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Kunsthall Trondheim
Kunsthall Trondheim (KT) is a contemporary art institution in Trondheim, Norway. Located in a former firehall, KT opened in October 2016. Between 2013 and 2016, the Kunsthall was run as a preliminary project in a temporary space by former Director Helena Holmberg. Stefanie Hessler was Director from 2019 until 2022; Adam Kleinman has been the Director since 2023. The facility offers exhibitions and public programs. Exhibitions 2013 * ''Straight Line (Stevens-Duke)'' Tomislav Gotovac * ''Redwood, Hemvist og Kraftverk; Italics og Inverse Night Sky'' Lotta Lotass, Peter Thörneby * ''Self Fashion Show'' Tibor Hajas * ''Music While We Work'' Hong-Kai Wang * ''The Broken Orchestra Live in Trondheim'' Hong-Kai Wang * ''N.P. 1977'' Neša Paripović 2014 * ''Freedom of Expression'' Dan Perjovschi * ''Present Stability'' Silje Figenschou Thoresen * ''Vannskille – Watershed, Divide'' Simen Engen Larsen * ''Silphium'' Lina Selander * ''On the Edge, Breaking Into Business'' Alex V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and was the fourth largest urban area. Trondheim lies on the south shore of Trondheim Fjord at the mouth of the River Nidelva. Among the major technology-oriented institutions headquartered in Trondheim are the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), and St. Olavs University Hospital. The settlement was founded in 997 as a trading post, and it served as the capital of Norway during the Viking Age until 1217. From 1152 to 1537, the city was the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nidaros; it then became, and has remained, the seat of the Lutheran Diocese of Nidaros, and the site of the Nidaros Cathedral. It was incorporated in 1838. The current municipalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Mayeri
Racheli Mayeri (born 1969 in Berkeley, California) is an American contemporary artist. Life Mayeri was born in 1969 in Berkeley, California. Mayeri received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, San Diego. She lives in Los Angeles where she is a full professor of Media Studies at Harvey Mudd College. Work Mayeri is known for her artworks involving chimpanzees. Her 2011 work ''Primate Cinema:'' ''Apes as Family'', billed as "the first film made for chimps", was made in collaboration with the Edinburgh Zoo. The piece was selected for screening at the Berlinale film festival and the 2013 Sundance film festival. Awards Mayeri received an honourable mention at the 2011 Prix Ars Electronica The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the best known and longest running yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music. It has been awarded since 1987 by Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria). .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of its kind. The main exhibition held in Castello, in the halls of the Arsenale and Biennale Gardens, alternates between art and architecture (hence the name ''biennale''; ''biennial''). The other events hosted by the Foundationspanning theatre, music, and danceare held annually in various parts of Venice, whereas the Venice Film Festival takes place at the Lido. Organization Art Biennale The Art Biennale (La Biennale d'Arte di Venezia), is one of the largest and most important contemporary visual art exhibitions in the world. So-called because it is held biannually (in odd-numbered years), it is the original biennale on which others in the world have been modeled. The exhibition space spans over 7,000 square meters, and artists from ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Pavilions At The Venice Biennale
The national pavilions host each participant nation's official representation during the Venice Biennale, an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Some countries own pavilion buildings in the Giardini della Biennale while others rent buildings throughout the city, but each country controls its own selection process and production costs. Background The Venice Biennale is an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", participation in the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists. The festival has become a constellation of shows: a central exhibition curated by that year's artistic director, national pavilions hosted by individual nations, and independent exhibitions throughout Venice. The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater. Outside of the central, international exhibition, individual nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelita Husni-Bey
Adelita Husni-Bey (born 1985) is a visual artist best known for her films and installations. Early life and education Husni-Bey received a BA in Fine Art from the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London in 2007 and she graduated with an MA in Photography and Uran Cultures from Goldsmiths University in 2009. In 2010, she was selected for the Advanced Course in Visual Art at the Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como in Italy under visiting professor Hans Haacke. Between 2012 and 2013, Husni-Bey was a fellow researcher for the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Career Adelita Husni-Bey's work focuses on complex questions about gender, race and class using collectivist and informal pedagogical models within the framework of urban studies. Her practice involves the analysis and counter-representation of the hegemonic ideology in Western society. Practicing as both an artist and a pedagogue she activates creative processes, such as role-playing, gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Henderson
Dame Louise Etiennette Sidonie Henderson (née Sauze, 21 April 1902 – 27 June 1994) was a French-New Zealand artist and painter. Life Louise Etiennette Sidonie Sauze was born on 21 April 1902 at Boulogne sur Seine, Paris, France, the only child of Lucie Jeanne Alphonsine Guerin and her husband, Daniel Paul Louis Sauze, secretary to the sculptor Auguste Rodin. Louise remembered how as a child she would go with her father to Rodin's house at Meudon and play with chips of marble while the men talked. In Paris she met her future husband Hubert Henderson, a New Zealander. Hubert returned to New Zealand in 1923 and proposed to Louise, but propriety demanded that a single woman not travel alone to New Zealand. She was married to Hubert by proxy at the British Embassy in Paris before emigrating to New Zealand in 1925 and settling with her husband in Christchurch where she began studies at the Canterbury School of Art. After earning her diploma in 1931 she went on to teach at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lise Autogena
Lise Autogena (born 1964) is a Danish artist living in the United Kingdom. At the age of 17, she left home to live in Denmark's experimental community Christiania, an experience which she has said was very important in her development. Autogena is best known for the ''Sound Mirrors'' projec Inspired by the derelict acoustic mirrors at the former RAF Denge in England, it aims to create two new sound mirrors on the coast of England and France which will enable people on either side of the English Channel to speak to each other. Her work tends to feature very lengthy and complex development, involving forming diverse communities of artists, business people, scientists, and children, who come together to work on each project. She says: :“''From the outset, I am often not sure whether it will be possible to realise my rather Utopian projects. I nevertheless commit years of research and development. Risk is an important part of my work, and the long term potential of my project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Lek
Lawrence Lek (;) is a multimedia artist, filmmaker, and musician based in London. His works include the films "AIDOL", "Geomancer", "Sinofuturism (1839–2046 AD)", the open world video game simulations "2065", "Europa, Mon Amour (2016 Brexit Edition)", "Unreal Estate (The Royal Academy is Yours)", and "Nøtel", an audio-visual collaboration with Kode9. Lek describes himself as a simulation artist, and uses 3D rendering technology in his work. Born in 1982 in Frankfurt am Main, Lek is of Malaysian Chinese descent, and studied architecture at Trinity College, Cambridge, the Architectural Association and Cooper Union in New York. He is represented by Sadie Coles HQ Sadie Coles HQ is a contemporary art gallery in London, owned and directed by Sadie Coles. The gallery focuses on presenting the work of established and emerging international artists. It was at the forefront of the Young British Artists movement ..., London. References External links Official websiteSadie Coles HQ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Portway
Joshua Portway (born 1967) is an artist and game designer. He is a frequent collaborator with Lise Autogena, for example on their Black Shoals stock market. He is also the author of thNoodle series of interactive music pieces, which was originally created as a part of larger world music project at Peter Gabriel's Real World Multimedia studio. Although the main project didn't see the light of day, Noodle was released as an interactive track on a number of Real World CDs, and later evolved intNoodle Heaven By 1984, he had written and published the game "Sim" for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron, which reached number 2 in the charts in 198 In 2002 he was nominated (along with Lise Autogena) for the Alternative Turner Prize < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eline McGeorge
Eline McGeorge (born 1970) is a Norwegian artist who lives and works in London and Oslo, Norway. She has exhibited extensively in Norway and internationally. Biography McGeorge was born 1970. She received her Master of Fine Arts in 2000 from Goldsmiths, University of London in London, England. McGeorge takes use of drawing, animation, collage, artist books and weaving. Her work spans abstraction, concrete references and documentary with democratic problems, environmental issues, feminist legacy and science fiction as core thematic focuses. Solo exhibitions * Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo (2016) * Hollybush Gardens, London (2012) * Galleri Kirkhoff, Copenhagen (2008) * Fotogalleriet, Oslo (2007) Selected group exhibitions * Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2017) * Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai (2015) * Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo (2014) * David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen (2012–13) * ''Focus'' Frieze Art Fair, London (2012) * Momentum (Moss), Moss (2009) * ''B Hotel'' at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blandy
David Blandy (born 1976) is a British artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, th .... He was educated at the Slade School of Fine Art and the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. Blandy produces video, performances and comics that deal with his problematic relationship with popular culture. Blandy gained an artist's residency with Grizedale Arts in 2004. In 2008, he was shortlisted in the Jerwood Moving Image Awards. Blandy won the Breakthrough Award at the South Bank Show Awards 2010. Bibliography *(2003). "Beck's Futures Student Prize for Film and Video." ''Design Week''. April 24. *Glover, Michael (2004). "Nice Video, But Don't Call it Art." '' The Independent''. January 13. *Vaughan, Hannah (2005). "Barefoot Blandy." "Transition Tradition Magazine." Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjetica Potrč
Marjetica Potrč (pronounced ; born 1953) is an artist and architect based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Potrč's interdisciplinary practice includes on-site projects, research, architectural case studies, and series of drawings. Her work documents and interprets contemporary architectural practices (in particular, with regard to energy infrastructure and water use) and the ways people live together. Background and early career Potrč was born in Ljubljana, the capital of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, which was then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Her parents were both writers. Potrč's father, Ivan Potrč, was a well-known Slovene social realist novelist and playwright from the Styria region, and the main editor at the publishing house Mladinska Knjiga. Her mother, Branka Jurca, was a teacher and magazine editor and also a well-known author of children's literature, who was born in the Karst region of western Slovenia but moved to Maribor, where she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
