The art committee for the New Concert Hall in Stavanger issued an open call for the pre-qualification in order to locate artists for a significant indoor art project. The project should have a distinctive character with light is an important premise. The deadline for responses was 1 March 2010, by which point 145 artists from Norway and abroad had expressed interest in the project. The Art committee has selected 4 candidates from the call for pre-qualification, to take part in a limited competition. Read more>>>
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Welcome to Tullinløkka - 29th of May at 2pm.
UNTUNED BELL, A K Dolven’s installation is about to be removed from Tullinløkka, Oslo.
The composition created by Rolf Wallin for the opening ceremony on the 6th of February will again on the 29th May, be played on the bells in Oslo Town Hall, only this time it is played back to front.
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Monica Bonvicini’s sculpture She Lies is now in place, its reflection glinting on the water outside the Opera House.

H.M. Queen Sonja will take part in the official ceremony to mark the installation of the work on 11 May at 18.00, two years after the opening of the Opera House. “Two years that have been absolutely essential for the realisation of such a large and technically complex work,” says KORO director Gro Kraft. “With She Lies, eight years of work on the art programme for the Opera House reach completion and consummation. We wish to thank Christen Sveaas of Kistefos AS for a magnificent donation that has contributed greatly to the conclusion of this particular work.”
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- The jury’s decision to announce two winners will make a difference for the visual interpretation of the public space. Both proposals are individually strong and will together with the architectural signage give an experience of totality for the audience at Kilden Theatre and Concerthall, says KORO’s director Gro Kraft.
Read the press release>>  Read the jury’s evaluations>> 
See images of Josephine Lyche's winning entry>>  See images of the winning entry of Vong Phaophanit / Claire Oboussier>>
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In 2007 Monica Bonvicini was announced as the competition winner for an art project for the harbour basin in front of the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet. The sculpture She Lies is now being produced in Horten in Norway. The 16 metre tall steel construction will be partially clad in reflective, semi-transparent slanting glass surfaces. Photographer Jiri Havran is documenting the production of the sculture.
See the first images>> More about the project>> Read the press release>>
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See images from the inauguration ceremony>>  See A K Dolvens images of Untuned Bell>>
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KORO - Public Art Norway presents A K Dolvens Untuned Bell at Tullinløkka in Oslo 6th of  February- 31th of May 2010. INAUGURATION 6th of February 2 PM.  Read the press release>>   More information on  www.koro.no/akdolven/untunedbell>>
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The artist Do Ho Suh (South Korea/USA) has won the international competition for the public, outdoor art project for the Government Building Complex Part 6 (R6) with his proposal Grass Roots Square. The project will be situated in the square in front of R6 and has a unique interpretative potential – both politically and artistically – given its location in the middle of the Government Building Complex, says Gro Kraft, Director of Public Art Norway (KORO).
Read the jury's assessment>>    See the competition proposal>>  
Read the press release>>  Press images>>
Art Programme, part 1 (pdf)>>
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Solo artists and collaborating groups are hereby invited to take part in an international pre-qualifying round for a lighting project in the New Concert Hall in Stavanger, to be completed in 2012. Deadline: To be postmarked on or before 1 March 2010. >>>
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KILDEN
STAVANGER NEW CONCERTHALL
R6
AK DOLVEN / UNTUNED BELL
MONICA BONVICINI / SHE LIES

Five artists/ artist groups chosen for limited competition>>>

The book Kunst for menneskelige basalbehov presents the art project that was carried out at Bygg for biologiske basalfag at the University of Bergen in the period 1999-2006. The book is in Norwegian, but has an introduction in english.
The book as pdf>>> Read more>>>