OSLO PILOT is pleased to announce a symposium entitled "The Giver, the Guest and the Ghost: The Presence of Art in Public Realms", to take place over the course of three full days: 16th, 17th and 18th of November.
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On 4 November the work, HELD JUST ABOVE THE CURRENT by Lawrence Weiner, will be unveiled on the Nesodd Island ferries, on the perimeter fence around the construction site of the new National Museum, and in the form of 50,000 small tattoos handed out in several locations in Oslo.
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OSLO PILOT invites you to the launch of Siri Aurdal’s sculpture Bølgelengder - rekomponert (Wavelengths - recomposed) in The Vigeland Park on Saturday August 27th at 2 pm.
The new version of the sculpture that OSLO PILOT is installing in Vigeland Park will be displayed in a three-part horizontal configuration that reshapes physical material while also alluding to a rearrangement of social relations. This open and low-lying form contrasts with the vertical and masculine designs that characterise most of Vigeland’s sculptures. —› Read more
OSLO PILOT have invited the artist Francesc Ruiz to create a cartoon with the city of Oslo as its setting. The artist is spending a two-week residency in the city during the month of May, to carry out research into the history of comics in Oslo and the rest of Norway.
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A conversation between Elizabeth Sackler, Eline Mugaas and Wencke Mühleisen. The conversation will be led by Tone Hansen, Director of Henie Onstad Kunstsenter. Katya García-Antón, Director of the Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), will give an introduction to Elizabeth Sackler and her work. The conversation addresses questions related to feminism in visual art and uses as one of the examples Kunstnernes Hus and OSLO PILOT’s ongoing reintroduction of Siri Aurdal ‘s pioneering artistic works.
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OSLO PILOT invites a series of people to speak up about the future of Oslo’s historical buildings. The participants in these debates will speak up about the future of different buildings in Oslo with the aim of making public the subsequent issues of their abandonment.
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"Consolidate or Die” is the first exposure of the overarching project City of Dislocation, which is a two-year investigation of important historical landmarks about to be vacated as newly merged institutions move into new headquarters. The first part of the project explores five iconic buildings: The National Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art, Oslo Public Library, The Munch Museum and the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. 21 January – 1 May, OSLO PILOT Project Room.
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The City of Dislocation opening event took place on Thursday 21st February 2016 in the OSLO PILOT Project Room. This extensive exhibition project was conceived and developed by architects Johanne Borthne and Vilhelm Christensen, curator and writer Martin Braathen and architectural historian Even Smith Wergeland in collaboration with OSLO PILOT curators Eva González-Sancho and Per Gunnar Eeg-Tverbakk.
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Periphery vs. Center - Bottom-up Experiences. Taking the specific Norwegian situation as its starting point, the In Transit meeting in Oslo/Kirkenes will compare the respective experiences of and challenges for bottom-up initiatives in the center and the periphery.
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Oslo Pilot invites you to the launch of The Word’s Head catalogue and a Reading/Performance by Erling Kittelsen accompanied by jazz musicians Trygve Seim and Frode Haltli.
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