FALSTAD KUNST CONFERENCE 2010: "ART AND THE PAINFUL HERITAGE"

 

On Thursday September 9, there will be a conference at the Falstad Center (Ekne, Norway) about contemporary art and "The Painful Heritage". The conference language is English, all interested persons are welcome to attend.

 

The term "the painful heritage" is often used about the mass of individual experience in the  German camps during World War II. The term may also be extended to include experiences in other war and conflict situations.

 

It is difficult, for many even impossible, to talk about traumatic war experiences, severe humiliations and abuse connected with taboo and shame. This conference will deal with how

artists have approached the painful heritage during the last 20-25 years.

 

Speakers at the conference:

Katarzyna Bojarska (Poland), Nikola Suica (Serbia), Jon Reitan (Norway), plus the two artists who have made artworks for this year's Falstad Kunst: Anna Baumgart (Poland) and Darko Stojkov (Serbia).

 

The films "Fresh Cherries" by Anna Baumgart and "Second Journey" by Darko Stojkov will be shown in the exhibition space at the Falstad Center all day from 9 am.

 

The conference will start at 10 am and will be finished at 4.30 pm. Registration from 9.30 am.

 

Please notify us before September 1st if you want to attend: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Admission fee: NOK 200 (includes lunch).

More info may be found under "Seminar 2010" in the menu on the left.

 

A train to Skogn leaves from Trondheim central station at 8.10 am, it also stops at Værnes Airport at 8.45. There is a free bus service between Skogn station and the Falstad Center. The train from Skogn station to Værnes and Trondheim leaves at 5.14 pm.

 

Fal stad Kunst 2010 will be shown at the Falstad Centre until September 19, 2010. Opening hours: Tuesday - Friday 12 - 4 pm, Sunday 12 - 5 pm. This year we present two new video works produced especially for Falstad: "Fresh Cherries" by Anna Baumgart (Poland) and "Second Journey" by Darko Stojkov (Serbia). More information about the two artists and their projects can be found under "Projects 2010" in the menu to the left.

Falstad Kunst (Falstad Art) is a series of temporary public art installations at the Falstad Centre in the rural community of Ekne, 80 kilometres north of Trondheim in Mid-Norway.

 

Falstad Kunst was initiated by the institution Public Art Norway and is supported by Arts Council Norway, Fritt Ord Foundation, Nord-Trøndelag County, Levanger municipality and the Falstad Centre.

 

Falstad was a German prison camp during the second world war. Today, Falstad is a Memorial and Human Rights Centre. More information under ‘Info Falstad’ in the menu on the left, and at: www.falstadsenteret.no

 

Questions and/or comments about Falstad Kunst or this web site may be sent to project manager Per Formo: pform(at)online.no