Børre Sæthre

Born 1967 in Oslo, Norway
Lives and works in New York and Oslo


Børre Sæthre stages environments that approximate the ambiance of dreams,
the luxurious containment of cinematic experience.
At once austere and saturated with concealed fantasies, his spaces
(sculptural and reconstructed environments, light, soundscapes and moving
images) comprise confessions, secrets, and voyeuristic longings that linger
within seemingly impermeable interiors.
The value-free economies of spaces such as relaxation lounges or office
modules are disrupted by unsettling details, shyly rupturing the stylized
topography of mediated experience.



Børre Sæthre, MY PRIVATE SKY (ENTRANCE AREAS ET UNIT 2/ EXPLOSION SUITE ET TRANSIT AREA ET UNIT1/TRAUMA WHITE), 2001, Installation view, Astrup Fearmly, Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Courtesy of galerie Loevenbruck, Paris.