Double opening and film program
Daisuke Kosugi at the Lower Exhibition Hall | MFA-student Lea Stuedahl at the Academy Room | Films curated by studio-holder Nicole Ward
Friday 09.02.24
Friday 09.02.24
Welcome to the opening of two exhibitions: the film installation Invisible Touch by Daisuke Kosugi in the lower exhibition hall, and an exhibition by MFA graduate student at the Art Academy in Oslo Lea Stuedahl in the Academy Room.
The artists who have their studio at the back of Kunstnernes Hus take over the cinema and invite you in to see short films, sketches and other small experiments from themselves and peer artists from Oslo and other places, curated by studio-holder Nicole Ward.
Free entry, open to all!
Program
19:00 Words of welcome by Sarah Lookofsky (Artistic director)
19:00-22:00 The exhibitions are open. Entry to the exhibition Walk Silently in the Dark Until Your Feet Become Ears by Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz in the skylight halls is also free.
19:00-22:00 The film program KH_KinoMix.mov is shown in a loop at the cinema.
The house is open until midnight.
Daisuke Kosugi: Invisible Touch
In the film installation Invisible Touch, Daisuke Kosugi stages a series of conflict situations in the everyday life of 7-year-old Luka. The conflicts unfold in various private and public spaces, such as a restaurant, outside a museum, in a hotel room, or at home. We witness repeated escalating situations conveyed physically and emotionally through repetition and rhythm, distance, and proximity.
A recurring theme in Kosugi's works is alienation and outsiderhood in various social environments. In a poetic and subdued manner, he conveys the everyday routines and behavioral patterns of individuals as intimate dramas. The works are based on real people, and he often uses his own family members to explore ideas around belonging, trauma, and memory.
Daisuke Kosugi (b. 1984, Tokyo) lives and works in Farsund, and is educated from the Oslo Art Academy. In addition to film and video works, the artist works with installation, performance, sound and sculpture. The exhibition at Kunstnernes Hus is on view between 9 February and 27 March 2024.
KH_KinoMix.mov
Film program at the cinema with contributions by:
Ørjan Amundsen, Vilde Blom, Harriet Bowman, Savinder Bual, Buoys Buoys Buoys, Robert Carter & Terje Abusdal, Anna Clawson & Nicole Ward, Ben Clement, Eleanor Duffin, Makda Embaie, David Eng & Johan Andrén, Bryony Gillard, Amy Gough, Inger Lise Hansen, Hillevi Cecilia Högström, Dorothy Hunter, Sebastian Jefford, Finn Adrian Jorkjen, Kamil Kak, Tom K Kemp, Mathew Lacosse, Abirami Logendran, Benedikt Lübcke, Holly McLean, Markus Moestue, Tuda Muda, NEJD, Eli Mai Huang Nesse, Belladonna Paloma, Jenny Perlin, Laura Phillips, Greg Pope, Marcus Reistad, Vicky Smith and Nikhil Vettukattil.
Get to know the studio artists residing at Kunstnernes Hus here.
