Symposium: Abundance – 45th Tendencies Biennial 20.04.

Norwegian Crafts, Helsinki-based curator Ki Nurmenniemi, and the exhibition space Galleri F 15 organize a symposium for the exhibition Abundance – Nordic Contemporary Crafts. The symposium will take place at 10.00 on Thursday 20 April 2023 at Galleri F 15 and House of Foundation in Moss outside of Oslo.

Abundance the symposium will take the exhibition as its point of departure, diving into topics such as nature-human connectedness and different eco-narratives with a focus on approaches relating to crafts, making practices, and sensory experience. Abundance is the 45th edition of the exhibition series Tendenser focused on Nordic contemporary crafts.

Programme

• Introduction of the symposium: Norwegian Crafts and Abundance curator Ki Nurmenniemi (FIN)
• Presentation: Mikkel Hammer Elming, director at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft (DK)
• Artist presentation: Anna Rún Trygvadottir, visual artist (IS)
• Lunch
• Artist presentation: Márjá Karlsen, textile artist and duojár (NO, Sápmi)
• Outdoor performance: Elly Vadseth, transdisciplinary media artist, dancer, and choreographer (NO)
• Short break
• Panel talk: exhibiting Pearla Pigao (NO) and Elsa Salonen (FIN) in conversation with Veronika Muráriková (SE)
• Performance/work demonstration: Pearla Pigao with crew (NO)
• Guided tour of the Abundance exhibition with mediation curator at Galleri F 15 Frida Edlund
• Dinner at House of Foundation, central Moss

The programme is subject to minor changes. 

Please note that the event has a limited amount of seats due to the capacity of the venue. For more information and on how to participate see Norwegian Crafts webpage. 

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The side programme for the Abundance exhibition is a collaboration with curator Ki Nurmenniemi, Galleri F 15, Galleri F 15, Norwegian Crafts, and The Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute (FINNO). The Abundance symposium is supported by The Nordic Culture Fund and the Craft Artists’ Remuneration Fund.

About the exhibition

Gallery F 15 presents, in collaboration with Ki Nurmenniemi, Helsinki-based art curator, art writer and doctoral researcher in interdisciplinary sustainability science, the exhibition Abundance.

ARTISTS: Lene Baadsvig Ørmen (NO) ∣ Ask Bjørlo (NO) ∣ Hanne Friis (NO) ∣ Ellen Grieg (NO) ∣ Sasha Huber (FIN/CH) ∣ Kristin Larsson (SE) ∣ Kim Laybourn (NO/DK) ∣ Germain Ngoma (NO) ∣ Outi Pieski, Biret & Gáddjá Haarla Pieski (Sápmi) ∣ Pearla Pigao (NO) ∣ Elsa Salonen (DE/FIN) ∣ Anna Ting Möller (CHN/SE) ∣ Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir (IS) ∣ Man Yau (FIN)