Launch of “OSV. Oslo Collected Works” – Part 3.

What is a collection? Where does it begin and where does it end? In the art project OSV., the artists Jan Freuchen, Sigurd Tenningen and Jonas Høgli Major explore art collections and phenomena that mark our public space.

Click here to read more about the history of the project.

On 26 September 2020, OSV. expands its sculpture pavilion with a new publication and a sculpture with an integrated sound work. The title of the sculpture is Tverrsum (2020, approx. meaning 'The Addend') in concrete, bronze*, as well as integrated sound recording**

The publication, which tells about the new elements in the pavilion, is the fourth in OSV.’s pamphlet series and is available on-site and at osloBIENNALEN’s headquarters at Myntgata 2. The integrated sound work has been developed in collaboration with the composer Jan Martin Smørdal.

Smørdal has collected sounds from many places in Oslo. These are combined into a composition that will play continuously – from the time the work is officially presented to the public to the time when the pavilion is eventually dismantled. The new sculpture can be seen as paying homage to Il Porcellino (The Wild Boar), a copy of Pietro Tacca’s original sculpture in Florence, which until recently was featured in the sculpture pavilion. Il Porcellino has now returned to its home at Slemdal School.