Artist-run initiatives are taking on a variety of forms and creating new models as they re-evaluate what it means to produce value, artistic and otherwise, in contemporary society. As Honza Hoeck writes in his essay for the publication, "It is quite rightly the artist’s task to create unreasonable organisations." Of those taking part in this project, some manifest as schools or research collectives, some are community activists, some orbit the commercial gallery circuit, some are primarily open spaces or social platforms, and some are conceived as artworks in themselves.
Death to the Curator
Kunsthall Oslo is very pleased to present Death to the Curator, a collaboration with 15 artist-run initiatives from the Nordic region, plus one from Addis Ababa. The project consists of a public exhibition of newly commissioned works—large-scale silkscreen prints, sculptures, textiles, video, performance—as well as an installation of Unboxing - the Goodiepal collection and the launch of an ambitious publication with contributions from all of the collaborators plus additional texts. There will also be a