Participants will be given paper and graphite sticks, and invited to create frottages, drawings, and imprints, rubbed from the details and textures in and around Kunstnernes Hus. Walls, floors, door frames, ornaments, cracks, and surfaces can become images that capture the building’s character and traces of time.

Back in the Packing Room, the frottages will be risograph printed and continuously displayed in the space, forming a living collection of the building’s own imprints.

The workshop is drop-in and requires no prior registration. Participants decide for themselves how long they wish to work. Printing on the risograph takes between 2 and 15 minutes per person.

After Kunstbok Oslo, the material will form the basis for a publication that gathers the frottages and documents the project. All participants will be credited and offered a copy of the book once it is completed.

Johan Andrén (b. 1991, Sweden) is a visual artist based in Oslo. His practice revolves around photography, with a consistent focus on imprints and visual traces. He is interested in the relationship between observation and participation, and how visibility, intimacy, and power unfold in the encounter between the observer and the observed. Andrén often works spatially and in situ, alongside artistic self-publishing—both in various collaborations and independently.

He is a co-founder of the artist-run platform NEJD in Gothenburg, a member of Oslo Crit Klubb, and a studio resident at Hausmania Kulturhus. He also serves as workshop master for the risograph studio at Kunstnernes Hus. Andrén holds a Master’s degree in Fine Art from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and a Bachelor’s degree in Photography from HDK-Valand in Gothenburg.

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