Learning to Do Things Differently
The new director of Kunsthall Trondheim, Stefanie Hessler, wants to engage the local technology and science community, but not to affirm staid notions of progress.
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The Blind Leading the Blind
Our present day has a desire for images so fierce that it threatens to destroy us, according to Irena Haiduk, whose exhibition at Kunsthal Charlottenborg is shrouded in total darkness.
Not Beyond Politics
‘Climate emergency is about much more than global warming or melting ice’, says art historian T. J. Demos, who recently gave a lecture in Bergen.
Curating Interconnectedness
‘In order to move on, you must also turn back’, says Lisa Rosendahl, curator of the 10th edition of the Göteborg Biennial, opening this Saturday.
Monster That I Am
In the midst of her largest retrospective to date, artist Zdenka Rusova talks about the singular question of her life and work.
In the Midst of the Painterly
Mari Slaattelid wants to paint – not the way she is, but the way she needs to be for the picture’s sake. This summer, her work can be seen at Bergen Kunsthall.
Dirty Data
‘Artists find the measure of their own time just by doing their work’, says Julia Scher who began making art about surveillance long before the Internet really existed.
Recuperating the Past
The Sonja Ferlov Mancoba exhibition in Copenhagen sparked a correspondence between two artists and a curator on how to rewrite art history.
Contrived Communities
The introductory days of Bergen Assembly served as a reminder that art’s engagement with social issues does not necessarily translate into audience engagement.
A Sense of Belonging
What is national identity in the wake of a climate apocalypse? Larissa Sansour on her contribution to the Danish Pavilion in Venice.
Affecting the Body
‘If you don’t have or don’t control material, you have to become material yourself’, says Arthur Jafa, currently showing at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo.
Pre-Cinema, Post-Internet
Frida Orupabo’s integration of social media and white cube takes us back to the technological origins of cinema.
