destroy » destruction http://destroy.no deus ex machina Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:55:25 +0000 en hourly 1 house of darkness http://destroy.no/2009/house-of-darkness http://destroy.no/2009/house-of-darkness#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 20:23:11 +0000 Kristian http://destroy.no/?p=499 My friend and collegue Jon(zero) Martin is currently looking for a place to buy, and one day I found an evil/ideal property for him. A great modern mansion deep inside the forrests of “Åmot”, a few kilometers outside of the city of Skien.

So when it was viewing most of the onezero went along to be supportive of Jon, and I took some photos. We have no idea what happend in that house, but our bet is that it was a dark disturbing incident there some time ago, and that the place has stood empty for years. The broker said that the house was empty due to the previous owner had moved into a home, but that seems unlikely. Most of the forrest surrounding the house was also burnt down, and inside the house we found several clear bloodsplatters on the walls.

Get ready for some darkness.

time waits for no dead man imagine the teeth nice fireplace - open on 3 sides! big feature! jonzero and the rott jonzero thinks it looks like cranberry juice that`s been spilled on the wall somehow. cold atmosphere the sink is a new lifeform - big salesfeature! lots of people showed up, some of them probably disapeared in the forrests somehow. a child was living here at some point, darkness. the cuboards had latin names. now what could this be... nothing can light up the darkness in this house cozy outdoors area, salesfeature! the boys are looking for graves a device somehow related to food ]]> http://destroy.no/2009/house-of-darkness/feed 2 Apokalypsen http://destroy.no/2009/apokalypsen http://destroy.no/2009/apokalypsen#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:39:14 +0000 Kristian http://destroy.no/?p=328 pushwagner1

The last couple of years it`s been alot of comotion regarding the Norwegian artist “Pushwagner” in the media. From what I`d gathered he was an artist in the 70s, and got addicted to drugs. Then he sold/signed his complete collection of works; paintings, sketches, lithographys, prints, sketchbooks to a slick lawyer/agent-type. The agent has no doubt just waited for Pushwagner to OD – so he could sell the works for top dollar.

But somehow Pushwagner managed to stop taking drugs long enough to realize that he had been “tricked”/outmanouvered and actually managed to get his life somewhat together again.. in an age that most people retire, he retired from being a junkie – after probably 30 years of being an addict.

And right now he`s in the process of getting the rights to his heritage back, in the courtroom. It`s expected that he`ll win the case pretty soon (according to a documentary I just saw on NRK1 (norwegian TV)).

So okay, perhaps I did know a thing or two about this man before… but what I learned just now is that his work is incredible and right up my alley. Especially a series of 7 paintings that were called “apokalypsen” looks just amazing. Huge works, insane detail work (probably not possible to do that kind of details without being intoxicated of some sort). Below is some pictures I found on the net just now, and the darkest ones is from “apokalypsen” I believe.

A lot of the imagery is also available in the book “soft city”, that I`m ordering right now. RIGHT now.

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It`s been a little while since the last update, and the reason is that I somehow lost my camera in the mess I still like to call my home. Yesterday I found it again, and here`s some pictures I took about 2 weeks ago.

After this I spent about a week putting litex on the walls and getting membran all over the walls. Unfortunatly I don`t have any pictures of that bloody mess.

someday this will be a real bathroom hallway - backend of toilet and electrical stuff hallway - looking into bathroom hallway - now even with walls! bathroom - looking out into the kitchen bathroom wall - this used to be in the kitchen before bathroom - someday I will replace that red chair with a toilet! inside bathroom - looking at the spot where my bathtub will be. kitchen from livingroom kitchen + dad "kitchen" livingroom - from "kitchen" ]]> http://destroy.no/2008/walls-ladies-and-gentlemen-we-have-walls/feed 0 Renovation – at the turningpoint between tearing things down and building them back up http://destroy.no/2008/renovation-at-the-turningpoint-between-tearing-things-down-and-building-them-back-up http://destroy.no/2008/renovation-at-the-turningpoint-between-tearing-things-down-and-building-them-back-up#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:59:04 +0000 Kristian http://destroy.no/?p=166 will this ever become a home again? new concretefloor in place - need 6 damn weeks to dry up. SIX DAMN WEEKS! my new tiny kitchen and livingroom

11. September

since last we`ve gotten a new concrete floor, new sheetrock ceiling, and some beams up that hopefully will be actual walls at some point.

After the floor was laid down my father informed me that it will take 6 weeks until it`s dry. that`s 6 additional weeks without bathroom, kitchen or… well.. a home.

My personal hygiene has degenerated to the level that I don`t care when I`m dirty anymore. Showering a couple of times a week seems to be enough right now. Atleast for me, not sure if my girlfriend would agree – if she was here.

]]> http://destroy.no/2008/renovation-at-the-turningpoint-between-tearing-things-down-and-building-them-back-up/feed 1 Renovation – back on track http://destroy.no/2008/renovation-back-on-track http://destroy.no/2008/renovation-back-on-track#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:23:59 +0000 Kristian http://destroy.no/?p=154 30. August.

Now the roof is gone too, and all the good old isolation/dust/concrete that was hiding there. Me and my father was itching for about a week while doing that job – never again.

This weekend my girlfriend Henriette/Henna is visiting from Oslo to help me out, I guess we could have done a lot more if we did`nt go to that party on friday – but then again we would`nt had that much fun.

no more bathroom classic "I-can`t-believe-that-bathroom-was-that-tiny"-moment. all that electrical wiring was torn down a few minutes later by your truely. no more roof. henriette looking forward to getting her hands dirty (and itchy) by cutting up isolation for the ceiling. the best! curiosity killed the cat henriette staring down at me through what used to be the hole where the toilet was, how romantic. ]]> http://destroy.no/2008/renovation-back-on-track/feed 1 Renovation – tearing up the concrete floor http://destroy.no/2008/renovation-tearing-up-the-concrete-floor http://destroy.no/2008/renovation-tearing-up-the-concrete-floor#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:55:47 +0000 Kristian http://destroy.no/?p=137 Tearing up the concrete floor with a crowbar, a jackhammer and some finely tuned straightedge musclepower.

PS. This is NOT as easy as it may look.

ze floor is defeated die die die damn floor - give up already! tear shit up last man standing sick of this place ]]> http://destroy.no/2008/renovation-tearing-up-the-concrete-floor/feed 0 Renovation/demolition part three http://destroy.no/2008/renovationdemolition-part-three http://destroy.no/2008/renovationdemolition-part-three#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:43:04 +0000 Kristian http://destroy.no/?p=117 This is from 18. august, the last wall standing meets my axe. Herrrreesss Johnnyyy!

my father through what used to be a wall between my kitchen and bathroom. enough already! heeerress johnnyyy! posing with my axe, just like some black metal dude. demo demo demo! my axe loves walls. I`m trying to get my father to scream "Here`s johnny!" - He thinks it`s funny. I`m trying to get my father to scream "Here`s johnny!" - He thinks it`s funny. I`m getting tired of watching pictures of this wall now. down wall, down! crush kill destroy chaos tear it down! last wall all - gone tiny tiny bathroom all gone no more bathroom ]]> http://destroy.no/2008/renovationdemolition-part-three/feed 0 Renovation / demolition http://destroy.no/2008/renovation-demolition http://destroy.no/2008/renovation-demolition#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:21:56 +0000 Kristian http://destroy.no/?p=105 This is from 15. August – destruction is imminent. Breaking down the walls, is`nt that what I`ve been doing all my life?

p10502071 p10502081 p1050209 p1050210 p1050214 p1050215 p1050216 p1050217 ]]> http://destroy.no/2008/renovation-demolition/feed 0 Renovation starts http://destroy.no/2008/renovation-starts http://destroy.no/2008/renovation-starts#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:05:59 +0000 Kristian http://destroy.no/?p=86 This is how my bathroom/kitchen/house looked 13. August – 3 weeks ago.

hallway - view from staircase hallway - this wall will be tear down, and a new door will emerge here somewhere. hallway again. bathroom - I built this! (and now I`ll be tearing it down). bathroom again, my sweet sweet bathroom.. you only excist in my memories now. view from my tiny bathroom... ? sweet sweet bathroom view from hallway into bathroom whitey (cat) - on floor - there you see the gap between kitchen and livingroom. there used to be a wall there. whitey has been in a fight. my sweet 60s style kitchen - it`s also all gone now.. I remember how my grandmother used to slice my sandwitches in half at that counter to the right.. good memories. kitchen - view from livingroom. nice iron beam. we put it there! kitchen again, gotta love the 60s. kitchen and livingroom - all gone now. kitchen

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