Hobbs/Neustetter's sustained preoccupation with connectivity and communication in site specific situations, finds them regressing to a time when Norway's islands were connected less by bridges and more by good faith. Hence the artist’s most current mapping project involves traversing a group of islands in Austevoll, located south-west of Bergen, Norway. Their resultant 6 day camping, hiking and boating exercise served as the artist’s means of encountering and collecting particular experiences pertaining to the right of access.
Hobbs/Neustetter’s installation Depth Threats is a reflection on the constant state of measuring that the artists encountered as they read sea maps, deciphered land masses and negotiated often shallow rocky waters in Austevoll.
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