Nuart’s two-day international street art conference at Kunstnernes hus in Oslo brings together leading practitioners in the fields of both sanctioned and unsanctioned street art practice to discuss the power of street art to affect personal and social change. What are the implications for the future of art in public space as a result of the global popularity of this dynamic new art movement?

Artists, academics, authors, researchers, curators, producers, writers and other cultural-sector professionals come together to discuss these topics and more in a series of keynote speeches, artist presentations, panel debates, film screenings and more over two days.

The event is free and open to everyone but spaces are limited so booking recommended.

PUBLIC ART/STREET ART

The real power of street art is being played out daily on walls, billboards and city squares the world over, and it’s now obvious that state institutions can neither contain nor adequately represent the fluidity of this dynamic new movement. As the rest of the world begins to accept the multiplicity of new public art genres it is becoming more apparent that street art resists containment. The question then must be, not how can this inherently public art movement be modified or replicated to fit within the confines of an institutional or gallery model, but rather, how can the current model for contemporary art museums and formulaic public art programs be re-examined to conform with the energy of this revolutionary movement in public art practice?

PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE

DAY 1 – RIGHTS TO THE CITY

11:00–11:10
Welcome and introduction
By Dr. Susan Hansen (AU/UK)

11:10–11:50
Art as Urban Interruption: Moments, Memories and Traces of Resistance
Keynote presentation by Professor David Pinder (UK/DK), followed by Q+A

12:00–13:15
DIY Now
Artist presentations by: Adrian Burnham (UK), Julien de Casabianca (FR) and Nipper (UK/NO)

13:30–14:15
Be reasonable, demand the impossible
Presentations by: Dr. Susan Hansen (AU/UK) and Laima Nomeikaite (LT/NO)

14:15–14:45
Nutopia panel debate
Discussion led by: Professor David Pinder (UK/DK)
Panel: Adrian Burnham (UK), Dr. Susan Hansen (AU/UK), Laima Nomeikaite (LT/NO) and Nipper (UK/NO)

15:00-16:00
Norwegian Street Art Practice
Presentations by: Viktor Gjengaar (NO), Eric Ness Christiansen (NO), Arne Vilhelm Tellefsen (NO), Linda Kristiansen (NO) and Cathrine Grasdal (NO)

16:15–16:45
Public/Private panel debate
Discussion led by: Liama Nomeikaite (LT/NO)
Panel: Viktor Gjengaar (NO), Eric Ness Christiansen (NO), Arne Vilhelm Tellefsen (NO), Linda Kristiansen (NO) and Cathrine Grasdal (NO)

DAY 2 – HISTORY FROM BELOW

11:00–11:10

Welcome and introduction
By Dr. Susan Hansen (AU/UK)

11:10–11:50
The People’s History – The Revolution Will Be Ceramicised
Artist presentation by Carrie Reichardt (UK)

12:00–13:00
Gentrify This panel debate
Discussion led by: Dr. Susan Hansen (AU/UK) and Laima Nomeikaite (LT/NO)
Panel: Carrie Reichardt (UK), Øystein Ringen Kristofferson (NO) and Viktor Gjengaar (NO)

13:30–14:20
Vandals
Keynote presentation by Théo Le Du Fuentes aka Cosmografik (FR), followed by Q+A

14:30–15:15
History From Below
Presentations by Jacob Kimvall (SE), Carnival Union (NO) and Ståle Stenslie (NO)

15:15–15:45
Art Has Work To Do In The World panel debate
Discussion led by: Dr. Susan Hansen (AU/UK)
Panel: Théo Le Du Fuentes aka Cosmografik (FR), Jacob Kimvall (SE), Carnival Union (NO) and Ståle Stenslie (NO)

16:00–17:00
The Incredible Secret of the Fridge: From Art Heists to Street Art – Hidden Histories Revealed in the Most Unlikely of Places
Artist presentation by Julien de Casabianca (FR)

For the full program visit www.nuartrad.no

ABOUT NUART RAD

Nuart RAD is a pilot project forming part of Oslo Municipality’s five-year action plan for street art, which promotes graffiti and street art as part of contemporary art in public spaces.

The project sees the area adjacent to the Akerselva river – which stretches for 8.2km through the centre of the city - become a venue for a new public art program that seeks to make art a part of everyday life. The Akerselva - historically viewed as something of a socio-economic and racial dividing line between east and west – becomes a stage for new kinds of stories and art forms to emerge.

The project aims to celebrate the diversity of the four neighborhoods through which the river flows – Nordre Aker, Sagene, Grünerløkka and Gamle Oslo – and to encourage new ways of engaging with each other and our surroundings through the creation of a multi-disciplinary ‘art trail’.