19 October 2008 – 4 January 2009
Marius Engh
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
Participation in the first Brussels Biennial, Brussels, Belgium whitin the exhibition curated by the Witte de With Contemporary Art Center. The first Brussels Biennial, as conceptualized by it artistic director Barbara Vanderlinden, will incorporate exhibitions by experimental art institutions. Marius Engh will exhibit Lead, follow or get the hell out of the way, a series of 14 photographs of details of Teufelsberg, a symbolic mark in Berlin, Germany. Curator: Nicolaus Schafhausen and Florian Waldvogel, Curators, Witte de With Contemporary Art Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
29 October – 6 December 2008
Cooper Union School of Art
Lene Berg
Participation of Lene Berg (b. 1965, Oslo, Norway lives and works in Berlin, Germany) in a solo exhibition entitled Portrait of a Woman with Moustache by Lene Berg at Cooper Union School of Art, New York, USA. The exhibition will feature the video projects Stalin by Picasso and Gentlemen and Arseholes, accompanied by related collages, publications and an outside banner. Curator: Sara Reisman, Associate Dean and Saskia Bos, Dean Cooper Union School of Art
6 September – 16 November 2008
Hans Hamid Rasmussen
Gao Shiming
Sarat Maharaj
Chang Tsong-zung
Participation of Hans Hamid Rasmussen within the Third Guangzhou Triennial at the Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. For the triennial, Hans Hamid Rasmussen produced a new textile work, which addresses the perception of geographical places in relation to social bodies. Curators: Gao Shiming, Sarat Maharaj and Chang Tsong-zung
19 October 2008 – 4 January 2009
Anne Szefer Karlsen
Abdellah Karum
Hans Christian Gilje
Travel grant for the participation of H. C. Gilje in the first Brussels Biennial, Brussels, Belgium within the exhibition curated by L'appartement 22 in Rabat, Morocco. The first Brussels Biennial, as conceptualized by it artistic director Barbara Vanderlinden, will incorporate exhibitions by experimental art institutions. H G Gilje will create a work in public space in Rabat to be streamed to Brussels. Curators: Anne Szefer Karlsen and Abdellah Karum, Artistic Director, L'appartemement 22, as part of the Brussels Biennial
25 October – 21 December 2008
Fanny Gonella
Øystein Aasan
Participation of Øystein Aasan (b. 1977 in Kristiansand, Norway, lives and works in Berlin, Germany) within Repetition of Sigs at Alte Fabrik in Rapperswil, Switzerland. For the exhibition, Øystein Aasan will develop a new project based on the campus of Cité Universitaire, in Paris, where each house is representative of a nation. Other artists include Bettina Samson, Izet Sheshivari and Suse Weber. Curator: Fanny Gonella, KURATOR Program
31 October 2008 – 11 January 2009
Åsa Sonjasdotter
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Participation within the exhibition The Gatherers: Creating Our Urban Spheres taking place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA. The artist will be exhibiting the long-term project Potato Perspectives, in which she uses the potato plant as a starting point for investigations in cultural and societal relations. Among other artists exhibiting are Amy Franceschini with Wilson Diaz, Marjetica Potrc and Public Matters. Curators: Veronica Wiman and Berin Colonu, Associate Visual Art Curator, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
1 – 30 November 2008
Hilde Methi
The New Society for Visual Arts
Participation in a conference within Pöpp68, a project consisting of a conference, an exhibition and a publication by the New Society for Visual Arts, Berlin (NGBK), Germany. Pöpp68 is a contribution by the New Society for Visual Arts (NGBK) to 40 years of 68. During the conference, Hilde Methi will be presenting the project Getting Involved and Other Quirky Behavio. Curator: Ulrike Solbrig, Member The New Society for Visual Arts
13 November – 1 December 2008
Stian Ådlandsvik
HfbK Galerie
Participation in the solo exhibition If You Won't Fly, Try Using It As A Reducing Machine, a collaboration between Stian Ådlandsvik and Lutz-Rainer Müller, taking place concurrently at the galleries Trottoir, Elektrohaus, HfbK Galerie in Hamburg, Germany. The project approaches theories regarding time and the impossibility/desire to be in different places at the same time. Curator: Nadine Barbara Droste, Curator HfbK Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
28 November – 7 December 2008
Kjell Bjørgeengen
Barry Esson
Participation of Kjell Bjørgeengen with a new video project in the Kill Your Timid Notion Tour. The tour visits important international institutions in the UK such as the British Film Institute, BFI IMAX, ICA, Arnolfini, Spike Island and the Centre for Contemporary Art Glasgowin. For Kill your timid Notion Tour, the artist will perform a life video in collaboration with Keith Rowe and Philipp Wachsman. Curator: Barry Esson, Curator of Arika
1 December 2008
Book & Hedén
Ute Meta Bauer
Yvonne P. Dodererisiting
Amber Frid-Jimenez
Participation of Book & Hedén within the lecture series This is Tomorrow - Urban Utopias, Dystopias and Heterotopias at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Visual Art Program, Cambridge, USA. The artists will be presenting a lecture entitled Clearing Land in Affluent Society during an evening of lectures titled Urban Agriculture. Creators: Ute Meta Bauer, Director, MIT Visual Arts Program and Yvonne P. Dodererisiting Professor, MIT Visual Arts Program in collaboration with Amber Frid-Jimenez, Lecturer MIT Visual Arts Program
4 December 2008 – 15 March 2009
Leif Magne Tangen
Museum Of Contemporary Art, North Miami
Participation within the public programme of the exhibition The Possibility of an Island, at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, USA. The artist will present a talk about the process of writing the novel Phillip and future plans for the project. Among other participating artists are Claire Fontaine, Peter Coffin and Cao Fei. Curator: Ruba Katrib, Assistant Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
14 January – 9 March 2009
Morten Norbye Halvorsen
Artist Space
Participation in the exhibition entitled Paper Exhibition at the Artist Space, New York, USA. Within the exhibition, the artist will present a sound installation that draws from various sources amongst them Francis Ford Coppola's The conversation and the new autobiography of Clifford Irving entitled Phantom Rosebuds . Among other artists exhibitin are Mario Garcia Torres, Mariana Castilo Deball and Loris Greaud. Curator: Raimundas Malasauskas, Curator, Artist Space, New York, USA
31 January 2009
Hans Askheim
Bodil Furu
Beate Petersen
Participation of Bodil Furu (b. 1976 in Askim, lives and works in Oslo), Beate Petersen (b. 1962 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) and Mark Aerial Waller (b. 1969 in High Wycombe, UK, lives and works in London, UK)in Real Vague, a one day event taking place at Betonsalon, Paris, France. Within Real Vague Bodil Furu and Beater Petersen's Kabul Ping Pong will be screened and Mark Aerial Waller will present a new performance work. Curator: Hans Askheim, Independent Curator
14 February – 29 March 2009
Lars Laumann
Texas Christian University University Galleries
Participation with Margrét Blöndal in the solo exhibition Margrét Blöndal & Lars Laumann at Fort Worth Contemporary, Texas Christian University, Fort Woth, USA. Lars Laumann will be exhibiting the films Morrissey Foretelling the Death of Diana,Berlinmuren, Swedish Book Store and possibly a new video work. Curator: Gavin Morrison, Curator of the University Galleries, Texas Christian University, Fort Woth, Texas
15 February – 14 May 2009
Sverre Strandberg
National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea
Anna Daniell
Participation of Sverre Strandberg and Anna Daniell (b. 1978 in Fredrikstad, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway), within an exhibition as part of a residency at the Program of National Art Studio, Changdong, in Seoul, South Korea. Curator: Yoon Soo Kin, Director of the National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, in Seoul, South Korea
6 September – 16 November 2008
Toril Goksøyr
Maria Fidel Regueros
Johannesburg Art Gallery
Camilla Martens
Participation of Toril Goksøyr and Camilla Martens (b. 1969 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) within the exhibitionDisturbance - Contemporary Art from Scandinavia & South Africa, at Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa. The duo will exhibit Speech Coir, a work composed of photographs and sound created for the exhibition. Curators: Clive Kellner, Director of Johannesburg Art Gallery and Maria Fidel Regueros
14 – 31 October 2008
Karolin Tampere
Fundación Arteria
Participation as a guess speaker in an international curatorial workshop and exhibition entitled Interdisciplinary Laboratory for the Arts - L.I.A. at Fundación Arteria, in Bogotá, Colombia. Within the workshop, Karolin Tampere will present a lecture on her curatorial projects. Among the artists exhibiting at Fundación Arteria are Patricia Esquivas and Yael Batana and other invited curators are Cosmin Costinas and Sofía Héndez Chong Cuy. Curator: Inti Guerrero, Curator Fundación Arteria, in Bogotá, Colombia
1 November – 15 December 2008
Karl Ingar Røys
Sussanna Gyulamiryan
Participation of Karl Ingar Røys within the 1st Annual International Forum on Contemporary Art, taking place at the Art and Cultural Studies Laboratory (ACSL), Yerevan, Armenia under the title Interdiagnosis. During the Forum, the artist will present his earlier work in relation to Armenian contemporary art and will also produce a new video work. Curator: Sussanna Gyulamiryan, Project Author
25 November – 25 December 2008
Tove Pedersen
Deng Lin
Participation of Tove Pedersen within the 5th International Fiber Art Biennale, taking place at Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China. In the biennial, the artist will exhibit the works Sunrise and Stardust. Curator: Deng Lin
1 May – 1 October 2009
Hanne Johnsen
Petrozavodsk City Exhibition Hall
Travel grant for the development of Hanne Johnsen's ongoing project entitled Stories from the World of Children and Youth. The project is a photographic and textual documentary of the lives of children and youth at risk in the north of Norway and Northwest-Russia. Curator: Masha Yufa, Director of Petrozavodsk City Exhibition Hall
1 May – 1 October 2009
Ole John Aandal
Pink Studio
Participation of Ole John Aandal within the exhibition Juvenilia at 798 Art district, Beijing and Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan, People's Republic of China. The artist will exhibit the works The Samaritan and Juvenilia. Curator: Carol Lu, Founding Member of Pink Studio, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
26 – 30 November 2009
Samba Fall
ODDC
Participation of Samba Fall in the exhibition L'homme est un mistère #3 - Contemporary Art from Africa, at L'Office Départemental de Développement Culturel des Côtes d'Armor (ODDC). Among other artist exhibiting are Hassan Musa, Camara Gueye and Andries Botha. Curator: Olivier Couqueberg, Director ODDC, France
26 – 30 November 2009
Siri Hermansen
Non/fiction Fair
Travel grant to exhibit Siri Hermansen's project Bipolar Horizon at the Book Fair Non/fiction n. 10, in Moscow, Russia. The project focuses on the abandoned mining town of Pyramiden and was a solo project at the Sternesen Art Museum in 2006. Curator: Ekaterina Zvorykina, Director Non/fiction Fair, Moscow, Russia
