Photo: Nadra Hassan, still from 'That's a Gabay (poem)?' (2022)
This question anchors Peer Review’s collective project Shifting Coordinates. The exhibition, that opens 29 May, transforms Kunstnerforbundet into a discursive platform centering Black Nordic artistic production across visual art, writing, film, and performance.
Peer Review (est. 2024) is a collective platform for cultural analysis across Black visual culture for and by Africans and its diaspora in Oslo. Since its establishment, Peer Review members gather for monthly in-person meetings at Atelier Kunstnerforbundet and field trips that host a space to respond and reflect on Black expressions in art, media, and popular culture contexts.
Included in the exhibition programme are Khanyisile Mbongwa, Alexandra Mitiku, Alice Mutoni, Fiona Musanga, Ima Iduozee, and Khadar Ayderus Ahmed – curators, artists, community organisers, and film directors based in Finland. Newly commissioned and existing works are presented alongside a public programme unfolding throughout June.
Thursday June 25, 17:00-19:00
Kunstnerforbundet, Kjeld Stubs gate 3, Oslo
The Night Thief by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, (2017, 16 min)
Don’t Worry by Fiona Musanga, (2020, 5 min)
Crown by Ima Iduozee, (2025, 4 min)
After the screening, there will be a talk featuring Ubuntu Film Club and artist Nadra Hassan, held in English. The event is free and open for all. Read more about the screening event on Kunstnerforbundet’s webpage.
For more information about the exhibition programme and the participating artists, vitsit Kunstnerforbundet’s webpage.
–
‘Shifting Coordinates’ has received support from the Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV), The City of Oslo, Balansekunst – Balansepotten, The Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute (FINNO), The Savings Bank Foundation DNB, Talent Norway, and the Fritt Ord Foundation.