Hold On is a photographic diptych by Eline Mugaas and Elise Storsveen of ALBUM. Printed in an edition of 100, and signed by the artists, This giclée-printed work presents an odd visual equivalency through paired images. On the left, two illuminated spheres are held in a taught mesh and embraced by a barely visible figure; on the right, a large eel is ensnared in a nearly identical net. Together the two images present an unexpected visual metaphor that, while not clearly defined, suggests an uncomfortable intimacy or innuendo.

Artists Eline Mugaas and Elise Storsveen started working on their fanzine periodical ALBUM in 1998, a collaborative project meant to go on ‘forever’. The A4 full-color zines are xerox-printed, bringing together found, mass-distributed images that have been sourced from magazines primarily picked up in Oslo flea markets. Without accompanying text, the artists re-assemble advertisements and other visual excerpts to devise new narrative threads. This periodical has been featured at MoMA in New York, Kunsthalle Zurich and New York Art Book Fair.