Kurt Johannessen, The Question Whether Everything Would Have Seemed Different if our Brain Had a DifferentConstruction 4, 2009. OiOi Festivalen, Bergen, 22 May 2009 Photograph: Torill Nøst, Svenn Sivertsen, Willibald Storn and Per Bækken
KURT JOHANNESSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PERFORMANCE ART NAVINKI
28–31 August 2010, Minsk, Belarus
and
GUANGZHOU LIVE – INTERNATIONAL ACTION ART FESTIVAL
8–14 December 2010, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
Kurt Johannessen has been invited by curator Victor Petrov to participate in the 2010 edition of the International Festival of Performance Art Navinki – an annual international performance festival in Minsk, Belarus. Within this twelfth edition of the festival, Johannessen presents new performance-based work. Among other exhibiting artists are Anna Syczewska, Elisa Andessner and Katnira Bello.
In December 2010 Johannessen will participate in Guangzhou Live – International Action Art Festival, taking place at the 53 Art Museum in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. During Guangzhou Live, which takes place at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA) and features panel discussions, lectures and workshops as well as performances, Johannessen will present new performance works. Other participating artists include Brian Connolly, Sylvette Babin, Giovanni Fontana and Christina Oiticica.
About the Artist
Kurt Johannessen (b.1960 in Bergen, Norway, lives and works in Bergen) has produced a wide range of works spanning various mediums such as land art, performance, photography, video, drawings and text-based works, using the avant-garde tradition of the 1960s as a reference point for close to thirty years. Johannesen is a graduate of Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK, the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland, and the National Academy of the Arts, Bergen, Norway. Recent exhibitions include 'Kurt Johannessen', Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway; and 'Kurt Johannessen: Installation Video Performance', Bergen Art Museum, Bergen, both in 2007.
Support
Kurt Johannessen's participation in International Festival of Performance Art Navinki and Guangzhou Live – International Action Art Festival is supported with a grant from OCA's International Support Programme.
Johannessen's participation in Guangzhou Live – International Action Art Festival has been supported by O3–funds as underwritten by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for enhancing collaboration in the contemporary art field with professional artists in countries designated by the MFA. The purpose of the O3–funds as allocated to OCA is to further develop cooperation and professional networking between OCA and the constituency of artists, independent cultural producers, and organisations that are located in designated countries.