Pain Solution i kunstkritikk

Flott artikkel om Håvve Fjell og Pain Solution i Kunstkritikk, skrevet av Tommy Olsson! Artikkelen en skrevet etter at Håvve valgte å avslutte sin karriere som fakir i 2021.

Tommy Olsson skriver også et fint avsnitt om mine fotografier!!

«Helene Fjell har vært i bakgrunnen med kamera like lenge og jeg har i hvert fall to fete bøker i bokhylla – Ten Years of Pain (2003) og Wings of Desire – Learning to Fly (2012). Det skulle finnes materiale til å gi ut en ny fyldig coffeetable-bok til jul hvert år for resten av våre liv. 

Bildene til Helene Fjell er et event i seg selv, og henger også intimt sammen med det som har utspilt seg. De formidler det som egentlig ikke skulle være mulig, og er nærmest i et symbiotisk forhold til intensiteten i øyeblikket – og jeg trenger ikke gni det inn at det nesten uten unntak betyr djevelsk intenst. Men det er det som er igjen etter en serie øyeblikk fra de siste 28 år. «

To Bleed or Not To Bleed

To Bleed or Not to Bleed takes you on an up-close and personal journey with Håvve Fjell’s internationally renowned performance group, Pain Solution. Covering the period from 2003 until 2015, told in the words of the performers themselves, and seen through the lens of award winning photographer Helene Fjell, this book is a must have for aficionados of sideshow, body art, extreme performance, and powerful photography.

Ever since my brother, Håvve Fjell, started the performance group Pain Solution, I have been photographing. In 2015 we made the bokk To Bleed or Not to Bleed. Hard work, hours of planning and many meetings!


The amazing feeling when we came from Merkur Trykk and the book is printing!

The book arrives!!

And here we are in the newspaper! https://www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/pain-solution-smertens-teater/6654024

Exhibition in Tokyo 2014


In september 2014, I was invited to have an exhibition at Vanilla Gallery in Tokyo.
https://www.vanilla-gallery.com/archives/2014/20140908a.html

What an great experience!! Thank you Naito-San and everybody at Vanilla Gallery!  Arigato !!

The exhibition was a selection of images from the book «To Bleed or Not To Bleed» that I am working on together with my brother Håvve Fjell about Pain Solution.

My exhibition prints are printed on paper from Canson Infinity

My brother, Håvve and me in the Gallery!
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Opening speech
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The Gally owner, Naito.San.

Ten Years of Pain, book release and Exhibition 2003

«Ten Years of Pain» is the first book I made together with my brother, Håvve Fjell, based on my pictures and Håvves tekst. He founded the group Pain Solution i 1993, and the book covers the first ten years of his history as an performance artist and Fakir. The book was funded by Hertervig forlag in Stavanger in 2003. We had the book release with a Photo exhibition and performance in Stavanger kunstforening.

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Håvve being interviewed

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photo: Arve Stallvik