Holidays are creeping closer and festive spirits firmly rising! For those of you looking for gifts, we are way past the ideal snail mail timing, but in case your  special someone appreciates surprises a little later than the last week of December, we are ready with our best cursive, and can dedicate the book before adding greetings from you.

 If you’d like to feast your eyes on some Eyes as Big as Plates works on exhibit and happen to stroll on the streets of Helsinki, Finland, do pop into the Finnish National Gallery ‘Ateneum’ to see their current exhibition A Question of Time.

Once a year Finnskogen in the South East of Norway turns into a republic. ‘Finnskogen’ translates as ‘Finnish forest’, and it has been shaped by migrating people from the Savolax area in Finland since the late 16th to mid 17th centuries. Since our first visit to the village of Svullrya in 2019, we have soaked up tall tales, hard facts, rune songs and black coffee, roaming the deep forests and floating islands together with the tight knit community of locals. … Talking rock – Public commission for the Norwegian Forest Finn Museum

As part of Circular Week in Warsaw, Poland, a series of Eyes as Big as Plates works was exhibited at Kultura Wysoka during the European Sustainability Congress, which took place last week. The international series of events and initiatives was dedicated to circular economy and sustainable development, taking place across Europe. European Sustainability Congress is one of the biggest international events about circular economy, and is the focal point of the events in 2025. Grateful bows to the Royal Norwegian Embassy of Warsaw for supporting the exhibition. … Circular Week 2025 & The European Sustainability Congress, Warsaw

Eyes as Big as Plates reports from Koksijde, Oostduinkerke, Belgium:

Dates: 17th to 26th October, in the Year of the Snake 2025
Phase of Moon: New
Tides: Marked rise and fall, near five fathoms between high and low water
Winds: Variable, from fair to gale force through the period
Weather: Generally temperate; fair with passing cloud and showers; barometer unsteady
Sea Temperature: +14°C
Operational Speed: 3 rolls of film per day, 1 kilo of boiled shrimp, 1 bucket of mussels, 1 bucket of scallops, 1 laundry bag of blue jellyfish, 2 wetsuits,  2 sets of waders, 1 fishery museum, 2 zeewonks, Martha, the Belgian draft horse.
Position: 51°00′ 15 N – 02°39′ 44 E … Shrimpers’ log

If you happen to be in Warsaw, Poland over the next three days, don’t miss the 2025 Przemiany Festival, unfolding in the Copernicus Science Center from 3-5 October. This year’s festival theme was born out of the belief that empathy is the core competence of the future: ‘Empathy. For the naive or for the brave?’ and is looking at compassion from a broad perspective – neuroscience, evolutionary biology, the development of Artificial Intelligence and ecology. … Przemiany Festival in Warsaw opening tomorrow!

Thank you very much South Funen Archipelago and all their residents for having us! Tentacles, fossils, figs, ferries, seed pods, hops and flatfish galore, Mette, Anne, Leif, Kirsten, Zabi, Frida and Nordisk kulturkontakt – we appreciate you all! Save the date: 23rd of May 2026, opening at Øhavsmuseet! … Danish delights pt II

We are excited to take part in the 10th Daegu Photo Biennale, which opens in South Korea tomorrow. Bringing together more than 200 artists from more than 30 countries, this year’s biennale celebrates its 20th anniversary with the ecological paradigm of the Symbioscene as a founding concept: … 2025 Daegu Photo Biennale Opens Tomorrow!

Sept 14-16th we’re joining Bjørka Publications’ table at the book fair happening as part of Fotobokfestival Oslo!

Bjørka is a professional workshop and production space for artists working with photography in Oslo, and at the fair there will be artist books and in-progress book dummies from a selection of artists in the Bjørka collective, as well as publishers from the rest of Norway and beyond! Check out the full festival program here. … Fotobokfestival Oslo this weekend

The Hearth Summit, the world’s largest event of its kind, opens today in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Bringing together speakers from over 100 countries, the summit will explore connections between individual, organizational, societal, and ecological wellbeing. Set in the iconic Cankar Centre (Cankarjev dom), Slovenia’s largest convention, congress and culture center, an extensive selection of large format Eyes as Big as Plates images will be exhibited for the duration of the summit. … Eyes As Big As Plates at the Hearth Summit, Ljubljana

Bjørka workshop for camera-based art in Oslo is opening a large group exhibition titled Prisms of Myopia at the former Munch Museum in Oslo this Saturday, June 14th. … Prisms of Myopia – opening at the former Munch Museum (Gamle Munch) in Oslo June 14th

We are excited to take part in the 44th Finnskogutstillingen, which opens this Friday! Commissioned as part of the Svullrya development project back in 2019, we roamed the deep forests, wet marshes and floating islands of Finnskogen together with a formidable bouquet of locals. … The 44th Finnskogutstillingen opens this weekend in Svullrya, Norway