Contextualise
4 poems set in motion.
480 prints. A thousand receipts. 1 banner.
Content has an intended context. The medium has another. Context is relative. Who, where and for how long it's consumed alters its meaning and our interpretation.
To set a written message in motion is to open it to interpretation. Whether it moves across a screen or between people, what was fixed becomes a matter of when you looked, and who carried it.
We live in an age where words are prompted, spewed, forgotten, reposted and re-contextualised in seconds. Speech is a right. Being understood is not.
Contextualise consists of four works that set that in motion and ask what is understood, and what is only consumed. An interactive, video- and print-based exhibition.
In collaboration with Birgithe C. Solstrand
(Det Risografiske) Link to website
Exhibitions:
Sølvberget bibliotek og kulturhus,
Stavanger, Norway
EASTSIDE 9
Ryfylkegata 9, Stavanger
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Closed Sundays and Saturday 3 October. Free entry.
Søren Solkær's studio and gallery
Sønder Boulevard 98, CPH V, Denmark
Grafills hus
Møllergata 39, Oslo
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In partnership with ICORN, the International Cities of Refuge Network.
If you wish to directly support ICORN, you can make a donation to the organisation.
Any donations go directly to their Emergency Fund which is used to help writers, artists, and journalists who are waiting to arrive in an ICORN City of Refuge.
The Emergency Fund helps cover basic needs such as shelter, food, medicine, communication and transportation means.
Poets:
The four works presented in Contextualise feature four different poems from four different poets.
Thanks to:
Birgithe C. Solstrand · Mike Malajalian · Karen Bakke Haga · Siri Kommedal · Cathrine Helland · Lotte Løkeland Hovda · ICORN · Sølvberget · Kapittel Festival · Line Hjartarson · Mats Lande · Chantal Mhanna · Tine Solkær Reingaard · Søren Solkær · Eli Kleppe · Stig Sivertsen · Eastside-kvartalet · Tores Rammeverksted · Melvær&Co · Aksell · SmplCo · Resani · Christoffer Berdal
Supported by Grafill
Big thanks to everyone who translated the poem from
Afarin · Afham Adnan · Alec van Campen · Alexandra Eni · Anahita Ghasemi Nasab · Andreea Irina Acasandrei · Angéla Binot · Anisha Sawant · Carlo Antonio Esposito · Christoffer Berdal · Deniz Turgay · Dorna Lakayan · Elin Sola · Firoozeh Aase · Giorgiana M. Bejan · Giulia Mora · Ida Tirkkonen · Inês Martins Ferreira · Ismael ter Veer · Julia Ríos Moraza · Letícia Nogueira · Marta Xavier · Marthe Reienes · María Victoria Lombardi · Mattia Carletti · Merve Özcan Ardal · Mike Malajalian · Nick Hegreberg · Pål A. Frøiland · Rita Fabião · Robert Maštalíř · Sara Schiavoni · Sarah Boberg · Simon Boberg · Sofia Ekebom · Svilena Naydenova · Vicky Frissen · Waheed Warasta · Watfa Alassafeen · Özlem Özgür