Rose Hammer

Rose Hammer's Live Art Production National Episodes: Grini and the Futures of Norway, was performed on two occations on the 26th of May 2019. A new Episode was launched on October 29 and was live on FM 99.3 RadiOrakel every Thursday until 17 December 2020, titled "The Radical Flu: A Radio play". The radio play can now be re-visited as a podcast, where you get your podcasts.

Biography

Rose Hammer is an artist persona comprised of a collective group of individuals. Evolving and changing, Rose Hammer is, in no particular order: Kim Svensson, Emilie Birkeland, Alma Braun, Niels Munk Plum, Emil Andersson, Alessandro Marchi, Stacey de Voe, Nora Joung, Helle Lindskog, Ole-Petter Arneberg, Per-Oskar Leu and Dora García; with the collaboration of Samir Kandil and Jan Mech.

From ROSE HAMMER'S FIRST EPISODE "GRINI AND THE FUTURES OF NORWAY". Photo by Niklas Lello

Although not exclusively, the name “Rose Hammer” may refer to a) the hammer inscribed on Henrik Ibsen’s grave monument in Oslo; b) the former emblem of the Norwegian labour movement; c) the famous quote attributed to Bertolt Brecht: “Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it”; d) the rose symbol which became popular among socialist and social democratic political parties in post-World War II Western Europe.

Click here to read more about "The Radical Flu: A radio Play" that premiered on 29 October 2020, going live on RadiOrakel FM99.3 every Thursday until 17 December 2020. The radio play is now available where you get your podcast.

More information about the "The Radical Flu: A radio Play" can be found on this national episode's own website: https://www.theradicalflu.org/

Essay

Sven Lütticken is an art critic, curator and historian who contributes regularly to art magazines such as New Left Review, Texte zur Kunst, e-flux journal, Grey Room and Afterall.

In this conversation, he talks to two of the individuals who make up the artist persona Rose Hammer.

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