In 2010–11, OCA offers a twelve-month residency programme for an artist at the International Studio Program Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, from 1 December 2010 to 15 November 2011. Applications are accepted from Norwegian artists and international artists residing in Norway. Please notice that the residency is not available for BA or MA students. Applications will be assessed by an International Jury appointed by OCA, together with a representative from Künstlerhaus Bethanien.
During the residency the artist is offered an exhibition at Künstlerhaus Bethanien Bethanien, directed by Christoph Tannert, and a presentation of the artist portfolio will be included within the BE-Magazine, published by the institution.
In addition to the studio and the programme, OCA will provide the artist with a grant of 137 500NOK for all travel and living expenses. The studio is equipped with basic furniture including a bed, shelves, tables and chairs, as well as a small kitchen area.
OCA has implemented an online application system that should be used to apply for the International Studio Programme at Künstlerhaus Bethanien
To apply for the Residency please got to: www.stikk.no.
Before submitting the Application Form, please ensure that all uploaded information is correct and all fields are completed.
Once an application is submitted, a receipt with the indication of a reference number will be generated on the screen and sent to the e-mail contact provided within the Application Form. This reference number will allow applicants to follow their application process and therefore should be confidential.
Additional visual material can also be sent to OCA by post. This is however limited to artists publications and artists books. All other material including portfolios should
be uploaded within the application form. Please specify if you wish your material to be returned and if this is the case please send a pre-posted envelope with the return address.
All submitted material should be identified in the outside of the envelope with both the applicant's name and the reference number provided in the online application. Please
send additional visual material by post to:
Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Re: International Studio Programme at Künstlerhaus Bethanien
Nedre gate 7
0551 Oslo
Norway
Applications will be assessed by an International Jury appointed by OCA, together with a representative from Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Please note that the Jury's decisions are final and that following the residency, artists are expected to write a brief report to the Office for Contemporary Art Norway about his or her stay.
Ane Mette Hol,
Untitled (Notes), 2008
Courtesy ofthe Artist
Ane Mette Hol is an artist beased in Oslo, Norway who works with different methods and concepts of drawing. Her work focuses on the relation between drawing and reproduction of various objects, for example Xerox pages, prints or masking papers. A more attentive look discovers that all the traces, every mark and the objects themselves have been reproduced, drawn again by the artist. Her work is not an objet trouvé, or a simple copy of an object; it is a completely new re-production. Ane Mette Hol has participated in numerous group exhibitions, such as 'Lights On' at Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; 'Hardcore' at Sørlandet Art Museum, Kristiansand, Norway. Her latest solo show was 'Reversed Site-Specific' at Galleria Enrico Fornello in Prato, Italy. In 2009 she will be represented at Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium in the exhibition 'Nachspiel/Vorspiel'.