02.10.2025 - 01.11.2025
Eleni Ieremia
Eleni Ieremia (GR/SWE) is a visual and video artist, based in Bergen. Eleni holds a BA in Art History from Uppsala University, a MA in Fine Arts from the University of Bergen, KMD, and a BA in Contemporary Art from the Tromsø Academy of Fine Arts. She has exhibited at venues such as Associate Gallery, Kurant Visningsrom, Small Projects, Bergen Kunsthall and Hordaland Kunstsenter.
Her practice is rooted in the social and material structures that surround her, as well as the unspoken narratives that are woven into them. Her exploratory working method has led her through various forms of expression – from ceramic sculptures and drawings to video.
Drawing inspiration from everyday life, Ieremia focuses on subtle architectural details and workplace rituals. Her art has developed in parallel with the experience of balancing artistic work with part-time work in the service industry – a dual commitment that has deepened her interest in the interplay between work and rest.
In her work, she examines the boundaries between production, rest, and the power dynamics that characterize these states.
Eleni had a residency with us in October 2025. She herself writes about her stay:
“During my residency at Velferden I have worked with editing, sound design and script for the video work When Air Becomes Solid, a collaboration with the Icelandic artist Hrafnkell Tumi Georgsson. The piece is an experimental mockumentary that explores the energy cycle in Iceland – a country whose climate attracts international companies to establish data centers thanks to its hitherto cheap energy.”
"The recordings were made at a hydropower plant, a data center and a geothermal greenhouse. At the core of the project are some fundamental questions: How much energy is consumed and by whom? How is it distributed? Who benefits, who pays the price, and how resilient is the system? How has the idea of Iceland as the data center's "natural home" been marketed? How does the data storage industry use old colonial ideas about Iceland as a remote, desolate and wild country?"
Photo 1 © Hanna Biørnstad
Photo 2-7 © Eleni Ieremia