The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of the world – mental and material – in which we live, is not a dull and spiritless affair: rather is it a voyage of adventure of the human mind, a holiday for reckless and imaginative souls – Archibald Hill. We all have a very peculiar and personalContinue reading “READING TIME | affairs of the self”
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READING TIME | letter to ‘Imaginary Leaps into a Decanonized Future’ organizers (OCA)
Dear OCA team, A few days have passed since last time we saw each other; dear Nik, thank you for synchronizing your well-formed vertical laying for hours, so I could surf a tsunami of knowledge from the comfiness of my seat. Dear Katya, thank you, your heated words dried the coldness of the morning rainy-sheetContinue reading “READING TIME | letter to ‘Imaginary Leaps into a Decanonized Future’ organizers (OCA)”
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE | curating the social: meet me at the empty centre
PRAKSIS’s residency #8 Curating the Social: Meet me at the empty centre has been developed with curator and writer Natasha Marie Llorens and Norsk Kuratorforening (The Norwegian Association of Curators). Eight participants will examine the curator’s role in facilitating social practice in contemporary art, foregrounding the ethical questions of their involvement. Meet and learn about theContinue reading “ARTIST IN RESIDENCE | curating the social: meet me at the empty centre”
THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNEXPECTED | something might happen
#1: “Something might happen – Maria Sundby. Friday 26th April, 16:00 – 19:00What if we were to design new ways of interacting and expressing ourselves in public space? Something might happen is an interactive performance designed by The Institute of the Unexpected’s first guest artist Maria Sundby. The performance invites you to dive intoContinue reading “THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNEXPECTED | something might happen”
THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNEXPECTED | we play
#2: “We-Play – Angela Halvorsen Bogo. Sunday 12th May, 12:00 – 15:00The Institute of the Unexpected is happy to host We-Play in Oslo as the #2 workshop in the series. After events in Amsterdam, Berlin, Ghent, and Copenhagen, We-Play will allow you to experience the city in a new and fresh way. Through play andContinue reading “THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNEXPECTED | we play”
THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNEXPECTED | feeling the city
#3: feeling the city – Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad (BodyCartography Project). Saturday 15th June, 13:00 – 16:00 Feeling the city is the third workshop in the series of The Institute of the Unexpected. In this workshop, Olive and Otto invite participants to enter their animal-like appetites and childlike curiosities for physical investigation through engagementContinue reading “THE INSTITUTE OF THE UNEXPECTED | feeling the city”
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”