Eirik Jahnsenʼs work brings the viewer to a state of bodily exploration and wonder. By combining expressive gestures, transformed materials, colour and movement, he triggers the viewer to explore something of themselves as they encounter Eirik’s objects and installations. The final meaning of the work relies on the unique connection with the observer. Interested in the infinite possibilities of materials, his works are the results of experimentation and play in the studio, embracing chance to find ways to exceed the limitations of our ideals. They are an outcome of a continuous practice where he visualizes and documents energies, entropy and other processes. 

In his series of works from metal he’s sculpting with light and plays with the contrast between the robust industrial material and the elusive light that reflects in it. Transforming the metal creating unexpected shapes, colours and surfaces with the use of fire, force and chemicals. By moving around the objects, you find yourself positioned within the works of art as if in a mirror, and you become part of it for a moment.