CONVERSATION #3 with
Marte Johnslien
Friday, September 23 at 1900 at the café: Kaffidyret
Velferden is proud to present Marte Johnslien, artist, researcher and associate professor of ceramic art, with a very special interest and artistic approach to the pigment titanium dioxide!
In this conversation, we heard how Mare's work with ceramics has revealed new aspects of the character and history of the white pigment. She talked about the new research project she is leading; The Materiality of White; an investigation of the white pigment titanium dioxide in art and its connection to Norwegian nature and industrial history.
This lecture provided an outside perspective on how Titania's main product lives on in the world, in personal artistic processes and as a basic colorant in society's insatiable need for white surfaces.
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Marte Johnslien is a visual artist living and working in Oslo and Stokke. She works with sculpture, installation and books. Knowledge, perception and materiality are important keywords for her practice. Her works are investigative and often reveal unknown aspects of various social phenomena. Johnslien holds a PhD in Artistic Research (2020) and is Associate Professor of Ceramic Art at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Department of Arts and Crafts. She is represented in a number of public art collections, including Lillehammer Art Museum and the National Museum, and her sculptures can also be experienced in Titania's new administration building at Tellnes.
The artistic research project The Materiality of White will run until 2026 and is led by Marte Johnslien (KhiO) in collaboration with art historian Ingrid Halland (UiB). The project has received NOK 3 million from HK-DIR, and is being carried out in collaboration with the Norwegian Mining Museum, Jøssingfjord Science Museum, Dalane Folk Museum, Østfoldmuseene, Titania as and the art institutions Kraft and ROM for art and architecture. Halland and Johnslien have also recently received funding for the project How Norway Made the World Whiter from the Research Council of Norway. The project is led by Halland (UiB) in collaboration with Johnslien (KhiO).
CONVERSATION #2 with
Eivind Hofstad Evjemo
Monday, September 19 at 1900 in Festsalen at Velferden
In 2021, Eivind participated in Velferden's summer project VEI, where he showed an installation in the old office building at Sandbekk, consisting of stories, objects and film, based on his encounter with the mining history of Sokndal. On the open day, he gave a memorable reading of the text Closed Day, which was about the relationship between a retired office worker at Titania and his daughter, on the way to the open day at Velferden.
On Monday, September 19, 2022, Eivind Hofstad Evjemo was back at Velferden.
This time he talked about his own writing, about ideas and the writing process, the joys and challenges of living a life as a writer, as well as the drive to move forward, explore language and challenge genres.
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Eivind Hofstad Evjemo is an author and curator. For his debut novel Vekk meg hvis jeg sovner (2009), he received the Tarjei Vesaas Debutant Prize. For his second novel Det siste du skal se er et ansikt av kjærlighet (2012), he received the Norwegian Youth Critics' Prize and the UT Awards for "Book of the Year" and was named "Trøndelag Author of the Year". In 2016, Evjemo's first poetry collection, Kvelningsminner, was published to very good reviews. He has also edited the books Det felles eide - forfattere om offentlig kunst i Oslo and Rikdommens språk - tekster om oljefondet. Eivind Hofstad Evjemo was named one of the 10 best Norwegian writers under the age of 35 by the newspaper Morgenbladet in collaboration with the Norwegian Festival of Literature.
