Welcome to this edition of Prøverommet in collaboration with the unfinished institution (DUI). Tonight’s program will consist of three projects: A DINNER & MOVIE, THE CAMPAIGN COLLECTIVE and BILLBOARD, all by and with members of DUI and guests.
DUI is a studio community, production, and project space for professional artists, housing 13 permanent artists. DUI has shared resources that include an art library, communal kitchen, workshop hall, and project room. The projects presented at Prøverommet explore collective creation processes. They are independent cross-disciplinary projects but also crucial for the development of DUI. Over the past two years, DUI has employed collective creation processes where members collaborate to develop our physical spaces and surroundings as part of the holistic development of DUI. Some of the projects also extend beyond DUI’s physical premises in Laksevåg.
DUI members
Susanna Antonsson
Alex Hamish Millar
Borghild Rudjord Unneland
Charlotte Besuijen
Felix Costain Schou
Fergus Tibbs
Gard Andreas Frantzsen
Hild Borchgrevink
Karen Nicole Werner
Matias Grøttum
Michael Stumpf
Pauliina Pöllänen
Sveinung Rudjord Unneland
Åse Løvgren
A DINNER & MOVIE is a series of events by DUI, this time organised by Sveinung and Borghild Rudjord Unneland. Visitors are invited to join for a homemade dinner and a movie. The goal is to facilitate collegial and social gatherings.
For this occasion, the short documentary More Bacteria Than I (2021) by Unni Gjertsen will be screened. The film is about Marit, who lives on a small eco-farm in Sweden where the compost with all its microorganisms form the center of the life cycle and daily life. It shows how Marit regains her health after burnout by altering her living conditions, while also highlighting the possibilities of alternative resource management, ethics, and environmental practices.
BILLBOARD is a project curated and developed by Charlotte Besuijen and DUI. Every two months, a different artist creates a new work for the lightboxes displayed in the public space, outside DUI. The project is also visible on the website, bridging digital and physical spaces and allowing people worldwide to experience the artwork.
This edition, designed by Laura Gaiger and Charlotte Besuijen, reflects their shared interest in collage. It features a black shape derived from a scrap of paper left over after making collages. The background incorporates a painting created with leftover paint from workshops conducted in mental health centres.
THE CAMPAIGN COLLECTIVE explores a series of motifs inspired by self-organisation and the artist-run tradition that the unfinished institution is part of. These motifs or images are assembled into a wall collage at DUI. The motifs are chosen or created by the members of DUI specifically for this occasion. Gard Frantzsen is the initiator of the project.
We invite participants interested in the theme of self-organisation to a workshop taking place before the event, from 17:30. You will find a separate option for this when reserving tickets. We ask participants to bring a picture, an object, or related concept, which will become part of the collage. The final result will be photographed in high resolution and published on DUI’s website.