{"id":6184,"title":"Closer to Love (Nærmere Kjærligheten)","dimensions":"21.1 x 13.7 cm, 233 p, language: Norwegian, publisher: Oslo: Tiden Norsk Forlag A/S, ISBN: 8205337683","date_begin":"2005-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2025/234","stream_count_app":28,"permalink":"closer-to-love-naermere-kjaerligheten","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/013/374/large/Untitled037.JPG?1354188280","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e In the novel \u003cem\u003eCloser To Love\u003c/em\u003e (N\u0026aelig;rmere Kj\u0026aelig;rligheten) fiction, interviews and articles melt together. It is a story about the making of an art piece, and about the urge for authenticity and attention. The story follows the protagonist Susi Dahl, a fine artist interested in arson. On her voyage in making a work of art, she encounters an arsonist who tries to start a new life. In a realistic prose the reason for making art and what might be the hidden agendas, are questioned. The arsonist is seen as a human being that reacts upon the society. Fire and arson are investigated and used as a phenomenon with references to social, psychological and political relations.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel \u003cem\u003eN\u0026aelig;rmere kj\u0026aelig;rligheten\u003c/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eCloser To Love\u003c/em\u003e) is about fire and setting fire, examining an artist\u0026#39;s art making process. Ulvin has for some years been particularly interested in activism and rebellion, and the phenomenon of fire. She has examined the role of people who set fire to buildings (pyromaniacs) and fire related to rituals, as well as looking at fire as metaphor for psychological processes through installation, performance and text.\u2028In the performance \u003cem\u003eReport From A Suburb\u003c/em\u003e, participants from a suburb of Beijing facing the very real threat of demolition, performed a mix between a protest and a ritual burning of a house. The installation \u003cem\u003eDenounce Me Before It\u0026#39;s Too Late\u003c/em\u003e the audience partake in the confessions of a pyromaniac.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUlvin\u0026rsquo;s novels and art practice are two sides of what she both considers her practice as an artist, and a part of a wider art project. The novel relates to her artwork, both as a method of working as an artist, and as a source and part (also physical) for different artworks. The novel develops alongside the making of artworks, and becomes artworks/books on their own premises. The novel works as a source for developing artworks, or vice versa.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.linnulvin.com/ENGLISH%20WEBSITE/closer_to_love_ENGLISH.html\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e In de roman \u003cem\u003eCloser to Love\u003c/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eN\u0026aelig;rmere Kj\u0026aelig;rligheten\u003c/em\u003e) smelten fictie, interviews en artikels samen. Het is een verhaal over de totstandkoming van een kunstwerk, en over de drang naar authenticiteit en aandacht. Het verhaal volgt het hoofdpersonage Susi Dahl, een beslagen kunstenares die ge\u0026iuml;nteresseerd is in brandstichting. Op haar reis richting het maken van een kunstwerk ontmoet ze een brandstichter die een nieuwe leven probeert aan te vatten. In realistisch proza worden de reden voor het maken van kunst en de verborgen agenda\u0026rsquo;s in vraag gesteld. De brandstichter wordt beschouwd als een mens die reageert op de maatschappij. Vuur en brandstichting worden onderzocht en gebruikt als een fenomeen met verwijzingen naar sociale, psychologische en politieke relaties.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.linnulvin.com/ENGLISH%20WEBSITE/closer_to_love_ENGLISH.html\"\u003eNovel website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":1969,"name":"Linn Cecilie Ulvin","category":{"en":"Author","nl":"Auteur","fr":"Auteur"}}]}