KEEPERS OF CULTURE | talk series

Gatherings with/by/for Granavollen’s women-run volunteer art network Over the course of 22 gatherings in 2021, a group of six women volunteers, a handful of collaborators, and an artist will gather biweekly to reflect on the core issues of the history and influence of women-run volunteer art networks in rural Norway. We initiate informal discussions onContinue reading “KEEPERS OF CULTURE | talk series”

ECHO-SWING | prelude

Echo-swing | Prelude encompasses the first stage of a two-year artistic research project; a series of talks/gatherings in 2021 and a group of three swing-sculptures in Granavollen public spaces. The swings are preceded by efforts on research, community engagement, community design workshops, and a series of academic events on the history and influence of women-runContinue reading “ECHO-SWING | prelude”

LISTEN | audial self-di·ag·no·ses [self-dahy-uhg-noh-seez]

I don’t have access to social well-being assistance, so every now and then, I talk to myself and self-diagnose.   rocofella · audio diagnosis #1     rocofella · self-diagnosis #2        

VERDENSROMMET | history

HISTORY   Verdensrommet was founded in March 2020, being a pandemic-native initiative, to address the precarious conditions of Norway-based visual artists whose citizenship led them to slip through the state’s support net. Later, this was expanded to include all creative professionals of non-EU/EEA backgrounds sharing similar experiences.   For the past one and half years,Continue reading “VERDENSROMMET | history”

RESOURCE DOCUMENT | on non-EU artists’ immigration, covid-19 & professional life

written by Rodrigo Ghattascommissioned by UKS (Unge Kunstneres Samfund) The economic implications by the Coronavirus outbreak has severely hit the already precarious situation of many artists in Norway, in particular non-European artists. Most exhibitions, projects, art residencies, and other artistic and cultural events have been cancelled. Leaving the artists with no source of income. ForContinue reading “RESOURCE DOCUMENT | on non-EU artists’ immigration, covid-19 & professional life”

THE UNION | open call

The Union is offering an artist-in-residence program Hjemmefra/low-residency for Norway-based visual artists working or wanting to stop working in various creative fields to stay at home and to engage in non-creation, non-production, non-thematic and non-research residency activities. The residency will offer an intimate space for reflection at the intersection of art and life practices.   TheContinue reading “THE UNION | open call”

READING TIME | in conversation with Svein Bjørkås

If I recall correctly, I was sitting in the dining room of the Clarion Hotel The Edge during the second day of the KORO conference Offentlig kunst og byutvikling in Tromsø¸. I remember I was feeling heavy, I couldn’t manage to revive my body at any point that morning. I put some fish and saladContinue reading “READING TIME | in conversation with Svein Bjørkås”

VERDENSROMMET : SIGN THE PETITION | support non-eu artists in Norway

We, artists, art students, and cultural workers from non-EU/EEA countries, currently living and working in Norway, ask for your support as we demand that the Norwegian government ensures our safety and survival through the COVID-19 pandemic.   We are specialized workers with temporary residence permits, from jobseeker visas to research and self-employment visas. While COVID-19Continue reading “VERDENSROMMET : SIGN THE PETITION | support non-eu artists in Norway”

KJERRINGØY BIENNALE 2017 | i dette ingenmannslandet

i dette ingenmannslandet (this is no-man’s-land) is a four-day ritualized journey, a repetitive intent in which the artist wanders around Kjerringøy trying to find the ‘right place’, his place in this remote Norwegian countryside. Inspired by Knut Hamsun’s novel Markens Grøde -Growth of the Soil- (1917) and its protagonist Isak, Ghattas stops here and thereContinue reading “KJERRINGØY BIENNALE 2017 | i dette ingenmannslandet”

Skip to content