Operation Heim

[NO]
I ei kald vinternatt vinteren 1943 vart ei lita gruppe norske kommandosoldatar droppa i fallskjerm frå eit alliert fly over Hardangervidda.

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Carried out 2015 for Ætt.
In collaboration with Mads John Thomseth.

A commemorative exhibition and jacket collection.

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[EN]
On a cold winter night in February 1943, a small group of Norwegian commando soldiers were dropped from an allied airplane above the Hardanger platou in Norway.

Artist Mads John Thomseth’s commissioned interpretation of the events that unfolded in 1943.

The silk screen print «Arctic Resilience» exhibited in Oslo, framed between two large sheets of glass (200 x 150cm) in a solid oak frame by artist Mads John Thomseth.

Operation Heim at Paleet, Oslo.

[EN]
The team’s task: to sabotage the Vemork plant in Telemark, seized by the Nazi’s to manufacture a key component in the atomic bomb; heavy water [D20]. Leaving no casualties, the team made their way from their cabin hideout and into the plant to destroy the entire inventory of heavy water produced during the German occupation. The operation, titled Operation Gunnerside was later evaluated by Special Operations Executive (SOE) as the most successful act of sabotage in all of World War II.

Operation Heim is a project initiated by Haavard Holmaas and Mads John Thomseth to highlight and re-interpret this event for the 75-year anniversary of the conclusion of WWII.

[NO]
Gruppa som landa på Hardangervidda, hadde eitt oppdrag: å sabotera tungtvannsfabrikken på Vemork i Telemark. Fabrikken vart under okkupasjonstida brukt til å utvinna ein essensiell komponent i atombomba – tungtvann [D20]. Operasjonen vart ein stor suksess. Utan å ta eit einaste menneskeliv greidde gruppa ta seg inn på fabrikkområdet og øydelegga heile tungtvannslageret. Operasjonen, som bar namne Operation Gunnersidevart seinare vurdert av Special Operation Executive [SOE] som den mest vellukka sabotasjeaksjonen under 2.verdskrig.

Operation Heim er eit prosjekt initiert av Haavard Holmaas og Mads John Thomseth for å setja denne forteljinga i ein ny, moderne kontekst og gjentolka den i sambanda med 75-års markeringa av slutten av 2.verdskrig.

Making the «Arctic Resilience» and «Vemork» silk screen prints.

Sculpture artworks by Mads John Thomseth in collaboration with Haavard Holmaas.

[NO]
To silketrykk, «Vemork» og «Arctic Resilience» vart selde saman med Untitled-skulpturane av Mads John Thomseth og ein liten serie Heim jakkar. Jakkane var ein reproduksjon av dei britiske SAS-anorakkane frå andre verdskrig.

[EN]
The project featured two silk screen prints,«Vemork» and «Arctic Resilience», the Untitled sculptures by artist Mads John Thomseth and a collection of Heim Smock jackets, a revisited version of the British WWII era smock jackets – commonly referred to as the SAS smock.

«Vemork» silk screen print from original pencil artwork by Haavard Holmaas.

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«Heim» jackets packed and ready to be shipped to customers.

Original pencil artwork for Vemork in progress.

Silk screen printing in progress at Nerem BSS outside Oslo.

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