Institutt for Natur og Kunst

Festspillutstillingen 2018 at Galleri Nord Norge, Harstad (23 to 30 June), presented with Festspillene i Nord Norge and UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Curated by Hanne Hammer Stien.

Institutt for Natur og Kunst did not exist as a standing institution, it appeared for the festival week as an exhibition that stretched what a show can be. The gallery became a laboratory where artists and researchers worked in public, inviting visitors into unfinished processes across art and research.

Grundvåg’s role was continuous exhibition design: building and rebuilding the space with the other participants, using five 3D printers to make structures that changed through the week. Artist talks included a conversation with Charis Gullickson and another with Stien.

Among the other contributors were Anders Dahl Monsen, Anne Haaning, Arne Skaug Olsen, Bjørnar Olsen, Britt Kramvig, Hanna Guttorm, Elin Haugdal, Hanna Horsberg Hansen, Ingeborg Høvik, Katarina Pirak Sikku, Margrethe Pettersen, Monica Grini, Silje Figenschou Thoresen, and Þóra Pétursdóttir. The daily programme mixed lectures, artist talks, and performances; a yeast orchestra by Monsen and Skaug Olsen grew through the week.

Photography: Steve Nilsen and Tone A. Karlsen (Harstad Tidende); print still from UiT film by Hanne Hammer Stien.