Are You OK?
18 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -A series of informal phone conversations between Oslo Kunstforening's exhibiting artists and Martin White. We've reached out to ask them what they're thinking about, how they or their loved ones have been impacted by Covid-19 and we discuss the future of art-making in these new conditions. We reach out and ask 'Are You OK?'.
Oslo Kunstforening (OK) is an art gallery that displays and disseminates exhibits and communicates contemporary art. OK was founded in 1836 and was Norway’s first exhibition space.
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Ursula Reuter Christiansen
January 27, 2022 14:28 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBUrsula Reuter Christiansen (b. 1943 in Trier) is a sculptor and painter most active in Denmark. She graduated from the Akademie der Künste in Düsseldorf under Professor Joseph Beuys in 1969. She was married to the Danish composer Henning Christiansen (1932-2008), and in 1970 they moved to Askeby on the Danish island of Møn, where Ursula Reuter Christiansen continues to live and work. Reuter Christiansen was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg (HfBK) 1992-96 and professor of p...
Toril Johannessen
August 13, 2021 07:49 - 42 minutes - 39 MBToril Johannessen (1978) is based in Bergen, Norway. The impact of historical conditions and technological developments on perception and representation are recurring themes in Johannessen’s artistic practice. Combining historical records with her own investigations and collection of data, and with an attention to how science coexists with other systems of knowledge and belief, Johannessen’s works often have elements of storytelling in visual or written form. Johannessen’s recent exhibition...
Hans Ragnar Mathisen
May 18, 2021 09:22 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBA wonderful documentary about Hans Ragnar: 'The Cartographer'. Hans Ragnar's current show at Oslo Kunstforening.
Lina Selander
April 21, 2021 12:36 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBLina Selander's 2017 exhibition at Oslo Kunstforening, 'Repeat After Me': https://en.oslokunstforening.no/lina-selander Including the works 'Silphyum': https://www.linaselander.com/works/silphium 'The Offspring Resembles the Parent': https://www.linaselander.com/works/the-offspring-resembles-the-parent 'Ceremonin': https://www.linaselander.com/works/the-ceremony
Germain Ngoma
March 30, 2021 12:48 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBNgoma was the recipient of the 2019 Sparebank Stiftelsen DNB Grant Exhibition. You can view his winning work here: https://en.oslokunstforening.no/Germain-Ngoma
Inger Johanne Grytting
March 16, 2021 09:16 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBInger Johanne Grytting was born in Svolvær in 1949 and has roots in Tromsø. She moved to New York City in 1972 and with her husband, Mark J. Mirsky began publishing a literary magazine, 'Fiction' which continues to be published to this day. Originally studying sculpture at the New School, Grytting began to create abstract, process-based drawings and paintings, which have been exhibited in Norway and in the United States. Grytting’s studio and home in Manhattan have been a natural gathering p...
Trygve Luktvasslimo
February 16, 2021 13:57 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBTrygve Luktvasslimo's show at Oslo Kunstforening, 'Mulighetsperleportalen': https://www.oslokunstforening.no/trygve-luktvasslimo-1 Trygve Luktvasslimo (b. 1978) lives and works at Valberg in Lofoten. He has a bachelor's and master's degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Malmö (2006), Sweden, with an exchange year to Edinburgh College of Art. Between 2007 and 2016, Luktvasslimo was based in Berlin and Lisbon where he produced a number of performances, films and the book 'Primitive Rhyme'....
Hanni Kamaly (Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition Part III)
December 22, 2020 08:57 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBHanni Kamaly's contribution to Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition 2020, 'ULRIKAB' can be seen here: https://www.oslokunstforening.no/hanni-kamaly Hanni Kamaly (b. 1988, Hamar) is based in Stockholm and has studied at Malmö Art Academy. Kamaly has held solo-exhibitions at: Ginerva Gambino, Cologne; Tegel, Stockholm; Skånes konstförening, Malmö; Almanac, London and Tag-Team Studio, Bergen and perfomances at Moderna Museet, Malmö; Rupert, Vilnius; Inter Arts Center, Malmö and Göteborg ...
Hanni Kamaly
December 22, 2020 08:57 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBHanni Kamaly's contribution to Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition 2020, 'ULRIKAB' can be seen here: https://www.oslokunstforening.no/hanni-kamaly Hanni Kamaly (b. 1988, Hamar) is based in Stockholm and has studied at Malmö Art Academy. Kamaly has held solo-exhibitions at: Ginerva Gambino, Cologne; Tegel, Stockholm; Skånes konstförening, Malmö; Almanac, London and Tag-Team Studio, Bergen and perfomances at Moderna Museet, Malmö; Rupert, Vilnius; Inter Arts Center, Malmö and Göteborg ...
Berivan Erdogan
December 18, 2020 10:39 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBBerivan's work for Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition 2020 can be viewed online here: https://en.oslokunstforening.no/berivan-erdogan. Berivan Erdogan (b. 1989, Molde) is based in Oslo and Gothenburg. Her work examines gender and power-relations within a multicultural society, with a specific focus on topics of masculinity and violence. Erdogan has a background in Gender Studies and has undergraduate degrees from both the Art Academy in Oslo, and from Akademin Valand, Gothenburg fro...
Berivan Erdogan (Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition Part II)
December 18, 2020 10:39 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBBerivan's work for Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition 2020 can be viewed online here: https://en.oslokunstforening.no/berivan-erdogan. Berivan Erdogan (b. 1989, Molde) is based in Oslo and Gothenburg. Her work examines gender and power-relations within a multicultural society, with a specific focus on topics of masculinity and violence. Erdogan has a background in Gender Studies and has undergraduate degrees from both the Art Academy in Oslo, and from Akademin Valand, Gothenburg fro...
Kjetil Skøien (Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition Part I)
December 11, 2020 09:48 - 26 minutesKjetil Skøien (b. 1952, Oslo) is a former biodynamic farmer, dancer and theatre director who has directed more than 30 experimental theatre works in Norway and abroad. He has also directed Japanese Noh theatre and Butoh dance theatre and studied under Japanese dancer Kazuo Ohno. In 1994 Skøien collaborated with Black Box Theatre to produce ‘Dance of Life’, a Butoh performance by Min Tanaka for the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. Skøien was educated at the Norwegian Academy of Fine Arts. He was ...
Kjetil Skøien
December 11, 2020 09:48 - 26 minutesKjetil Skøien (b. 1952, Oslo) is a former biodynamic farmer, dancer and theatre director who has directed more than 30 experimental theatre works in Norway and abroad. He has also directed Japanese Noh theatre and Butoh dance theatre and studied under Japanese dancer Kazuo Ohno. In 1994 Skøien collaborated with Black Box Theatre to produce ‘Dance of Life’, a Butoh performance by Min Tanaka for the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. Skøien was educated at the Norwegian Academy of Fine Arts. He was ...
Jenna Sutela
November 10, 2020 10:27 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBJenna Sutela works with words, sounds, and other living media, such as Bacillus subtilis nattō bacteria and the “many-headed” slime mold Physarum polycephalum. Her audiovisual pieces, sculptures, and performances seek to identify and react to precarious social and material moments, often in relation to technology. Sutela's work has been presented at museums and art contexts internationally, including Guggenheim Bilbao, Moderna Museet, and Serpentine Galleries. She is a Visiting Artist at The...
Anawana Haloba
June 23, 2020 13:23 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBAnawana Haloba (b. 1978) lives and works in Oslo. She is a graduate from the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, Evelyn Hone College of Applied Arts in Lusaka and the Academy of Fine Art in Oslo. Haloba's work has been featured in both solo- and group shows, including the Rauma Biennale, Finland; ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany; Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (2010); the Venezia Biennale (2009); the Sydney Biennale (2008); Manifesta, Bolzano, Italy (2007); the Sharjah...
Akram Zaatari
June 10, 2020 14:30 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBAkram Zaatari (b. 1966, Saida, Lebanon) lives and works in Beirut. He has produced more than forty films and videos, a dozen books, and countless installations of photographic material, all pursuing a range of interconnected themes, subjects, and practices related to excavation, political resistance, the lives of former militants, the legacy of an exhausted left, intimacies among men, the circulation of images in times of war, and the play of tenses inherent to various letters that have been...
Camille Norment
May 27, 2020 10:43 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBMulti-media artist Camille Norment’s work utilizes the notion of cultural psychoacoustics as both an aesthetic and conceptual framework. She defines this term as the investigation of socio-cultural phenomena through sound and music - particularly instances of sonic and social dissonance, and works through sound as a force over the body, mind, and society. Composing through forms including recorded sound, installation, drawing, and live performance, she applies this concept towards the creati...
Lucien Samaha
May 12, 2020 10:04 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBLucien's website: http://luciensamaha.net/about Lucien's self-published books: https://www.blurb.com/user/lucien58 Oslo Kunstforening exhibition: https://en.oslokunstforening.no/beirut