This lecture will have the upcoming exhibition “They Live” at Kode Bergen Art Museum as a point of departure, with a focus on various props that have been significant in my artistic practise – how they have shaped my approaches and informed my thinking about art.
About Vibeke Tandberg and the exhibition “They Live” at Kode
Vibeke Tandberg is one of Norway's most renowned contemporary artists, best known for her groundbreaking, staged photographic works, several of which are considered key works in postmodern conceptual photography.
The exhibition at Kode connects the theatricality of Tandberg's work with scenography, where works in a wide range of media – photography, film and video, sculpture and objects, text works and ephemera – will be presented, creating a space where Tandberg's play with identity and changing personas unfold. The exhibition will include new works and well-known older works, embracing Tandberg's artistic production over more than three decades. It will be the largest presentation of her body of work to date and marks a homecoming for Vibeke Tandberg (b.1967), who studied photography at the Department of Photography at the Bergen Academy of Fine Arts in the early 1990s. Prior to this, Tandberg had a short but significant period of theatre studies, and dramatisation through disguise and role play became central to Tandberg’s artistic practice.
This Monday Lecture is brought to you in collaboration with Kode.
The exhibition opens on May 22 and runs until September 13 at Kode Stenersen. More information about the exhibition on their website