WELCOME TO OUR BOOK LAUNCH IN VENICE
KORO – Public Art Norway presents VISUAL ART IN THE OSLO OPERA HOUSE and is holding a book launch at The Met, Hotel Metropole,Venice, Friday 3 June 2011 at 5 pm.
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The Art Committee for the Government Building Complex - R6 has decided to commission the artist Vanessa Baird for the largest indoor art project in R6: the walls of the Press Room and the two Cabinet Minister Units. At today's announcement of the artist commissioned for the Press Room and the two Cabinet Minister Units at R6, KORO director Gro Kraft underlined the importance of the quality and concept of the selected art project for these two spaces, which are of of great public interest as sites for the exercise and scrutiny of governmental power .

”Vanessa Baird is a highly competent and experienced artist. We are proud to have selected a contemporary artist, who has had little previous exposure within the realm of public art, to this important commission,” says Head of the Art Committee Hilde Skjeggestic consultant for Public Art Norway – KORO. Read more>>>

Jeffrey Inaba’s proposal, SKYLIGHT 2, plays on the familiar and the unknown. An open and luminous shape hangs from the ceiling in the middle of the foyer. The shape itself carries few references or ways of being specifically interpreted. What is recognizable lies in the light.  SKYLIGHT 2 is carried by daylight interacting with built-in artificial light in nuanced variations, and these depend on the time of day and the activity taking place in the Concert Hall. As you move around the foyer the volume will change as your eye traverses the light shape to the other side. The construction consists of several light-carrying layers and reflecting surfaces, and could be experienced more as an ethereal carrier of light than a sculptural object in space. Read more>>>       The Jury's description, evaluation and conclusion>>>

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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Permission to reproduce the artworks is obtained from the rights holders and BONO (Norwegian Visual Artists Copyright Society). The artworks are protected according to Norwegian and international copyright laws and may not be reproduced or made public in any way, analogue or digital, without permission from the rightsholder / BONO.

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>>>