Workshops / Education

Fiskeforstyrrelsesforestillingen

A workshop (in English translated as the Fish Disturbance Performance) that was developed with Den Kulturelle Skolesekken Lab through Oslo Kunstforening and Fotogalleriet in September 2021. At Oslo’s Humanistskolen the students participated in a Coral Trout styled parade about the climate crisis and the attention economy. The majority concealed their identities by wearing orange and blue masks or clothing, whilst others dressed as “capitalists” that fought over play money which got thrown into the…

The Orange Experiment

Created with students at Ytre Kunstfagskole, Ålesund in March 2022. After learning about relational aesthetics and the attention economy, we created “The Orange Experiment”. The students painted large sheets of orange paper which we then hid under in different configurations and locations around Ålesund. In doing so, we made a series of nomadic, temporary sculptural interventions that demanded the public’s attention and momentarily altered the usual social and urban frameworks.

The Attention Experiment

Workshop with PTAB- Praksis Teen Advisory Board in Oslo, May 2021 as part of the In Character series The workshop involved five teens from different backgrounds. We discussed my approach in dealing with the climate crisis and the attention economy through performance art. We discussed various performative options and locations as well as whether my breast should be “in” or “out”. The teen advisors settled on making an attention grabbing performance in the grounds of Akershus fortress in which they…

Grønske Landscape Experiment

Created in collaboration with Tenthaus and Hersleb VGS in 2017, “Grønske Landscape Experiment” was a series of workshops about beauty and immigrant identity with students that had newly arrived in Norway mostly as refugees. The workshop formed the basis of the installation and happening “Cocktails & Dreams” at Tenthaus in October 2012 which also featured these images. In the workshops, we discussed how notions of beauty are subjective and are shaped by one’s experiences and backgrounds. In addition…