Exhibition | Øystein Aasan
Øystein Aasan’s third solo exhibition LORD MEMORY at the LAUTOM Contemporary in Oslo opens on Friday, 19th August.
Visit the exhibition to find out how misreading Rosalind Krauss on purpose has influenced Aasan to continue working with the grid.
Image courtesy of LAUTOM contemporary.
New Blood | Noah Alveberg
Noah Alveberg was born in Frogner, Oslo, Norway and practically grew up at the Norwegian Opera as his Mother was usually staging her ballet. He’s currently living in London and finishing a BA in Fine Arts at Central Saint Martin’s. The ballet has greatly influenced Noah and he is interested in the misunderstandings of the body. He’s working on incorporating his photography with video and dance.
Festival | EKKO Festival Bergen/Norway
ATOM: ROBERT HENKE (MONOLAKE) & CHRISTOPH BAUDER
29 September, 21.00
Bergen/Norway
Robert Henke and Christoph Bauder are perhaps the most exciting and relevant artists to perform during the EKKO Festival in Bergen, focusing on electronic music and contemporary art.
YOUNG BLOOD | LAERKE HOOGE ANDERSEN
Laerke Hooge Andersen works deal with ‘accident designs of the future’, as a PhD fellow, Laerke’s research is focusing on bio prosthetic materials and the conventions of textiles. How could we establish a new concept of fashion and design in future hostile environments? Such ambitious and innovative research ideas have also provided Laerke with a vast range of experiences with several fashion designers and an impressive portfolio after completing an MA at Central Saint Martins. Read on to find out more about Laerke’s exciting vision on sustainable design, surrealism and synthetic nature…
(by Tatevik Sargsyan for N|N ©2011)
INTERVIEW | ANJA NIEMI
Photographer Anja Niemi was born in Norway and educated at London College of Printing and Parsons School of Design in Paris and New York. Anja balances her work and family life between London and Oslo. In March 2012, Anja will be exhibiting at the Little Black Gallery in London. Looking at some of Anja’s photographs one can feel how empty rooms and spaces have been embodied, bringing the invisible within one’s eyesight. Needless to say, Art Review has hailed Anja in their “Future Greats” just after her first solo exhibition in 2006.
Introducing Anja Niemi with 10 questions:
(by Tatevik Sargsyan for N|N ©2011)
N|N video special | Christian Bermudez
Ballast Plants - Christian Bermudez from Peter Merrington on Vimeo.
Following Christian Bermudez’s three-week residency at ISIS Arts in October/November 2011, N|N have caught up with him to learn more about his project Ballast Hill. Peter Merrington met up with Christian at the Ouseburn Valley, a former industrial hub on the east end of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to find out more about the history of the area and Christian’s interest in the hills.
INTERVIEW | Bjørn Venø
Chapter 4 Becoming: The Sacrifice, 2010, edition of 7Bjørn Venø was born in 1979 in Chatham, UK and moved to Selje, Norway in the same year. Bjørn was educated both in Oslo and England, next year he will be graduating with an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art. He is working in the realms of photography, video and is currently experimenting with performance art trying to expose his inner fool, the childish caricature every man has hiding inside him. We have caught up with Bjørn to find out more about his collection of work MANN, where he is trying to develop new paradigms of masculinity. Read more to find out what Bjørn has to say about male inferiority complex, Indiana Jones and why he doesn’t believe in equality…
(by Tatevik Sargsyan for N|N ©2011)
INTERVIEW | Johan Tirén
Epilogues – Sharing a society? (Att dela ett samhälle) Trust (poster 70x100cm)
Johan Tirén (b. 1973) is a Swedish artist who is developing new approaches within contemporary art. His interests in socio-political issues and the position of the artist within society have led him to undertake several collaborations with artists and other organisations such as the Office of Regional Planning in Stockholm. Although many of Johan’s works have taken place outside of conventional art institutions or environments, he has still had several international exhibitions in Sweden, Denmark, Spain, USA, France and England.
Johan lives and works in Stockholm.
(by Tatevik Sargsyan for N|N ©2011)
INTERVIEW | Martin Skauen
Far from Understand
Martin Skauen (b. 1975) is from Fredrikstad, Norway and he was educated at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo. In 2007, Martin undertook a residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. Since his residency he has had several international group shows, currently he is represented by Laura Bartlett Gallery in London and Nicodim Gallery in LA. Martin captures human absurdity and fetishism in fine realistic figurative drawings, even some of the surreal drawings depict this effortless conviction of present physicalness. måg magazine featured Martin in their first issue, see it here
Martin lives and works in Berlin.
Read more to find out about The Blind Spot, Martin’s alter-ego Slideshow Johnny, and his new project space in Berlin.
(by Tatevik Sargsyan for N|N ©2012)
INTERVIEW | Marie Kristiansen
Marie Kristiansen at Galleri Ramfjord (Image by Tine Berge)
Marie Kristiansen is a Norwegian photographer and director currently based in Los Angeles, USA. Marie has directed several fashion and music videos, including a fashion film for the designer Phoebe English whom she met at Central Saint Martins. She has also exhibited her photographic collections throughout Norway, Spain, USA and the UK. She transfers her photographic precision and still-life perfection into playful and dramatic videos. Her main characters are usually women and act out within surreal social dynamics. Marie has recently directed a feature film with Patrik Syversen - making her the youngest female director to do so in Norway.
(by Tatevik Sargsyan for N|N ©2012)
INTERVIEW | Rasmus Nilausen
The Dresden GreenRasmus Nilausen is a Danish artist who is currently based between London and Barcelona. Rasmus was selected as part of the Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2011 where he presented his Diamond Collection paintings. He has obtained an MA in Fine Art (with distinction) from Chelsea College of Art, London. His paintings deal with the concept of copying and pasting, borrowing an image and transforming this into a new piece of work. He has had several group shows within the UK and Spain. Currently, Rasmus is part of a three-man group show called “3 under 40” at Galeria Marlborough in Barcelona.Read more to find out what Rasmus tells us about the absurd parallels he draws between diamonds and painting, how he is avoiding to perfect his paintings and his collaboration with German artist Tobias Buckel.(by Tatevik Sargsyan for N|N ©2012)
INTERVIEW | Margarida Paiva
(Still image from ’Every story is imperfect’ 2012)
Margarida Paiva’s videos are intense portrayals of pensive emotions, executed with minimal acting and voiced through a striking narrator. The characters have an inherent tendency to distance themselves from the complexity of psychological states they experience. They are used as figures or silhouettes to direct the narrative, not to express their emotions openly. At times Margarida uses non-synchronous editing of sound and image, which seems like a tool for intellectualising of emotions. Her new work ‘Every story is imperfect’ is an interrupted narrative which deals with the fictionalization of news reports and fragmented stories.
(by Tatevik Sargsyan for N|N ©2012)
INTERVIEW | Espen Friberg
14:28 23/2 1991 - Lego sound sculpture built in a edition of 5 and released on NSEW press.
Espen Friberg is a young Norwegian artist who has developed several interesting projects. He has co-founded a design studio in Oslo, worked with international clients and made a photo book. We caught up with Espen for a quick chat to find out what he has been up to since moving back to Oslo from the US. Read more to find out about Espen’s upcoming collaborations and his favourites both online and offline.
In Portrait | Malin Lennström-Örtwall
Any object can be art. How do you conceptualize your objects into art?
Malin: During my childhood I was collecting objects so when I started at Kunstskolen i Bergen it was natural for me to use objects as a material for making art. By using known objects I want to refer to everyday life and situations that the viewer can recognize themselves in.
Through my art, I am conceptualizing the form the objects are taking through their settings and the treatment they are receiving from me. By visually adding an interference to the objects, they transform into something else, something more than what they originally depicted.
(Source: malinlennstromortwall.com)
INTERVIEW | Hilary Koob-Sassen
Constitution of the Next system Figure
Have you ever wondered what an Errorist does? Meet Hilary Koob-Sassen, who is a self-proclaimed Errorist, an artist who works with sculpture, music, film and everything in between. His works are not simply a critique of political and social construct, but rather a narrative proposal to understand our surroundings in a better and brighter light. We have caught up with Hilary for a chat to find out just how he develops these narratives and importantly with whom, as he has many collaborations coming up.
(by Tatevik Sargsyan for N|N ©2012)
