Artistic Courage in a Time of Immediacy

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Seminar
Artistic Courage in a Time of Immediacy
Thursday, November 3, 10am – 4pm
Ticket: 100,- (covers entrance at Kunsthall Trondheim)
Deadline for registration: Wednesday, November 2, post@nkim.no

The seminar “Artistic Courage in a Time of Immediacy” will be held at Kunsthall Trondheim this coming Thursday, in conjunction with The Hannah Ryggen Triennale 2016. Over the past few years there has been a renewed interest in the political aspects of art: artists using their political and social commitment as the basis for their artistic production. It is within this framework that Hannah Ryggen has gained renewed interest.

Programme
9.30am
Coffee and breakfast

10am
Artistic Courage in a Time of Immediacy/
Introduction, Åshild Adsen, Museum Director NKIM

10.30am
this is a political (painting)/
Helena Holmberg, Director Kunsthall Trondheim

11am
Hannah Ryggen og den politiske veven/
Marit Paasche, Writer, curator and art critic

12pm
Break

1pm
Synsmaskinen, an inquiry into 7 fields of contemporary
political crisis/
Åse Løvgren, co-research leader, KHiB, Bergen Academy of Art and Design

2pm
Art as Activism/
Michelle Teran, associate professor, KIT, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art

3pm
Discussion/
Marit Paasche, Michelle Teran and Åse Løvgren in conversation with
Eline Bjerkan, ArtScene Trondheim.

The Hannah Ryggen Triennale 2016 is a collaboration between Ørland and Bjugn Kunstforening and Nordenfjelske Kunstindustrimuseum. The seminar is presented in collaboration with Kunsthall Trondheim.

The seminar will be held in Norwegian and English, and is open to all.

Postal address:
Kunstakademiet i Trondheim
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
N-7491 Trondheim

Visiting address:
Innherredsveien 7 (Industribygget)
Trondheim
Map

Contact form
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Tel. +47 73 59 79 00
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