speeches by president George Bush.

Created, designed and built by Amund Sjølie Sveen.