Erlend Grytbakk Wold:
Till The Last Light Fades

The day before yesterday X left the house, excusing herself for not knowing better, using all the reasons you didn’t expect her to use. As the glass doors slid shut between you, she turned and walked away, slowly dissapearing into the ever present thick white fog. 

The door has stayed shut since she departed, and you have no intention of following her into the void that was the world. You had thought that now, in the end times, with so few of us left, it was important to stick together. You had hoped that this was reason enough for her to stay, but for your small efforts, with your desirable objects and all the comforts of your home, she still left.

All the items that you had amassed during the years before the incident, suddenly changed meaning. You had started out hoarding objects for the same reason as the others, and in the aftermath the gathering of things had taken on a new importance. You had wanted to make sure that the pieces were taken care of by someone who understood their meaning and worth, so you filled up every crook and cranny of your place with all these things.

Now you see things in a new light

Erlend Grytbakk Wold (f. 1986, Trondheim) lives and works in Oslo. He is educated at the Academy of Fine Art in Oslo and Malmö Art Academy. Grytbakk Wold has recently had solo exhibitions at Gallery LNM in Oslo and BLOKK in Bergen. He has also participated in group exibitions at Gallery Arnstedt and the National Art Exhibition (Høstutstillingen).

“Till the Last Light Fades” is supported by Arts Council Norway and has received funding from Kunstmuseet i Nord-Trøndelag. In 2017 he was rewarded the er støttet av Kulturrådet og er tildelt prosjektstøtte fra Kunstmuseet i Nord-Trøndelag. In 2017 he was awarded a BKH production grant.