Symposium chapter #1: “Art production within a locality” /”Lokal kunstproduksjon” Thursday 21 and Friday 22 November, 2019

'Art production within a locality' was the first in a series of symposia organised to offer a setting for sharing experiences and thoughts and developing ideas and working methods, informing the biennial’s future evolution. [Discursive event, 2019]

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Art production within a locality, November 21 and 22 2019.

The symposium has a double purpose: the first is to document the experiences gained through the production of artworks in and for specific local contexts in Oslo. The participants are invited to reflect upon these experiences and outline good working methods for anyone involved in the production of art in public space. The second is to develop a methodology for documenting the experiences acquired through the biennial and to make them available. One important issue to be discussed by the participants is how to build and use a living archive for the further development of working methods for art in public space and the public sphere.

For full digital version of program for both days, click here.

The symposium will analyze and discuss a selection of experiences from the biennial, not only the artworks themselves, but the whole experience of ideation, development, production and display, seen from different points of view. These are newly produced projects that have already taken place in the context of osloBIENNIALEN FIRST EDITION 2019-2024:
And their Spirits Live On (2019) by
Marianne Heier; Migrant Car (2019) by Ed D’Souza;
and Crimes of the Future: a film about a film about a book about a city (2019) by Javier Izquierdo.

Participants in the symposium include artists, producers, representatives of different audience groups, biennial staff, scholars, curators, and representatives of various cultural institutions.

The symposium took place in two different settings:

The morning and afternoon programme is restricted to participants who are actively taking part in the discussions, and requires registration.
The evening programme is for a larger audience with no registration required.

The Symposium was free of charge, but requires registration for parts of the programme.

Symposium chapter #1: Art production within a locality has been devised by Marius Grønning,
Faculty of Landscape and Society (LANDSAM), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
and Juan Canela, osloBIENNALEN research and symposium associate.