Øvre Ringstad
Since we, Geir Tore Holm and Søssa Jørgensen moved to our farm, Øvre Ringstad, in Skiptvet, Østfold in 2010, it has been the starting point for all our activities. This smallholding is situated in the main farm land area of Southern Norway. Here we may see ourselves positioned in relation to the main problematics of agriculture, in open landscapes, in food production, in relationship with animals and plants, working with the art field from a forest edge perspective.
Skiptvedt - Agricultural Stories
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Link: https://gallerif15.no/exhibitions_f15/skiptvet 
Foto: Line Bøhmer Løkken
Demolition of Barn,
Øvre Ringstad Farm, 2014
Slide show by Søssa Jørgensen and Geir Tore Holm from the demolition of their old barn at Øvre Ringstad Farm, Skiptvet, Østfold, Norway.
Øvre Ringstad Farm, 2014
Slide show by Søssa Jørgensen and Geir Tore Holm from the demolition of their old barn at Øvre Ringstad Farm, Skiptvet, Østfold, Norway.
Animals at the farm
Life with horses
As long as I can remember I have been fascinated by horses. When I was 10, in 1978, my parents agreed to me start taking riding lessons once a week. Since then I have been riding, taking lessons in dressage and jumping, trailed in the forests and mountains, assisted disabled riders, riding race horses to the race tracks and mucking a lot of stables. After my art education I began to look at horses from a new angle. I found out about natural horsemanship, natural horse care, and that horses could have a better life without shooes and a life outside the year around, so then I and got my first own horse. A quarter paint. Kotsa was a wonderful horse, but her physics was not too great, that is why I started to focus on the Academic Art of Riding, a form of dressage, derived from the old European equine riding masters. In this dicipline I find a source of constant interest. Life with horses is always interesting, and it is always about learning. And reminding me about who I am in the meeting with the animals and all the joy that is there in the relationships. Communication with horses is about mental presesns, equilibrium and body language. I honor all the horeses I have been grooming and riding during the years, but most of all my own horses Knerten(thoroughbred †), Kotsa (qarter paint †), Tingeling (thoroughbred †), Jannena (coldblood trotter), Fávri (lyngshest), Rosa (welsh cob) and Jamesson (welsh cob).
As long as I can remember I have been fascinated by horses. When I was 10, in 1978, my parents agreed to me start taking riding lessons once a week. Since then I have been riding, taking lessons in dressage and jumping, trailed in the forests and mountains, assisted disabled riders, riding race horses to the race tracks and mucking a lot of stables. After my art education I began to look at horses from a new angle. I found out about natural horsemanship, natural horse care, and that horses could have a better life without shooes and a life outside the year around, so then I and got my first own horse. A quarter paint. Kotsa was a wonderful horse, but her physics was not too great, that is why I started to focus on the Academic Art of Riding, a form of dressage, derived from the old European equine riding masters. In this dicipline I find a source of constant interest. Life with horses is always interesting, and it is always about learning. And reminding me about who I am in the meeting with the animals and all the joy that is there in the relationships. Communication with horses is about mental presesns, equilibrium and body language. I honor all the horeses I have been grooming and riding during the years, but most of all my own horses Knerten(thoroughbred †), Kotsa (qarter paint †), Tingeling (thoroughbred †), Jannena (coldblood trotter), Fávri (lyngshest), Rosa (welsh cob) and Jamesson (welsh cob).
Buhunder
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Katter
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