All articles by Simen Joachim Helsvig

Prison talk

A puff of a cigarette, a scratch in a table top – resistance manifests itself in simple gestures in Liv Bugge’s project in the prisons of Ullersmo and Eidsberg.

Bodies Only Skin Deep

Sandra Mujinga’s Hoarse Globules at Young Artists’ Society in Oslo feeds on the dissonance between the post-digital fluid self and the fixed identities of representational politics.

Not One Nordic Model

There are substantial differences between the Scandinavian countries when it comes to state funding of art. Denmark already provides the least funding, and now the nation faces new cuts.

A First Spark

OCA’s symposium Museums on Fire launched an urgent conversation about indigenous art and the colonial heritage of art institutions even if it only occasionally caught real fire.

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Lofoten Calling

This year’s Lofoten International Art Festival delves into local history while emphasising the need to connect with the world.

Introspective

Ulla Wiggen’s retrospective at EMMA in Espoo uncovers her ever-evolving ability to worm her way beneath the surface of the ordinary.