Øystein Wyller Odden

ØYSTEIN WYLLER ODDEN (1983, Norway) was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo and works with installations and objects, often in connection with sound and music. His work addresses the relationship between technology, architecture and people, and attempts to investigate and expose their underlying structures. Wyller Odden has previously held solo exhibitions at Fotogalleriet (2011), Nordnorsk kunstnersenter (2016), Telemark Kunstsenter (2018) and Kunstnerforbundet (2018), and has participated in group exhibitions at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Tegnerforbundet and Akershus Kunstsenter.

Arve Rød is a Norwegian critic and writer.

In this essay he describes Øystein Wyller Odden’s two works for Oslo City Hall, as an expression of the connection between the sacred and the prosaic that he finds in the City Hall itself.

Read the essay here:
CITY HALL ELECTRONICA - THE LOW G OF THE POWER GRID

Jurriaan Benschop is a German art writer, curator and regular contributor to Artforum International, as well as other art publications.

In the following essay for osloBIENNALEN, he writes about a visit to Oslo City Hall, where Øystein Wyller Odden’s works for the biennial occurred from May - September 2019.

Read the essay here:
A COMMON CAUSE? - A VISIT TO OSLO CITY HALL

Click here to read about the work POWER LINE HUM.

Click here to read about the work Kraftbalanse (2019, WP) (Composition for Piano, Alternating Current and Orchestra)

Click here to read about PUBLIC SOUNDS.