Vectorized

Monica Holmen - 05.03.201605.03.2016

“It is a book / a zine / an exhibition / a magazine / a thought experiment / an interface. About Bergen.”

Miami Favorites

Vanessa Albury - 18.12.201518.12.2015

A few weeks back, Art Basel Miami Beach 2015 took place, alongside a number of other fairs. Vanessa Albury highlights a few of her favorites from those...

essay

Alt Gar Bra and Tout Va Bien

Bob Dickinson - 17.12.2015

Tout Va Bien is a series of live events from the artists’ group Alt Gar Bra. The first event involved a presentation and film by the Russian art...

interview

New Space for Entrée

Johnny Herbert - 06.11.201503.12.2015

Founded in 2009, Entrée is now a key fixture in Bergen’s art scene. Having recently moved premises to a space right in the centre of the city, Johnny...

Q&A

To Capture Realness

Monica Holmen - 26.10.201526.10.2015

Magnhild Opdøl recently opened a solo exhibition at Møre og Romsdal kunstsenter. KUNSTforum asked her about the projects and her inspirations.

review

A Labor of Love in Dublin

Shana Beth Mason - 22.10.201522.10.2015

Telling someone you love them is hard enough. So how can it be defined in concrete form? Can art tell someone else, can art tell you that you are loved?...

interview

Trying to make sense out of contemporary culture

Nicolai Strøm-Olsen - 15.10.201516.10.2015

Absolute Art Award winner, Francis Stark, believes deep learning is about the same process of self-control that is the topic in Mozart’s The Magic...

review

Zeitgeist

Pavel Borisov - 09.10.2015

While “Okkupert” hits the TV-screens, Russian and Norwegian artists organized a big group show at the territory of a former NATO base nearby Tromsø,...

And Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Johnny Herbert - 06.10.201515.10.2015

The premise of LOKALT 2015 is a noble one: gather artists based in and around Bergen to come together and show their work. Setting things in motion in...

Q&A

Q&A with HC Gilje

Mari Rustan - 24.09.201524.09.2015

SALT has commissioned HC Gilje (b. 1969), a Norwegian artist working with light, sound, architecture and space, to create a light-motion installation...

review

Urban Interventions

Monica Holmen - 10.09.201516.09.2015

The Triennial Bruges has been reopened this year. And it turns out that showing contemporary art in confines of historic public spaces allows for interesting...

Q&A

Escaping Categories

Monica Holmen - 08.07.201526.08.2015

This summer, El Anatsui’s massive works can be experienced at Kunstbanken Hamar. KUNSTforum met with him for a brief talk on his work, inspirations and...