Artist Talk with
Øystein Wyller Odden
Date: 26.09.24, 17:00
Venue: Atelier Nord, Olaf Ryes plass 2 (entrance from Sofienberggata)
Artist Øystein Wyller Odden will meet with Atelier Nord’s director, Ruth Hege Halstensen, for a conversation about his exhibition Hauge kirke. The talk will take place in Atelier Nord’s office on the third floor (entrance through the gallery). Please note that the building does not have an elevator.
At the beginning of the 1900s, the space that now houses Atelier Nord’s gallery was a consecrated church and an important religious gathering place for the workers of Grünerløkka. Wyller Odden has created a site-specific installation that intertwines the building’s religious past with its secular present. It includes an experimental reconstruction of the church organ, along with a video exploring the site’s altarpiece, architecture, and technology.
The exhibition will be open prior to the talk, and the gallery will be accessible from 15:00.
Øystein Wyller Odden (b. 1983, Notodden) studied at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and has held solo exhibitions at Fotogalleriet (2011), the Northern Norwegian Art Centre (2016), Kunstnerforbundet (2018), and Trøndelag Centre for Contemporary Art (2023). He has also participated in group exhibitions at the Oslo Biennial, Henie Onstad Art Centre, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, and Tegnerforbundet.
Hauge kirke is part of the main program of the Ultima Festival and is produced by Atelier Nord. The exhibition is supported by Arts Council Norway, regional project funds from the Norwegian Association of Art Centres, and the Audio and Visual Fund.
