Wednesday, December 4, 2013

We Are Living on a Star, opening at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter January 2014

We Are Living on a Star, curated by Tone Hansen and Marit Paasche, opening 30 January 2014 at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in collaboration with Fritt Ord Foundation. The title comes from the tapestry of Hannah Ryggen from 1958 that was hanging in the Norwegian government building and that suffered a tear in its lower part during the bombing in 2011. The project investigates the concepts of normality, collective values and freedom of speech. During and after the trial against Anders Behring Breivik, Norway was encompassed in a larger debate about his sanity and responsibility, about normality and the soundness of the mind. Normality, however, is far more than the opposite of insanity. The normative intervenes in all parts of society and regulates all our actions; it defines what is natural.
Participating artists: Burak Arikan, Doug Ashford, Julian Blaue, Martin Braathen in collaboration with Marius Engh and Even Smith Wergeland, Marthe Ramm Fortun, Hanne Friis, Else Marie Hagen, Silje Linge Haaland, Per-Oskar Leu, Lotte Konow Lund, Jumana Manna, Eline McGeorge, Eva Rothschild, Hannah Ryggen, Ahlam Shibli, and Javier Téllez.
Image curtesy of Ana Maria Bresciani

Image curtesy of Ana Maria Bresciani

Image curtesy of Ana Maria Bresciani
Image curtesy of Ana Maria Bresciani
Image curtesy of Ana Maria Bresciani




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