Birch Tree Road
is a small home-based company dedicated to bringing to the public multi-media projects created around beautiful and unusual books. Here you will find a bookstore, several galleries, song videos, installations and more, all created by Rowen Sivertsen.
Here are some of my projects:
HOW TO HEAL SCARS
by Rowen Sivertsen
At present, the project consists of two books. A third, together with a notebook with JJ's tips and recipes, is on its way. Read about the books and the main characters here.
by Rowen Sivertsen
At present, the project consists of two books. A third, together with a notebook with JJ's tips and recipes, is on its way. Read about the books and the main characters here.
IN A SINGLE DROP OF WATER:
a project to increase awareness of the myriad tiny fascinating single-cell creatures that surround us.
a project to increase awareness of the myriad tiny fascinating single-cell creatures that surround us.
BEAUTIFUL PATHOGENS:
a gallery developed in response to the pandemic, focusing on the beauty of the viruses and bacteria that surround us.
a gallery developed in response to the pandemic, focusing on the beauty of the viruses and bacteria that surround us.
SONGS OF THE ZHONGZI:
by Rowen Sivertsen
At present, the project consists of three books, each accompanied by a series of half-animated song videos, and a gallery of illustrations.
More about the project here
by Rowen Sivertsen
At present, the project consists of three books, each accompanied by a series of half-animated song videos, and a gallery of illustrations.
More about the project here
INSTALLATIONS:
The Beautiful Pathogens Installation is a series of columns created from the Beautiful Pathogens Gallery, and exhibited at Westfossen Art Laboratory, autumn 2021.
The Green Festival Installation
is a series of columns with microscopic themes related to Oslo Fjord, created for Nesodden's Green Festival 2020 and hidden in the woods around Hellviktangen, Nesodden.
The Beautiful Pathogens Installation is a series of columns created from the Beautiful Pathogens Gallery, and exhibited at Westfossen Art Laboratory, autumn 2021.
The Green Festival Installation
is a series of columns with microscopic themes related to Oslo Fjord, created for Nesodden's Green Festival 2020 and hidden in the woods around Hellviktangen, Nesodden.
CHRISTMAS LAMPS, ICE CUBES AND COFFEE TABLES:
In a spin-off from my gallery projects, bacteria, viruses, blood cells, mushrooms and more become beautiful scenes, in backlit panels in a collection of of lamps, icecubes and coffee tables developed for various Water Tower Gallery Christmas Exhibitions.
In a spin-off from my gallery projects, bacteria, viruses, blood cells, mushrooms and more become beautiful scenes, in backlit panels in a collection of of lamps, icecubes and coffee tables developed for various Water Tower Gallery Christmas Exhibitions.
EMERGING WORLDS:
A gallery of pictures created from microscope images, designed for light panels in installations, coffee tables and lamps.
A gallery of pictures created from microscope images, designed for light panels in installations, coffee tables and lamps.
ALIEN CRITTERS
A gallery of pictures designed for light panels in installations, coffee tables and lamps.
A gallery of pictures designed for light panels in installations, coffee tables and lamps.
BEYOND THE TAPESTRY:
At the heart of this project is the beautiful and original book En Fabel by Ingelil Mitchell, published in 1991. The story is retold in music and verse, through 16 episodes, in videos created out of the drawings from the book, crafted and adapted to video use by Rowen Sivertsen.
Beyond the Tapestry videos
Beyond the Tapestry Gallery of Illustrations
Beyond the Tapestry book
At the heart of this project is the beautiful and original book En Fabel by Ingelil Mitchell, published in 1991. The story is retold in music and verse, through 16 episodes, in videos created out of the drawings from the book, crafted and adapted to video use by Rowen Sivertsen.
Beyond the Tapestry videos
Beyond the Tapestry Gallery of Illustrations
Beyond the Tapestry book
THE BEAR FACTS:
Book 1: The Wizard Bear's Theatre Presents the Days of the Week
Concept, story and paintings, Ingelil Mitchell
Retold in verse by Rowen Sivertsen
The project consists of the book, a series of 8 animated videos and a gallery of illustrations with extracts from the text.
For a foretaste of the project, see a couple of the youtube videos:
Introduction, Monday, Tuesday
To read more about the book, click here
Book 1: The Wizard Bear's Theatre Presents the Days of the Week
Concept, story and paintings, Ingelil Mitchell
Retold in verse by Rowen Sivertsen
The project consists of the book, a series of 8 animated videos and a gallery of illustrations with extracts from the text.
For a foretaste of the project, see a couple of the youtube videos:
Introduction, Monday, Tuesday
To read more about the book, click here
Sci.fi illustrations, poems, music, animated short films and lay-out by
Rowen Sivertsen.