2009 October
Written on October 26, 2009 at 15:31, by maya
OBJECT+VERBAL
Welcome to this years B-open seminar, about conversation, articulation, mediation and knowledge production in the arts.
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Time: Friday 30th of October 2009 at 10-15.30
Place: Permanenten, Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum, Nordahl Bruns gate 9.
With: Boško Blagojevi?, Will Holder, Falke Pisano and Mick Wilson.
Moderator: Marianne Hultman.
Registration: hks@kunstsenter.no by 23d of October.
Entrance: Kr 50,- Payable upon arrival.
The seminar will be held in English.
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Through the seminar we want to explore the relation between language and objects. We are interested in looking at the function of language as a carrier of information and knowledge, and also the form and process of language itself: How verbal or written articulation takes part in the process of developing objects, like objects of art, and how this affects the way we look at them. Mediation of art influences not only the reception, but also the production of artworks. In light of the increasingly tightened bonds to academia through the founding of academic fellowships and PhDs for artists, the educational institutions affect artists’ relation to verbal and written articulation. We wish to address art’s role as knowledge production, and how this is connected to the use of textual and verbal expression in contemporary art production.
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Party: with food and performance at Hordaland kunstsenter after the seminar!
Performance with Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas.
At 19.00
NoK 30,- / Free entry for seminar participants
Reader: B-open has on the occasion of the seminar Objekt+Verbal edited a reader in collaboration with the participating speakers. B-open has comissioned the Canadian/Swedish curator duo Firth-Eagland/Lund to write, and the Norwegian writer Mette Karlsvik has been invited to participate and write a text after the seminar. All texts will be published at www.b-open.no
TO SPEAK – The Practice of Conversation in Contemporary Art: Practical workshop in speaking in public.
October 28th, 10 A.M – 2 P.M.
Hordaland Art Centre, Klosteret 17, Bergen
Workshop led by Erik Aarebrot and Jørgen Larsson.
Registration by October 23rd to hks@kunstsenter.no
Fee: NOK 120 incl. seminar / NOK 100 excl. seminar. Payabale upon arrival.
The workshop will be held in Norwegian.
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B-OPEN – OPEN STUDIOS IN BERGEN B-open is an organisation which initiates and coordinates the bi-annual event of open artist studios in Bergen, Norway and annually organises a seminar, thus creating a forum for diverse discussion on contemporary arts in the city. B-open is a collaboration between the two artist unions Bildende Kunstneres Forening Hordaland (BKFH) and Norske Kunsthåndverkere Vest-Norge (NKVN) and Hordaland Art Centre (HKS). B-open participates actively in the debate and reflection around the artist as contributor to society at large, and aim to organise challenging, interesting and memorable events for both art professionals and the general public. B-open is project based and recieves an annual financial support from The City of Bergen, as well as grants from The Freedom of Expression Foundation, Art Council Norway, BKFH, HKS and NKVN.
The board of B-open 2009 is Toril Johannessen (BKFH), Anne Szefer Karlsen (HKS) and Liv Midbøe (NKVN).
Flaggfabrikken´s International Artist-In-Residency
Written on October 8, 2009 at 08:38, by maya
Flaggfabrikken – Center for photography and contemporary art is offering an opportunity to undertake a two months residency in Bergen, Norway.
The residency is open for artists, curators and art critics working within contemporary art.
Flaggfabrikken will with the generous financial support from the municipality of Bergen offer our guest a studio, accommodation, travel expenses paid and give a small grant towards covering other living expenses during the artist’s stay.
