About

Flaggfabrikken Center for photography and contemporary art is a non-profit organization run by artists in Bergen, Norway.

Flaggfabrikken was initiated in 2003 when ten former students from the department of Photography in Bergen National Academy of the Arts decided to pursue their careers as artists in Bergen. They came across an old flag factory in Møllendalsveien and renovated it with the ambition to create individual working spaces and to set up a local base of competence for contemporary art and photography.

In 2005 a public event called Flaggfabrikken Presenterer was established. The event is a one-night happening for contemporary art that embrace a wide range of presentations such as video screenings, performances, site specific art works, art talk shows, debates, concerts, street art, slide shows, lectures and self presentations.

Flaggfabrikken Presenterer is taking place in a downtown cultural venue called Landmark within Bergen Kunsthall.

In 2006 an International Artist in Residence was carried out with kind support from the municipality of Bergen. Two times a year, Flaggfabrikken receives a guest artist to live and work in Bergen for a period of three months.

Flaggfabrikken´s total premises consists of ten permanent working spaces, one guest studio and a digital workshop for advanced printing and scanning.

Apart from being professional artists, Flaggfabrikken´s members are also active as curators, tutors and writers.