Publications

Eline McGeorge – As Spaces Fold, Companions Meet

In As Spaces Fold, Companions Meet folds are a visual and thematic motif. The exhibition also refers to a science fiction inspired interpretation of folded space, which allows fictional and actual characters to meet and be cast into new constellations across time and space. Alienation and hybridisation are recurring traits of the characters populating these works.

Eline McGeorge’s work spans abstraction, concrete references and documentary. Democratic problems, environmental issues, feminist legacy and science fic- tion comprise McGeorge’s oeuvre. These themes are brought together through drawing; animation; collage; weaving and artist books; and a particular interest in folds; pixels and weaving. This exhibition brought together works from the period 2003–2015.

Editor, writer: Marianne Hultman 
Photo: Christina Leithe Hansen 
Translation: Sunniva Vik 
Proofreading: Ingrid Vold Bjørkamo, Lona Hansen, Martin White
ISBN 978-82-7531-010-9
Published by OK BOOK, 2020
Design: Research and Development, Stockholm
English and Norwegian edition
250 NOK

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Gavin Jantjes – The Exogenic Series (Aqua)

In Oslo as well as abroad, Gavin Jantjes is known to most as the former senior curator for international art at the National Museum in Oslo or the former artistic director of Henie Onstad Kunstsenter. Jantjes has been a key opinion former and contributor to the contemporary art scene in Norway. His love for painting made him curate An Appetite for Painting, his final exhibition for the National Museum in 2014. The research undertaken for this exhibition paved the way for his return to the studio and the daily practice of painting.

Painting is rapidly returning to the arenas of cultural discourse and exhibition practice. It is timely that non-figurative painting can once again occupy public attention not through its references or depictions, but through our sensory reading of a painted surface. The works function as catalysts for ideas and reminiscences about place, the environment and the broad array of things formed on the surface of the earth.

Writer: Marianne Hultman, Paul Regrette, Gavin Jantjes
Editor: Marianne Hultman, Martin White
Proofreading: Martin White
Photo: Christina Leithe Hansen
ISBN 978-82-7531-003-1
Published OK BOOK, 2018
Design: Research and Development, Stockholm
English edition
250 NOK

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Letters Sent from Heaven - Frozen and Vaporized Water: Ukichiro Nakaya and Fujiko Nakaya’s Science and Art

"Snow crystals are letters sent from heaven"
– Ukichiro Nakaya

Letters Sent from Heaven is based on a traveling exhibition about the Japanese experimental physicist Ukichiro Nakaya (1900-1962). The traveling exhibition featured photographs of snow crystals, electrostatic discharges, and films, which were shown in 2016 and 2017 at Riga Art Space, KTH R1 Energy Stage in Stockholm, and Oslo Kunstforening. The exhibition was accompanied by a program of workshops, lectures, and seminars. When the exhibition came to Oslo, a series of interconnected works and events were produced around the city, featuring Fujiko Nakaya, artist and daughter of Ukichiro Nakaya, composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, dancer and choreographer Min Tanaka, and artist Shiro Takatani.

Editors: Marianne Hultman, Jonatan Habib Engqvist
Texts by: Jonatan Habib Engqvist, Marianne Hultman, Martin White, Peder Anker, Sverker Sörlin, Anne-Marie Duguet, Kenjiro Okazaki, Reiko Setsuda, Viktors Kravčenko
Translators: You Nakai (Kenjiro Okazaki), Deke Dusinberre (Anne-Marie Duguet), Christopher Stephens (Reiko Setsuda)
Proofreading: Liam Sprod
ISBN 978-82-7531-011-6
Published by OK BOOK, 2022
Supported by Processart and The Japan Foundation
Design: Research and Development, Stockholm
English edition
300 NOK

I skvis – Om mellomsjiktet i kunstbyen Oslo

In what ways will the new museum infrastructure, currently being built in Oslo, change the city’s cultural scene? Will funding from the City of Oslo be (re)directed towards overhead and operational costs for these institutions at the expense of small and medium-sized art institutions? Large-scale institutions will certainly increase the visibility of contemporary art in Oslo, but will they contribute to nurturing a thriving art scene in the city? An art plan for the City of Oslo is currently in the making, and should ensure that the conditions for art production are safeguarded and that the small to medium-sized institutions are supported in order to provide ambitious and critical contemporary art for the city’s inhabitants. Over the last few years, several art organizations in Oslo have come together as part of Curator Jour Fixe to ensure that the artist’s role and place within this rapidly developing city are secured through access to studios, workshops, and spaces for public display.

Authors: Emil Flatø, Monica Holmen, Ruben Steinum, Runa Carlsen
Editor: Marianne Hultman 
Proofreader: Ingrid Vold Bjørkamo
ISBN 978-82-7531-005-5
Published by OK BOOK, 2018 for Oslo Curator Jour Fixe
Design: Research and Development, Stockholm
Published with generous support from Arts Council Norway
Norwegian edition
150 NOK

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Agencies of Art - A report on the situation of small and medium-sized art centers in Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Art is always changing, and institutions should be able to adapt to the conditions of artistic production. We believe that the small or midsize art centre plays an important role in its capacity to adapt and transform according to what artists are doing, while also providing stability and continuity. Thus, these institutions play a central part in what has been termed the ‘ecology’ of contemporary art. Since this crucial stability and continuity is challenged by current political decisions, this report is a timely tool for reflecting on the possible agency of art and its institutions

The symposium The Agencies of Art and this report both received support from Nordic Culture Point and Arts Council Norway. The report is published with the support from The Relief Fund for Visual Artists (Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond).

Authors: Jonatan Habib Engqvist, Nina Möntmann
Editor: Madeline Coleman
Coordination: Hanna Nordell, Tensta konsthall
Photo: Jan Khür
ISBN 978-82-7531-004-8
Published by OK BOOK, 2018
Design: Research and Development, Stockholm
English edition
150 NOK

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Kunsthallene i Norge

The medium-sized contemporary art centers (kunsthalles) have established themselves as important institutions in the Norwegian contemporary art field in a relatively short period of time. They supplement the space between art museums and the regional art centers, commercial galleries, artist-run spaces and the member-based art associations. It has been pointed out that the contemporary art field in Norway is characterized by an increased fragmentation consisting of many small communities. This survey points in a different direction. The contemporary art centers are not operated as isolated islands. On the contrary, they are part of a field characterized by collaboration across institutions and art forms. As far as we can see, contemporary art centers are both engines and loose parts in a larger art and cultural field. They function as exhibition spaces for contemporary art, but the space extends far beyond the walls of the gallery space.

Author: Nanna Løkka, Telemarksforsking
Editor for OK BOOK: Marianne Hultman 
Proofreader for OK BOOK: Ingrid Vold Bjørkamo
ISBN 978-82-7531-006-2
Published by OK BOOK for Kunsthallene i Norge, 2018
Design: Research and Development, Stockholm
Published with generous support from Arts Council Norway
Norwegian edition
150 NOK

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