Opening at Vadsø Kunstforening
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Upcoming 2018:
7- 22 April: Vadsø Kunstforening / Solo exhibition / Siedi - Transteinen and Tupilaq / FB Event Here 14 April: Performance in collaboration with Katarina Skår Lisa at Transteinen - Varanger Samiske Museum / FB Event Here June / July: Study trip to San Francisco / California 17 Nov 2018 - Jan 2019 - Hå Gamle Prestegård / Group exhibition / PARABIOSE |
Performance "Conversation with rock" at Ceavccageađge/Transteinen by katarina skår lisa
In conjunction with my exhibition at Vadsø Kunstforening 7-22 april, where I am investigating the spiritual in art with my drawings about the sacred rocks Ceavccageađge / Transteinen and Áhkánjárstábba / Stalloen in Finnmark, I invited Katarina Skår Lisa to collaborate on creating a performance at Transteinen and Thale Fastvold to make a brew with herbs from Finnmark and Greece to be served to the public.
I presented, and read from, my artist book Crepuscular.
The event was generously hosted by the Varanger Sami Museum.
Performance costume by Oscar Eriksson Furunes.
Photography by Rannveig Mietinen and Tanja Thorjussen.
I presented, and read from, my artist book Crepuscular.
The event was generously hosted by the Varanger Sami Museum.
Performance costume by Oscar Eriksson Furunes.
Photography by Rannveig Mietinen and Tanja Thorjussen.
Booklaunch of my book "Crepuscular" CoSA Artist Books at Pavilion of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 57 La Biennale Di Venezia.
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Fall 2017:
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CoSA - Concerning the spiritual in art, by lOCUS and LATERNA
CoSA – Concerning the Spiritual in Art by LATERNA and LOCUS. CoSA IV Hill of the Muses, Athens. Photo by Fili Olsefski.
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LOCUS (Thale Fastvold and Tanja Thorjussen) is collaborating with LATERNA (Marianne Skjeldal and Inger-Reidun Olsen) on the project "CoSA - Concerning The Spiritual in Art"
In its research phase year of 2017 the project travels to Athens in Greece during Documenta 14 opening week and to Monte Verita Museum Center in April, to Kvalsund in June, the Museum of Avant Garde in St.Petersburg in October and to Hammerfest in November. The project is a research based art project expressed through performance, photography, drawing and artist books as well as a publication about the project and the spiritual in art both historically and contemporary. Invited artists for artists books: Merete Joulsen Aune, Stefano Cagol, Anna Daniell, Thale Fastvold, Margrethe Pettersen, Tanja Thorjussen and Daniel Slåttnes & Sara Rönnbäck (duo). |
We thank Kulturrådet and Fond for lyd og bilde for the generous funding of this project!
Collaborators: The Norwegian Institute at Athens, Dancefestival Barents, Museum of Avant Garde St.Petersburg, Monte Verita Museum Center, Kvalsund Municipality.
Collaborators: The Norwegian Institute at Athens, Dancefestival Barents, Museum of Avant Garde St.Petersburg, Monte Verita Museum Center, Kvalsund Municipality.
Arctic Hysteria exhibition by LOCUS
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ARTISTS:
Vanessa Albury (USA) Amelia Beavis-Harrison (UK/NO) Thale Fastvold (NO) Fritz Horstman (USA) Marianne Darlén Solhaugstrand (NO) Tanja Thorjussen (NO) Arctic Hysteria explore the northern region through contemporary art. The artists involved in the project has created new work by doing extensive research in the region with residencies and study-trips. The exhibition will tour in 2016-18 and the publication Arctic Hysteria - Collected Stories and Research through Contemporary Art was launched at NYABF at MoMA PS1 in 2016. More info at www.Locusart.org |
Arctic Hysteria exhibition at Visningsrommet USF in April 2017. From left, showing work by Amelia Beavis-Harrison, Thale Fastvold and Tanja Thorjussen.
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