more info about the Salangen biennale and the continuation of the exhibition: www.salangenbiennale.art
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ABOUT THE SALANGEN BIENNALE 2021 PILOT PROJECT:
11. - 13. Juni 2021, Salangen kommune, Salangsverket
deltagende kunstnere:
Karin Aurora Lindell (NOR)
Grete Johanne Neseblod (NOR)
Eri Isaka Fuzz-Kristiansen (JAP/NOR)
Sara Korshøj Christensen (DK)
True Solvang Vevatne (NOR)
Iren Gule (NOR)
Kari Johanne Nordheim (NOR)
June Mong (NOR)
Selma Köchling (GER)
Vidar Laksfors (NOR)
Ann-Lisbeth Stiberg (NOR)
Ruth Unger (GER)
Hannah Bohnen (GER)
Laura Massmann (GER)
Marita Isobel Solberg (NOR)
Delphine Besse (FR)
Christian Henrichsen (NOR)
download report here
Salangen biennale 2021
Salangen biennale 2021 ble organisert og gjennomført av Lavangsnes Wunderkammer, i samarbeid med Ann-Lisbeth Stiberg. Utstillingen var planlagt som en temporær utendørs kunstutstilling i ruinene til Salangsverket i Salangen Kommune, og skulle vare en helg, i juni 2021. Salangen biennale åpnet som planlagt 11. Juni 2021. Men på de forskjellige utstillingsområdene varte utstillingen flere måneder.
Salangen biennale var et pilotprosjekt til eventuell etablering av en utendørs biennale for samtidskunst i Salangen Kommune. Her er noen glimt av både forberedelsene og utstillingen på de 5 forskjellige utstillingsområdene, fra fjell til fjæra.
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Thanks
First and foremost: Thanks to artists from near and far, who took part in this spontaneous initiative and showed works and great effort to allow contemporary art to be experienced in the district.
The Salangen Biennale is proud and grateful to have been supported by KORO and Salangen Municipality. Furthermore, we sincerely thank you for the natural resources, which Salaks and Extra Sjøvegan supported us with. Many thanks to the local business community, who helped us in the form of great offers on services and goods, which were necessary for the completion of the works, infrastructure and the whole adventure. The welding class at the vocational school in Sjøvegan has made a huge effort to create parts for works for individual artists. We are incredibly moved and happy about the volunteer effort, which was spontaneously put into this project. Thanks to the participating artists and support crew for pushing the boundaries of what is possible.
From the first moment, the Salangen biennale was received with enthusiasm by those involved and external. And from the first moment the spontaneous project grew bigger and bigger. The response to the entire exhibition was incredibly positive and we were asked by several institutions and people to leave the works on display for longer. In some of the exhibition areas, which are also well-known tourist destinations, parts of the exhibition therefore, with the consent of the artists involved, stayed several months longer than planned.
Thank you to the audience, for fighting through rain and mud, through the forest and on the mountain, for being challenged and inspired by contemporary art.
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Storhaugen (665m)
At Storhaugen, works remained standing for longer than originally planned. The first trip to the mountain, with the artists Marita Isobel Solberg, June Mong to install works was in May 2021. We got help from two local acquaintances with snowmobiles and donning, June transported her works by dog sled. For parts of the stretch, people had to walk and luggage had to be carried, since the road was really bad, and the snow couldn't carry us all the way. Nevertheless, we got all the tools, equipment, the artists and the organizers. Marita carried out a singing performance and painted the ancient futhark runic alphabet on 24 wooden discs. June installed her wooden sculptures in a stone pile. The metal stands for the work Kokkene i Lovkoshókka from Karin Aurora Lindell were transported up and installed in May. The artist installed the work in June 2021.
Vinkelstasjonen (450 moh)
Også ved vinkelen ble verk stående lengre enn først planlagt. Her var utstillende kunstnere Laura Massmann og Vidar Laksfors. Laura kunne av helsemessige årsaker ikke være med på stedet, men verkene hennes - 5 steinskulpturer - ble plassert i samarbeid over telefon og stengte landegrensene. Yrkesskolen sveiset 5 stålsokkler til skulpturene, som ble fraktet opp en gjørmete vei til vinkelen. Vidar viste 2 fotografier av springere, i ramme bak glass.
Tredje dag av utstillingen var det "Kunstløp" opp til Vinkelstasjonen. 11 spreke kunstpublikummere sprang om kapp de 3,6 kilometrene og 450 høydemetrene, i et bakkeløp opp til kunstutstillingen.
Ruinpark (31 moh)
Hovedområdet til Salangen biennale var ruinparken, som ligger best tilgjengelig og omfatter den største sammenhengende del av ruinene til det gamle Salangsverket. Her ble det vist verk av Sara Korshøj Christensen, Ruth Unger, Selma Köchling, Iren Gule, True Solvang Vevatne, Ann-Lisbeth Stiberg, Kari Nordheim, Hannah Bohnen og Grete Johanne Neseblod. Utstilling varte 11. - 13. Juni 2021. Kunstutstillingen ble supplert med historisk vandring.
Kraftsentralen (2 moh)
Kraftsentralen, som utstillingsområde, ble til en installasjon. På forskjellige tidspunkt gjennom utstillingshelgen 11. - 13. Juni 2021 huset Kraftsentralen lydperformancene av Eri Isaka Fuzz-Kristiansen, og av Christian Henrichsen. Ingen av performancene var direkte synlig for publikum, men lyden strømmet ut gjennom ruinenes 39 vindusåpninger, som var dekket til med møbeltekstil på blindrammer.
Structure in the shore (-1 m above sea level)
The foundations of the old cable car, which was the connection between Storhaugen and the lower part of the Salangsverket's buildings, are scattered in the forest, on fields and one of them in the sea, next to the road, which leads to the Salangsverket industrial area. Here the plan was to show a series of photographs by Delphine Besse, who unfortunately did not arrive in Salangen in time.
UPDATED PROGRAM FOR THE SALANGEN BIENNALE
Friday, 11 June 2021
at 10.00: Pre-opening: school classes visit Ruinparken and Vinkelen
at 16.00: Welcome (red carpet)
at 17.00: official opening in Salangsverket Ruinparken by the mayor
Saturday, 12 June 2021
at 10.00: The exhibition opens
at 10.00: trip to Storhaugen from Seljeskogen is canceled due to weather and road conditions
(the artworks at Storhaugen will remain throughout the summer)
at 11.00: Historical guiding through the Salangsverket
Meeting place: The power station
at 12.00: Artist talk in Ruinparken
at 13.00: Artist talk at Storhaugen is canceled due to weather and road conditions
at 13.00: Waffle performance in Ruinparken
at 14.00: Historical guiding through the Salangsverket
Meeting place: The power station
at 17.00: Music performance Eri Fuzz-Kristiansen in Ruinparken
at 18.00: Exhibition closes for the day
Sunday, 13 June 2021
at 10.00: The exhibition opens
at 10.00: Trim trip to Winkelen with Salangen IF Trim. A work of art will be raffled among the participants of the fitness trip! Tour of the art exhibition at Vinkelen. Start at the car park at Fv84. Limited parking! We encourage you to come without a car.
Parking at Salaks at Salangsverket
at 11.00: Historical guiding through the Salangsverket
Meeting place: The power station
at 11.00: "Artistic race" to Vinkelen
Hill run, from Fylkesveien to Vinkelen
The starting shot is fired by the mayor on Sunday, 13 June, at 11:00, in the car park at Fv84
(Limited parking! We encourage you to come without a car. Parking at Salaks at Salangsverket)
The winner's trophy is handed out by the public health coordinator at Vinkelen.
at 12.00: Tour of the ruins and lecture organized by the Historielaget at Vinkelen.
distance: 3.4 km
ascent: 402 metres
at 15.00: Waffle performance in Ruinparken
at 18.00: Exhibition closes and is taken down
The artworks are exhibited in the ruins of Salangsverket.
The exhibition and participation in the various activities/programme points around are free.
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