Forth Act: WAR / 15-23.04.23/ Visningsrommet USF
Frans Jacobi & Gitte Sætre transforms the gallery into a physical poem and points to the concept of theater of war. One scene from a play, a singular image of how the perpetrators of injustice are worldwide and singular. Making the stories the same. The young man trudges towards the front, forced to sacrifice his life.
This exhibition is dedicated to all these young men.
As the title suggests, Fjerde Akt: KRIG is part of a series of exhibitions and events that have tried to discuss the reality of war from different points of view. A series that started with the War Theater Trident Juncture at Den Nationale Scene in 2017 and the Anti-War Festival at USF in 2020, as well as the Commission for the Good Solutions at DNS in 2022. In this 'war series', Jacobi & Sætre refer to the term theater of war, a standard term in military rhetoric. The theater of war describes the positions and movements of the warring parties in a geographical space. In this context, the term is used in the space of art; in a theatrical installation, Act Four portrays the deadly consequences of war. A Psychogeography; an emotional discomfort. The exhibition is dedicated to those who have fallen in war. During the exhibition period, various debates are organized under the auspices of the Anti-War Initiative and the International Women's League for Peace and Freedom.
We as artists grabble with the concept of dealing with the injustice within the world as a single thing.
Sportet by: Bergen kommune, UD gjennom Fredsrådet, Antikrigs-Initiativet, Fredsstifelsen
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Frans Jacobi & Gitte Sætre transforms the gallery into a physical poem and points to the concept of theater of war. One scene from a play, a singular image of how the perpetrators of injustice are worldwide and singular. Making the stories the same. The young man trudges towards the front, forced to sacrifice his life.
This exhibition is dedicated to all these young men.
As the title suggests, Fjerde Akt: KRIG is part of a series of exhibitions and events that have tried to discuss the reality of war from different points of view. A series that started with the War Theater Trident Juncture at Den Nationale Scene in 2017 and the Anti-War Festival at USF in 2020, as well as the Commission for the Good Solutions at DNS in 2022. In this 'war series', Jacobi & Sætre refer to the term theater of war, a standard term in military rhetoric. The theater of war describes the positions and movements of the warring parties in a geographical space. In this context, the term is used in the space of art; in a theatrical installation, Act Four portrays the deadly consequences of war. A Psychogeography; an emotional discomfort. The exhibition is dedicated to those who have fallen in war. During the exhibition period, various debates are organized under the auspices of the Anti-War Initiative and the International Women's League for Peace and Freedom.
We as artists grabble with the concept of dealing with the injustice within the world as a single thing.
Sportet by: Bergen kommune, UD gjennom Fredsrådet, Antikrigs-Initiativet, Fredsstifelsen
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THE COMMISSION FOR GOOD SOLUTIONS, DNS |
HYBRID TV-SERIES IN 7 EPISODES
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CHANGE OF SEASON
DO YOU GIVE A SHIT? |
GLOBAL ARMY OF CLEANERS |
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ARTISTS FOR ASSANGE |
MAGIC OF SEVEN, a seven channel video installation. A fabel including, seven continents, seven women, seven thousend years of violence and a white moose
WOMAN CLEANING EARTH |
ARE YOU READY ? PERFORMANCE, ETHIOPIA |
WAR
POLITICS FROM A TO Z
GREEN HIJAB MOVEMENT, 2017-2018
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KRIGSTEATER TRIDENT JUNCTURE
WOMAN CLEANING GROWTH
SELFI WITH NEWS,2018 |
SEVENTH FLOOR
MORSTØV/MOTHERDUST, 2014
GREEN HIJAB CHANNEL, 2018 |
THE PERFORMANCE TROUBLED WATER. ON THE MIGRATION SITUATION IN 2015
CLEANING EUROPEAN HISTORY
WOMAN CLEANING ...
EXHIBITION AT OK, OSLO 2016
LAW & ORDER
PERFORMANCE AT WHITBOX NEW YORK, 2016 |
OPPROP FOR OMSTILLING, PUBLIC SPACE DURING ELECTION IN NOWAY 2017
SOUPS&STORIES 2012-2017
GREEN HIJAB MOVMENT, 2017
WOMEN CLEANING GARBAGE
WOMAN CLEANING SHAME, OSLO 2014
PERFORMANCE ON NR OF RAPES IN THE CITY OF BERGEN, 2014I HAVE A PUSSY WHAT IS YOUR PROBLE, 2013
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WOMAN CLEANING WAR INDUSTRY, BERGEN KUNSTHALL 2016
WOMAN CLEANING WEAPON INDUSTRY, 2015
NEW WORLDS, 2017
WOMEN CLEANING TANKS
TRYING TO BE HAPPY; OSLO 2013
LUFTSKIPET, Sotra 2006-2010
KUNSTIBADET, 2003-2008
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MORE WOMAN CLEANING...
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Do you find comfort in imagining to cope with post-normal times? My artistic practice explores the potential of participatory thinking. The projects 'Are You Ready?', 'Green Hijab Movement', 'Magic fo Seven', and 'Soups&Stories' are collective entities. The projects 'Woman Cleaning' and 'Mothers Dust' explore the potential and possibilities of citizenship and act on behalf of oneself. My other projects simply explore arts potential as a way of thinking out loud. Please contact me if you have any questions or simply just want to talk about some of the issues this portfolio touches upon.