Maia Urstad
Silent Session
We would like to invite you to a collective listening session for Maia Urstad’s sound installation FERD in Atelier Nord’s gallery space on Thursday 06.10.22 from 18.00. The piece has a duration of about half an hour. Please note that the event will be documented by a videographer.
Maia Urstad’s site-specific sound installation FERD stages a train station. In the piece train drivers’ communications are mixed with announcements, fragments of conversations between travelers, machine sounds, and electronic signals. This sonic environment gives rise to a state somewhere between dream and waking, similar to the slow time that may occur when travelling by train.
Maia Urstad lives and works in Bergen. In 2019, Urstad was awarded the Rune Brynestad Memorial Grant. She was appointed City Sound Artist of Bonn 2017 and her sound installation MURMUR was acquired by the National Museum in 2020. Her works have recently been presented at XIV Biennial of Media Art, Santiago de Chile, Oslo Kunstforening, Kunsthuset Kabuso, Bergen Kunsthall, Struer Tracks, Sonic Acts and Borderline Festival among others.
FERD is supported by Arts Council Norway and is produced by Atelier Nord as part of the Ultima Festival. Thanks to Lydgalleriet and NOTAM for assistance.
