Data Center - Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter, Torget 20, 8300 Svolvær
Jonas Mekas Orquestina de Pigmeos Video, 7 minutes 16 seconds, online diary, July 11th, 2017 Courtesy of the Estate of Jonas Mekas NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Jonas Mekas Orquestina de Pigmeos Video, 7 minutes 16 seconds, online diary, July 11th, 2017 Courtesy of the Estate of Jonas Mekas NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
The two-headed calf Courtesy of Lofoten Museum / Museum Nord NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
The two-headed calf Courtesy of Lofoten Museum / Museum Nord NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kirstine Colban Aas Watercolours on paper, 1819 og 1816 Courtesy of Museum Nord / Lofoten Museum NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kirstine Colban Aas Watercolours on paper, 1819 og 1816 Courtesy of Museum Nord / Lofoten Museum NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kirstine Colban Aas Prestegård ved Kirkvågen i Lofoten Watercolour on paper, 1809 Courtesy of Museum Nord / Lofoten Museum NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Untitled (portraits of Sleepy, Doc, Dopey, Pinocchio) Four watercolors, attributed to Adolph Hitler, included in the collection of the Lofoten War Memorial Museum, Museum Nord, ca 18 x 25 cm , ca 1936. NNKS / LIAF 2022, Kjell-Ove Storvik
Susan Te Kahurangi King Untitled Series of fourteen drawings, graphite and coloured pencil on paper, circa 1963 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Susan Te Kahurangi King Untitled Series of fourteen drawings, graphite and coloured pencil on paper, circa 1963 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Sille Storihle and students from Nordland School of Art and Film (UiT) The Group Crit HD Video, 16:9, 77 minutes, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Preparatory documents and drawings for works from the Artscape Nordland Collection Il nido/Reiret (Luciano Fabro, 1994), Bayleaf-Moskenes (Cristina Iglesias, 1994), Untitled (Dan Graham 1996), and Epitaph (Toshikatsu Endo, 1998) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Preparatory documents and drawings for works from the Artscape Nordland Collection Il nido/Reiret (Luciano Fabro, 1994), Bayleaf-Moskenes (Cristina Iglesias, 1994), Untitled (Dan Graham 1996), and Epitaph (Toshikatsu Endo, 1998) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Mary Haugen Phantasmagoria Multi-channel video, 7 minutes (loop), sound, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Adjourned Courtroom - Tore Hjorts gate 24, 8310 Kabelvåg
Marianne Berenhaut, Poupées poubelles (series). Mixed media, various dimensions, 1971–1980 Courtesy of the artist and Dvir Gallery. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Marianne Berenhaut, Poupées poubelles (series). Mixed media, various dimensions, 1971–1980 Courtesy of the artist and Dvir Gallery. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Marianne Berenhaut, Poupées poubelles (series). Mixed media, various dimensions, 1971–1980 Courtesy of the artist and Dvir Gallery. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Marianne Berenhaut, Poupées poubelles (series). Mixed media, various dimensions, 1971–1980 Courtesy of the artist and Dvir Gallery. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Marianne Berenhaut, Poupées poubelles (series). Mixed media, various dimensions, 1971–1980 Courtesy of the artist and Dvir Gallery. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Marianne Berenhaut, Poupées poubelles (series). Mixed media, various dimensions, 1971–1980 Courtesy of the artist and Dvir Gallery. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Marianne Berenhaut, Elle avait le coeur à l’envers. Metal stand, pink dress, heart-shaped pillow, 2021. Courtesy of the artist and Dvir Gallery. NNKS / LIAF 2022, Kjell-Ove Storvik
Marianne Berenhaut, Poupées poubelles (series). Mixed media, various dimensions, 1971–1980 Courtesy of the artist and Dvir Gallery. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Marianne Berenhaut, Poupées poubelles (series). Mixed media, various dimensions, 1971–1980 Courtesy of the artist and Dvir Gallery. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Marianne Berenhaut, Poupées poubelles (series). Mixed media, various dimensions, 1971–1980 Courtesy of the artist and Dvir Gallery. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Marianne Berenhaut, Poupées poubelles (series). Mixed media, various dimensions, 1971–1980 Courtesy of the artist and Dvir Gallery. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Blue Black Box - Nordland kunst- og filmhøgskole, Aust-Lofoten videregående skole, Tore Hjorts gate 22, 8310 Kabelvåg
Stan VanDerBeek Panels For the Walls of the World, Phase 1 Mural based on transmission copy of collage and pastel on paper, 306 panels, 8.5 x 14 inches, 1970–2022  Courtesy of the Estate of Stan VanDerBeek NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Stan VanDerBeek Panels For the Walls of the World, Phase 1 Mural based on transmission copy of collage and pastel on paper, 306 panels, 8.5 x 14 inches, 1970–2022  Courtesy of the Estate of Stan VanDerBeek NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Stan VanDerBeek Panels For the Walls of the World, Phase 1 Mural based on transmission copy of collage and pastel on paper, 306 panels, 8.5 x 14 inches, 1970–2022  Courtesy of the Estate of Stan VanDerBeek NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
LIAF 2022 Fantasmagoriana, exhibition view, works by Emma Talbot, Cheryl Donegan. Venue: Blue Black Box NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Emma Talbot  Ghost Calls Silk Hangings, acrylic on silk, 2020 Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Onrust. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Emma Talbot  Ghost Calls Silk Hangings, acrylic on silk, 2020 Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Onrust. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Cheryl Donegan Doomscrolling Acrylic and flashe on plasticized drop cloth paper, variable dimensions, 2021 + Selections from various collections of garments including: Extra Layer, 2016; GRLZ, 2018; Which Witch, 2019; Margiela Homeschool, 2020; Buck Gowns, 2022. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Cheryl Donegan Doomscrolling Acrylic and flashe on plasticized drop cloth paper, variable dimensions, 2021 + Selections from various collections of garments including: Extra Layer, 2016; GRLZ, 2018; Which Witch, 2019; Margiela Homeschool, 2020; Buck Gowns, 2022. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Cheryl Donegan Doomscrolling Acrylic and flashe on plasticized drop cloth paper, variable dimensions, 2021 + Selections from various collections of garments including: Extra Layer, 2016; GRLZ, 2018; Which Witch, 2019; Margiela Homeschool, 2020; Buck Gowns, 2022. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Cheryl Donegan Doomscrolling Acrylic and flashe on plasticized drop cloth paper, variable dimensions, 2021 + Selections from various collections of garments including: Extra Layer, 2016; GRLZ, 2018; Which Witch, 2019; Margiela Homeschool, 2020; Buck Gowns, 2022. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Cheryl Donegan Buck Gowns 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Cheryl Donegan Doomscrolling Acrylic and flashe on plasticized drop cloth paper, variable dimensions, 2021 + Selections from various collections of garments including: Extra Layer, 2016; GRLZ, 2018; Which Witch, 2019; Margiela Homeschool, 2020; Buck Gowns, 2022. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Aage Gaup Máttáráhkku / Urhode (Primordial Head). Soapstone, 1976–81. Courtesy of RiddoDuottarMuseat NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Aage Gaup and Emma Talbot’s Ghost Calls Máttáráhkku / Urhode (Primordial Head). Soapstone, 1976–81. Maŋimus Beahci / Den siste stamme (The Last Tribe) Wood, brass and natural stone, 1986. Oađđi soahtemášiidna / Sleeping War Machine, Caribbean pine, 2003 . Courtesy of RiddoDuottarMuseat NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Aage Gaup Maŋimus Beahci / Den siste stamme (The Last Tribe) Wood, brass and natural stone, 1986. Courtesy of RiddoDuottarMuseat NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Aage Gaup Oađđi soahtemášiidna / Sleeping War Machine, Caribbean pine, 2003. Courtesy of RiddoDuottarMuseat NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Aage Gaup and Emma Talbot’s Ghost Calls Oađđi soahtemášiidna / Sleeping War Machine, Caribbean pine, 2003 . Courtesy of RiddoDuottarMuseat NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Aage Gaup Golmas / Trio Pigmented wood, plastic and aluminium, 1992 Courtesy of RiddoDuottarMuseat NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
LIAF 2022 Fantasmagoriana, exhibition view, works by Emma Talbot, Shadi Habib Allah, Aage Gaup. Venue: Blue Black Box NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Shadi Habib Allah M1 Audio installation / video, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Shadi Habib Allah M1 Audio installation / video, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Shadi Habib Allah M1 Audio installation / video, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Shadi Habib Allah M1 Audio installation / video, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Museum Under Destruction - Former elementary school [blue building] | Tore Hjorts gate 10, 8310 Kabelvåg
Jennifer West  The Social Imaginary Installation comprised of film, video and sculptural kinetic works, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Jennifer West  The Social Imaginary Installation comprised of film, video and sculptural kinetic works, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Jennifer West  The Social Imaginary Installation comprised of film, video and sculptural kinetic works, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Jennifer West  The Social Imaginary Installation comprised of film, video and sculptural kinetic works, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Jennifer West  The Social Imaginary Installation comprised of film, video and sculptural kinetic works, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Jennifer West  The Social Imaginary Installation comprised of film, video and sculptural kinetic works, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Jennifer West  The Social Imaginary Installation comprised of film, video and sculptural kinetic works, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Jennifer West  The Social Imaginary Installation comprised of film, video and sculptural kinetic works, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Jennifer West  The Social Imaginary Installation comprised of film, video and sculptural kinetic works, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Jennifer West  The Social Imaginary Installation comprised of film, video and sculptural kinetic works, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Jennifer West  The Social Imaginary Installation comprised of film, video and sculptural kinetic works, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Haunted School - Former elementary school [main building] | Rækøyveien 12, 8310 Kabelvåg
Haroon Mirza Message from a Star (Solar Symphony 12) Stone, photovoltaic panels, bespoke media device producing 4-channel electrical signals, speakers, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Haroon Mirza Message from a Star (Solar Symphony 12) Stone, photovoltaic panels, bespoke media device producing 4-channel electrical signals, speakers, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Eivind H. Natvig One Hundred Seconds to Midnight Installation consisting of five large format photographic prints on acrylic canvas, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvi
Eivind H. Natvig One Hundred Seconds to Midnight Installation consisting of five large format photographic prints on acrylic canvas, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Eivind H. Natvig One Hundred Seconds to Midnight Installation consisting of five large format photographic prints on acrylic canvas, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tine Surel Lange My Favourite Places Multi-channel sound work, 2022 Supported by Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture with a local Artist in Residency grant. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tine Surel Lange My Favourite Places Multi-channel sound work, 2022 Supported by Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture with a local Artist in Residency grant. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tine Surel Lange My Favourite Places Multi-channel sound work, 2022 Supported by Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture with a local Artist in Residency grant. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kenneth Goldsmith Retyping a Library Paper, variable dimensions, 2002–2022 Produced in collaboration with Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kenneth Goldsmith Retyping a Library Paper, variable dimensions, 2002–2022 Produced in collaboration with Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kenneth Goldsmith Retyping a Library Paper, variable dimensions, 2002–2022 Produced in collaboration with Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kenneth Goldsmith Retyping a Library Paper, variable dimensions, 2002–2022 Produced in collaboration with Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kenneth Goldsmith Retyping a Library Paper, variable dimensions, 2002–2022 Produced in collaboration with Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kenneth Goldsmith Retyping a Library Paper, variable dimensions, 2002–2022 Produced in collaboration with Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kenneth Goldsmith Retyping a Library Paper, variable dimensions, 2002–2022 Produced in collaboration with Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kenneth Goldsmith Retyping a Library Paper, variable dimensions, 2002–2022 Produced in collaboration with Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kenneth Goldsmith Retyping a Library Paper, variable dimensions, 2002–2022 Produced in collaboration with Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kenneth Goldsmith Retyping a Library Paper, variable dimensions, 2002–2022 Produced in collaboration with Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tomáš Kajánek Take a Little Peep Video, 2 minutes 42 seconds, 2020 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Nolan Oswald Dennis Black Earth Study Room Mixed media installation, fabric, refraction lenses, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Nolan Oswald Dennis Black Earth Study Room Mixed media installation, fabric, refraction lenses, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Nolan Oswald Dennis Black Earth Study Room Mixed media installation, fabric, refraction lenses, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Nolan Oswald Dennis Black Earth Study Room Mixed media installation, fabric, refraction lenses, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Nolan Oswald Dennis Black Earth Study Room Mixed media installation, fabric, refraction lenses, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Elina Waage Mikalsen  Áhcagastá - Tales of the ember Installation, mixed media, variable dimensions, 2022 Supported by Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture with a local Artist in Residency grant. Commissioned in collaboration with Singapore Biennale 2022. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Elina Waage Mikalsen  Áhcagastá - Tales of the ember Installation, mixed media, variable dimensions, 2022 Supported by Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture with a local Artist in Residency grant. Commissioned in collaboration with Singapore Biennale 2022. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Elina Waage Mikalsen  Áhcagastá - Tales of the ember Installation, mixed media, variable dimensions, 2022 Supported by Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture with a local Artist in Residency grant. Commissioned in collaboration with Singapore Biennale 2022. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Raffaela Naldi Rossano “Warp” Video installation, mixed media, variable duration, 2022 Co-commissioned and co-produced by LIAF and TBA21 Academy. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Raffaela Naldi Rossano “Warp” Video installation, mixed media, variable duration, 2022 Co-commissioned and co-produced by LIAF and TBA21 Academy. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Raffaela Naldi Rossano “Warp” Video installation, mixed media, variable duration, 2022 Co-commissioned and co-produced by LIAF and TBA21 Academy. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Raffaela Naldi Rossano “Warp” Video installation, mixed media, variable duration, 2022 Co-commissioned and co-produced by LIAF and TBA21 Academy. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Nora Al-Badri Babylonian Vision Video-installation, GAN video, vitrines, mixed media, variable dimensions, 2020  NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Nora Al-Badri Babylonian Vision Video-installation, GAN video, vitrines, mixed media, variable dimensions, 2020  NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Nora Al-Badri Babylonian Vision Video-installation, GAN video, vitrines, mixed media, variable dimensions, 2020  NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Nora Al-Badri Babylonian Vision Video-installation, GAN video, vitrines, mixed media, variable dimensions, 2020  NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Lars Laumann What Would Olof Palme do? (WWOPD) Installation, textile, wood and mixed media, 2017-2022 Supported by Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture with a local Artist in Residency grant. Courtesy of the artist and VI, VII (Oslo)and Maureen Paley (London) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Lars Laumann What Would Olof Palme do? (WWOPD) Installation, textile, wood and mixed media, 2017-2022 Supported by Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture with a local Artist in Residency grant. Courtesy of the artist and VI, VII (Oslo)and Maureen Paley (London) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Lars Laumann What Would Olof Palme do? (WWOPD) Installation, textile, wood and mixed media, 2017-2022 Supported by Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture with a local Artist in Residency grant. Courtesy of the artist and VI, VII (Oslo)and Maureen Paley (London) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Lars Laumann What Would Olof Palme do? (WWOPD) Installation, textile, wood and mixed media, 2017-2022 Supported by Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture with a local Artist in Residency grant. Courtesy of the artist and VI, VII (Oslo)and Maureen Paley (London) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Alessandra Cianchetta A–Z Series: Islands (unlimited)  Photographic prints / (digital) drawings, collages, photography, 2022. Sonia Leimer Eyes on the street Pencil, blue print, watercolour on paper, 2018–2021 Courtesy of the artist and Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Alessandra Cianchetta A–Z Series: Islands (unlimited)  Photographic prints / (digital) drawings, collages, photography, 2022. Sonia Leimer Eyes on the street Pencil, blue print, watercolour on paper, 2018–2021 Courtesy of the artist and Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Alessandra Cianchetta A–Z Series: Islands (unlimited)  Photographic prints / (digital) drawings, collages, photography, 2022
Alessandra Cianchetta A–Z Series: Islands (unlimited)  Photographic prints / (digital) drawings, collages, photography, 2022
Sonia Leimer 1959 (2012)  Silkscreen on aluminium coated PVC foil made for space travel, 2012 Courtesy of the artist and Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Sonia Leimer Eyes on the street Pencil, blue print, watercolour on paper, 2018–2021 Courtesy of the artist and Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Pauline Curnier Jardin Adoration Film installation, 8 minutes 56 seconds, video, colour, stereo; series of drawings, mixed media on paper, various dimensions, 2022 Produced in collaboration with Centraal Museum Utrecht and Rio Terà dei Pensieri social cooperative. Courtesy of Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Chert Lüdde and the artist. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Pauline Curnier Jardin Adoration Film installation, 8 minutes 56 seconds, video, colour, stereo; series of drawings, mixed media on paper, various dimensions, 2022 Produced in collaboration with Centraal Museum Utrecht and Rio Terà dei Pensieri social cooperative. Courtesy of Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Chert Lüdde and the artist. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Pauline Curnier Jardin Adoration Film installation, 8 minutes 56 seconds, video, colour, stereo; series of drawings, mixed media on paper, various dimensions, 2022 Produced in collaboration with Centraal Museum Utrecht and Rio Terà dei Pensieri social cooperative. Courtesy of Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Chert Lüdde and the artist. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Pauline Curnier Jardin Adoration Film installation, 8 minutes 56 seconds, video, colour, stereo; series of drawings, mixed media on paper, various dimensions, 2022 Produced in collaboration with Centraal Museum Utrecht and Rio Terà dei Pensieri social cooperative. Courtesy of Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Chert Lüdde and the artist. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Auriea Harvey The Endless Forest Videogame, software, endless, 2005–present. By Tale of Tales (Auriea Harvey & Michael Samyn) Courtesy of the artist and bitforms gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Auriea Harvey Ram (study) and Ram II (ancestor red) 3D printed acrylic and PLA composite, resin, wax, pigment, clay, acrylic paint, shellac, 2021 Courtesy of the artist and bitforms gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Auriea Harvey The Endless Forest Videogame, software, endless, 2005–present. By Tale of Tales (Auriea Harvey & Michael Samyn) Courtesy of the artist and bitforms gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Haroon Mirza Light Work xliv COB LED tape, wire, aluminium, copper tape, PWM device, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Haroon Mirza Light Work xliv COB LED tape, wire, aluminium, copper tape, PWM device, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Haroon Mirza Light Work xliv COB LED tape, wire, aluminium, copper tape, PWM device, variable dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Bassam Al-Sabah Dust Video installation, 11 minutes 4 seconds, 2017 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Bassam Al-Sabah Dust Video installation, 11 minutes 4 seconds, 2017 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Bassam Al-Sabah Dust Video installation, 11 minutes 4 seconds, 2017 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tomaso De Luca Buchstabieren Wood, metal, iron; variable dimensions, 2022 Courtesy of the artist, Case Chiuse by Paola Clerico, Monitor Gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tomaso De Luca Buchstabieren Wood, metal, iron; variable dimensions, 2022 Courtesy of the artist, Case Chiuse by Paola Clerico, Monitor Gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tomaso De Luca Desperate Times Video, colour, sound,16 minutes 34 seconds, 2022 Courtesy of the artist, Case Chiuse by Paola Clerico, Monitor Gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tomaso De Luca Desperate Times Video, colour, sound,16 minutes 34 seconds, 2022 Courtesy of the artist, Case Chiuse by Paola Clerico, Monitor Gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tomaso De Luca Pile Plastic, paper, wood, string; variable dimensions, 2022 Courtesy of the artist, Case Chiuse by Paola Clerico, Monitor Gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tomaso De Luca Hard Buttons (girlfriends’ room) Video, colour, sound, 2022 Courtesy of the artist, Case Chiuse by Paola Clerico, Monitor Gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tomaso De Luca Gang Wood, varnish; variable dimensions, 2022 Courtesy of the artist, Case Chiuse by Paola Clerico, Monitor Gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tomaso De Luca Gang Wood, varnish; variable dimensions, 2022 Courtesy of the artist, Case Chiuse by Paola Clerico, Monitor Gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tomaso De Luca Gang Wood, varnish; variable dimensions, 2022 Courtesy of the artist, Case Chiuse by Paola Clerico, Monitor Gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tomaso De Luca Gang Wood, varnish; variable dimensions, 2022 Courtesy of the artist, Case Chiuse by Paola Clerico, Monitor Gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tsai Ming-liang Improvisations On the Memory of Cinema Two drawings on paper, 10 x 5m each, charcoal and crayons, 2019 Beautiful Night Two drawings on paper, 5 x 5m, charcoal and crayons, 2019 Courtesy of Tsai Ming-liang and Homegreen Films NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tsai Ming-liang Beautiful Night Two drawings on paper, 5 x 5m, charcoal and crayons, 2019 Courtesy of Tsai Ming-liang and Homegreen Films NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvi
Tsai Ming-liang Improvisations On the Memory of Cinema Two drawings on paper, 10 x 5m each, charcoal and crayons, 2019 Courtesy of Tsai Ming-liang and Homegreen Films NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Tsai Ming-liang Improvisations On the Memory of Cinema Two drawings on paper, 10 x 5m each, charcoal and crayons, 2019 Courtesy of Tsai Ming-liang and Homegreen Films NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Museum of the Sun - Galleri Espolin, Storvåganveien 22, 8310 Kabelvåg
Christine Rebet  Otolithe / Otolith Animation, 4 minutes 4 seconds, sound, 4k, 2021 Courtesy of MAC Lyon and the artist. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Christine Rebet  Otolithe / Otolith Drawing series on paper. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Christine Rebet, Otolithe / Otolith. Animation, 4 minutes 4 seconds, sound, 4k, 2021. Courtesy of MAC Lyon and the artist. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Olof Marsja, A lonesome flower’s dream of the past. Glass, acrylic resin, wood, car seat fabric and high-tech garment, 2022. NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Fantasmagoriana. Exhibition view: Olof Marsja, Thebe Phetogo, Kaare Espolin Johnson. Venue: Museum of the Sun (Espolin Musuem). NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Thebe Phetogo (and Kaare Espolin Johnson) Batsatsing / How To Move A Mountain Four paintings, oil and acrylic on canvas, various dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Thebe Phetogo (and Kaare Espolin Johnson) Batsatsing / How To Move A Mountain Four paintings, oil and acrylic on canvas, various dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Thebe Phetogo Batsatsing / How To Move A Mountain Four paintings, oil and acrylic on canvas, various dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Thebe Phetogo (and Kaare Espolin Johnson) Batsatsing / How To Move A Mountain Four paintings, oil and acrylic on canvas, various dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Fantasmagoriana. Exhibition view: Olof Marsja, Thebe Phetogo, Kaare Espolin Johnson. Venue: Museum of the Sun (Espolin Musuem) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Olof Marsja A lonesome flower’s dream of the past Glass, acrylic resin, wood, car seat fabric and high-tech garment, 2022  NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Fantasmagoriana. Exhibition view: Rimaldas Vikšraitis, Gaia Fugazza, Kaare Espolin Johnson. Venue: Museum of the Sun (Espolin Musuem) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Fantasmagoriana. Exhibition view: Rimaldas Vikšraitis, Gaia Fugazza, Kaare Espolin Johnson. Venue: Museum of the Sun (Espolin Musuem) NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Gaia Fugazza  Hranrād Ceramic sculptures, various dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Gaia Fugazza  Hranrād Ceramic sculptures, various dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Gaia Fugazza  Hranrād Ceramic sculptures, various dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Fantasmagoriana. Exhibition view: Rimaldas Vikšraitis, Gaia Fugazza, Kaare Espolin Johnson. Venue: Museum of the Sun (Espolin Musuem). NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Rimaldas Vikšraitis  At the Edge of the Known World Twenty-two silver print photographs, 1978-2008 Courtesy of LFS Kauno skyrius NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Rimaldas Vikšraitis  At the Edge of the Known World Twenty-two silver print photographs, 1978-2008 Courtesy of LFS Kauno skyrius NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Rimaldas Vikšraitis  At the Edge of the Known World Twenty-two silver print photographs, 1978-2008 Courtesy of LFS Kauno skyrius NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kaare Espolin Johnson Exhibition views. Courtesy Espolin Gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kaare Espolin Johnson Exhibition views. Courtesy Espolin Gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kaare Espolin Johnson Exhibition views. Courtesy Espolin Gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kaare Espolin Johnson Exhibition views. Courtesy Espolin Gallery NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
Kaare Espolin Johnson Grenselandet // Border Country Lithograph, hand colored 1980
Gaia Fugazza  Hranrād Ceramic sculptures, various dimensions, 2022 NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
New Mineral Collective (Emilija Škarnulytė and Tanya Busse) Tidal Body Video-installation, mixed media, variable dimensions, 2022 Supported by Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture with a local Artist in Residency grant NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
New Mineral Collective (Emilija Škarnulytė and Tanya Busse) Tidal Body Video-installation, mixed media, variable dimensions, 2022 Supported by Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture with a local Artist in Residency grant NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
New Mineral Collective (Emilija Škarnulytė and Tanya Busse) Tidal Body Video-installation, mixed media, variable dimensions, 2022 Supported by Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture with a local Artist in Residency grant NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
New Mineral Collective (Emilija Škarnulytė and Tanya Busse) Tidal Body Video-installation, mixed media, variable dimensions, 2022 Supported by Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture with a local Artist in Residency grant NNKS / LIAF 2022 curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, ph: Kjell-Ove Storvik
THE VENUES AND THE EXHIBITION
LOCATIONS

North Norwegian Art Centre in Svolvaer and five sites in the city of Kabelvåg

DATES

September 3–October 2, 2022

OPENING HOURS

All venues in Kabelvåg: Tues–Sun, from 12 to 7 pm
NNKS in Svolvær: Tues–Sun, from 10 am to 4 pm

The Data Centre

Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter, Torget 20, 8300 Svolvær

ARTISTS

Jonas Mekas, Kirstine Colban Aas, Susan Te Kahurangi King, Mary Haugen, Sille Storihle, Artscape Nordland

Adjourned Courtroom

Tore Hjorts gate 24, 8310 Kabelvåg

ARTIST

Marianne Berenhaut

The Blue Black Box

Nordland kunst- og filmhøgskole, Aust-Lofoten videregående skole, Tore Hjorts gate 22, 8310 Kabelvåg

ARTISTS

Stan VanDerBeek, Cheryl Donegan, Aage Gaup, Shadi Habib Allah, Emma Talbot

Museum Under Destruction

Former elementary school [blue building] | Tore Hjorts gate 10, 8310 Kabelvåg

ARTIST

Jennifer West

The Haunted School

Former elementary school [main building] | Rækøyveien 12, 8310 Kabelvåg

ARTISTS

Nora Al-Badri, Bassam Al-Sabah, Alessandra Cianchetta, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Tomaso De Luca, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Kenneth Goldsmith, Auriea Harvey, Tomáš Kajánek, Lars Laumann, Sonia Leimer, Haroon Mirza, Raffaela Naldi Rossano, Eivind H.Natvig, Tine Surell Lange, Tsai Ming-Liang, Elina Waage Mikalsen

Museum of the Sun

Galleri Espolin, Storvåganveien 22, 8310 Kabelvåg

ARTISTS

Kaare Espolin Johnson, Gaia Fugazza, Olof Marsja, New Mineral Collective, Thebe Phetogo, Christine Rebet, Rimaldas Vikšraitis

FANTASMAGORIANA
PROGRAM FOR THE OPENING WEEKEND
Friday September 2nd
From 7 pm to 2:30 am DJ sets organised by Kabelvouge – en klubb for alle at Arbeidern (workers’ club) in Kabelvåg.
Saturday September 3rd
Press preview: From 11 am to 1 pm.
Opening reception: At 2 pm at the former Kabelvåg elementary school, Tore Hjorts gate 10, 8310 Kabelvåg.
Opening Party: From 7 pm to 2:30 am at Arbeidern (workers’ club) in Kabelvåg with DJ sets organised by Kabelvogue – en klubb for alle.
Sunday September 4th
Public program: Tacit Knowledge, a seminar produced by the Maaretta Jaukkuri Foundation and organised in collaboration with the Lofoten International Art Festival.
When: From 10 am to 4 pm at Arbeidern (workers’ club) in Kabelvåg. During Sunday all exhibition spaces will be open between 10 am and 7 pm.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, LIAF is the longest-running contemporary art biennial in Scandinavia. The 2022 edition of the nomadic festival will take place at the North Norwegian Art Centre in Svolvær, which has produced the festival since 2009, and at five different sites around the town of Kabelvåg. Kabelvåg is located between Svolvær and Henningsvær in the wondrous Lofoten islands. The curators selected it as a host for the biennial because it is the home of the Nordland Art and Film School, which offers excellence in moving image education, and also because it was the place where Dada artist Kurt Schwitters was confined during the Nazi occupation of Norway.

Instead of starting with a concept, LIAF 2022 – Fantasmagoriana originated with the sharing of an oral tale, which put forward an archaeology of the Arctic region as a landscape for ‘Gothic’ literature. Through its sharing, this narrative became a tactic for transmitting tacit knowledge, where information about natural, fictional, and political events could weave freely into new maps, which in turn evolved and adapted within the contexts in which the invited artists operate. Now, we want to share this story with you.

Fantasmagoriana is the title of an anthology of horror stories that birthed the two monsters of Western modernity: Dracula and Frankenstein. To know how this came about, however, it’s necessary to take a step back. It is 1815 and the Tambora volcano erupts in Indonesia. This event starts a chain reaction that causes a series of adverse natural events. Waves of cold and heavy rains sweep across Asia and Europe for many months, so much so that 1816 is remembered as the year without a summer. As a result of these weather conditions, a cholera epidemic spreads from South Asia to the Middle East. These two factors have unpredictable effects on the world economy. Famines occur in the following years in parts of China, especially in Yunnan. In an attempt to resist, the people living there convert many traditional crops to opium cultivation. This is perhaps how international drug dealing is born in the modern age.

Soon, cholera and the poor weather conditions come to affect Europe as well. For this very reason, a group of friends and writers decide to spend a time of isolation at Villa Diodati in the Swiss town of Cologny. The group includes Lord Byron and his physician John Polidori, Mary Shelley, her sister, and her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley. To kill time, the company thus gathered begins reading scary novels. Among them, Fantasmagoriana.

The reading of Fantasmagoriana prompts the comrades to set themselves a challenge: to frighten each other by creating their own horror stories. From that challenge two novels are born: John Polidori’s The Vampyre, which will inspire Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Fanstasmagoriana is, in short, proof that works of art are not objects, but living organisms capable of proliferating and mutating.

The story that began with the eruption of the Tambora volcano, however, does not end here. In fact, scientists later proved that such events caused temporary melting of ice at the poles. Noticing the unusual natural phenomenon, the British Empire invested large amounts of money in exploring the North Pole for fifty years, in search of the northwest passage. Unsuccessful at the time, the venture initiated the extractive exploitation of the Arctic region, whose irreversible crisis we see today.

The importance of the polar region in Europe’s expansionist economy is one of the reasons Mary Shelley decided to set the first chapters of her novel precisely in the Arctic, where Captain Robert Watson writes to his sister about a strange encounter with a doctor who is escaping from the monster he gave birth to.

Today, more than two hundred years later, in the midst of new climatic, health-related and political crises, the Arctic once again becomes an observatory from which we can view the monsters of our time. A phantasmagorical setting in which fiction and reality, nature and technology, mingle into forms of narrative that transcend the dimension of objects.

Immersed in the neo-Gothic confusion of our age, LIAF 2022 – Fantasmagoriana reflects on the power of community under conditions of distance and isolation, and the affirmation of art as an unexpected form of life, adaptation, and transformation.

Fantasmagoriana projects into the Arctic new myths of immortality that collide with the precariousness of the real. It produces lightweight, fragile, mobile monuments that take shape in the city of Kabelvåg. They are symbols of a reunion of friends, who have already known each other for some time, or have yet to meet.

Participating artists: Nora Al-Badri, Bassam Al-Sabah, Marianne Berenhaut, Alessandra Cianchetta, Kirstine Colban Aas, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Tomaso De Luca, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Cheryl Donegan, Kaare Espolin Johnson, Gaia Fugazza, Aage Gaup, Kenneth Goldsmith, Shadi Habib Allah, Auriea Harvey, Susan Te Kahurangi King, Tomáš Kajánek, Lars Laumann, Sonia Leimer, Olof Marsja, Mary Haugen, Jonas Mekas, Haroon Mirza, Raffaela Naldi Rossano, Eivind H. Natvig, New Mineral Collective, Thebe Phetogo, Christine Rebet, Sille Storihle, Tine Surel Lange, Emma Talbot, Tsai Ming-liang, Stan VanDerBeek, Rimaldas Vikšraitis, Elina Waage Mikalsen, Jennifer West, plus artworks, objects, documents and curiosities from different collections in Lofoten.
Curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi
DATA CENTRE
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The North Norwegian Art Center (NNKS) in Svolvær is conceived as an expanded conceptual map. The exhibition space brings together some of the references that have served as the basis for the development of the entire project. Artworks or copies of artworks coexist with objects, documents and other curiosities from various local collections. The mixture of materials of different natures reflects the museography of Lofoten cultural institutions, which are often structured as wunderkammers: the wonder or narrative power generated by the exhibits prevails over their originality and their reciprocal coherence. An archiving method far removed from established museum standards is therefore investigated in its potential to establish unprecedented hierarchies and taxonomies.

Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter, Torget 20, 8300 Svolvær
Jonas Mekas, Kirstine Colban Aas, Susan Te Kahurangi King, Mary Haugen, Sille Storihle, Artscape Nordland
ADJOURNED COURTROOM
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During World War II, more than five hundred professors who opposed the Nazi occupation of Norway were interned in the Kabelvåg labour camp. On the occasion of LIAF 2022 – Fantasmagoriana, the courtroom of the city’s former prison becomes the venue for Marianne Berenhaut’s solo exhibition. A survivor of the concentration camps, the Belgian artist uses waste and discarded objects to create sculptures that respond with poetic vitalism to the precariousness of the human condition. Exhibited in the place where a page of Norwegian resistance took place, Berenhaut’s works function as charms to remember and at the same time transcend the historical trauma that unites both the city and the artist.

Tore Hjorts gate 24, 8310 Kabelvåg
Marianne Berenhaut
BLUE BLACK BOX
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This large black room is usually the place where students at Nordland S chool of Art and Film build sets for their film projects. Recalling the function of the building, this section of the exhibition brings together works that, in their concrete materiality, seem to allude to a cinematic dimension. On the exterior façade of the building is Panels for the Walls of the World, a work of mail art covering a surface of almost six metres. The filmmaker Stan VanDerBeek sees the piece as a form of audio-visual programming, a method of moving images offand beyond the screen, an example of expanded cinema. On display inside the building are four sculptures by Aage Gaup. A recently deceased member of the S ámi Artist Group, the artist also worked prolifically as a theatre set designer. Displayed alongside the sculptures are a collection of clothes and an analogue feed by Cheryl Donegan, a sound installation by Shadi Habib Allah, and a monumental silk painting by Emma Talbot.

Nordland kunst- og filmhøgskole, Aust-Lofoten videregående skole, Tore Hjorts gate 22, 8310 Kabelvåg
Stan VanDerBeek, Cheryl Donegan, Aage Gaup, Shadi Habib Allah, Emma Talbot
MUSEUM UNDER DESTRUCTION
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In a branch of the former primary schools in Kabelvåg, a two-storey blue building becomes an expanded cinema theatre in which the very institution of cinema, school and museum collapse. The building, which will be razed at the end of the exhibition, in turn houses the images of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as it was demolished to make way for a new building in 2020. After recording the event, J ennifer West transforms the gravity of the act of demolition into a psychedelia that transitions through a multiplicity of audiovisual media, mixing film and video, material and digital filters, LCD monitors, video projections and holofans. On the ruins of LACMA, West thus founds a new phantasmagorical space that transcends the boundaries of cinema and museum, overcoming the ideological separation between analogue and digital. Rising from these ashes is the ghost of an artwork that seemed to have predicted these scenarios back in the 1960s: Los Angeles County Museum on Fire by Ed Ruscha.

Former elementary school [blue building] | Tore Hjorts gate 10, 8310 Kabelvåg
Jennifer West
HAUNTED SCHOOL
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The headquarters of LIAF 2022 -Fantasmagoriana is a large building that will soon be demolished. The city’s primary school once stood there. The abandoned classrooms and corridors are occupied by artworks that, for the last time, inhabit a place of collective memory that is destined to disappear. Each of the displayed works traces, opposes and reacts to the educational nature still perceptible in the architecture of the institution. The underlying themes concealed in the narrative of Fantasmagoriana are thus made explicit and expanded in the exhibition space.

Former elementary school [main building] | Rækøyveien 12, 8310 Kabelvåg
Nora Al-Badri, Bassam Al-Sabah, Alessandra Cianchetta, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Tomaso De Luca, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Kenneth Goldsmith, Auriea Harvey, Tomáš Kajánek, Lars Laumann, Sonia Leimer, Haroon Mirza, Raffaela Naldi Rossano, Eivind H.Natvig, Tine Surell Lange, Tsai Ming-Liang, Elina Waage Mikalsen
MUSEUM OF THE SUN
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Kaare Espolin J ohnson (1907–1994) was a Norwegian artist who settled in Nordland in his early teens. Afflicted from an early age by an illness that made him progressively blind, Espolin produced paintings, drawings and engravings with such a technique that the figures seemed to be carved in darkness. Constantly oscillating between realism and surrealism, the artist depicted in his work both the harsh life of fishing communities and tales from Sámi and Norse mythology. The Espolin museum in Kabelvåg has been rearranged on the occasion of LIAF 2022 -Fantasmagoriana. Six contemporary artists confront the imagery expressed in the artist’s pictorial research, considering it in a new light.

Galleri Espolin, Storvåganveien 22, 8310 Kabelvåg
Kaare Espolin Johnson, Gaia Fugazza, Olof Marsja, New Mineral Collective, Thebe Phetogo, Christine Rebet, Rimaldas Vikšraitis
The Public Program: Tacit Knowledge

Tacit Knowledge is a seminar produced by the Maaretta Jaukkuri Foundation and organised in collaboration with the Lofoten International Art Festival. Its title comes from a term coined by the British-Hungarian scientist, and later philosopher, Michael Polanyi. It is a notion employed to define traditions, inherited practices, implied values, skills, prejudgements, and experiences which cannot be expressed in words. Tacit knowledge is intuitive and unarticulated knowledge that cannot be communicated, understood or used without a ‘knowing subject’. Invited to discuss the role and understanding of tacit knowledge in their own work are: Alexander Eriksson Furunes, architect and researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Finnish artists Pia Lindman and Markus Kåhre; Sámi artist and architect Joar Nango; and Laura Johanne Olsen, program manager for the green shift of Lofoten. The seminar will also host a panel debate with curators of past, present and future LIAFs including Matt Packer (LIAF 2015), Kjersti Solbakken (LIAF 2024) and Francesco Urbano Ragazzi (LIAF 2022).

The parties: DJ-concept Kabelvogue

LIAF 2022 – Fantasmagoriana extends into the night in the form of two very inclusive dance parties. The DJ sets are organised by Kabelvogue – en klubb for alle, a DIY club concept run by Magnus Holmen, Sanjey Sureshkumar and Karolin Tampere, whose slogan is ‘good times, tunes and tenderness’. Kabelvogue is a staple in Lofoten nights and once again occupies Arbeidern, the city’s workers’ club. Igniting the dancefloor will be Carl Luis DJ Duties, Muggen, Vågale Waage, and Vera Dvale, moving freely between field recording, dub, dance and indigenous music.

FANTASMAGORIANA
PROGRAM FOR THE OPENING WEEKEND
Friday September 2nd
From 7 pm to 2:30 am DJ sets organised by Kabelvouge – en klubb for alle at Arbeidern (workers’ club) in Kabelvåg.
Saturday September 3rd
Press preview: From 11 am to 1 pm.
Opening reception: At 2 pm at the former Kabelvåg elementary school, Tore Hjorts gate 10, 8310 Kabelvåg.
Opening Party: From 7 pm to 2:30 am at Arbeidern (workers’ club) in Kabelvåg with DJ sets organised by Kabelvogue – en klubb for alle.
Sunday September 4th
Public program: Tacit Knowledge, a seminar produced by the Maaretta Jaukkuri Foundation and organised in collaboration with the Lofoten International Art Festival.
When: From 10 am to 4 pm at Arbeidern (workers’ club) in Kabelvåg. During Sunday all exhibition spaces will be open between 10 am and 7 pm.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, LIAF is the longest-running contemporary art biennial in Scandinavia. The 2022 edition of the nomadic festival will take place at the North Norwegian Art Centre in Svolvær, which has produced the festival since 2009, and at five different sites around the town of Kabelvåg. Kabelvåg is located between Svolvær and Henningsvær in the wondrous Lofoten islands. The curators selected it as a host for the biennial because it is the home of the Nordland Art and Film School, which offers excellence in moving image education, and also because it was the place where Dada artist Kurt Schwitters was confined during the Nazi occupation of Norway.

Instead of starting with a concept, LIAF 2022 – Fantasmagoriana originated with the sharing of an oral tale, which put forward an archaeology of the Arctic region as a landscape for ‘Gothic’ literature. Through its sharing, this narrative became a tactic for transmitting tacit knowledge, where information about natural, fictional, and political events could weave freely into new maps, which in turn evolved and adapted within the contexts in which the invited artists operate. Now, we want to share this story with you.

Fantasmagoriana is the title of an anthology of horror stories that birthed the two monsters of Western modernity: Dracula and Frankenstein. To know how this came about, however, it’s necessary to take a step back. It is 1815 and the Tambora volcano erupts in Indonesia. This event starts a chain reaction that causes a series of adverse natural events. Waves of cold and heavy rains sweep across Asia and Europe for many months, so much so that 1816 is remembered as the year without a summer. As a result of these weather conditions, a cholera epidemic spreads from South Asia to the Middle East. These two factors have unpredictable effects on the world economy. Famines occur in the following years in parts of China, especially in Yunnan. In an attempt to resist, the people living there convert many traditional crops to opium cultivation. This is perhaps how international drug dealing is born in the modern age.

Soon, cholera and the poor weather conditions come to affect Europe as well. For this very reason, a group of friends and writers decide to spend a time of isolation at Villa Diodati in the Swiss town of Cologny. The group includes Lord Byron and his physician John Polidori, Mary Shelley, her sister, and her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley. To kill time, the company thus gathered begins reading scary novels. Among them, Fantasmagoriana.

The reading of Fantasmagoriana prompts the comrades to set themselves a challenge: to frighten each other by creating their own horror stories. From that challenge two novels are born: John Polidori’s The Vampyre, which will inspire Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Fanstasmagoriana is, in short, proof that works of art are not objects, but living organisms capable of proliferating and mutating.

The story that began with the eruption of the Tambora volcano, however, does not end here. In fact, scientists later proved that such events caused temporary melting of ice at the poles. Noticing the unusual natural phenomenon, the British Empire invested large amounts of money in exploring the North Pole for fifty years, in search of the northwest passage. Unsuccessful at the time, the venture initiated the extractive exploitation of the Arctic region, whose irreversible crisis we see today.

The importance of the polar region in Europe’s expansionist economy is one of the reasons Mary Shelley decided to set the first chapters of her novel precisely in the Arctic, where Captain Robert Watson writes to his sister about a strange encounter with a doctor who is escaping from the monster he gave birth to.

Today, more than two hundred years later, in the midst of new climatic, health-related and political crises, the Arctic once again becomes an observatory from which we can view the monsters of our time. A phantasmagorical setting in which fiction and reality, nature and technology, mingle into forms of narrative that transcend the dimension of objects.

Immersed in the neo-Gothic confusion of our age, LIAF 2022 – Fantasmagoriana reflects on the power of community under conditions of distance and isolation, and the affirmation of art as an unexpected form of life, adaptation, and transformation.

Fantasmagoriana projects into the Arctic new myths of immortality that collide with the precariousness of the real. It produces lightweight, fragile, mobile monuments that take shape in the city of Kabelvåg. They are symbols of a reunion of friends, who have already known each other for some time, or have yet to meet.

Participating artists: Nora Al-Badri, Bassam Al-Sabah, Marianne Berenhaut, Alessandra Cianchetta, Kirstine Colban Aas, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Tomaso De Luca, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Cheryl Donegan, Kaare Espolin Johnson, Gaia Fugazza, Aage Gaup, Kenneth Goldsmith, Shadi Habib Allah, Auriea Harvey, Susan Te Kahurangi King, Tomáš Kajánek, Lars Laumann, Sonia Leimer, Olof Marsja, Mary Haugen, Jonas Mekas, Haroon Mirza, Raffaela Naldi Rossano, Eivind H. Natvig, New Mineral Collective, Thebe Phetogo, Christine Rebet, Sille Storihle, Tine Surel Lange, Emma Talbot, Tsai Ming-liang, Stan VanDerBeek, Rimaldas Vikšraitis, Elina Waage Mikalsen, Jennifer West, plus artworks, objects, documents and curiosities from different collections in Lofoten.
Curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi
DATA CENTRE
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The North Norwegian Art Center (NNKS) in Svolvær is conceived as an expanded conceptual map. The exhibition space brings together some of the references that have served as the basis for the development of the entire project. Artworks or copies of artworks coexist with objects, documents and other curiosities from various local collections. The mixture of materials of different natures reflects the museography of Lofoten cultural institutions, which are often structured as wunderkammers: the wonder or narrative power generated by the exhibits prevails over their originality and their reciprocal coherence. An archiving method far removed from established museum standards is therefore investigated in its potential to establish unprecedented hierarchies and taxonomies.

Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter, Torget 20, 8300 Svolvær
Jonas Mekas, Kirstine Colban Aas, Susan Te Kahurangi King, Mary Haugen, Sille Storihle, Artscape Nordland
ADJOURNED COURTROOM
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During World War II, more than five hundred professors who opposed the Nazi occupation of Norway were interned in the Kabelvåg labour camp. On the occasion of LIAF 2022 – Fantasmagoriana, the courtroom of the city’s former prison becomes the venue for Marianne Berenhaut’s solo exhibition. A survivor of the concentration camps, the Belgian artist uses waste and discarded objects to create sculptures that respond with poetic vitalism to the precariousness of the human condition. Exhibited in the place where a page of Norwegian resistance took place, Berenhaut’s works function as charms to remember and at the same time transcend the historical trauma that unites both the city and the artist.

Tore Hjorts gate 24, 8310 Kabelvåg
Marianne Berenhaut
BLUE BLACK BOX
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This large black room is usually the place where students at Nordland S chool of Art and Film build sets for their film projects. Recalling the function of the building, this section of the exhibition brings together works that, in their concrete materiality, seem to allude to a cinematic dimension. On the exterior façade of the building is Panels for the Walls of the World, a work of mail art covering a surface of almost six metres. The filmmaker Stan VanDerBeek sees the piece as a form of audio-visual programming, a method of moving images offand beyond the screen, an example of expanded cinema. On display inside the building are four sculptures by Aage Gaup. A recently deceased member of the S ámi Artist Group, the artist also worked prolifically as a theatre set designer. Displayed alongside the sculptures are a collection of clothes and an analogue feed by Cheryl Donegan, a sound installation by Shadi Habib Allah, and a monumental silk painting by Emma Talbot.

Nordland kunst- og filmhøgskole, Aust-Lofoten videregående skole, Tore Hjorts gate 22, 8310 Kabelvåg
Stan VanDerBeek, Cheryl Donegan, Aage Gaup, Shadi Habib Allah, Emma Talbot
MUSEUM UNDER DESTRUCTION
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In a branch of the former primary schools in Kabelvåg, a two-storey blue building becomes an expanded cinema theatre in which the very institution of cinema, school and museum collapse. The building, which will be razed at the end of the exhibition, in turn houses the images of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as it was demolished to make way for a new building in 2020. After recording the event, J ennifer West transforms the gravity of the act of demolition into a psychedelia that transitions through a multiplicity of audiovisual media, mixing film and video, material and digital filters, LCD monitors, video projections and holofans. On the ruins of LACMA, West thus founds a new phantasmagorical space that transcends the boundaries of cinema and museum, overcoming the ideological separation between analogue and digital. Rising from these ashes is the ghost of an artwork that seemed to have predicted these scenarios back in the 1960s: Los Angeles County Museum on Fire by Ed Ruscha.

Former elementary school [blue building] | Tore Hjorts gate 10, 8310 Kabelvåg
Jennifer West
HAUNTED SCHOOL
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The headquarters of LIAF 2022 -Fantasmagoriana is a large building that will soon be demolished. The city’s primary school once stood there. The abandoned classrooms and corridors are occupied by artworks that, for the last time, inhabit a place of collective memory that is destined to disappear. Each of the displayed works traces, opposes and reacts to the educational nature still perceptible in the architecture of the institution. The underlying themes concealed in the narrative of Fantasmagoriana are thus made explicit and expanded in the exhibition space.

Former elementary school [main building] | Rækøyveien 12, 8310 Kabelvåg
Nora Al-Badri, Bassam Al-Sabah, Alessandra Cianchetta, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Tomaso De Luca, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Kenneth Goldsmith, Auriea Harvey, Tomáš Kajánek, Lars Laumann, Sonia Leimer, Haroon Mirza, Raffaela Naldi Rossano, Eivind H.Natvig, Tine Surell Lange, Tsai Ming-Liang, Elina Waage Mikalsen
MUSEUM OF THE SUN
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Kaare Espolin J ohnson (1907–1994) was a Norwegian artist who settled in Nordland in his early teens. Afflicted from an early age by an illness that made him progressively blind, Espolin produced paintings, drawings and engravings with such a technique that the figures seemed to be carved in darkness. Constantly oscillating between realism and surrealism, the artist depicted in his work both the harsh life of fishing communities and tales from Sámi and Norse mythology. The Espolin museum in Kabelvåg has been rearranged on the occasion of LIAF 2022 -Fantasmagoriana. Six contemporary artists confront the imagery expressed in the artist’s pictorial research, considering it in a new light.

Galleri Espolin, Storvåganveien 22, 8310 Kabelvåg
Kaare Espolin Johnson, Gaia Fugazza, Olof Marsja, New Mineral Collective, Thebe Phetogo, Christine Rebet, Rimaldas Vikšraitis
The Public Program: Tacit Knowledge
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Tacit Knowledge is a seminar produced by the Maaretta Jaukkuri Foundation and organised in collaboration with the Lofoten International Art Festival. Its title comes from a term coined by the British-Hungarian scientist, and later philosopher, Michael Polanyi. It is a notion employed to define traditions, inherited practices, implied values, skills, prejudgements, and experiences which cannot be expressed in words. Tacit knowledge is intuitive and unarticulated knowledge that cannot be communicated, understood or used without a ‘knowing subject’. Invited to discuss the role and understanding of tacit knowledge in their own work are: Alexander Eriksson Furunes, architect and researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Finnish artists Pia Lindman and Markus Kåhre; Sámi artist and architect Joar Nango; and Laura Johanne Olsen, program manager for the green shift of Lofoten. The seminar will also host a panel debate with curators of past, present and future LIAFs including Matt Packer (LIAF 2015), Kjersti Solbakken (LIAF 2024) and Francesco Urbano Ragazzi (LIAF 2022).

The parties: DJ-concept Kabelvogue
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LIAF 2022 – Fantasmagoriana extends into the night in the form of two very inclusive dance parties. The DJ sets are organised by Kabelvogue – en klubb for alle, a DIY club concept run by Magnus Holmen, Sanjey Sureshkumar and Karolin Tampere, whose slogan is ‘good times, tunes and tenderness’. Kabelvogue is a staple in Lofoten nights and once again occupies Arbeidern, the city’s workers’ club. Igniting the dancefloor will be Carl Luis DJ Duties, Muggen, Vågale Waage, and Vera Dvale, moving freely between field recording, dub, dance and indigenous music.

Chapter 3
Kabelvåg—NOR
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