Illuminating Life’s Path

Moshino: my debut album is a heartfelt tribute to my deceased dog Ambra, a beloved companion whose spirit continues to illuminate life’s path. Through the lens of Eastern spirituality, Eternal Bonds is a sonic exploration of profound gratitude, love, and the enduring nature of the human-animal bond. By weaving together ethereal soundscapes and rhythmic foundations rooted in ancient wisdom, this album seeks to encapsulate the essence of Ambra’s spirit and the divine grace that brought her into the my life.

Katinka Kvale: Living in Norway with rural areas and forest not far from home, it’s very natural for me to integrate outdoor life in my images. I’m an educated ceramist and teacher, but my love for structure and texture is now an important element in my photo-work. I construct my visuals in a 2-D shape and hope they give a 3-D experience!

Katinka Kvale: My work is photo-based, I’m not a photographer, I’m a visual, mixed-media artist. My images are a mixture and composed out of many layers of hand prints and photos as well as botanical items. I make a collage of all these elements together, you can call it a «sandwich». Scissors and glue are often used before I again take new photos. I use nature in all its forms in almost every picture, being extraordinarily interested in elements of decay… Both plants and animals/insects, the delicate balance of all things, living and dead, in general, give a lot of inspiration, structure and texture to work with.

Moshino: Each track is a sonic embodiment of a specific Sefirah, a divine attribute in Kabbalah. These celestial energies serve as a framework to channel raw emotion into structured artistry. From the ethereal heights of Keter representing enlightenment to the grounded foundation of Yesod symbolizing connection, the album traverses a spectrum of emotions mirroring the complexities of loss and remembrance.

Katinka: Often, I work in series with different issues that matter to me, such as environmental protection, but also mental health. Lately, I have been exploring the complicity of abstract visuals, so working on images to accompany music was a very interesting and challenging experience! The images that accompany this music are photo-work from last spring. I was very inspired by the fact that many willow trees here in the area near Oslo were infected by moths and making beautiful patterns and a kind of screen around the trunks and leaves of those trees. Photos of these trees layered together with my hand prints made me achieve colourful, abstract-like images.