Amphibian State (of Mind)

Abstract

NO:

Den internasjonale utstillingen “Amphibian State (of Mind)” er et kuratorisk prosjekt av Maria Erikson (KHiO) og har som mål å styrke den baltiske og nordiske scenen for samtidsgrafikk i det utvidede feltet. Dette inkluderer samarbeid og utveksling mellom de deltakende kunstnerne fra grafikkavdelning ved Estlands kunstakademi og fagområdet for grafikk og tegning ved Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo.

ENG:

The international exhibition “Amphibian State (of Mind)” explores the relationships between artworks and the discourses they produce. The idea is rooted in Per Nilssons philosophical essay “The Amphibian Stand”. Navigating themes such as relationships between bodies, nature, animism, the exhibition explores artistic practices where a form of material knowledge is applied to an object (lashing belt, copper plate, piece of fabric, lump of clay etc) in order to change the discourse of that object, and gain new knowledge. Working methods represented in the exhibition – printmaking, drawing, textile, ceramics etc – are based on the sensitivity of a touch and its ability to read surface texture.

Artists involved with the exhibition share a posthumanist multidisciplinary approach, as they apply the logic of one medium to another medium, and activate the thing-power of the materials through gestures and care they provide.

The international exhibition “Amphibian State (of Mind)” is a curatorial project by Maria Erikson (KHiO)and aims to enhance the Baltic and Nordic scene of contemporary printmaking in the expanded field, including collaboration and an exchange between the participating artists from the Department of Graphic Art at the Estonian Academy of Arts and the Print and Drawing study area at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.

Artists: Ida Montgomery Emblemsvåg (NO), Othelie Farstad (NO), Birk André Fredhjem (NO), Dan Grönlund (SE/NO), Sara Marie Hødnebø (NO), Oskar Jensen (NO), Maria Izabella Lehtsaar (EE), Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard (NO), Vilma Lundholm (SE/NO), Rajat Mondal (IN/NO), Triin Mänd (EE), Marten Prei (EE), Sandra Puusepp (EE), Paul Rannik (EE/DE), Elise Marie Skaug (NO), Mathilda Skoglund (SE/NO), Kristian Trana (NO), Nora Hultén Törnerud (SE/NO)

https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/amphibian-state-of-mind-at-eka-gallery/