Julien Bismuth

For osloBIENNALEN First Edition Bismuth will stage a series of performances, inspired by political theatre and a quote from the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch’s diary "Intet er litet intet er stort" (Nothing is small nothing is big).

Biography

Julien Bismuth (1973, France) is a French artist and writer who lives and works in New York. His practice is located at the intersection between visual art and literature. Bismuth’s work ranges from performance, video and photography, to sculpture and drawing, and has been shown at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the Kunsthalle Vienna and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Bismuth is also co-founder of Devonian Press along with the artist Jean-Pascal Flavien.

Interview with Julien Bismuth

Essay

Ellie Ga is a writer and artist from New York currently living in Stockholm.

Following a conversation with the artist, she writes about Julien Bismuth’s project intet er stort intet er litet (Nothing is big nothing is small). 

Read the essay here:
OAR OF WORDS, RUDDERS OF SPEECH

Performance in front of Nationaltheatret 25th May 2019

You can read the manuscript of the performances here:
Julien Bismuth Intet er stort intet er litet (Nothing is big nothing is small)

Read more about the performance

Intet er stort intet er litet (Nothing is big nothing is small), part II. Foto: Niklas Lello
Performance still from iteration on May 25th.
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