Rugged, weathered, above the sea

1 Coast Contemporary Rugged, weathered, above the sea

Second edition 21-26 October, 2018

Coast Contemporary is made possible and We would also like to thank our collaborative partners and friends who Content funded by several small and large organisations all generously contribute to the program in various ways. and institutions. We are grateful for your Bergen Art Book Fair, Ann-Kristin Stølan, Director Partners, supporters, and funders tremendous support on board and on land. Bergen Kunsthall, Axel Wieder, Director and Eva Rowson, curator KNIPSU, Hilde Jørgensen, Director and artist Introduction by Tanja Sæter (p.4) Funded and supported by: Nordenfjeldske Art Museum, Åshild Adsen, Director Arts Council Norway Norwegian Textile Artists (NTK) Karianne Sand, Director Introduction by Charles Aubin (p.6) Bergen City North Norwegian Art Center, Svein I. Pedersen, Director and Consulate General in New York Karolin Tampere, curator Participating on board and on land (pp. 8-9) Fritt Ord Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) Katya Garcia Anton, Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ingrid Moe, Head of External Relations Schedule (pp. 10-13) NORLA – Norwegian Literature Abroad RAKE visningsrom, Charlotte Rostad and Trygve Ohren, artists KORO – Public Art Norway Rogaland Art Center, Geir Haraldseth, curator Programme (pp. 14-26) Stavanger City Sami Center for Contemporary Art / Sámi Dáiddaguovddáš, The Royal Norwegian embassies in Berlin, Kristoffer Dolmen, Director Film programme (pp. 27-29) Copenhagen, Hague, London, Paris and Rome Screen City Biennial, Daniela Arriado, Director The MidnightSun Barn, Kjetil Berge, artist The Cabin Series (pp. 30-36) UKS (Young Artists´Society), Rhea Dall, Curator and Edvine Larssen, board member Art Book Fair (pp. 37-41) VISP, Aslak Høyersten, Director Land Programme (pp. 42-47)

International institutions on board (pp. 48-51)

Norwegian institutions on board (pp. 52-59) There is a force in meetings, and hopefully it In this edition we bring the element of printed Coast makes us stronger and strenghtens the artist matter and we are grateful to be collaborating economy by generating new collaborations for all with NORLA-Norwegian Literature Abroad, the involved at a small or a larger scale. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Bergen Art Book Fair in such a large scale, contributing to a focus on Contemporary It is hard to make your way as an artist or as a both art, art books and literature. curator and to be present at an arena where we all can meet and exchange ideas is important. Coast Norway’s artist-run scene is strong and at times as Contemporary aims to offer a programme and a untouched as (some of) its nature. Because of The Evolving into the unexpected requiers an open presence at a slower pace and we take it seriously. Relief Fund for Visual Artists, 5% of all sold art, from mind from all involved and we are grateful for your It is all personal for an artist, and it is a sensitive and the first and second-hand markets, is given back presence and willingness to sail down the coast a fragile thing to put your art on the line. My to the artists in form of working grants. Combined with us. sincere thanks to the artists, the team, advisors, with the important working grants from the Come what may. You are cordially and earnestly authors, curators, institutions and funders involved government (Statens Arbeidsstipend) artists are invited to attend. in our second edition, curated by Charles Aubin. able to work in piece and develop their practice. It is important for all art-workers to protect this Charles Aubin has really taken our heads for a ride, remarkable model established by Ulrik Hendriksen adressing important issues we need to relate to. (1891-1960), and even better, share the model Realizing Charles was working with the words no with the world. Norwegian child really understands (”furet, værbitt”) was a great Eureka moment. Norway has a long tradition of artist organisations that function as unions combined with a gallery Charles Aubin normally works for Performa in New space, and it is important for Coast Contemporary York, and Lafayette Anticipations in Paris. He to always bring focus to the artist organisation’s brings a presence, a curiosity and an interest and a work and to include them in our international genuine love for art and artists, sharpening our delegate programme. The organisations are the focus. My personal and cordial thanks to Charles best source of finding your way into the artist for taking us deeper down the rabbit hole and scene in Norway. We will present a list of beeing so patient, focused and interested. organisations and artist guides on our website, to make things a little easier.

Please, stay in touch.

Warmest regards, Tanja Sæter Founding Director

4 5 But the TV show Hurtigruten minutt for minutt also Rugged, weathered, above the sea is an experi- Rugged, appealed to another national trait: the country’s ment. It seeks to think with artists, architects, writ- passion for its own landscape, also a quite effec- ers, and environmental experts about nature as a tive tool to build a shared sense of nationhood. site of conflict, lying at the heart of a complex net- Romantics of the 19th century throughout Europe work of players with contradictory agendas. This weathered, turned to celebrations of nature at its most dra- six-day programme on land (in Lofoten, Trond- matic to invigorate patriotism. Here in Norway, heim, and Bergen) and on board unfolds with a literary and pictorial depictions such as Johan daily schedule of performances, presentations, Christian Dahl’s spectacular paintings of mountain screenings, readings, and conversations, as well above the sea scenery, have served to build a national belief of as one-day-long exhibitions in the ship’s cabins. an untouched and limitless territory — often large- ly oblivious of the Sámi people — at the hand of I would like to thank all the participants for their the adventurous mind. Today the natural tourism embrace of this unusual format and their gener- agency still relies on such formulations: “Norway, osity in the creation of this programme. Preparing Powered by Nature”, goes the slogan, even Rugged, weathered, above the sea has been a though what really powers Norway these days is joyous education, and I wish that all guests on In June 2011, over the course of four days, more than the petroleum industry that has dramatically board, both Norwegian and international, enjoy 2.5 million people—approximately half the Norwegian changed the course of the country’s economy and learn as much as I have. Above all, let me ex- population—followed Hurtigruten minutt for minutt, since the 1960s. press my deepest gratitude to Tanja Sæter, the placid yet somehow epic live broadcast of a ship’s founding director of Coast Contemporary, for the voyage from the southwestern city of Bergen to the When Tanja Sæter invited me to imagine this exceptional invitation to curate this year’s edition. small town of Kirkenes, in the country’s far northeast, year’s programme, I was eager to examine these Tanja has been an open-minded, generous, and close to the Russian border. From a foreigner’s per- contradictory images of nationhood, landscape, patient host since our first coffee last fall in New spective, the wild popularity of a broadcast where ecology, and tourism. Drawing its title from the York, and I look forward to presenting the fruits of nothing happened, and which proceeded at such a first strophe of Norway’s national anthem Ja, vi our collaboration over these six days together. leisurely pace, appeared baffling to say the least. elsker dette landet (Yes, We Love This Country) written in 1859 by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (“Yes, we Bon voyage! This unique televised marathon drew upon a love this country / as it rises forth / rugged, Charles Aubin deep-rooted endearment for a national cultural land- weathered, above the sea”), this programme Coast Contemporary 2018 Curator mark – the Hurtigruten, Norway’s historic mail boat. seeks to address the complex relationship Nor- From hurtig, fast, and ruten, route, the Hurtigruten wegians entertain with the wilderness. How has it fleet holds a special place in the Norwegian psyche been “naturalized” as a national mythology? What and has played a key role in the long process of forg- particular worldviews and agendas does it imply? ing the idea of a nation separate from Sweden and And what roles and presences does it assign or Denmark. Beginning in 1893, the company connected allow? Rugged, weathered, above the sea ex- citizens across the country, through their personal cor- plores this construction of a national affinity for respondence and via the dissemination of a national nature in relationship with a changing climate— press. This new network of communication helped to both in the Nordic region and in areas from which produce a shared geography of Norway in the years tens of thousands of new arrivals have migrated— before and after independence in 1905. that transforms cultural imaginations.

6 7 PARTICIPATING ON BOARD Økland, Maya Coast Contemporary Olerud Ellen, Trautmann NORLA Name Artist/Author/Curator/Institution Paasche, Marit Curator and author Adam, Sunniva NORLA Piejko, Jennifer Writer (US) Alms, Rüdiger Royal Norwegian Embassy in Berlin Pignatti, Lorenza Writer (IT) Arriado, Daniela Screen City Biennnial Puisys, Laimonas Coast Contemporary Aubin, Charles Coast Contemporary Reiersen, Elisabeth Bech, Flemming Ove Lodret Vandret (DK) Aukrust Rones, Ingrid Arts Council Norway Berge, Kjetil Artist and curator Rosenmunthe, Johan Lodret Vanret (DK) Bergh, Sissel Mutale, Artist and writer Sæter, Tanja Coast Contemporary Bjørne Linnert, Lise Norwegian Textile Artists Sætre, Gitte Performance Art Bergen Borge, Siri Artist and writer Sand, Karianne Helene Norwegian Textile Artists Bretton-Meyer, Henriette Kunsthal Charlottenborg (DK) Schwabe, Alon Cooking Sections Callejas, Luis LCLA office Snyder, Drew Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) Coplan, Alison Swiss Institute (US) Stølan, Ann-Kristin Bergen Art Book Fair Dall, Rhea UKS (Young Artists´Society) Tiziani, Ariana The Consulate General in New York Delamarre, Thomas Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain (FR) Trebing, Saskia Monopol Magazin (DE) Delius, Maria Die Welt (DE) Tunge, Christian Heavy Books Derrien, Marianne C-E-A French Association of Curators (FR) Uelan, Hanne Beate Stavanger Art Museum Dolmen, Kristoffer Sámi Dáiddaguovddáš/Sami Center for Contemporary Art Varpe, Kenneth Coast Contemporary Droitcour, Brian Art in America (US) Vermeulen, Timotheus University of Oslo, author and educator (NL) Dyvi, Anne Marthe Bergen Center for Electronic Art Wallström, Bo Krister KORO - Public Art Norway Eldøy, Åsne Bergen Kunsthall Walsø, Margit NORLA Faurby, Carl Martin Kunsthall Trondheim Wara, Agatha Curator and artist F. Pascual, Daniel Cooking Sections Wright, Mary Grace STANDARD (OSLO) Ferreira, Caroline Centre Pompidou (FR) Zeqo, Arnisa C Art historian, curator and educator (NL) Fortun, Marthe Ramm Artist and writer zu Herrnsheim, Anke von Heyl Press (DE) Gerk, Andrea WDR Radio (DE) Zulfiqar Mariam UP Projects (UK) Gratza, Agnieszka Writer (UK) Hagen, Ina Artist and writer Hansson, Charlotte LCLA office PARTICIPATION ON LAND Haraldseth, Geir Rogaland Art Center Hendrikx, Sebastiaan Kunsthalle Amsterdam (NL) Vaa, Aslaug Villa Lofoten Høyersten, Aslak VISP Adsen, Åshild Nordenfjeldske National Museum of Decorative Arts Jegerstedt, Alexandra Mondo Books Benammar, Hanan Artist Jørgensen, Hilde Gallery KNIPSU and VISP Dolven, A K Artist Jortvei, Anne Karin Norwegian Textile Artists Grov Berger, Randi Curator Kalvø, Are Author Hansen, Tone Henie Onstad Art Center Kampevold Larsen, Janike Professor and art historian Larsen, Edvine UKS (Young Artists´Society) Korman, Sam Art Review (US) Lippard, Hanne Artist Kosugi, Daisuke Artist and curator Lozano, Tatiana Palmera Kroksnes, Andrea The National Museum Luktvasslimo, Trygve Artist Kvan, Marianne Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mugaas, Hanne Stavanger Kunsthall Lehnert, Christina Portikus Frankfurt (DE) Ohren, Trygve RAKE artist-run space Lillelien Porter, Julie Lydgalleriet Pedersen, Svein I. North Norwegian Art Center Lindstad, Pernille Billedkunst Rostad, Charlotte RAKE artist-run space Maidment, Isabella TATE Modern (UK) Rowson, Eva Bergen Kunsthall Mesch, Stefan ZEIT online, Deutsclandfunk kultur (DE) Sommer Eide, Espen Artist Michelsen, Magnus Bergen Municipality Tampere, Karolin North Norwegian Art Center Mínguez Carrasco, Carlos ArkDes (SE) Wieder, Axel Bergen Kunsthall Moe, Ingrid Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) Winther, Monica Artist Møller Engebretsen, Ida STANDARD (OSLO) Wiström, Annika Maretta Jaukkuri Foundation Nygård, Randi Artist and writer Øen Nordahl, Magnhild Aldea

8 9 Coast Contemporary Schedule, October 21 - 26, 2018

Day1. Sunday, Day 2. Monday, 4:30PM Day 3. 11:30AM-12:15PM Cabin #3 Return by bus to Svolvær and Thon Conference room Bluetooth Boogie October 21 October 22 Hotel for luggage pick-up + free Tuesday, October 23 Outrage in Order Christian Tunge and Heavy Books

Svolvær, Lofoten Kvalnes, Lofoten time Lecture by art historian Interactive sculpture and publica- 7AM-9AM Dr. Marit Paasche on tion based on photographs taken Arrival day 7AM-9AM 6:45PM Breakfast in the dining room Hannah Ryggen’s by tourists and fellow artists on Guests arrive during the day and Breakfast at the hotel Boarding MS Trollfjord textile oeuvre. board check in at Thon Hotel Lofoten. The terminal is behind your hotel 9AM 9:10AM Conference room Presented by NORLA – 6PM-8PM Buses depart outside Thon Hotel Check-in in cabins Norwegian Literature Abroad 3:15PM Reception at the North Norwegian and drive guests to Kvalnes Welcome by Coast Contemporary Seeing is Turning, part 2 Art Centre (NNKS) (50-minute drive) 7:30PM Founding Director Tanja Sæter and Marthe Ramm Fortun 12:30PM-2PM Located in the same building as Dinner on board served in the Coast Contemporary 2018 Curator Lunch in the dining room and Performance triptych of daily your hotel 10AM dining room Charles Aubin socializing ephemeral actions in different We separate in two groups for visits Welcome and introductions by locations on the boat, and a 1 and 2 8:30PM 9:15-10AM NNKS Director Svein I. Pedersen, 1PM (all afternoon) pamphlet handed out to the public. MS Trollfjord departs from Svolvær Kitty Kielland´s Norwegian Coast Contemporary Founding Library Visit #1 Landscapes Director Tanja Sæter, and Coast 3:45PM Aaslaug Vaa’s Villa Lofoten saltery, Throughout our three-day trip on Bergen Art Book Fair featuring Contemporary 2018 Curator Charles Coffee and pastries served by the artist residency and fish-oil factory board, artist Sissel M. Bergh Opening remarks by Hanne Beate HEAVY books, Lodret Vandret, Aubin Conference room infiltrates the ship’s speaker system Ueland, Stavanger Art Museum and MONDO books

Visit #2 and, as we sail down the coast, Director Refreshments and a warm 4PM-5.30PM Maaretta Jaukkuri foundation and enumerates the Sámi names and 2PM-6PM meal are served Conference room artist residency. forgotten memories of the places 10-11:15AM The Cabin Series #1 Presentation of the NNKS exhibition Conference room CLIMAVORE: On Tidal Zones Introduction by the foundation’s seen from the boat. Public event Why Listen to Plants curated by director Annika Wiström A lecture-performance by Cooking Dany Zuvela (CEO Liquid Architec- Presentations by participating 9PM Cabin #1 Sections (Alon Schwabe and Daniel ture) and curator Karolin Tampere institutions: 12AM Seeing is Turning, part 1 Resting Cod Face Fernández Pascual) followed by a

Lunch Marthe Ramm Fortun Office for Contemporary Art (OCA) Siri Borge Q&A with the audience. 7:15PM by Ingrid Moe, Head of External Installation Lost in Paradise Performance triptych of daily Both groups gather and eat lunch Relations and Communications and 5:30PM-6.30PM Vocal performance by Monica ephemeral actions in different Presented by Rogaland Kunstsenter, together at artist Kjetil Berge´s Drew Snyder, Program Manager Free time Winther locations on the boat, and a curator: Geir Haraldseth “Midnight Sun Barn”, a local venue pamphlet handed out to the public. Screen City Biennial by Location: NNKS founded by Berge as a place for 6PM-7:30PM Daniela Arriado, Director Cabin #2 cultural and artistic exchanges for Public event Dinner in the dining room Public event 2PM-2:30PM all. It consists of a barn, a house, and Provided that the skies are clear, Performance Art Bergen by artist Daisuke Kosugi 8:15PM a tower. Berge introduces his work 8:30PM-9:30PM you may be able to see the aurora Gitte Sætre Black-legged Kittiwake to the group and is then joined by Lecture performance about Hyttebok fra Helvete borealis, also known as (Nusfjord 4/09/2018) artist Trygve Luktvasslimo for a The Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Kosugis´ research for his (Cabin Book from Hell) screening. Northern Lights. Marianne Kvan, Deputy Director upcoming film. Sound performance by Hanan Writer and comedian Are Kalvø Brief presentations by Coast Benammar and Espen Sommer Eide Norwegian Textile Artists by presents a new stand-up comedy Contemporary 2018 participants 2:30PM Location: Kjølelageret / Karianne Sand, Director stemming from his most recent follow. Each person is given 2 Performance about non-research Freezerroom book. minutes to introduce themselves VISP by Aslak Høyersten, Managing on Norsk Hydro’s alumina Public event informally to the rest of the group. Director and Hilde Jørgensen, refinery in Brazil, 2018 Presented by NORLA chairwoman Provided that the skies are clear, Ina Hagen – Norwegian Literature Abroad 2:30PM you may be able to see the aurora Unscheduled, ongoing Public event Visit to A K Dolven’s studio, where Sámi Centre for Contemporary Art borealis, also known as performance. Drop by the cabin the artist introduces her work to the by Kristoffer Dolmen, Director Northern Lights. at any time this afternoon, group. (Please note that one of her evening and night. videos is featured in the film 11:15AM-11:30AM programme presented on board) Coffee break

10 11 Day 4. Enrique Roura, and Mathilde W. Presented by the Norwegian Textile 10PM We walk or drive to our hotels or Day 6. Gaustad. Presentations by Trygve Artists and chairwoman Lise Bjørne On deck take the bus to the airport. Wednesday, October 24 Ohren and Charlotte Rostad who Linnert Big Ship, Small Town Friday, October 26 Trondheim – Ålesund run RAKE, and UKS Board Member LCLA Office (Luis Callejas 4PM-6PM Bergen and artist Edvine Larssen with UKS Cabin #2 and Charlotte Hansson) Visit to institutions or studios

6:30AM-10AM Director Rhea Dall. Ættesang (Song of Kin) 10AM-11PM The ship docks in Trondheim Light Performance Optional visits: BLOKK, Lydgalleriet, Introduction of Bergen Kunsthall Søssa Jørgensen Entrée, KODE Art Museums, Bergen by Director Axel Wieder Limited seating. Please RSVP to Public event 6:30AM-10AM Spoken word performance and Kjøtt, SLAKT, - P a l m e r a -, Aldea [email protected] Presentation of the exhibitions Breakfast on board video screening Maps will be sent by email. Shepherds and Kings by German

RAKE picks up guests directly Presented in collaboration with artist Andrea Büttner, and Evil, 8AM-9:45AM Day 5. at the ship. the artist-run gallery KNIPSU and 6:30PM-8PM Mediation, and Power by Trondheim land visits Director Hilde Jørgensen Thursday, October 25 Bergen Kunsthall American artist Tony Cokes.

We depart with guides at 8AM Return to ship by 9:30AM at the Ålesund – Bergen Dinner hosted by the outside the ship latest / ship leaves at 10AM sharp Cabin #3 11:30AM Bergen Municipality and Bluetooth Boogie 7AM-10AM Guided tour at KODE Art Museum Please choose between Coast Contemporary 10:30AM-11:15AM Artist Christian Tunge Breakfast visit 1 or 2 Conference room and Heavy Books Located next to Bergen Kunsthall 8PM Enchantment and exploitation. 10AM-11AM 8:15AM-9AM Interactive sculpture and publica- Bergen Kunsthall Arctic materialities Conference room 11AM (all day) Visit #1 tion based on photographs taken Travelogue by Ålggo lánnda Cooking Sections’ The Empire Entrée curator Randi Grov Berger NORDENFJELDSKE ART MUSEUM by tourists and fellow artists aboard Janike Kampevold Larsen Sissel M. Bergh Remains Shop book launch and Vestlandsutstillingen present including a lecture-performance The Hannah Ryggen tapestry Public event 4:30PM Screening of Tjaetsie (2017) Eivind Egeland, screenings every The Next Invasive is Native and a collection Seeing is Turning, part 3 followed by a conversation with hour 12-7PM. conversation with Tone Hansen, 12PM-1PM Marthe Ramm Fortun curator Arnisa Zeqo and a Q&A with Introduction by Dr. Marit Paasche Director of the Henie Onstad Art - P a l m e r a - curator Lady Tatiana Lunch the audience and Åshild Aadsen, director of the Performance triptych of daily Centre and Kristoffer Dolmen, Lozano presents Tore Winsents.

Museum ephemeral actions in different Sissel M. Bergh is presented by the Director of the Sámi Centre of 1PM (- all afternoon) Aldea and artist Magnhild Øen locations on the boat, and a Sámi Centre for Contemporary Art Contemporary Art, moderated by 9AM-9:30AM Library Nordahl present Curatron, a digital pamphlet handed out to the public. Public event Charles Aubin, Coast Contemporary curator. Kunsthall Trondheim Bergen Art Book Fair featuring 2018 curator. Rivers of Emotion, Bodies of Ore Heavy Books, Lodret Vandret, and 6PM-7:30PM 11AM Individual programs and optional Introduction by MONDO books Dinner Coffee break The Plant that Could Sink Your visits to studios and institutions in Mortage cocktails are served Bergen. Kunsthall Trondheim 1PM-3PM 8:30PM afterwards. curator Carl Martin Faurby. 11AM-12PM Departure all afternoon and Time for informal meetings inside Conference room Conference room evening. and outside the conference room evolution, meet orgasm Public event / free Artists in the exhibition include Lise The Wild Living Marine Resources or where it suits you on the boat. Autogena & Joshua Portway, David Film programme curated Belongs to Society as a Whole Our cordial and earnest thanks Bring your laptop or portfolio. 9PM Blandy, Liv Bugge, Sean Dockray, by Rhea Dall, UKS Director Randi Nygård to all attending! Bodil Furu, Marianne Heier, Louis Meetings can be set up in advance Bergen Kunsthall Henderson, Lawrence Lek, Hanna or spontaneously. - when I discovered the end I Artist in conversation with writer [Konsept X] wanted to live really long Timotheus Vermeulen. The book with DJ Asbi (Asbjørg Breines) Ljungh, Rikke Luther, Ignas 2PM (16mm film transferred The Wild Living Marine Resources Krunglevičius, Eline McGeorge, Party Coffee and pastries served during to video, 2013) Belongs to Society as a Whole, Karianne Stensland and Anja Örn, meetings by the conference room by A K Dolven edited by Randi Nygård and Karolin Tomas Örn & Fanny Carinasdotter. Exhibition curated by Lisa Tampere lays the ground for the 3:30PM-6PM - pod (HD 3D-animation, 2017/18) conversation. Rosendahl. by Richard Alexandersson Cabin Series #2 Public event 8:15AM-9:30AM Public event - Oilers (HD video 2016) Visit #2 by Anne Marthe Dyvi and 12PM-2PM RAKE and UKS (Young Artists’ Cabin #1 Massimiliano Mollona Lunch and socializing Society) collaborate on inviting 20 Index for a place of no importance Followed by a conversation with guests to a breakfast meeting Anne Karin Jortveit Cabins check out Anne Marthe Dyvi, the audience, related to self-organized initiatives Installation and Rhea Dall. 2:30PM in Norway and for an exclusive MS Trollfjord arrives in Bergen presentation of three artists based Public event

in Trondheim: Hanna Mjølsnes, 12 13 Hanan Benammar and Espen Sommer Eide Programme Black-legged Kittiwake (Nusfjord 4/09/2018) Sound performance

The voice of the black-legged seagull is a characteris- tic, mewing “kitti-wake”, from which its English name is derived. During a field-recording journey in Lo- foten in September 2018, artists Hanan Benammar and Espen Sommer Eide recorded the remaining small population of black-legged kittiwakes living in Nusfjord. Due to environmental changes, the popula- tion is in rapid decline, and is estimated to be extinct within the next decade. For their live sound perfor- mance, the artists play field-recordings while attempt- ing to echo the birds’ sounds on various acoustic in- struments.

Espen Sommer Eide (b. 1972) is a Norwegian compos- er, musician and artist based in Bergen. His work in- vestigates themes ranging from linguistic to sensory biology, including the invention of new scientific and musical instruments for performative fieldwork.

Hanan Benammar (b. 1989) is a French and Algerian artist based in Oslo. Most of her works are durational processes that unfold on a life-time scale. Benammar explores information that spans from botanical, geo- political to anthropological or sociological studies of landscapes.

www.alog.net www.onewaytoadesert.com

14 Photo: Hanan Benammar 15 Sissel M. Bergh Cooking Sections Ålggo lánnda (Daniel Fernández Pascual and Alon Schwabe)

Performance, screening, and artist talk CLIMAVORE: On Tidal Zones

In 2015, Sissel M. Bergh initiated a five-year exper- shown her work nationally and internationally, Lecture-performance imental documentary film project titled knowhow- and recent exhibitions include Something Moves know that collects traces of Sámi culture along the Slowly into a Different Direction at Kunsthall Trond- Human-induced climatic alterations of the Cooking Sections (Daniel Fernández Pascual and coast of Møre and Trøndelag, around the city of heim in 2017 and Okside rïhpesieh (Doors Open- oceans, the recent appearance of new parasites, Alon Schwabe) is a London-based duo of spatial Trondheim. For Rugged, weathered, above the ing) at Sámi Dáiddáguovdas in Karasjok in 2018. and the disappearance of species could all be practitioners. They explore systems that organise sea, Bergh infiltrates the ship’s speaker system addressed through a different form of eating the world through food and use ingredients as a and, as we sail down the coast, enumerates the Arnisa Zeqo is an art historian, curator, and educa- and sourcing of nutrients. This lecture-perfor- performative point of departure to critically ex- Sámi names and forgotten memories of the places tor based in Amsterdam. She was recently (2015- mance by London-based duo Cooking Sections plore postcolonial contexts, speculative imagi- seen from the boat. 2017) working for documenta 14 in Athens and (Daniel Fernández Pascual & Alon Schwabe) ad- naries, and complex ecological networks. Their Kassel, responsible for the education programs in dresses the denuding of landscapes resulting work investigates the making of the built envi- Sissel M. Bergh also presents Tjaetsie (2017), a po- Athens and initiator of the Society of Friends of Ul- from seawater pollution by intensive fish farm- ronment and the impact that man-induced envi- etical video collage exploring the human-ocean ises Carrion within the Parliament of Bodies. Zeqo ing. It builds upon CLIMAVORE: On Tidal Zones, a ronmental transformations inflict upon human relationship accompanied by music composed by was the Mondriaan Fellow at the American Acade- research project started by the duo in 2015 that and nonhuman species. Using site-specific instal- Norwegian vocalist Maja Ratkje. The screening is my in Rome in fall 2017 and curator in residence at explores the environmental effects of aquacul- lations, performance, mapping, and video, their followed by a conversation between the artist and Center for Curatorial Studies Bard College in 2015. ture along the coast of the Isle of Skye in Scot- research-based practice tests the overlapping Amsterdam-based art historian and curator Arnisa In Athens she was a guest lecturer at the Athens land. Different from carnivore, omnivore, loca- boundaries between the visual arts, architecture, Zeqo. School of Fine Arts (2016-17). Her work is embed- vore, vegetarian, or vegan diets, Cooking and geopolitics. Their work has been presented ded into artistic practices dealing with perfor- Sections’ ongoing “climavore” project investi- internationally. In 2016, they opened The Empire Sissel M. Bergh (b. 1974) studied at the National mance, fiction, stories of art, and education. A re- gates other understandings of aquacultures that Remains Shop in London and a book resulting Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo and the University of cent terminology that she is co-developing can rethink and reshape the ecological landscape from the project was published this year by Co- Technology in Durban in South Africa. She has centers on the “conceptual body” and the inter- of North Atlantic coasts. lumbia University Press. Recently, their work was lived and worked in Lusaka, Zambia, and is now sections between performance and conceptual part of Manifesta 12 in Palermo. They currently based in Trondheim, Norway. Bergh’s work often art. She co-founded rongwrong, a space for art teach at the Royal College of Art in London. seeks to reveal how South Sámi history has been and theory in Amsterdam in 2011. Since 2015 she is erased and how it may become visible again. an advisor for the Mondriaan Fonds. www.cookingsections.com Bergh uses films, objects, painting and drawing as investigatory tools to delve into concepts such as www.sisselmbergh.net land, memory, power, and magic. Bergh has

16 Sissel M. Bergh. Filmstill Tjaetsie / knowhowknow (cnidaria) Cooking Sections. Photo: Ruth Clark 17 Marthe Ramm Fortun

Seeing is Turning

Performance

For Rugged, weathered, above the sea, Marthe Are Kalvø Ramm Fortun creates a performance triptych that un- folds during the journey on the Hurtigruten. Involving Hyttebok frå Helvete (Cabin Book from Hell) daily ephemeral actions in different locations on the boat, and a pamphlet handed out to the public, See- Stand-up comedy ing is Turning seeks to challenge the gendered as- sumptions associated with the depiction of the Nor- Born in Stranda and currently based in Oslo, Are Kalvø wegian landscape. Channeling the ghosts of tapestry is a Norwegian writer and satirist. Kalvø writes regularly artist Frida Hansen and landscape painter Kitty Kiel- for Norwegian newspapers and has authored several land, Fortun offers an alternative, more personal and critically-acclaimed books such as Syden (2003) and unambiguously feminist account of the Norwegian Nød (2011). He is known for his facetious and often wilderness. caustic writing. Kalvø also writes for theater and stand- up comedy, and recently won a “Heddaprisen”, the Marthe Ramm Fortun (b.1978) lives and works in Oslo. most prestigious Norwegian theatre award, for his She is a current resident at Cité Internationale des Arts translation of the musical The Book of Mormon. His lat- in Paris and teaches at the Norwegian National Acade- est book, Hyttebok frå Helvete, which can be translat- my of Fine Arts in Oslo. Fortun creates site-specific ed as “Cabin Book from Hell” tackles the relationship performances based on improvisation. She studied at Norwegians entertain towards nature. Although his New York University as well as Camberwell College of main character grew up in a typical Norwegian context Arts (London) and Central St. Martins College of Art – hiking in fjords and mountains – he never really be- and Design (London) and has shown her work in a came a “man of nature”. A few years later, friends who broad variety of contexts and institutions in Norway used to go with him to the pub suddenly start to elude and abroad, including the Munch Museum in Oslo, him and post nothing but pictures of nature on social Stavanger Kunstmuseum, KW Institute of Contempo- media. As he realizes he is losing them to nature, the rary Art in Berlin, BOZAR Brussels, Performa 13 and character wonders what there is to find in their moun- MoMA PS1 in New York, as well as Gladstone Gallery tain cabins. In connection with this new book, Kalvø has in Brussels. also written a stand-up show that will tour Norway.

www.martherammfortun.com www.arekalvø.no

18 Marthe Ramm Fortun. Photo: Kjersti Jørgensen Are Kalvø. Photo: Are Sturlason 19 LCLA office (Charlotte Hansson and Luis Callejas)

Big Boat, Small Town

Light performance

At night, Oslo-based Swedish-Columbian archi- Founded in 2008, LCLA office is based in Oslo Janike Kampevold Larsen tecture firm LCLA office (Charlotte Hansson and and led by Colombian architect and landscape Luis Callejas) uses lights to isolate, highlight, and architect Luis Callejas and Swedish architect Char- Enchantment and exploitation. emphasize the geological features of the Norwe- lotte Hansson. The studio bridges the assumed Arctic materialities. gian coast as seen from the boat’s observatory limits between architecture, landscape architec- deck. Operating the vessel’s lighting system, the ture, and visual arts, combining practice with ap- Travelogue duo outlines the dramatic mountains, islands, plied research. LCLA office director Luis Callejas and fjords, while abstracting them in a subtle has been a faculty member of the Harvard Uni- Based on her extensive travels to Svalbard, Janike Kampevold Larsen is Associate Professor in game of perception. versity Graduate School of Design since 2011 and Bjørnøya, and the Barents Sea coast, Janike the Institute of Urbanism and Landscape at The an Associate Professor at the Oslo School of Ar- Kampevold Larsen gives a personal reflection on Oslo School of Architecture and Design. She is a chitecture and Design since 2016. Charlotte the role of Arctic materialities such as rocks, sand, landscape traveler, researcher, and theorist with a Hansson’s experience in Scandinavia includes ice, and snow. If the region is portrayed as deso- background in literature and philosophy. Kampe- working at Space Group, White Arkitekter and late, unproductive, and cold, it is all the more eas- vold Larsen is currently working on a book on A-lab. LCLA office has regularly received recog- ier for industries to take control of it. Musing on Arctic landscapes focusing on the Russian Kola nitions in design competitions such as the Archi- the different ways to place the boundaries of the peninsula, the Barents Sea coast, and the Svalbard tectural League of New York Prize for Young Ar- Arctic region – an imaginary line drawn at ap- archipelago, which builds upon Future North, an chitects in 2013. Their work has been exhibited at proximately 70° North, territories with perma- interdisciplinary research project that looked at the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial, the 2016 nently frozen grounds, or a space with a specific the landscape of the Northern territories as the Lisbon Triennial, the 2016 Oslo Architecture Tri- human or bird population – and comparing her result of political, cultural, and social develop- ennale, and the 2018 Venice Biennale. different attempts at capturing the horizon, ment. Kampevold Larsen shares photos, texts, and www.lclaoffice.com memories in an intimate presentation.

20 LCLA office. Photo: Louis Callejas Janike Kampevold Larsen. Photo: Eimear Tynan 21 Randi Nygård, Karolin Tampere, and Timotheus Vermeulen

The Wild Living Marine Resources Belong to Society as a Whole

Artist talk

Does nature have other inherent values than potentially being a resource for us to use? Is society part of the ecosystem or the ecosys- tem part of society? Is it necessary to view Karolin Tampere (b.1978, Tallinn, Estonia) Timotheus Vermeulen is a Dutch scholar ourselves as being outside of nature in order is an artist and curator based in Lofoten. and art critic. He is Associate Professor in to manage it? Artist Randi Nygård reflects on She is currently a curator at the North Nor- Media, Culture and Society at the Univer- her book The Wild Living Marine Resources wegian Art Centre in Svolvær, and has a sity of Oslo. Vermeulen writes on cultural Belong to Society as a Whole, co-authored particular interest in interdisciplinary col- theory, aesthetics, and close textual analy- with curator Karolin Tampere, in a conversa- laborative practices, sound art, and listen- sis of film, television, and contemporary tion led by writer Timotheus Vermeulen. Ti- ing methodologies. Since 2004, she has art. Vermeulen is the author of multiple tled after the Section 2 of the 2008 “Norwe- regularly contributed to the forever last- books and has edited various anthologies gian Marine Resources Act”, this new ing art project by Sørfinnset Skole/the and special journal issues. His latest publi- publication compiles a wide range of poems, nord land, and together with Åse Løvgren cation, jointly edited with Alison Gibbons essays, photos, articles, manifests and art- she initiated the ongoing collaboration and Robin van den Akker, is Metamod- works that explore the intersection of law, na- Rakett in 2003. Tampere is part of Ensayos, ernism: historicity, affect and depth after ture management, and climate change. a feminist research program through postmodernism. He publishes in academ- which artists, scientists, and local agents ic and popular contexts alike, writing for, contemplate and engage in matters relat- amongst others, The Journal of Aesthetics Randi Nygård (b.1977) lives and works in Oslo. She graduated from Trondheim’s Acade- ed to the political ecology of Tierra del and Culture, Screen, Monu, The American my of Fine Art in 2006. In 2014, Nygård was awarded the “Statens Arbeidsstipend”, Nor- Fuego in Chile. Her most recent writing Book Review, e-flux, Texte Zur Kunst, Tank, way's prestigious five-year working grant. Recent solo shows were held at Trøndelag appears in the British Council-commis- Metropolis M, and De Groene Amster- senter for samtidskunst (Trondheim), YYZ Artists Outlet (Toronto, Canada), Tag Team Stu- sioned 2018 publication Where Strangers dammer, as well as various reference dio (Bergen), NoPlace (Oslo) and Akershus Kunstsenter (Lillestrøm). Nygård has also taken Meet, on the work of Futurefarmes and works, collections and catalogues. He is part in numerous group exhibitions internationally, including Kunstverein Springhornhof Marjolijn Dijkman & Toril Johannessen, also a regular contributor to Frieze. (Neuenkirchen, Germany), Bruce High Quality Foundation (New York), Fotogalleriet Liquid Properties, a project commissioned (Oslo), QB Gallery (Oslo), and Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo). Nygård has been an artist in resi- by The Munch Museum, 2018. Together Vermeulen has served on numerous com- dence at W17 Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo, the Nordisk kunstnarsenter in Dale, with Ensayos with Torill Østby Haaland and Neal Ca- mittees and juries for art prizes, most re- at Bruce High Quality Foundation in New York, and at URRA i Buenos Aires. She occasion- hoon, Tampere is part of Hilde Mehti´s cently the Nam June Paik Award and the Bonner Kunstpreis. He is currently prepar- ally writes about art and nature and is a member of the international, interdisciplinary, curatorial team for LIAF 2019. ing a project on the use of fiction as meth- and ecological project Ensayos. od in contemporary culture. www.nnks.no www.randinygard.com www.timotheusvermeulen.com

22 Randi Nygård and Karolin Tampere Timotheus Vermeulen 23 Hanne Beate Ueland

Kitty Kielland’s Norwegian Landscapes

Lecture

Hanne Beate Ueland’s opening remarks for Rugged, weathered, above the sea map the terrain of the Nor- Marit Paasche wegian landscape painting in the late 19th century, including Peder Balke, Johan Christian Dahl, and Hans Outrage in Order Gude. Who were these artists and how where they connected? What were the political and scientific de- Lecture velopments that helped them broaden the artistic de- piction of the landscape in this period so crucial to the Self-taught Swedish-born Norwegian textile Marit Paasche is an art historian, curator, and art establishment of a Norwegian state? How was land- artist Hannah Ryggen (1894-1970) left behind an critic based in Oslo. She is currently preparing ex- scape woven into the fabric of a national identity? Ue- impressive array of works in which she deter- hibitions on the artist Hannah Ryggen at the land expands upon her inquiry by discussing the work minedly paid no mind to conventional distinc- Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt (2019) and Miner- of female landscape painter Kitty L. Kielland (1843- tions between art, craft, politics, and life. She va’s Voice at the Natural Scientific Museum in 1914): why did she turn her attention to Jæren’s peat lived on a farm in Ørland, a Norwegian fjord near Bergen (2019). Paasche has published and edited bogs, a specific feature of the Norwegian landscape? Trondheim, and is known for dyeing her yarn several books, including Lives and Videotapes: And how did she develop her own artistic vocabu- with local plants. A fervent pacifist, she was active The Inconsistent History of Norwegian Video Art lary? Which ecological perspectives were of impor- in the Norwegian Communist Party and the inter- (2014), We Are Living on Star (2014), A Thousand tance to her, and how are these works perceived to- national workers’ movements. Ryggen closely Eyes: Media Technology, Law, and Aesthetics day? followed the interwar rise of fascism in Europe (2011), Urban Images: Unruly Desires in Film and and regularly made works in direct response to it. Architecture (2011) and she has regularly written Hanne Beate Ueland (b. 1975) has been the Director of She has recently been the focus of redoubled at- about the intersection of photography, film, and the Stavanger Art Museum since 2014. From 2003 to tention due to the tragic course of one of her tap- visual art. Recently, Paasche published Hannah 2014, she was curator at Astrup Fearnley Museum of estries. On July 22, 2011, Hannah Ryggen’s tapes- Ryggen: En fri (Pax 2016), which won the Norwe- Modern Art in Oslo. Ueland sits on the board of the try Vi lever på en stjerne (We Are Living on a Star, gian Critics Award for the best non-fiction book. Norwegian Museum Association and is a member of 1958), was hanging in the Cabinet Building in This book will be released in English in 2019 by the jury of the Sandefjord Art Society’s art price. She Oslo’s government district when a car bomb ex- Thames and Hudson. has also been a board member of NORDIK, the Nor- ploded in the street outside. Eight people died dic Committee for Art History (2009-2015) and the in the blast, which damaged the offices of the www.maritpaasche.no Oslo Open (2003-2011). From 2001 to 2003 she prime minister, as well as several ministries. Han- worked as an education coordinator at Bergen Art nah Ryggen’s tapestry was torn and showered Museum. Ueland holds a master’s degree in History of with splinters of glass and other flying debris. In Art from the University of Bergen (2000). her talk, Marti Paasche discusses Ryggen’s strong political awareness, a driving force in her art. www.stavangerkunstmuseum.no

24 Marit Paasche and Hannah Ryggen Tapestry. Photo Mimsy Møller Kitty Kielland Torvmyr (1895) Photo: Terje Tveit 25 Monica Winther Film Lost in Paradise

Performance

Why Listen to Plants? is a sound-based Monica Winther (b. 1976) studied at the Programme group exhibition that offers a plant-lis- Bergen Academy of Fine Arts and also tening program by Australian and Scan- recently graduated as a gardener from dinavian artists with a wide spectrum of the VEA vocational school (Norges grønn backgrounds ranging from acoustic fagskole). Her practice spans a large vari- ecology to visual art installation, perfor- ety of media ranging from installation, mance, and experimental music. In the video and performance, to sculpture, exhibition at NNKS, listeners are invited drawing, and painting. Her artworks and to sit in purpose-built small-scale green- performances have been presented at houses to listen to sounds made by, with, the Stenersen Museum, Tafkag, Henie and for plants. Artist and gardener Moni- Onstad Art Center, Rekord, Norwegian ca Winther responded to the curators’ National Theater, Monkey Town New invitation by creating a playlist with the York, LNM, Astrup Fearnley Museum, intent to procure listening pleasure for LIAF - Lofoten International Art Festival, the “vegetable other”. Why Listen to and Preus Museum. In tandem with Kers- Plants? is curated by Danni Zuvela (co-di- ti Vetterstad, Winther created the artist rector of Liquid Architecture in Mel- duo Mom & Jerry and Valhall’s Daugh- bourne, Australia) and Karolin Tampere ters. Winther lives and works in Oslo. As (curator at the North Norwegian Art Cen- both an artist and a gardener, she has tre in Svolvær, Norway) and presented progressively, over the past years, in- with Lofoten Sound Art Symposium. cluded horticultural strategies in her work. During Rugged, weathered, above the sea, Monica Winther presents Lost in Presented by NNKS Paradise, a vocal performance expand- ing on her research at the intersection of sound art and horticulture.

26 Monica Winther 27 Following the Norwegian screen premiere of Dol- ven’s work, Richard Alexandersson’s pod, (12 minutes, 2017/18, HD 3D-animation) is shown for the first time in its one-channel cinematic form, readapted for this film program. pod follows a lone organism – shaped as the worm-like species Xenoturbella – traveling as a larvae-cum-seed through an animated universe of desolate waterbed terrains and deep-sea landscapes. Rhea Dall, Richard Alexandersson, Set in this dystopian, drowned world, audiences are, A K Dolven, Anne Marthe Dyvi and as the protagonist, floating without fixation, while the Massimilliano Mollona Xenoturbella genus’ silent monologue gravitates to- wards dark, self-indulgent reflections on identity, au- evolution, meet orgasm thenticity, and personal improvement.

Film programme In Oilers (30 minutes, 2016, HD), Massimiliano Mollona and Anne Marthe Dyvi investigate the Norwegian oil The film programevolution, meet orgasm economy – the crucial natural resource seeding much features works by artists and filmmakers A K The program is bracketed by when I discov- of Norway’s current welfare – from the workers’ point Dolven, Richard Alexandersson, and Massi- ered the end I wanted to live really long of view. Throughout the year 2015, while the reces- miliano Mollona & Anne Marthe Dyvi. Lend- (digitised 16mm, 2013) by A K Dolven. Both sion is progressively hitting the job market, the film- ing its title from a work by word-based artist opening and closing the film series, this makers return to an offshore platform being assem- Nora Turato—a collection of online work shows the artist performing in Vest- bled. The film follows the people “behind the catch-phrases—the evening filters conver- vågøy, Lofoten, during the Arctic winter. numbers”, their expectations for the future, and the sations between UKS Director Rhea Dall Captured by a 16mm camera positioned destinies in a sector facing tremendous changes. The with Charles Aubin, reflecting on themes at behind her, Dolven’s naked legs alternate program’s third film is followed by a conversation be- stake in Rugged, weathered, above the between spread and closed, literally fram- tween Anne Marthe Dyvi, the audience, and Dall. sea. ing and gendering the view of the majestic, erected mountain. Dolven’s shaking, tongue-in-cheek gesture plays with stereo- typical myths of “mother nature” while con- fronting her own freezing body with the dramatic Norwegian scenery.

Richard Alexandersson. Filmstill pod (2017/2018) Anne Marthe Dyvi and Massomilliano Mollona. Filmstill Oilers (2016) 28 A K Dolven. Filmstill when I discovered the end I wanted to live really long (2013) 29 The Cabin Siri Borge

Resting Cod Face Series Installation Siri Borge draws on her Resting Cod Face installa- Siri Borge (b. 1985) lives and works in Stavanger. tion series to present a new iteration that plays She studied art in Oslo, Bergen, and Malmö be- The Cabin Series introduces you to a selection of con- with the Norwegian popular foodstuff of locally fore returning to Stavanger during the spring of temporary artists and art spaces in Norway. The invit- produced canned sardines called “iddis”. Borge, 2014. Borge’s work is usually motivated by ed art spaces elaborate on the themes addressed in a native of Stavanger, the oil capital of Norway, political concerns such as feminism, cultural Rugged, weathered, above the sea. We are truly refashions the usually traditional and outmoded policies, and environmental issues. She challenges grateful to the artists taking on the challenge of show- label imagery to give them a contemporary assumptions around “the female body”, often fo- ing work and working in this unconventional format makeover that addresses changes in local and cusing on its relation to medical science and on board the Hurtigruten, and for the hard work the national identities. The idyllic landscapes are re- beauty ideals. Her approach to art is filled with curators have put in these projects. placed by clusters of large cruise boats, the mer- satire and sarcasm with undertones of activism. maid gives way to a Starbucks logo and a politi- Borge is currently developing several projects in cian is seen pestering a young girl, snatched from Stavanger including Galleri Artilleri, a limitless a painting by Edvard Munch. Accompanied by a project space founded by Borge, where public video screened throughout the day and chang- space and its accessibility is the main focus. Borge ing according to the outside light conditions, the is also on the board of the local union for artists. installation reflects on the ebb and flow of the She writes criticism for publications such as tidewater and the changes in culture and politics. Billedkunst and recently contributed a text to the feminist anthology Ulyd.

Siri Borge’s installation is presented by Rogaland Kunstsenter (curator: Geir Haraldseth) and “Senti- mental Education”, its professional development program, with support from the city of Stavanger and the Arts Council Norway.

www.rogalandkunstsenter.no

30 Stavanger. Siri Borge 31 Ina Hagen

Performance about non-research on Anne Karin Jortveit Norsk Hydro’s alumina refinery in Index for a place of no importance Brazil, 2018

Installation Unscheduled, ongoing performance.

Drop by the cabin at any time this Anne Karin Jortveit dyes and spins her Anne Karin Jortveit (b.1964) lives in Ås, and afternoon, evening and night. own wool with local plants, sometimes se- works in Ås and Oslo. She graduated from lecting them for their supposedly “threat- The National Academy of Fine Art in 1994, Ina Hagen presents her current explo- artist Daisuke Kosugi, from their home and ening” or “invasive” qualities. Lupins (lu- the University of Oslo in 1998 and the Ak- rations in Brazil of the country’s complex adjacent store-front. She writes regularly pin), warty cabbage (russekål), goldenrod ershus University College of Applied economical and environmental inter- for the Scandinavian online art journal (kanadagullris), beach rose (rynkerose), Sciences in 2012. She has also studied at twinement with Norway. Her point of de- kunstkritikk.no, and is the Deputy Chair of and yellow loosestrife (fagerfredløs) are the Centre for Development and the Envi- parture is the Norwegian corporation the young artist’s membership organiza- the most recent specimens Jortveit has in- ronment (University of Oslo). In 2012, she Norsk Hydro ASA, one of the largest alu- tion and contemporary art institution, UKS corporated into her various coloring pro- received the Norwegian state’s guaran- minium companies worldwide with oper- (Young Artist’s Society). Hagen has exhib- cesses. Many of them bear valued proper- teed income grant for artists. Selected solo ations in more than 50 countries, for the ited at: INCA, Seattle (Solo); Tidens Krav, ties for either herbal medicine, culinary shows include: Buskerud Kunstsenter international market. Heavy rains in Febru- Oslo; Kunsthall Charlottenborg, Copenha- qualities, or permacultural design, but (Drammen), SOFT Galleri (Oslo) and Aker- ary of 2018 caused the reservoirs in gen; Podium, Oslo; Kurant Visningsrom, these attributes are often overshadowed, shus Kunstsenter (Lillestrøm). Recent group Alunorte, Hydro’s largest alumina refinery, Tromsø; Quartier 21, Museums Quartier, or even forgotten. Jortveit’s field work in exhibitions: “Årsutstillingen” / Craft 2018 to flood and pollute the adjacent land and Vienna, among others. Upcoming exhibi- picking and incorporating these “alien” (Hydrogenfabrikken, Fredrikstad), Kun- rivers. tions include the tenth Momentum in plants results in Index for a place of no im- stverket Galleri (Oslo) and Høstutstillingen. Moss, The Emotional Exhibition, in 2019. portance, a sculptural installation of In 2010, she co-curated the art and ecolo- Ina Hagen (b.1989, Ringerike) is an artist Currently, Hagen resides in Rio de Janeiro handspun threads alongside texts and gy project “Gentle Actions” at Kunstnernes and writer based in Oslo. Her work ex- as a resident of Capacete, awarded by the postcards. Hus in Oslo, together with Eva Bakkeslett. plores layers of mediation between audi- Office for Contemporary Art, Norway. ences, artwork, and artists in order to cre- She also works as a writer. ate instances of collective, critical Currently, Hagen resides in Rio de Janeiro Anne Karin Jortveit is presented on board reflection. This is often done through the as a resident of Capacete, awarded by the by the Norwegian Textile Artists, SOFT use of performative situations or platforms Office for Contemporary Art, Norway. Director Karianne Sand and chairwoman for social thinking. Since July 2016, Hagen Lise Bjørne Linnert. has been running one such platform un- www.inahagen.is der the name Louise Dany, together with www.annekarinjortveit.no

32 Ina Hagen Anne Karin Jortveit, detail. 33 Daisuke Kosugi

Lecture-performance

Daisuke Kosugi presents a new lecture-performance that expands on the material gathered for his new film.

Daisuke Kosugi (born 1984, Tokyo) lives and works in Oslo. In film, sculpture, performance, and text, Kosu- gi constructs seductive scenarios that explore the un- derlying conflict between overarching social systems Søssa Jørgensen and personal agency. Whether by portraying how creativity is mined by the “creative industry” in a Ættesang (Song of Kin) Post-Fordist labour market, or through a narrative of creativity that is not convertible to economic or cul- Performance tural measures of productivity, Kosugi examines these struggles through the lives of individuals. His Ættesang (Song of Kin) was written as a contemporary art. Together with artist Yn- semi-autobiographical films guide audiences stream of consciousness in response to gvild Færøy and “BallongMagasinet”, she is through intimate experiences where the conflict is Section 2 of the “Norwegian Marine Re- responsible for an extensive amount of rendered bodily and emotionally. Kosugi often uses sources Act” of 2008. Published for the sound and radio-art productions. In 1993 semi-autobiographical techniques of storytelling to first time as part of the exhibition Wild Liv- she founded “Balkong” with Geir Tore create an intimate experience with a specific interest ing Marine Resources Belong to Society as Holm. With their own home serving as a in exploring empathy and the incommunicability of a Whole at Kurant in Tromsø in 2016, the exhibition space, the question of what art pain. His work has been presented at LIAF (Lofoten text is read by the artist and accompanied can be and in what context it can be con- International Art Festival) 2017, Norway; CPH:DOX by a sound collage. The corresponding tained became central to their common 2017 (Special mention for the NEW:VISION Award), video was filmed on a snorkeling trip that work, with a focus on art as practical dia- 11th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea (2016); and took place in the Tromsø harbour in 2016. logue. Art practice related to these domes- Malmö Konsthall (2016). He was shortlisted for the The words in Ættesang (Song of Kin) con- tic experiences has led to other long term DNB Savings Bank Foundation’s Grants for Emerging stitute a network of myths, conventions, collaborations, such as with Thai artists Artists in 2016, Oslo Kunstforening (2016); and the In- deeds, and memories. The flow of speech Kamin Lertchaiprasert and Rirkrit Tiravanija ternational award of the Spring Exhibition 2016, Kun- glides over micro and macro levels related and their “land project” in Chiang Mai, sthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen. In 2017, he was to the use of resources from the known Thailand. The four of them founded an artist-in-residence at WIELS, Brussels. Currently, he and unknown depths of the ocean. Sørfinnset skole/the nord land in 2003, lo- is a resident at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. cated in Gildeskål. This project focuses on Upcoming solo exhibition includes Satellite 12 pro- Søssa Jørgensen (b. Oslo, 1968), lives in natural resource use, knowledge ex- gram at Jeu de Paume in Paris, CAPC musée d'art Skiptvet and works in Skiptvet and Gild- change, and small scale architecture. contemporain de Bordeaux, and Museo Amparo eskål. She studied at the Trondheim Acad- Puebla, Mexico in 2019. emy of Fine Art and the Norwegian Uni- Søssa Jørgensen preformance is versity of Life Sciences. In parallel to her presented by Gallery KNIPSU, www.daisukekos.com own work that includes video, photogra- and curator Hilde Jørgensen. phy, sound and performance art, she has also mediated, written and lectured about www.commonlands.net

34 Daisuke Kosugi Søssa Jørgensen. Filmstill Song of Kin 35 ART

Christian Tunge Bluetooth Boogie BOOK FAIR Participatory installation

Christian Tunge sets up a temporary interactive Christian Tunge (b. 1989) lives and works in Oslo. Bergen Art Book Fair postcard stand made up of the passengers own He received a BFA in Photography from the Uni- touristic photographs taken on board. Acting as a versity of Gothenburg, Sweden in 2015. Tunge Coast Contemporary has, in collaboration with Bergen Art Book Fair (BABF) is a yearly event that meeting place for Coast Contemporary’s partici- mostly works with photography, printmaking Bergen Art Book Fair, invited three Nordic pub- includes over 50 independent publishers from pants as well as the cruise’s passengers at large, and artists’ books. He is the founder of the pub- lishers to host a small book fair in Hurtigruten’s Norway and abroad, and within the fair format Bluetooth Boogie is updated regularly through- lishing house Heavy Books and is also an active own library space. The invited publishers are represents a wide scope of artist’s books and fan- out the journey with new images of events on the member of the artist-run project space MELK, Mondo Books, Lodret Vandret, and Heavy Books. zines. BABF returns to Bergen Kunsthall for its ship, landscape photos, and passengers’ person- dedicated to championing new Scandinavian In addition, a selection of Norwegian artist’s sixth instalment in 2018. The fair includes a one- al snapshots. Simultaneously, Tunge starts on photography. Tunge has already published five books relevant to this year’s Bergen Art Book Fair day seminar, a one-night programme of pres- board a series of photographs of the Northern photography books and edited and designed 15 is presented in anticipation of its upcoming edi- entations, performance and music, and contin- Lights which will result in a publication made in others for Heavy Books. Recent solo shows in- tion on land at Bergen Kunsthall on November ues over a weekend across Bergen Kunsthall’s collaboration with Bergen Zines and released at clude Too Familiar To Ignore, Too Different To 1-4, 2018. During the cruise, artist Christian Tunge galleries, highlighting some of the most interest- the upcoming Bergen Art Book Fair (November Tolerate at Noplace Oslo (2018), Felt at Tou Trykk of Heavy Books works on an artist’s publication, ing local, national, and international publications 1-4, 2018 at Bergen Kunsthall). in Stavanger (2018) and group shows at Blom- which will in part be printed on board. and print works. Bergen Art Book Fair is organ- qvist (2017), The Spring Exhibition (2017), Entrée ised by Pamflett, a self-publishing workshop and Bergen (2016), and Fotogalleriet (2016). exhibition space for artist's publications and fan- zines in Bergen. www.christiantunge.com www.heavybooks.net www.bergenartbookfair.no

36 Christian Tunge. Too Familiar to Ignore, Too Different to Tolerate Bergen Art Book Fair at Bergen Kunsthall 37 Heavy books Lodret Vanret MONDO BOOKS Heavy Books is an artist run publishing project Lodret Vandret is an independent imprint based and exhibition platform based in Oslo, run by between Copenhagen and Berlin, interested in Mondo Books is one of the three publishing In addition to book distribution, Mondo artist Christian Tunge. The focus lies on limited combining different sensibilities and collabora- houses invited to take part in Coast Contem- Books also hosts events, readings, perfor- edition books, zines and other printed matter. tion, both when working with individual artists porary's second edition to present their cata- mances, and installations. As the only inde- Since 2014 Heavy Books has published over 20 and on group projects. Lodret Vandret regularly logue and activities in the Hurtigruten's li- pendent art book platform and distributor in artist’s books with Scandinavian and American exhibits at the largest art book fairs to actively be a brary as part of the pop-up Bergen Art Book the northern region, Mondo Books plays an photographers and curated five group exhibi- part of the ever growing international art publish- Fair. crucial role in both the local and national tions in galleries in Scandinavia. ing community. An offspring of Lodret Vandret is scenes. Mondo Books has, amongst others, One Thousand Books, a project that tries to chal- Mondo Books is an independent, artist-run initi- participated in Supermarket Independent Art www.heavybooks.net lenge traditional ways of exploring the artists’ ative that focuses on art publications, fanzines, Fair (Stockholm, 2012 and 2013), Bergen Art book through book fairs in supermarkets, exhibi- and printed materials, mainly from young and Book Fair (2012, 2013, and 2018), Lofoten In- tions in public art spaces, or workshops and semi- newly established artists from the circumpolar ternational Art Festival (2013, 2015, and 2017), nars. Lodret Vandret was founded in 2010 by art- north. MONDO distributes materials from artists Reality (Kunstnerforbundet Oslo, 2012), New ists Flemming Ove Bech (b. 1982) and Johan such as Animals, IMA READ, MONARCH, Torpe- York Art Book Fair (2014), Toronto Art Book Fair Rosenmunthe (b. 1982) and operates as a not-for- do Press, BBOOKS, and Lubok Verlag, amongst Editions (2016), Bastard (Lillehammer, 2018), profit organisation. many others. Selektor (Arkhangelsk, 2018), and Bookies (Helsinki, 2018). www.lodretvanret.com Mondo Books is run by Tanya Busse, Miriam Haile, and Linn Horntvedt. It is currently locat- ed in Tromsø Kunstforening’s front space and has a small satellite site at Nordnorsk Kun- stnersenter in Svolvær in the Lofoten islands.

www.mondobooks.no

38 Espen Gleditsch by Heavy Books Mondo Books 39 Title Artist Publisher / Bookfair The eldorado commission Scott Elliott Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett The Gravity of a Lake Focused Into One Point Arild Våge Berge Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett All is Lost Kay Arne Kirkebø Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett The past is an finite place Jessica Williams Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Alting Mathijs van Geest Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett To remind you of the distance Kirsti van Hoegee Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett An Eating Sophie Iremonger Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Trist Kay Arne Kirkebø Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett An island Jessica Williams Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Var kveld, ble dag Lydia Hauge Sølvberg Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Be good to yourself Katarina Skjønsberg Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Vortexringer og lysende nattskyer Karoline Sætre Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Bergen Art Guide Anja Ulset Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Weak Whitepower Julie Lillelien Porter Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Black Lake Monologue Kobie Nel Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Apophenia Christian Tunge Heavy Books Bygninger Anja Ulset Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Cities Christian Tunge Heavy Books Corners, Hills Bjørn Mortensen Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Dismantling Behzad Farazollahi Heavy Books Darkness wrapped in Darkness Lisa Him-Jensen Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Fade To Black Kristian Skylstad Heavy Books Evenings Mathijs van Geest Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Polymorphous Magical Substance Espen Gleditsch Heavy Books F 00115 Katharina Monka Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Raumfluch Ida Nissen Heavy Books Filed away Melanie Chacko Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Sönder Erik Viklund Heavy Books Finding Ones Voice Jessica Williams Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett The Games Christian Tunge Heavy Books From a neglected panorama Too Familiar To Ignore, Too Different To Tolerate Christian Tunge Heavy Books Enrique Roura Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett and the poetics of sawing Two Tides Christian Tunge Heavy Books Hemostase Anja Dahle Øverbye Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Amusement Park David Brandon Geeting Lodret Vandret Hilde Marie Pedersen: Contemporary Contemporary Photography Paul Paper Lodret Vandret Tag Team texts Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Susanna Kajermo Törner – Gnagsår Don’t Wind It Up, Turn It On Marge Monko Lodret Vandret How to turn a sphere inside out Pamflett & Lodret Vandret Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Drawings Asger Carlsen Lodret Vandret I drink alone Kay Arne Kirkebø Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Athena Torri, Bea Fremderman, Hired Hand Lodret Vandret I took a look at the sun and it Ingo Mittelstaedt, Stuart Bailes Birk Bjørklo Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett gave me a headache Holding the Frame Nicholas Gottlund Lodret Vandret Inn Anngjerd Rustand Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Image Is Imminent Nicholas Gottlund Lodret Vandret Japan blues Imi Maufe Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Prefaces Jordan Tate, 10 writers Lodret Vandret Jørgen Larsson – Lydgalleriet Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Socks Lodret Vandret Lodret Vandret Håndbok for lydarbeid i visningsrom Triple Point Leah Beeferman Lodret Vandret Lykkejeger Klara Sofie Ludvigsen Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett #10 Lubok Mondo Books Maria Lyngstad Williassen: Tag Team texts Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett #3 Lubok Mondo Books Petra Dahlstrøm – Light bends, cast shadows #7 Lubok Mondo Books Minerale Relasjoner Åsne Eldøy Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Atlaspunkt Maria Dorothea Schrattenholz Mondo Books Kristina Ketola Bore, Cecilie No one will keep this / Bajándávgi Marry Áiloneida Somby Mondo Books Størkson, Fredrik Hagen, Ingen kommer Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Klara Sofie Ludvigsen, Kay Arne Father Figures Eirik Abri Mondo Books til å ta vare på dette her Kirkebø, Marianne Hallseth Hollow Earth Tanya Busse & Emilija Skarnulyte Mondo Books Noöspherics Erin Sexton Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Hotel Polar Capital Accounts from the Hilde Methi & Kristin Tårnesvik Mondo Books Om å vokse opp / være voksen Karoline Sætre Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Sami Art Festival 2008 - 2011 (Anthology) Omkrets Linn Horntvedt Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Huskurer remedies Sasha Huber Mondo Books Once in a blue moon Bruno Silva Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Kuk og parfyme zine Kuk og parfyme Mondo Books Oslofjord Jessica Williams Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Meadow (Natural Perfume) Tokyo Twins Mondo Books Øvingar Kurt Johanessen Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Murmansk Rovaniemi Kirkenes Mondo Books Personal political Jessica Williams Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Nomads won’t stand still for their portraits Joar Nango Mondo Books Philipp Kleinmichel: Halvor Rønning – Normal Work B-Books Mondo Books Tag Team texts Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Stopwatch, Mayonnaise, Bible Northern Imaginary Patric Huse Mondo Books Plantarisk tåke Kirsti van Hoegee Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Spektakel, lust... B-Books Mondo Books Saturated Grey Klara Sofie Ludvigsen Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett The Creator acted blindly Henrik Sørlid Mondo Books Una Margrét Árnadóttir / The Economy of Survival Siri Hermansen Mondo Books Sea of love Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Örn Alexander Ámundsen Transcend magazine Phuture Club Mondo Books Sissel Lillebostad – Retrospektiv 2005–2015 Lydgalleriet Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Våke over dem som sover Sigbjørn Skåden Mondo Books SKDG Lydia Hauge Sølvberg Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Volume 1 & 2 IMA read Mondo Books Stopp kunsten Fredrik Rysjedal Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Weird Tales Henrik Sørlid Mondo Books Swiss postcard Ola Olsen Lysgaard Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett Yoiking with the winged ones Ánde Somby Mondo Books 40 41 LOFOTEN

Area: Svolvær, Lofoten Land Date: 21.10.2018

The North Norwegian Art Centre Founded in 1979 and based in Svolvær, The North Norwegian Art Centre (NNKS) programme is a regional centre for visual arts that covers the entire region of Northern Norway. While their administration, gallery and artist residency is located in Svolvær, Lofoten, NNKS carries out an extensive range of activities throughout the entire region, focusing on contemporary art and crafts. NNKS is owned by In order to present a larger panorama of the the Artist Associations of Northern Norway (NNBK and NKNN). Norwegian art scene we have the great pleasure of Director Svein Ingvoll Pedersen givse a short presentation of the institution, collaborating with several institutions on land, who curator Karolin Tampere will introduce the exhibition Why listen to plants?, and open their doors and give a special presentation artist Monica Winther will hold the vocal performance Lost in Paradise. during Coast Contemporary. www.nnks.no

Area: Kvalnes, Lofoten Date: 22.10.2018

The MidnightSun Barn and Kjetil Berge Artist Kjetil Berge generously opens his doors to his tower, house and barn along with Aslaug Vaa, A K Dolven and the Maaretta Jaukkuri Foundation, all based in Kvalnes.

The MidnightSun Barn was founded in 2007 by the artist Kjetil Berge as an exten- sion of his collaborative practice to open up arenas for diverging voices – both local and international, the barn provides a setting, intentionally constructed by the artist to disrupt familiar constraints and allow for risk. Through this strategy, which he uses repeatedly in his work, he encourages the emergence of the unex- pected. Artist Kjetil Berge has collaborated on curating the Kvalnes visit and will present his work and serve lunch in his barn during our visit. Artist Trygve Lukt- vasslimo is invited to do a screening in his house.

Represented by artist Kjetil Berge on land and on board. www.cargocollective.com

42 43 TRONDHEIM Villa Lofoten Founded by Aslaug Vaa, Villa Lofoten has restored old fishing buildings and pre- Area: City Center serves local fish and farm culture. In earlier times these buildings were vital in al- Date: 24.10.2018 lowing those who lived here to use local resources in a sustainable way. Villa Lo- foten also runs a residency program for artists from around the world. In addition, Nordenfjeldske National Museum of Arts and Design they produce and sell films and conduct workshops and other events through (Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum) Villa Lofoten Film. Aslaug Vaa was responsible for making Artscape Nordland Founded in 1893 and based in Trondheim, Nordenfjeldske is a National Museum come to life. Founding Director Aslaug Vaa will give us an introduction of her responsible for collecting, managing and disseminating arts and crafts and de- place during our visit to Kvalnes. sign. Nordenfjeldske has an extensive collection of Hannah Ryggen’s artworks. Hannah Ryggen (1894-1970) remains one of the most distinct and influential Nor- Represented by Aslaug Vaa. wegian artists of the 20th century. www.villalofoten.com Director Åshilsd Aadsen and art historian Dr. Marit Paasche will give a Maaretta Jaukkuri Foundation presentation at Nordenfjeldske in the permanent exhibition dedicated Founded in 2014 the Maaretta Jaukkuri Foundation (MJF) is a not-for-profit organ- to Hannah Ryggen. isation, located in Kvalnes, Lofoten. Facing the ocean to the north and looking www.nkim.no across to Greenland and the Svalbard archipelago, it lies at the foot of a group of mountains directly to the south-west, shielded from the road by a group of trees. RAKE visningsrom The MJF building is designed by architect Aslak Limmatainen. MJF is a residency Founded in 2011 and based in Trondheim, RAKE visningsrom is an independent inviting 4 to 5 fellows each year from various fields in the arts, sciences, or philos- artist-run space focusing on contemporary art and architecture located on the ophy, or any field that encourages new paths of thinking. The fellows are selected Trondheim harbour, currently exhibiting Norwegian photographer Hilde Honerud. by the Board to spend up to 2 months there. MJF also presents public seminars The building was designed and constructed by re-using materials from a nearby and other events throughout the year. demolished office building. RAKE visningsrom is run by Trygve Ohren (architect) and Charlotte Rostad (artist). Maaretta Jaukkuri Foundation will be presented by the foundation’s director Annika Wiström. RAKE and UKS invites 20 guests to a breakfast meeting related to self-organized www.mjfoundation.no initiatives in Norway and for an exclusive presentation of three artists based in Trondheim; Hanna Mjølsnes, Enrique Roura and Mathilde W. Gaustad, in collabo- Studio Kvalnes and A K Dolven ration with UKS (Young Artists´ Society). Presentations by Trygve Ohren and Artist A K Dolven invites us to a studio visit in her Lofoten residence and will pres- Charlotte Rostad running RAKE, and UKS Board Member and artist Edvine Larssen ent a talk about her work and the founding of the Maaretta Jaukuri Foundation, with Director Rhea Dall. built on A K Dolvend´s land. Attendance by RSVP only. A K Dolven works with sculpture, sound, video, photography, painting and per- RSVP to: [email protected] formance. She divides her time between Kvalnes and Oslo. www.rake.trondheim.no

She has exhibited extensively internationally at a wide range of institutions and Kunsthall Trondheim galleries such as Kunsthall Svalbard, Longyearbyen; Kunsthalle Bern; Philadephia Founded in 2013 and based in Trondheim, Kunsthall Trondheim is a new contem- Museum of Art; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; the IKON Gallery, Birmingham; South porary art institution with an international focus that aims to strengthen the local London Gallery; Platform China, Beijing; The National Museum of Art, Oslo; KIAS- art scene, and to be the central arena for contemporary art in Trondheim city and MA, Helsinki; Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø; and CCC Tours, France. She has the region of Trøndelag. In addition to exhibitions, the programme includes a been part of major group exhibitions such as 21st Century, Minsheng Art Museum variety of events: concerts, performances, film screenings, lectures and readings. (2016 Shanghai); Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (2016 Denmark); Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo (2015 Norway); Turner Contemporary (2015 UK) Represented by program coordinator and head of production, Carl Martin Faurby.

Represented by A K Dolven. Coast Contemporary will visit the exhibition Rivers of Emotion, Bodies of Ore at www.akdolven Kunsthall Trondheim. www.kunsthalltrondheim.no

44 45 BERGEN

Area: City Center Date: October 25 – 26 2018

Bergen Kunsthall KODE Founded in 1938 and based in Bergen, Bergen Kunsthall shows between 10 and KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes is one of the largest museums for art, 12 exhibitions annually and hosts more than 200 events ranging from lectures and craft, design and music in the Nordic countries. KODE has a unique combination artist talks to performances and concerts. In recent years, Bergen Kunsthall has of art museums and composers’ homes, of contemporary art, historical objects, produced a number of new exhibitions featuring some of the most relevant artists concerts and parklands. The museums stewards almost 50,000 objects ranging of our times. from art, musical instruments, furniture and works of fine craft and design. These objects can be experienced in four art museums in Bergen city centre, and in the We land at Bergen Kunsthall the final night for Cooking Sections / The Empire homes of the composers Ole Bull, Harald Sæverud and Edvard Grieg. In the Remains Shop booklaunch and a lecture-performance and conversation with centre of Bergen, KODE 1, 2, 3 and 4 offer temporary exhibitions of art and Cooking Sections Alon Schwabe and Daniel Pascual, Tone Hansen, Director of He- design as well as extensive presentations of works by Edvard Munch, J.C. Dahl nie Onstad Art Center and Kristoffer Dolmen, Director of the Sami Center of Con- and Nikolai Astrup. The Rasmus Meyer Collection and the Silver Treasure are two temporary Art. Bergen Kunsthall´s Director Axel Wieder will give an introduction of the most important collections KODE administers. The exhibition program this of Bergen Kunsthall and of the exhibitions Sheperds and Kings by German artist winter at KODE includes presentations of Ed Ruscha, Vanessa Baird and Ole Andrea Büttner, and Evil, Mediation and Power by American artist Tony Cokes on Jørgen Ness. Friday 10PM. Represented Åsne Eldøy on board. www.kunsthall.no KODE presents a guided tour 11.30AM October 26. www.kodebergen.no BLOKK Founded in 2011 and based in Bergen, BLOKK is a studio-collective in Bergen Vestlandsutstillingen with a main focus on recently graduated artists. BLOKK houses 15 artist studios, a Founded in 1922 and based on the Norwegian West coast, Vestlandsutstillingen ventilated spray paint-room, a wood-workshop, a wet-workshop, and a project (VU) is an annual touring exhibition. It is based on an open call for artists with a space / showroom. BLOKK presents the artist Silje Linge Haaland during our visit. connection to Western Norway. Originally juried by artists, the exhibition has since www.blokkbergen.no 1999 been annually juried by an appointed curator. In 2018 Vestlandsutstillingen is curated by Randi Grov Berger, Director of the independent non-profit gallery Entrée Entrée in Bergen. This year’s version consists of six solo exhibitions. Current venues Founded in 2009 and based in Bergen, Entrée is an independent non-profit gal- of VU are: Kunsthall Stavanger, Haugesund Kunstforening, Kunsthuset Kabuso, lery devoted to commissioning and producing new works by local and interna- Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum and KUBE Art Museum. As of 2019 VU will also be tional artists. The gallery mostly presents emerging artists but, in its development hosted by Kunstgarasjen in Bergen. over the last nine years, Entrée has also included more established artists in its www.vestlandsutstillingen.no programming. Entrée is run by curator Randi Grov Berger.

Entrée and Vestlandsuttsillingen will screen the film Ondskapens pappa (Evil’s Father) by Eivind Egeland every hour on October 25 at 5PM, 6PM and 7PM, and on Friday 26 from 12PM until 7:40PM. www.entreebergen.no

46 47 ArkDes Founded in the 1950s, by the National Association of Swedish Architects as an archive of photo- graphs to communicate contemporary architecture to the media and general public, today, Ark- Des is Sweden’s national centre for architecture and design. It is a museum, a study centre and an arena for debate and discussion about the future of architecture, design and citizenship.

Represented by curator Carlos Mínguez Carrasco. www.arkdes.se

C-E-A (French Association of Curators) The association C-E-A was founded in France in 2007 to facilitate the conception, promotion and organization of activities around the professional identity of curators. C-E-A aims to spearhead activities that can help define the profession and determine its unique needs and operations. With these findings, the association can better support projects and information campaigns through residencies, research grants, project production aid, resources, and networking. Anoth- International er central aspect of C-E-A’s mission is to advocate for the legal and social recognition of curators. Represented by curator Marianne Derrien. www.c-e-a.asso.fr

Centre Pompidou institutions Founded in 1977 in Paris, the Centre Pompidou is home to France’s National Museum of Modern Art and is internationally renowned for its 20th and 21st century art collections. In addition to its permanent collections, the Centre Pompidou organizes internationally renowned temporary exhibitions.

on board Represented by curator Caroline Ferreira. www.centrepompidou.fr Our international program is made possible with the generous and kind support of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Nor- Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain wegian Embassies in Berlin, Copenhagen, Hague, London, Paris, Initiated in 1984 by Alain Dominique Perrin, President of Cartier International at the time, on a Rome and the Consulate General in New York and by NORLA – suggestion by the artist César, and directed by Hervé Chandès, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art Norwegian Literature Abroad and Bergen Municipality. contemporain is a unique example of corporate philanthropy in France. Since moving to Paris in 1994, the Fondation Cartier has been housed in an airy building filled with light that was de- In collaboraion we are happy to welcome institutions, writers signed by the architect Jean Nouvel. In this unique setting, exhibitions, conferences, and artistic and curators to Coast Contemporary. productions come to life.

Represented by curator Thomas Delamarre. www.fondationcartier.com

Kunsthal Charlottenborg Based in Copenhagen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg is one of the largest and most beautiful exhibi- tion spaces for contemporary art in Northern Europe. Since 1883, contemporary art has been presented in the unique exhibition building designed after French example. The exhibition space presents an ambitious program with an international outlook featuring emerging and es- tablished artists from both Denmark and abroad.

Represented by Director Henriette Bretton-Meyer. www.kunsthalcharlottenborg.dk

48 49 Kunsthalle Amsterdam Founded by Bas Hendrikx, Yasmijn Jarram, and Gieneke Pieterse, Kunsthalle Amsterdam is a brand new organisation for contemporary art. Their exhibition space will open in Amsterdam in 2020. Until then, the program of Kunsthalle Amsterdam will consist of digital art on their website and elsewhere online, and as temporary projects in Amsterdam.

Represented by Director Bas Hendrikx. www.kunsthalleamsterdam.nl

Portikus Frankfurt Founded in 1987 and based in Frankfurt am Main, Portikus is an institution for contemporary art. It was founded as a fundamental element of the renowned art academy Städelschule, and is dedicated to exhibit, publish and discuss young and emerging as well as established artists and their work.

Represented by curator Christina Lehnert. www.portikus.de Norwegian TATE Modern When Tate first opened its doors to the public in 1897 it had just one site, displaying a small collection of British artworks. Today Tate consists of four major sites and the national collection of British art from the year 1500 to the present day in addition to international modern and contem- porary art. In total, the collection includes nearly 70,000 artworks. In December 1992, the Tate Trustees announced their intention to create a separate gallery, Tate Modern, for international institutions on modern and contemporary art in London. Tate Modern, in Bankside Power Station on the south side of the Thames, opened in 2000. Represented by curator Isabella Maidment. board www.tate.org.uk

UP Projects Founded in 2002 and based in London, UP Projects curates and commissions contemporary art for public places. The organisation was founded by Emma Underhill, with a mission to support artists to make work that has social relevance, encourages learning and enriches the public sphere. UP Projects is a non-profit organization with expertise in contemporary visual art, performing arts, architecture and urban design.

Represented by curator Mariam Zulfiqar. www.upprojects.com

Swiss Institute Swiss Institute is an independent non-profit contemporary art institution based in New York, dedicated to promoting forward-thinking and experimental art making through innovative exhibitions and programs. Committed to the highest standards of curatorial and educational excellence, Swiss Institute serves as a platform for emerging artists, catalyzes new contexts for celebrated work, and fosters appreciation for under-recognized positions. Open to the public free-of-charge, Swiss Institute seeks to explore how a national perspective can foster interna- tional conversations in the fields of visual and performing arts, design and architecture.

Represented on board by curator Alison Copland.

50 51 ALDEA Founded in 2017 and based in Bergen, ALDEA is a creative ecosystem that aims to KORO - Public Art Norway host an open community for artists. Professional artist studios, a gallery, a residen- Founded in 1976 and based in Oslo, KORO is the Norwegian government’s pro- cy program, grade workshops and online cultural management systems are all fessional body for art in public spaces. KORO was established as a consequence part of ALDEA’s broad set of resources. ALDEA is also the founder of Curatron, of the artist’s political struggle in 1976. KORO’s main purpose is to ensure that as which is an online software tool that involves artists directly in the curatorial pro- many people as possible are able to experience high quality art in public spaces cesses of the exhibitions in which they participate. Curatron is an anonymous sys- both indoors and outdoors nationwide. tem of peer evaluation and selection, which enables a pool of artists to select co-exhibitors from amongst a group of applicants of which they are a part. The Represented by artist and curator Bo Krister Wallstrøm. goal sought out by the Curatron software is the algorithm for the perfect – or at www.koro.no least perfectly coherent – thematic group show. ALDEA is run by artists Cameron MacLeod and Magnhild Øen Nordahl. Kunstnernes Hus Founded by artists in 1930 and based in Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, which can be Represented by artist Magnhild Øen Nordahl. translated as “The Artists’ House”, is an artist-run organisation and foundation that www.aldea.art presents Norwegian and international contemporary art. Kunstnernes Hus’s build- ing is widely regarded as one of the foremost architectural expressions of classical BEK modernism in Norway. Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts Based in Bergen, BEK is a not-for-profit, interdisciplinary resource centre for work Represented by Director Anne Hilde Neset in Bergen. within the field of art and technology promoting and facilitating professional de- www.kunstnerneshus.no velopment, and the sharing of knowledge and expertise through interdisciplinary collaboration and education. BEK creates opportunities for professional develop- Louise Dany ment within art and technology. Louise Dany is is an artist-run space in Oslo, founded in 2016 and run by Daisuke Kosugi and Ina Hagen. It can be a hosting venue, a semi-private exhibition space Represented by Managing Director Anne Marthe Dyvi. or a salon for discussions on ongoing work and open-ended projects, based on www.bek.no engaged and long-term collaborations with international and national artists. The emphasis of Louise Dany is on discursive works and shared conversations; an im- Henie Onstad Art Centre (HOK) portant strand of the programming are invitation-only group-critiques of work-in- Founded in 1968 and based in Bærum, Henie Onstad is committed to Norwegian progress presentations by local artists that aim to connect artists, curators, and and international art, with a broad exhibition, music, and performance program, writers in meaningful dialogue outside of the moment of exhibition. Collabora- and a central art collection. HOK includes 3500 m2 of exhibition space, meeting tions in 2018 include a study group to accompany the first posthumous exhibition rooms, a museum shop, and Kafe Piruetten. of Norwegian artist Per Kleiva, in Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo. Louise Dany is supported by the Arts Council Norway through their funding for artist-run spaces. Represented by Director Tone Hansen at Bergen Kunsthall. www.hok.no Represented by Ina Hagen and Daisuke Kosugi. www.louisedany.no KNIPSU Founded in 2010 and based in Bergen, Knipsu is an artist-run initiative that func- Lydgalleriet tions as a gallery and nomadic art space. It provides an interdisciplinary meeting Founded in 2005 and based in Bergen, Lydgalleriet is an exhibition platform for point for artists across national borders, producing exhibitions, events, screenings, sound art and sound related art practices. Lydgalleriet explore today's plethora concerts, workshops and publications. of experimental sound based art practices and auditive cultures through gallery shows, concerts, workshops and interventions in public space. KNIPSU presents the artist Søssa Jørgensen as part of the Cabin Series. Represented by artist and Artistic Director Julie Lillelien Porter. Represented by artist and Director Hilde Jørgensen. www.lydgalleriet.no www.knipsu.no

52 53 NORLA - Norwegian Literature Abroad Performance Art Bergen (PAB) Founded in 1978 and based in Oslo, NORLA promotes Norwegian literature Founded in 2011, PAB is a membership organisation for performance artists and abroad through active profiling work and translation subsidies. Norway is Guest others interested in visual performance. PAB aims to strengthen and highlight per- of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2019, NORLA organises the project on formance art by organising academic forums, workshops, festivals, and interna- behalf of the Norwegian Government. Since 2004, NORLA has contributed to tional exchanges. PAB is based in Bergen but works both nationally and interna- the translations of more than 4,800 Norwegian books into no less than 65 tionally. Founders were performance artists Kurt Johannessen, Agnes Nedregård, languages. The organisation disseminates knowledge about Norwegian books Karen Kiphoff, Rita Marhaug, Benedicte Leinan Clementsen, Robert Alda, and and authors abroad. NORLA’s operations are financed by the Norwegian producer Marianne Rønning. Ministry of Culture. Represented by Gitte Sætre. Represented by Director Margit Walsø, Ellen Trautman Olerud, and Sunniva Adam. www.performanceartbergen.no NORLA presents the writers Maarit Paasche, Are Kalvø, and guests from Germany. www.norla.no Rogaland Kunstsenter Founded in 1978 and based in Stavanger, Rogaland Kunstsenter (RKS) is part of a Norwegian Textile Artists network of artists-owned and publicly-funded art centres in Norway. RKS pre- (Norske Tekstilkunstnere - NTK) sents contemporary art exhibitions and events. It develops art projects and public Founded in 1977, NTK was established as a national organisation for textile artists, art commissions, and hosts an annual Independent Study Program. RKS works for and is a foundation organisation in the Association of Norwegian Visual Artists artistic freedom of speech and is a centre of excellence for the professional artists (NBK). NTK seeks to promote Norwegian textile art nationally and internationally, of the region. and increase the use of textile artists’ works and skills, promoting members and assisting them with public commissions, securing political rights, and running the Rogaland Kunstsenter presents the artist Siri Borge on board. gallery SOFT for Norwegian and international textile art in Oslo. Represented by Director and curator Geir Haraldseth. Participation supported by NTK presents the artist Anne Karin Jortveit as part of the Cabin Series. Stavanger municipality and as part of the professional development program Sentimental Education. NTK is represented by chair woman Lise Bjørne Linnert and www.rogalandkunstsenter.no Director Karianne H. Sand. www.softgalleri.no Sámi Dáiddaguovddáš / Sámi Centre for Contemporary Art The Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) Founded in 1986 and based in Karasjok, the Sámi Centre for Contemporary Art The Office for Contemporary Art Norway is an independent foundation whose (SDG) is a centre for Sámi visual art and a profiled arena of contemporary expres- principle aim is to support art practitioners based in Norway, including Sápmi, and sion. SDG presents contemporary art with a particular focus on Sámi visual art, to foster exchange and catalyse discourse between Norway and the international both nationally and internationally. arts scene. In addition to administering a series of grant schemes, residencies and visitor programmes, OCA develops its own discursive, exhibition, publication, SDG presents the artist Sissel M. Bergh on board and Kristoffer Dolmen and research programmes focused on bringing to Norway the plurality of practic- participates in the Cooking Sections talk at Bergen Kunsthall. es and histories at the forefront of international artistic debates while also actively participating in and shaping such debates nationally and internationally. OCA has Represented by Director Kristoffer Dolmen. been responsible for Norway’s contribution to the visual arts section of La Bien- www.samidaiddaguovddas.no nale di Venezia since 2001.

Represented by Ingrid Moe, Head of External Relations and Communications Drew Snyder, Program Manager www.oca.no

54 55 Screen City Biennal Consulate General in New York Founded in 2013 and based in Stavanger, Screen City Biennial is dedicated to presenting Founded in 1906, The consulate in New York and is the oldest and largest Norwe- the moving image artworks in public space. It explores the relation between the moving gian Consulate General in the United States. Their office in New York provides image, sound and architecture and presents artistic formats that seek to expand the bor- consular services for 22 states on the east coast of the U.S. ders of cinematic experience. Represented by Ariana Tiziani. Represented by Director Daniela Arriado. www.norway.no www.screencitybiennial.org

STANDARD (OSLO) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Founded in 2005 and based in Oslo, STANDARD (OSLO) is a commercial gallery that The primary objective of the Government’s efforts to promote Norwegian culture promotes contemporary Norwegian artists in the international field, as well as introduces internationally is to help Norwegian artists to gain access to key arenas abroad and international artists to the Norwegian audience. thus reach a wider audience.

Represented by Ida Møller Engebretsen and Mary Grace Wright. Represented by Deputy Director Marianne Kvan www.standardoslo.no www.norway.no

Stavanger Art Museum (Stavanger kunstmuseum) Royal Norwegian Embassy in Berlin Founded in 1990 and based in Stavanger, Stavanger Art Museum’s roots extend back to Erected in 1999, as one of the five Nordic embassies in Berlin-Tiergarten, The Nor- the art society Stavanger kunstforening and its faste galleri – a gallery with its own per- wegian embassy is an integral part of the Norwegian foreign cultural engage- manent art collection. This collection began in 1865, when consul Jens Z. Kielland be- ment, doing networking, matchmaking and funding, carrying out own events, came chairman of the new art society. Kielland was an amateur painter and the father of cooperating with festivals, venues, media and other institutions and organizations Kitty and Alexander Kielland. In 1990, Stavanger Faste Galleri was renamed Rogaland in both countries and within all fields of culture. kunstmuseum (Rogaland Museum of Fine Arts), and then in 2010 Stavanger kunstmuse- um. The collection contains over 2,600 works. Chief among these are Norway’s largest Represented by Rüdiger Alms. collection of Lars Hertervig pieces and a steadily increasing number of paintings by Kitty www.norway.no Kielland. The Oslo School of Architecture and Design Represented by Director Hanne Beate Ueland. Founded in 1945, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) offers a www.stavangerkunstmuseum.no unique research-based education of international standing. AHO has built a solid national funding base and is prominently ranked internationally. AHO awards The National Museum three master’s degrees in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design, as The National Museum (Nasjonalmuseet) holds, preserves, exhibits, and promotes public well as a PhD programme. knowledge about Norway's most extensive collections of art, architecture and design. The National Museum shows permanent exhibitions of works from its own collections Represented by faculty members Luis Callejas and Janike Kampevold Larsen and and temporary exhibitions that incorporate works loaned from elsewhere. The Muse- their students from the MFA program. um’s exhibition venues in Oslo are the National Gallery and the National Museum – Ar- www.aho.no chitecture. The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design closed in October 2016 and The Museum of Contemporary Art closed in September 2017. The National Gallery will be temporarily closed after January 2019. A new joint building for the National Museum currently under construction in Oslo is planned for opening in 2020. The Museum’s pro- gramme also includes exhibitions that tour both within and beyond Norway’s borders.

Represented by Andrea Kroksnes. www.nasjonalmuseet.no

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Second edition UKS (Unge Kunstneres Samfund / Young Artists’ Society) Founded by artists for artists in 1921 and based in Oslo, UKS is an institution for 21-26 October, 2018 contemporary art and a Norwegian membership organization. It has established itself as one of Norway’s core experimental venues for the arts; convening, exhibiting, and supporting critical voices of contemporary artists, with the objective of having both an artistic and political impact within and beyond its region.

Represented by Director Rhea Dall. www.uks.no

VISP Founded in 2009 and based in Bergen, VISP is a resource and a networking or- ganisation for the visual arts in western Norway. VISP works to improve and facili- tate conditions for the production and dissemination of visual arts in the counties of Hordaland, Rogaland and Sogn og Fjordane. VISP is a membership organisa- tion and membership is free. VISP represents all of the creative community within the visual arts, including artists, galleries, institutions, producers, curators, critics and suppliers of materials and services.

Represented by Managing Director Aslak Høyersten and chairwoman Hilde Jørgensen. www.visp.no

STAVANGER The Coast Contemporary booklet is produced with the Design kind support of KORD and Jørgen Nordlie, printed matter Visited pre-Lofoten by the international programme. Arts Council Norway, Fritt Ord, Bergen Municipality, Anyone and Thomas Knutstad, website programming Consulate General in New York, Ministry of Foreign Affairs NODEberlin and Internetfriendsforever, webdesign Kunsthall Stavanger with the embassies in Copenhagen, Hague, Paris, London Founded in 1865 (as Stavanger Art Society) and based in Stavanger, Kunsthall Sta- and Rome, Stavanger Municipality, NORLA – Norwegian Print: Printhouse Literature Abroad and KORO – URO / Art in Public Space. vanger is a contemporary art institution that serves as a platform for the produc- Contact Images at the courtecy of participating artists and tion, exhibition, and distribution of artworks that are part of a large international [email protected] institutions. discourse. Kunsthall Stavanger collaborates with artists and guest curators to de- www.coastcontemporary.no velop solo and group exhibitions with the goal of creating transformative experi- Published by Coast Contemporary is made possible with the generous ences and in depth audience engagement. Tanja Sæter artistic contributions of the participating artists, institutions, Team 2018 museums,curators, international delegates and our funders In conjunction with the exhibition Ulyd, Kunsthall Stavanger will present a special Tanja Sæter, founding director and supporting institutions on land and on board. Our performance with Hanne Lippard and Bendik Giske. Charles Aubin, curator sincere gratitude to the artists and everyone involved. www.kunsthallstavanger.no Maya Økland, production and booking Keneth Varpe, production and digital © Coast Contemporary Tanja Sæter

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