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Frido Evers
The Frido Show began in april 2013 as a spontaneous effort to reach out to my fellow artists. It's a reason to hang out and talk about whatever is on the mind. It's a collection of conversations, discussion or just random confusion.
Just in town for a couple of weeks Gereon made it over to my podcast studio. He arrived a bit shaken and in shock of having witnessed a car accident where a woman died. We both didn't really know how to address it but we send our love to the family and friends of the woman who died. Then we spoke about the groupshow he organized at Fellesverkstedet for Praksis Oslo named Monumental — Temporal // The Work. Sculpture, studio, production and all that jazz.
https://gereonkrebber.net
Before the summer I had the pleasure to talk to Charlotte Hagelund. Together with Jan Christensen she started the consulting platform called Hagelund/Christensen. They are looking to find new structures and business models for visual arts that will create a healthier art industry, in which far more people be able to access and appreciate art, and where artists get the support they need to focus and evolve in what they do best; making art. This theme of improving the lives of artists and finding different and more healthy strategies is very dear to my heart so I hope you enjoy our talk!
http://www.hagelundchristensen.com/
Sveinn's work has this urge to map, to collect, to categorize without being too much of a statement. These observation although often based in photography become installations, publications, sculptures and the likes. We also talk about how his publishing relates to his practice and what it means to be a publisher.
Check out his work and read his books! http://johannsson.org/
If you ever wondered how it is to chase a dream and actually realizing it the people at Fellesverkstedet are doing just that! I managed to snatch Graham from the amazing new facility at Seilduksgaten in Oslo. Since the building site wasn't legally fit to use for the podcast we decided to go to the current center of operation in old town (Tøyen). In the two hours that followed he talked me through much of the history and how they arrived at this exciting new junction for fellesverkstedet.
Follow their progress at https://www.fellesverkstedet.no/
On the day of his book launch Javier still managed to make time to come to the studio to have a conversation. Gallery Melk was the kind host of that event. Go check out his book if you have the chance. Go check out his work too! it's subtle and seductive in a generous and gentle way.
Lars wants to be chosen for kulturrådets ærespris! Go vote for him at http://intelligenspartiet.no/ or at http://www.kulturradet.no/aeresprisen. Do it quick since the deadline is the 1st of September.
If you want to know why listen to our talk! (or vote and than listen what you voted for)
We talk about the colonization of the cultural world by the institutional elite and how the artist stands again with the shortest straw.
http://larscuzner.com/
There's few people in the Oslo art scene who don't know him. Even less who he hasn't helped at some point. To accompany his solo exhibition at Khartoum Contemporary Art Center the 24th of August, we sit down and talk about his upbringing in Zambia, how he started doing art and how that lead him to Norway.
For all you Art lovers, makers, collectors, haters, brokers, curators, investors, infiltrators now that the summer has reached its peak it's maybe time to get back into the harsh reality. Here is a new podcast, this time with the mover and shaker and artist Ruben Steinum. We discus the new publication he was part off: Å leve av kunsten (to live of art) Which gives a small insight into the brutal reality of us visual artist. He is the chair of the board at UKS (the young artist society) and he is also on the board of Norske Billedkunstnerne (NBK). He is one of the founders of an app called Atelier, which provides a platform to give art lovers direct access to the studios and the gems that they contain. He calls himself a pop-artist in our talk. The main thing that came through though is that he has a sincere wish to improve the lives of all us visual artists in Norway.
http://rubensteinum.com/ https://atelieropen.no/ https://www.tronsmo.no/forfatter/11710/Ruben_Steinum http://www.kultmag.no/2014/kunsten-a-leve-av-kunst http://www.uks.no/
I talked to Karin Erixon and Fadlabi about and in their recently opened gallery and bar in the heart of Oslo.
It's called Khartoum Contemporary Art Center.
We only had time for a short talk since the place had to be opened up shortly after. It should be long enough so you can find your way though.
www.khartoumcontemporary.com
This is the main talk that accompanied the exhibition Merete Mortensen and me organized at the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo. It was held on the 20th of October 2016. In this talk we are exploring the role of the artist as curator or the curator as the artist. From LA we had Paul Paiement and Carl Berg participating. Max Presneill unfortunately couldn't make it to the talk. From Oslo we had invited Jan Christensen, Ragnhild Aamås and Hanan Benammar. Our moderator was Rike Frank. It helps to listen to the first part (http://fridoshow.com/podcast/021-acca-first-talk-part-1) befor you start on this one.
Together with Jan Christensen, Ragnhild Aamås, Hanan Benammar, Paul Paiement, Carl Berg, Max Presneill, Rike Frank and Merete Mortensen we had a conversation in preparation for a panel talk we held the 20th of October 2016. This accompanied an exhibition Merete and me organized at the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo where we were exploring the role of the artist as curator or the curator as artist. We were interested in the different positions and strategies of each participant related to their locale (Oslo vs LA) This talk was meant to get to know each other and present ourselves so we wouldn't have to dive in cold on the public talk the day after. Enjoy!
Jan Christensen joined me for a talk in my studio. We touched upon production strategies, collaborations, being an artist based in multiple locations, the internet and what the work in the back of the studio is. And yes, he answers that question at the end.
You can find his stuff on http://janchristensen.org/
Tori did me the honor coming by the studio to do a talk. We even made some music! Other than that we talked art, about her busy international schedule, about cranes and crane operators and having a wild will.
I am sitting down with my good friend Peter Booth and talk about the residency he and Kristine Dragland did at Artist in Residence Yamanashi in Kofu. We also shortly talk about the doctorate Peter is following at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam Enjoy!
Merete Mortensen, Kjell, Maria Veie, Charlotte Rousseau and me sit down to talk about the projects that opens on the 26th of June 2015 at MAGO at Eidsvoll Verk. Charlotte as an artist in residence is curating a show called - How far is here Aiko Tezuka will show the - Lessons for Restoration And I am working on Pavilion K. So we talk practical stuff and the general madness that comes with exhibitions.
https://www.facebook.com/events/452464548262960/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1424791564509731/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1589550201327596/
Thorgerdur, Merete and me are sitting down for a talk about running exhibition spaces, archaeology, Iceland, art politics and her show at Demon's Mouth.
Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir lives and works in Reykjavík, Iceland. She graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts from Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2009 and received Masters of Fine Art from Glasgow School of Art in 2013.
Þorgerður’s practice is concerned with ideas and definitions of identity and place and the field of systems we use to understand the natural world. She is interested in the process of adapting and translating both physical and subjective experience to other fields of reference with symbolic and graphic language. Þorgerður is the Director of the Living Art Museum in Reykjavík and sits on the board of Sequences Real Time Art Festival and Reykjavík Art Festival. She is the co-curator of Staðir / Places, biannual art project and residency in the westfjords.
(from her website at http://www.thorgerdurolafsdottir.net/)
Merete Mortensen is one of the curators/gallerist at gallery Demon's Mouth in Oslo who invited Thorgerdur for an exhibition. (demonsmouth.com)
In this conversation Jens Dyvik and me are talking about digital production. Jens is a designer who specializes in global collaborations and local manufacturing with an emphasis on emotional connections between people and products. He has his studio/workshop at Bitraf and hackerspace in Oslo. He is also one of the co-founders of fellesverkstedet in Oslo, a combination between a Fablab and traditional production.
http://www.dyvikdesign.com/site/ https://bitraf.no/ http://www.fellesverkstedet.no/
This one is the monster of all the previous podcasts. 4 Hours of pure bliss! No but seriously, this is Paul Segers, Remco de Vries and me talking literaly for hours. There is a surprisingly large part where we are musing on art. Free will also gets a large share of attention. Enjoy the show!
http://www.paulsegers.com/
http://www.nieuwbrabantsfront.com/
Mousse Magazine had a post on Paul's show at Demon's Mouth on their blog. http://moussemagazine.it/paulsegers_thescenechanges_demonsmouth/
Paul Segers: Er zijn hier al heel wat barbaren gekortwiekt... (2011) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tnbar0oVFw
Paul Paiement is a painter based in Long Beach (USA) I was introduced to his ginormous world of Hybrids early 2001, when he facilitated an exchange to the college he teaches in the greater LA area. So my thrill is huge to have him finally here in Oslo to do an exhibition at Demon's Mouth. We talk our way through movies, art, conspiracies, politics, science, countries and the likes. The longest talk so far: enjoy our rambling!