Sensory-Friendly Sunday

Do you want to experience an exhibition but quickly become overwhelmed when in public spaces? Then we warmly welcome you to a sensory-friendly art evening at Kunstnernes Hus!
About the event
On Sunday, June 7, we will keep the exhibitions open in the evening for registered participants, offering a tailored guided tour. The event is adapted for neurodivergent and disabled visitors and is suitable for anyone who, for various reasons, may become overstimulated or fatigued. Here, you are free to stim, move at your own pace, and withdraw to the quiet room in Atelier Felix, which offers a variety of seating options.
Please note: The exhibition spaces are accessible by elevator, but unfortunately, the quiet room is only accessible by stairs. The tour is held in Norwegian, but the guide can understand and answer questions in English.
The event has limited capacity, so remember to sign up! Ticket link to come.
Programme
18:00–18:30 The guide Mathilde meets you at the entrance
18:30–19:30 Welcome at Atelier Felix and guided tour in the exhibitions
19:30–20:30 Time to explore the exhibitions on your own
Mathilde will be present throughout the entire event and will guide you through the evening.
Accessibility

Getting to Kunstnernes Hus
Facilities
Accessibility Features
Food and Drink
Sound, Light and Smell
Pictures and Camera
About the exhibitions

Minga for the Sea is a major new commission by the internationally acclaimed Chilean artist, poet, and activist Cecilia Vicuña, developed specifically for Kunstnernes Hus. Vicuña brings together voices from Indigenous territories from the Global South and North, where communities stand at the forefront of the defense of marine and coastal environments against destructive resource extraction and pollution. With Minga for the Sea, Vicuña invites us to attend lovingly, to listen, and to learn—from the sea, from one another, and from the ancestral knowledges that persist against erasure.
Click here to read more about Minga for the Sea by Cecilia Vicuña

The Fallow Year is a site-specific installation and participatory project by artist and writer Amber Ablett. In this exhibition, the capsule hotel—a structure typically associated with efficiency, productivity, and transience—is transformed into a space for community, reflection, and slowness. Here, rest is not framed as an escape from or the inverse of work, but as an intentional and political act: a necessary condition for collective transformation, especially for those engaged in care work, activism, and liberation practices, or whose lives are shaped by marginalisation.
Click here to read more about The Fallow Year by Amber Ablett
About the guide

Mathilde Velvin (b. 1993, Tromsø) is an artist and art mediator currently living in Oslo. Her practice spans photography, visual art and textile art. She has a Bachelor's degree in art and dissemination from OsloMet and a background in the fields of addiction and psychiatry. As an art mediator, her guiding principle is that art can and should be accessible to anyone, regardless of background or previous art experience.
Thanks to the Autism Society Akershus local association and the Bipolar Association for their collaboration with this event.


