Conclusion, but not necessarily the end
This workshop blog was created through the collaborative efforts of the following students of KHIB:
Kristian Monsen Kristiansen
Helene Emilie G. Norseth
Kristiina Hansen
Laura Toots
Signe Tøra Karsrud
Emily Illet
Patricio Esteban Briceño
Hanna Heinrich
It is intended to provide an ongoing resource for the workshop participants and for other people as well.
I would like to thank all the students again for an inspiring and busy two weeks!
_ Michelle Teran
Travelling home for christmas
“Travelling home for christmas” is an imaginary journey from Bergen to Kiel (Germany). Because I can’t spend christmas at home I decided to walk, cycle, drive, swim and row the 816,16 km between the two cities to be at home within 60 days.
What is Geography?
Patrik Entian, Site Specific Revisited: Prison Painting
Geography is a study in how spaces are produced. In this lecture, workshop participants were given a brief introduction to geography from a scientific and philosophical perspective. Students were provided with a quick survey of the different branches, areas of study and methodologies within the geographic discipline and were led through various definitions of ‘space’, drawn from the writings of David Harvey and Henri Lefevre.
Academy Dweller’s Survival Guide
Academy Dweller’s Survival Guide (ADSG) is an online resource designed to help students find their place within the academy. Through this guide students will learn how to survive by reading about potential threats, such as where the teachers are, and escape routes.
The Cowboy and the Cleaning Lady
Starting point for a research about equivalents to artistic role and proposals for wastelands in their use. Research is contained within a blog acting as a digital library and archive and collected in a manner akin to an online sketchbook. The Cowboy and the Cleaning Lady blog will include references from books, gaming, websites and other artist projects.
The View Inside the Studio
Project proposal:
How many different places, times and cultures feed into a studio space? How can you perceive these through the material present within these spaces?
Immersion – Harun Farocki
For the video installation Immersion Farocki visited a workshop organised by the Institute for Creative Technologies, a research centre for virtual reality and computer-simulations. One of their projects concerns the development of a therapy for war-veterens suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Farocki is interested in the use of virtual realities and games in the recruiting, training and now also therapy for soldiers. Farocki explores the connection between virtual reality and the military – how the fictional scenarios of computer games are used both in the training of U.S. troops prior to their deployment in combat zones, and in psychological care for troops suffering battlefield trauma upon their return.
The Reject
«The Reject»
‘The Reject’ is a solo exhibition of K., a ‘Reject artist’ who has applied for and been rejected by most of the art academies in Norway.
‘The Reject’ will be presented at Kunsthallen, a prominent presentation space in Bergen, and feature a selection of art works, a documentary about K.’s life and research material generated from interviews by experts working within the artistic field. By exhibiting a ‘Reject artist’ within a reputable space such as Kunsthallen, it is intended to open a critical discussion concerning the politics of inclusion and exclusion and criteria for determining cultural/artistic value by looking at who does and does not get accepted into the art academy. Read the rest of this entry »
Timekeeper by Pierre Huyghe
Walker Art Center curator Peter Eleey discusses Pierre Huyghe’s Timekeeper and the Walker’s exhibition The Quick and the Dead.
