Born 1990
Raised in the countryside of Denmark
Became a photographer
Learned the lingo of the metropolitan cities of the world
Now trying to make sense of it
Jakob Storm
portrait I - 2021
inadequate I - 2021
inadequate II - 2021
memorial path for the men who divided the landscape into squares - 2021
square I-IV - 2022
portrait II - 2021
As a boy, my Brother and I often went exploring in a forest in Jutland. A forest my grandfather managed when we were children. Also the forest my great-great-grandfather established in 1904.
We climbed the trees, built dens and cut branches. It was adventurous and the seemingly endless forest became the backdrop of many wild childhood memories. Many years passed and I wanted to go back. Be childish again. But that I did not. I could not. The place had changed. Into something small and silent. An eerie landscape.
A landscape of questions. How does the meaning of nature unfold today? Is it fenced-up private gardens in central London? A forest designed for easy hunting and fast production of wood? For animals? For humans to find peace in a world flying by impatiently or just the owner of the land? Ever-changing, ever old, ever new.
Square I-IV is blind photo etchings on Madrid Litho 300 gsm paper and the photographs are silver gelatin handprints on photographic paper.
The book ENN I ALT (IN EVERY THING) is a collective piece, created out of memory and new impressions. The texts and visuals of the book are poetically researching the many aspects of nature today. It makes you listen to sounds that are not there, look for the light through branched tree domes and observe mythologized memories of nature.
To walk in the same direction will eventually create a path. We return to this landscape to see more clearly, hoping to be surprised all over again.
IN EVERY THING is a book initiated by Jakob Storm as part of his masters project As a kid my Brother and I often went exploring, at the Royale College of Art. In the winter of 2021/22, he invited artist Mia Carl and writer Duncan Wiese to contribute to his work and they answered with two pieces of writing: Deep Soil and New Sun.
The book is a 55 pages paperback printed on uncoated paper. The text is in Danish but with an English/fragmented version on tracing paper.