Network exhibition - Resident Landscape

The exhibition “Resident Landscape” is showing at the old Munch Museum Arthall 15. November -9. December 2025

”Resident Landscape” is showing at the old Munch Museum Arthall in Oslo, Norway and features a curated selection of works from 27 artists who either participated in 2022 to 2024, either as visiting artists or as resident hosts at the Network darkrooms.
Organized by the Nordic Analog Network in collaboration with CYAN studio in Oslo, this exhibition is the first gathering of the artists who have taken part in the Network residency program “Darkroom Exchange” .

The exhibition is curated by Natalia Kopkina - Finnish Darkroom Association (Helsinki), and Stig Marlon Weston – CYAN studio (Oslo).

The landscape is not empty or merely a backdrop, but it has inhabitants: people, animals, plants, or even the landscape itself can be understood as a “residence,” a home for life. This exhibition explores ecological coexistence and the agency of nature.

The artists engage deeply with nature and environmental awareness. Many of the works investigate the relationship between humans and the natural world, examining soil, water, plants, animals, climate change, and human impact on the environment. A multispecies perspective is present throughout, highlighting non-human agencies. Nature is not merely a subject but an active participant or collaborator in the artistic process, including in the material elements of photography and darkroom practices such as light and silver.

The exhibition shows the material and processual nature of photography. The works emphasize slowness, chance, and the tactile qualities of analog methods such as silver mirror effects, camera obscura, lumen prints, and plant-based developers. Here, photography is not just a means of representation but a lived, sensory process through which the world is experienced and interpreted.

The landscape is presented not as a fleeting image but a constantly active, living space: the “memory” of the landscape. It serves both as an object of study and as artistic material. The artists’ processes resemble fieldwork and observation, combining visual and textual documentation with personal experiences and reflections, creating a layered exploration of place and its meanings.

The exhibition is open 15. Nov . - 9. Dec, at 11-5pm Tues-Sun.
15th Oct at 1pm there will be an opening event and a panel talk with the Network co-director Katri Krohn Lassila in conversation with 5 of the artists. The theme will be “Process & Place: The Personal Landscape in Analog Practice”
15th Oct from 7pm there will also be an open door after-party at Studio-isme (former studiospace of Cyan studio) near to the exhibition venue.
16th Oct at 1pm there will be a panel talk with the Network co-director Stig Marlon Weston in coversation with guests. The theme will be “Towards a Sustainable Photographic practice”, and looking at the focus of the next round of artists residencies organized by the Network in 2026-2027.
16th Oct at 2-4pm there will be guided tours of the exhibition with the artists presenting their own work.

The exhibiting artists are:

Finland: Anssi Ruuska, Jenni Toivonen, Juliana Irene Smith, Katri Krohn Lassila, Iina Gröhn, Natalia Kopkina, Patrick Kuoppamäki, Selina Oakes, Sirja Moberg, Toivo Heinimäki
Denmark: Andreas Olesen, Emma Harris, Johan Buch, Jón Bjarni Hjartarson, Maia Torp Neergaard, Mai Keldsen
Iceland: Hallgerdur Hallgrimsdottir & Veronika Geiger
Norway: Cornelia Stefanescu, Grethe Irene Einarsen, Henrik Follesø Egeland, Julie Karine Schie Olsen, Lexy Liangzi Xiao, Stig M Weston
Sweden: Ingrid Jacobsen, Oskar Söderman, Vanni Jung Stahle

Network exhibition - Resident Host

The exhibition “Resident Host” is showing at Oslo Negativ Photofestival 11.-26. October 2025

Nordic Analog Network in collaboration with CYAN studio is organizing this exhibition together.
Oslo Negativ is the annual photofestival in Oslo, Norway, organized by the Preus National Museum of photography in collaboration with Aars Møller art collection.
This year the photofestival is taking place in the old National Gallery in the city centre of Oslo, and there will be more than 40 galleries and groups putting up their exhibition. The main exhibitions are organized by the Preus National Museum of photography and showing Martin Parr, Anton Corbijn, Lucile Boiron and Anya Tsaruk and the festival theme is “Closer”.

The exhibition “Resident Host” gathers the work of 13 of the photographers organizing the darkrooms in the Nordic Analog Network. The festival is also utilizing the former workrooms of the National Gallery and our exhibition will be on show in the old photostudio and darkrooms of the National Gallery staff photographers. All the photographers on show in this exhibition work in widely different processes, as they look closer at the medium itself and how it is utilized by both creator and viewer.

The festival is open 11.-26.oct, at 12-6pm Sat-Sun.
11th Oct at 3pm the Nordic Analog Network artists will give a presentation at the festival program.

The exhibiting artists are:

Andreas Olesen and Jón Bjarni Hjartarson from Silverlab in Copenhagen, Denmark
Fredrik Clement from VK3-Printroom in Klitmöller, Denmark
Iina Gröhn, Katri Krohn Lassila and Natalia Kopkina from Mörk in Helsinki, FInland
Anssi Ruuska and Joonas Ahtikallio from Luovake in Jyväsklyä, Finland
Henrik Follesø Egeland, Stian Seim Evensen and Stig Marlon Weston from CYAN in Oslo, Norway
Lexy Liangzi Xiao from Isotop in Bergen, Norway
Torhild Aukan from Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder in Trondheim, Norway

Meet the Artists of 2024

Online event open meeting and presentation of the artists that have taken part in the Network residency program
28. October 2024

photo: Frank Unger

Vimeo - Link to a recording of the Zoom meeting

You can watch the recording of our open Online Zoom Event to hear more about the Nordic Analog Network residency program and the artists that took part in 2024.

The event will included presentations from the artists who have taken part in 2024, and they share their experiences from the darkroom they visited as well and the work they have made during their artist residency. 

The 2024 invited artists have been:

Oskar Söderman (S) visited Silverlab (DK)
Lia Stefanescu(NO) visited VK3-Printroom (DK)
Åsmund Lahaug (N) visited Mörk (FI)
Emma Harris (DK) visited Luovake (FI)
Jenni Toivonen (FI) visited SIM (IS)
Erik Gustafsson (S) visited CYAN (NO)
Vanni Jung Ståhle (S) visited CYAN (NO)
Frank Unger (FI) visited Isotop (N)
Juliana Smith (FI) visited Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (N)
Maia Torp Neergaard (DK) visited SAGA (NO)
Toivo Heinimäki (FI) visited Björkö (S)

Artist Meet up 2024

Online event where the artists that are invited to take part in the residency program get to meet each other
15. February 2024

photoinstallation: Vibe Kilde

Vimeo - Link to a recording of the Zoom meeting

You can watch the recording of our Online Zoom Event to hear more about the Nordic Analog Network residency program and the networking darkrooms.

At this event we discussed the plans for the invited artists of 2024. The event included presentations from the artists who were going to take part in 2024, where they share their earlier work and what plans they had for their upcoming residencies. 

The 2024 invited artists are:

Oskar Söderman (S) visiting Silverlab (DK)
Lia Stefanescu(NO) visiting VK3-Printroom (DK)
Åsmund Lahaug (N) visiting Mörk (FI)
Emma Harris (DK) visiting Luovake (FI)
Jenni Toivonen (FI) visiting SIM (IS)
Erik Gustafsson (S) visiting CYAN (NO)
Vanni Jung Ståhle (S) visiting CYAN (NO)
Frank Unger (FI) visiting Isotop (N)
Juliana Smith (FI) visiting Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (N)
Maia Torp Neergaard (DK) visiting SAGA (NO)
Toivo Heinimäki (FI) visiting Björkö (S)

Meet the Artists of 2023

Online event open meeting and presentation of the artists that have taken part in the Network residency program
29. November 2023

photo: Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir

Vimeo - Link to a recording of the Zoom meeting

You can watch the recording of our open Online Zoom Event to hear more about the Nordic Analog Network residency program and the artists that took part in 2024.

At the event we discussed the Darkroom Exchange program and answered questions. The event included presentations from the artists who took part in 2023, where they share their experiences from the darkroom they visited as well as the work they have made during their artist residency. 

The 2023 invited artists have been:

Silvia De Giorgi (NO) visited SIM (IS)
Mishael Phillips (DK/UK) visited SIM (IS)
Claudia Hausfeld (IS/DE) visited Silverlab (DK)
Grethe Irene Einarson (NO) visited VK3-Printroom (DK)
Mai Keldsen (DK) visited Björkö (S)
Maria Heines (DK/US) visited Björkö (S)
Selina Oakes (FI/UK) visited SAGA (NO)
Sirja Moberg (FI) visited CYAN (NO)
Ingrid Jacobsen (SE) visited CYAN (NO)
Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir (IS) visited Mörk (FI)
Johan Buch (DK) visited Luovake (FI)
Vibe Kilde (NO) visited Luovake (FI)

Artist Meet up 2023

Online event where the artists that are invited to take part in the residency program get to meet each other
15. February 2024

photo: Paula Humberg

Vimeo - Link to a recording of the Zoom meeting

You can watch the recording of our Online Zoom Event to hear more about the Nordic Analog Network residency program and the networking darkrooms.

At the event we discussed the Darkroom Exchange program and the plans for the invited artists of 2023. The event included presentations from the artists who were going to take part in 2023, where they share their earlier work and what plans they had for their upcoming residencies. 

The 2023 invited artists are:

Silvia De Giorgi (NO) visiting SIM (IS)
Mishael Phillips (DK/UK) visiting SIM (IS)
Claudia Hausfeld (IS/DE) visiting Silverlab (DK)
Grethe Irene Einarsen (NO) visiting VK3-Printroom (DK)
Mai Keldsen (DK) visiting Björkö (S)
Maria Heines (DK/US) visiting Björkö (S)
Selina Oakes (FI/UK) visiting SAGA (NO)
Sirja Moberg (FI) visiting CYAN (NO)
Ingrid Jacobsen (SE) visiting CYAN (NO)
Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir (IS) visiting Mörk (FI)
Johan Buch (DK) visiting Luovake (FI)
Vibe Kilde (NO) visiting Luovake (FI)