ARTHEMIST lighthouse 48: Why tie your head to a tree, when no one is looking?

ARTHEMIST lighthouse 48 documents a year of performance actions by Norwegian artist Bjorn Veno, with a foreword by philosopher Hans-Georg Moeller.

Across 54 filmed gestures, still images, and experimental poetry, the book becomes a ritual, an invitation to perceive beyond the surface of art and language.

There is no fear of failure, no guardrails leading to success in these words and images. They fumble their way through darkness, into the uncaring embrace of the unknown, where words are eate...