THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNEXPECTED | belong to the city

#4: Belong to the city – Franzisca Siegrist. Thursday 4th July, 12:30 – 15:30What happens when we move to a new city; a new environment or start a new daily routine? We try to find our place, we adapt, to the point that we perhaps willingly modify our own routines, habits, rituals, and social behaviorContinue reading “THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNEXPECTED | belong to the city”

THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNPEXTED | monument to offense

#5: Monument to Offense – Shi Pratt. Sunday 25th August, 13:00 – 15:30 In this workshop, we explore how we can reshape the spaces we engage in by using the acts of observation and attentive usership. Through physical tasks and playful structures, we will occupy a space which is in continuous change in order toContinue reading “THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNPEXTED | monument to offense”

THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNPECTED | let’s get lost

#6: LET’S GET LOST – Naja Lee Jensen. Friday 06th September, 17:00 – 20:00For the final workshop of The Institute of the Unexpected, we will explore how to get lost – in thought, in an intention, and in the city. With Rebecca Solnit’s book A Field Guide to Getting Lost (2005) as a starting pointContinue reading “THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNPECTED | let’s get lost”

THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNEXPECTED | ambulante event

Come and celebrate with us the end of the pop-up art project The Institute of the Unexpected with a communal dining and open forum experience at Grønland Torg, Oslo. The event is a collaboration between The Institute of the Unexpected and Kitchen dialogues, an art project by the artist duo Martinka Bobrikova & Oscar deContinue reading “THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNEXPECTED | ambulante event”

THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNEXPECTED

Citizens, passersby, and Oslo-dwellers! Mark your calendars for free monthly workshop-events at The Institute of the Unexpected!Take a deep dive into the themes of the project, exploring ways that non-artists and artists have reimagined the relationship between body, movement, public space, everyday life, and citizenship.   About_The Institute of the Unexpected is an art projectContinue reading “THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNEXPECTED”

TRACING YELLOW | the spectrum of togetherness

Tracing yellow is a series of three experimental, small-scale and participatory art projects developed in the city of Oslo. The projects attempt to chase and explore the color «yellow» as a symbolic sphere of togetherness from a perspective of cultural-specificity. I am especially interested in how we use our bodies to interact with strangers acrossContinue reading “TRACING YELLOW | the spectrum of togetherness”

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