Research is an important starting point for much of the ecology-oriented work in the contemporary art field. But what happens when scientific data encounters the inherent freedom of art?
Opinion
Has artistic research in academia resulted in a distinction between the criteria for art in traditional arenas, such as galleries and museums, and that in art education? If so, what are the consequences for the development of the art field?
Opinion, Thea Barslund 10.10.2022
Shrink is without doubt the exhibition’s attention-grabber, and rightfully so. It is delicate, imposing, physical, alienating, and intimate, all at the same time.
Opinion, Polare randsoner, Text Series, Eline Bjerkan 04.02.2022
Perhaps it is their faith in the moral rectitude of art that lets artists feel their consciences are clear, unlike other tourists who visit Svalbard for inspiration.
Opinion, Susanne Christensen 15.12.2021
The corona crisis, Oslo’s penchant for pompous, iconic buildings, and the uneven distribution of resources between the capital and the rest of Norway may all have helped to pull new patrons and private money into Trøndelag’s cultural sphere.
Opinion, Stedsfornemmelser, Text Series, Eline Bjerkan 25.05.2020
Most of Trondheim’s numerous public artworks are physical objects that need looking after. There are therefore high hopes attached to the art plan for Nyhavna, which might just mark a shift in the kind of art we encounter in public space. For the time being, however, the plan is on indefinite hold.
Opinion, Stedsfornemmelser, Text Series, Anki Gerhardsen 05.12.2019
With the slogan “Make the North Great Again”, the art project Nordting has notched up a total of forty-nine public assemblies. In 2017, they stood as a candidate in the parliamentary elections.
Opinion, Stedsfornemmelser, Text Series, Ola Sendstad 06.09.2019
When do we cease to be participants in our local environments and instead become mere consumers thereof? Architect Ola Sendstad explains how his projects, the “Blaker cheese” and the old Hundorp railway station, served as a revitalization of the sites.
Opinion, Katya Sander 29.09.2013
On the basis of her work Caliban Katya Sander investigates the idiom of everyday things: I interact not only as an abstract unit, a consumer who can be measured, counted, registered and pre-calculated via algorithms, but also – quite simply – as a body. I touch and I take shape.
