YOU ARE NOT HERE / VR Installation and NFT drop

The VR Show was created in collaboration with 3D artist Magnus Grønningen and  exhibited at Sorgenfri in Oslo during October 2022.

“As an artist Ilike to embrace new media through which I can present and see my work. I’m fascinated by the psychological aspect ofbeing inside a VR-room, it’s like a double reality, where are you really, andwhat environment are you interfering with”

The exhibition “I Am Not Here” was first held inthe gallery space in SORGENFRI, where the VR experience was based upon theactual architecture of the space. Giving a surreal and paradox sense of the gallery room. Theworks create a new connection between existing elements,a statement on the digital art revolution.

“I like the idea of Escapism in today’s world fullof injustice and negative energy. Escapis is not the same asavoidance. I’m thinking of something hopeful and playful, like Alice inWonderland. She didn’t leave the real world, but she created her own, parallelto the one she already knew. “I Am Not Here” refers to the same idea. I havealways been creating new worlds inside my head. VR to me, is a way I can invite viewersinto this created universe and connect with an audience I may not be ableto reach otherwise.” 

The installation has a surreal quality that bring a weightlessness to the heavy reality of everyday life. The light pencil mixed with a darker and more absurd touch ofpaint and layering combined with the VR enhances this idea. I enjoy taking subject matter outof context capturing that strange spacebetween virtual and real worlds and inner andouter identities.

Isachsen has,as often seen in her previous work, her starting point in surrealism.

- “Surreal work brings a weightlessness to the heavyreality of everyday life by tapping into the escapist qualities». 

Her light andillustrative pencil mixed with a darker and more absurd touch of paint andlayering combined with the VR enchants this idea.