Útgarða-Loki
“The Kitten”
A large, velvet-covered sculpture in the shape of a question mark.
Visitors are invited to try lifting it. There is no visible grip.
“Drinking Horn (Administrative Use Only)”
A perfectly balanced vessel. The opening faces downward.
“Invisible Feast”
An empty long table, immaculately set. Each placard reads:
“Removed for maintenance.”
“The Guest Book”
A wall covered in identical entries:
“I was here, but I’m not sure why.”
In the age before measurement, when men still mistook order for truth, there lived one called Útgarða-Loki, ruler of distant boundaries and master of appropriate proportions.
He welcomed all into his hall — architects, scribes, artists, officials — offering them warmth and rest. But before any guest could sit, they were met with a task.
One was asked to lift a kitten, and failed.
Another to drink from a horn, and failed.
A third, to untangle a letter that arrived with no sender and no subject line.
In every case, the guest left humbled, unsure of what had been asked — or if anything had.
Some claimed there had been no host at all. Only a desk, a flickering light, and a scent of something… roasted?
An account of illusions, hospitality, and impossible terms
📅 June 2025
📍 Bergen Kunsthall
Curator unknown
