During the period October, 2018–October, 2021, sound artist Alexander Rishaug has explored the sound of the Norwegian landscape, with focus on Northern Norway. While a research fellow in artistic development work at the Academy of Arts, The Arctic University of Norway, he has explored how sound affects us and changes our experience of place, time and space.

This resulted in an extensive audio and image archive, notes, audio experiments, an album, a photo book and a series of sound installations.

Rishaug has visited, and listened to, a buzzing bitcoin factory, Fakken wind farm on Vannøya, Hurtigruta's creaking hull, a closed down Tromsø city centre, an abandoned swimming pool, electromagnetic sound currents and the urban city's constant vibration.

The book documents three years of field work and recording and comes a long with a digital (QR-code) field recording album.

Published by Mondo Book and design by Blank Blank Design.

To purchase the book, go here: https://alexanderrishaug.bandcamp.com/merch/alexander-rishaug-tuning-into-the-norwegian-landscape-2018-2021

Field notes - Tuning into the Norwegian landscape

Kabelvåg Torg 20.03.2019 19:24

Digermulen Skole, Svømmehall 18.09.2019 14:26

Tønsnesvarden, Tromsø/Romssa 08.10.2019 17:54

Kryptovault, Dale 04.02.2019

Huk, Bygdøy, Oslo 13.02.2021 19:40

Recorded with Sound Devices MixPre-6, stereo DPA 4061

Henriksen Kaia, Kirkenes/Girkonjárga 15.02.2019 15:31

Fakken Vindkraftpark, Vannøy/Várdnasuolu 02.06.2019 16:42

Hurtigruta, Tromsø-Brønnøysund 30.04.2021 14:29

Sound artist, listener and composer based in Oslo, Norway