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ARCHIVE - Construction site
THE CONSTRUCTION SITE - PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT
The words that most clearly describe this art project are time - the growth and development of the building, place - the site which will disappear once the building is completed, and the artistic gaze. The result of this project will be a book, which will articulate some of the stories and history surrounding the construction of the Opera House.
The Art Committee has decided to focus upon the comparison between different views or "gazes", by selecting artists whose artistic strategies are diverse.
The Art Committee has engaged the artists Marte Aas, Gerd Tinglum, Talleiv Taro Manum and Tom Sandberg to follow the construction process through the lens of their cameras, whilst the author Nina FitzPatrick follows the process with words.
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One of the most important aspects of Gerd Tinglum's artistic practice is the relationship between the subject ive and the objective. In the series of photographs entitled Unsynliggjorte, utryddede and truede arter (Neglected, eradicated and endangered species) from the 1990's, portraits of women and images of endangered plant species were overlaid during the photographic process, creating double exposures. Tinglum works conceptually, focussing upon the content matter. |
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Marte Aas works with enlarged photographic overviews, for example the series entitled Close to Home and Common Green, from 1997-99. These seemingly accidental overviews of the marginal areas between town and country, have a quiet yet alarming presence - there is a feeling that something is about to happen. |
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Tom Sandberg works within the genre of so-called straight photography - the esthetic aspects of photography's unique character are focussed upon. For Sandberg, this has meant seeking out particular motifs in order to capture them on film. Amongst other motifs, Sandberg has chosen to photograph asphalt with mirorred reflections of water and oil, the surface of the sea and the reflected sky, drops of water and cloud formations. During the last few years he has examined everyday, urban motifs, such as aircraft, cars and the human body in various surroundings. Light, reflection and shininess have been, and continue to be, one of his main themes. |
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Talleiv Taro Manum's artistic practice consists of installations, such as Fisketur (Fishing Trip), shown at Hordaland Art Centre in 1998 and Chevrolet 1932, shown at Fotogalleriet in 2001. In these installations, photography in various forms, plays an integral role. Recently, he has worked in particular with photography as an historical narrative. Manum does not differentiate between private life and artistic practice - he transforms everyday life into art. |
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Nina FitzPatrick is the pen-name adopted by the Polish-born social researcher Nina Witoszek. Witoszek works at the University of Oslo, and participates actively in social issues and debates in Norway. In her book Norske naturmytologier - fra Edda til økofilosofi (Norwegian myths of nature - from Edda to eco-philosophy) from 1998, Witoszek interprets Norwegian cultural history from a European perspective. In her novels (for example Daimon, from 2003) FitzPatrick emerges as an exuberant and well-informed narrative voice. |
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