{"id":2027,"date":"2018-05-18T11:49:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T09:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toriljohannessen.no\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T06:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T04:59:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toriljohannessen.no\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toril Johannessen (b.1978, living in Bergen, Norway). I am interested in structures and frameworks of knowledge, ranging from everyday forms of knowledge to scientific methods. A recurring theme in my artistic practice is how historical, political, and technological conditions shape ways of representing, perceiving, and understanding the world. In my work, I combine research-based and systematic methods with personal perspectives, working across media such as printmaking, textiles, sculpture, and installation. The visual language of my work, particularly in the printed works, often consists of seemingly neutral maps, graphs, and diagrams\u2014forms associated with documentation, analysis, and the production of knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past six years, my work has focused on the cultural, political, and military landscape of the so-called High North. In my most recent works, I draw on personal experiences and anecdotes, moving towards a more abstract and organic visual language. At the same time, an analytical perspective remains central, along with a curiosity about the relationship between shaping and being shaped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toril Johannessen (b.1978, living in Bergen, Norway). I am interested in structures and frameworks of knowledge, ranging from everyday forms of knowledge to scientific methods. A recurring theme in my artistic practice is how historical, political, and technological conditions shape ways of representing, perceiving, and understanding the world. In my work, I combine research-based and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"about.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2027","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toriljohannessen.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toriljohannessen.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toriljohannessen.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toriljohannessen.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toriljohannessen.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.toriljohannessen.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2781,"href":"https:\/\/www.toriljohannessen.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2027\/revisions\/2781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toriljohannessen.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}