About FLOAT
FLOAT is a site-specific art project based on the lake Mjøsa and its associated waterways, from a scientific and artistic perspective.
An important event in the FLOAT project is the conference taking place in Lillehammer Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th of June 2025. The conference aims to bring together artistic and research-based practices and theories under one roof and communicate this to an art-interested, but also environmentally committed audience, through presentations that shed light on site specific artistic interventions in nature, museum collections management, ecological and historical questions. The conference is organized in collaboration with the Association of Visual Artists Innlandet.
FLOAT is initiated by artist and curator Egil Martin Kurdøl, and organized in collaboration with Oplandia Center for Contemporary Art and Kunstbanken Center for Contemporary Art.
The FLOAT conference
16.-17.06.2025
Artists:
Abbas Akhavan
Ansgar Ole Olsen
Marianne Stranger
Jon Benjamin Tallerås
Judy Watson
Confirmed speakers:
Kristin Bergaust, Oslofjord Ecologies
Ingvild Krogvig, The National Museum
Eivind Slettemeås, Harpefoss kunstarena
Tilsig, Gjøvik and Toten Art Associations
Jørn Wroldsen, Mission Mjøsa, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
William Fox, Nevada Museum of Art, The Center for Art + Environment
(Full program to be released)
Compère:
Merete Hovednak, Director, Contemporary Art Centres in Norway
The conference will be held in English.
Conference program
When: June 16th-17th 2025
Where: Kulturhuset Banken, Lillehammer, Norway
Monday June 16th
11:00 – 12:00
Registration and lunch
12:00 – 12:15
Welcome, Christel Sverre, Siri Leira and curator Egil Martin Kurdøl
12:15 – 13:00
Presentation of the research project Mission Mjøsa, NTNU Gjøvik, Professor Jørn Wroldsen
13:00 – 13:20
Break
13:20 – 13:40
Artist introduction: Judy Watson
13:40 – 14:00
Artist introduction: Ansgar Ole Olsen
14:00 – 14:20
Artist introduction: Abbas Akhavan
14:20 – 14:40
Artist introduction: Jon Benjamin Tallerås
14:40 – 15:00
Break
15:00 – 15:20
Artist introduction: Marianne Stranger
15:20 – 15:50
Presentation of the research project Oslofjord Ecologies and the Oslofjord triennial, Artist and Professor Kristin Bergaust
16:00 – 17:00
Visit to Lillehammer Art Museum, presentation of Jana Winderen’s sound installation ferð
17:00 – 18:30
Break
18:30
Dinner
Tuesday June 17th
08:45 – 09:15
Registration and coffee
09:15 – 09:45
Presentation of the art project Tilsig, Gjøvik and Toten art associations
09:45 – 10:30
Presentation of previous site specific art projects in the Innlandet region, Eivind Slettemeås
10:30 – 10:50
Break
10:50 – 11:35
Presentation, Nevada Museum of Art, The Center for Art + Environment, Director William Fox
11:35 – 12:20
Presentation, The Norwegian National Museum, Curator Ingvild Krogvig
12:20 – 13:15
Lunch
13:15 – 13:45
Presentation (TBC)
13:45 – 14:00
Summary (TBC)
Tickets
Accessibility
– Accessibility for wheelchairs/rollers/strollers:
Please use the ramp by the entrance in the backyard
– Elevator with access to all floors
– Hearing loop system
– We offer free admission with companion certificate:
Please send an email to siri.leira@oplandia.no to claim ticket
– For any questions related to accessibility/assistance, see contact info below
Contact
FLOAT is initiated by artist and curator Egil Martin Kurdøl, and organized in collaboration with Oplandia Center for Contemporary Art and Kunstbanken Center for Contemporary Art.
If you have any questions, please get in touch!
Egil Martin Kurdøl, Curator
Siri Leira, Producer, Oplandia Center for Contemporary Art
Christel Sverre, Producer, Kunstbanken Center for Contemporary Art
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