KUNST FOR MENNESKELIGE BASALBEHOV - Bygg for biologiske basalfag ved Universitetet i Bergen

Publisher: Kunst i offentlige rom - KORO Format 25 x 20 cm, 96 pages, 63 images Editors: Jon-Ove Steihaug, Gerd Tinglum Texts: Jon-Ove Steihaug, Steinar Sekkingstad, Jørn Narud Language: Norwegian, Introduction in English ISBN 978-82-93033-01-1

The Building for Basic Biological Research (BBB) at the University of Bergen

The Building for Basic Biological Research (BBB) at the University of Bergen was completed in 2003. This book presents the public art projects commissioned for the new building by one of KORO’s  arts committees active during 1999-2006.

The projects consist of three architecturally integrated works: two gardens by the Japanese landscape architect and Zen-priest Shunmyo Masuno, a sound installation located in the monumental stairwell by English-Norwegian composer Natasha Barrett and a large, coloured glass window facade by the Norwegian painter Arne Malmedal.

John Coplans (1920-2003), Tom Sandberg and Vibeke Tandberg, which deal in different ways with the human body, are to be found in the central communication area of the building. This book also presents works situated in three meeting rooms by Bergen artists Therese Christensen and Kari Dyrdal, as well as a mural project by The German artist Katharina Grosse, which for different reasons never came to be installed.