Posts by Eivind Slettemeås
ATTOM NOVA (HARPEFOSS) – JOHANNES ENGELSEN ESPEDAL
About the project We are delighted to present Johannes Engelsen Espedal for this year’s summer exhibiton at Harpefoss Art Arena! Johannes Engelsen Espedal works are based on found materials. From these, new stories emerge in sculptures and installations that enter into dialogue with, and question, the existing landscape. For this year’s summer exhibition, he…
Read MoreMATKLOKKER – RASMUS KJORSTAD AND JOHANNES SELVAAG
Photo Nørstegard: Johannes Selvaag About A bell from Nineveh, the ancient capital of Assyria, is considered the oldest bronze bell in the world. It is dated to be around 3000 years old. The cradle of bell casting was in Asia. Bells came to the Nordic countries very early, and in 830 Bishop Ansgar is said…
Read MoreSOLO HARP AND CHILD CONCERT – TONE HULBÆKMO
Photo: Ingrid Eide Solo consert 11. June kl. 19.00 Child concert Okulus 10. June, kl. 17.00 (free) Tone Hulbækmo from Tolga has been active as a musician and composer throughout her musical life in Norway. She has distinguished herself with her distinctive singing and use of the unknown folk instrument medieval harp. She is…
Read MoreTore Solbakken receives the Eagles Order
On May 23rd at 2:00 PM, Harpefoss Art Arena invites you to an open event, conversation and awarding of the Order of the Eagle to the leader of the Gudbrandsdalen Sports Fishing Association, Tore Solbakken, for his tireless efforts and results in terms of managing fish stocks and breeding areas for fish in the Gudbrandsdalslågen…
Read MoreKARI – INGELEIV BERSTAD
Photo: Tale Hendnes About the project KARI is the title of a performance by and with choreographer/dancer Ingeleiv Berstad in conjunction with the installation “Kjerringstemming” by Mor Efrony. KARI wants to take the audience into a state that sharpens the senses. Through her finely tuned noisy bodily practice, Berstad will activate listening and vibrations…
Read MoreProgram 2026
Welcome to Harpefoss art arena’s program for 2026! We start the spring with the exhibition Kjerringstemming on May 2 by Mor Efrony at Okulus, which also invites you to a performance with stage artist and choreographer Ingeleiv Berstad on May 27, at 5:00 PM. May 23 will also see the first awarding of the OverOrdnaordener,…
Read MoreKJERRINGSTEMMING – MOR EFRONY
About Kjerringstemming is an exhibition that transforms an architectural structure into a musical instrument through acoustic interventions in the Okulus walkway. The work regards architecture as a resonant body; an instrument that is experienced through vibration, through wind and stillness, and where the viewer is invited to tune into nature, to the body and to the inner…
Read MorePraktisk info Okulus symposium 2025
Her finner du praktiske opplysninger om påmelding og deltakelse. Programmet i sin helhet finner du her: https://www.harpefosshotell.no/program-okulus-symposium…/ Kjøp gjerne billetter ved ankomst / døra / i kafeen. Det er rabattert pris for medlemmer av kunstnerorganisjoner og studenter: 200,- for hele symposiet og 100,- per arrangement. Trenger du overnatting er det mulig telte uten…
Read MoreKOMPLETORIUM – BJØRN HATTERUD AND AXEL LINDEN
Photo Axel Linden: Zanna Nordquist / Photo Bjørn Hatterud: Agnete Brun Bjørn Hatterud was already an established writer, curator and musician when he made his debut as an author with the long essay Mot normalt (2018). Here he tells his story and his experiences of growing up in a rural environment in…
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EXHIBITION – GEIR TORE HOLM OG SØSSA JØRGENSEN
Foto: Crispin Parelius Johannessen Søssa Jørgensen and Geir Tore Holm have run Sørfinnset skole/the nord land in Gildeskål, Nordland for 22 years alongside their own art projects and other collaborations. The projects revolve around reflections on art and nature as a shared space for cognition and interaction. They often work based on social situations and…
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I am standing on the threshold – A mourning piece in 16 parts Ja vi har ikke noen bananer / Yes we have no bananas Stedegne arter / Indigenous species Siste redningsforsøk / Final rescue attempt Sort firkant (tatt bort og erstattet) / Black square (removed and replaced) Brutte løfter / Broken promises Diamant…
Read MoreI STAND AT THE TRESHOLD – ANDREAS SIQUELAND
Welcome to the opening of I Stand at the Treshold by Andreas Siqueland, Saturday 21st June 2pm! about the project What happens when one type of nature is privileged over another? Can human selection of nature recreate the natural biodiversity and the interaction between plants, fungi, animals and insects? Andreas Siqueland’s project at Harpefoss Art Arena…
Read MoreLYDREISE – TRIO
LYDREISE TRIO Welcome to the concert on June 12th and sound walk on June 11th with Sigurd Hole, Frode Haltli and Helga Myhr at Harpefoss hotel! In Lydreise, the audience is invited on a musical journey in three parts that explores our memory of sound, and of music. Part 3 summarizes the journey in…
Read MoreKARI RØNNEKLEIV PLAYS BACH
Concert 24. April 2025 19.00 Kari Rønnekleiv is one of Norway’s most exciting and acclaimed violinists. She helped start the ensemble Trondheimsolistene and has, among other things, released four critically acclaimed albums in the duo Sheriffs of Nothingness, together with composer and violinist Ole-Henrik Moe. In addition, they also released the fantastic work Ciaccona/3 Persephone…
Read MoreOkulus symposium 2025
Video from Okulus symposium 2024 by Martin Vinje and Barbora Hollan Okulus Okulus is an outdoor art exhibition space in a forest at Harpefoss art arena. With the forest as an observatory for artistic research, this constitutes an experimental arena for site-based art. By being universally designed, it facilitates movement, reflection and participation…
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