Recipients 2017

Support is provided to curator Leif Magne Tangen (b.1978 in Gravdal, Norway, lives and works in Tromsø, Norway) for the publication of The Haunted by artists and filmmaker Saodat Ismailova in collaboration with the Norwegian micro-publishing house Tekstbyrået (Nina Schjønsby and Halvor Haugen).

Granted amount: NOK 8 310

Support is provided to art critic Kristina Ketola Bore (b.1986 in Vasa, Finland, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the English translation of two texts published as a series on the online journal, Contemporary Art Stavanger, in the spring of 2017. The text will be published as a separate publication of 16 pages by the Estonian publishing house Lugemik, a publisher of publications on design and the arts. The publication will be part of an ongoing series, called Homeless texts.

Granted amount: NOK 7 600

Support is provided to curator Rike Frank (b.1968 in Rendsburg, Germany. Lives and works in Oslo, Norway, and Berlin, Germany) for the publication of Ane Hjort Guttu: Writings, Conversations, Scripts in collaboration Tekstbyrået (Nina Schjønsby and Halvor Haugen) and internationally distributed by Cornerhouse Publication.

Granted amount: NOK 50 000

Support is provided curator Torgeir Vassvik for a workshop and art exhibition at the 1 Internationale Indigenous Policy Coference in Sapporo, Japan.

Granted amount: NOK 12 000

Support is provided to curator Daniela Arriado (b.1982 in Quillota, Chile, lives and works in Stavanger, Norway) for curatorial residencies at Niio Platform in Tel Aviv, Israel, and AVXLab in Sao Paulo, Brasil.

Granted amount: NOK 20 000

Support is provided to curator Sissel Lillebostad for the translation of the publication Lydgalleriet Retrospektive 2005-2015 and Lydhåndboka.

Granted amount: NOK 60 000

Support is provided to the online art journal Contemporary Art Stavanger (CAS) for the participation in the art fair Untitled 2018 in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Granted amount: NOK 43 500

Support is provided to Hanne Grieg Hermansen for the translation of two texts in a book about artist Gitte Dæhlin for a presentation at IAGO - Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca in Mexico.

Granted amount: NOK 8 400

Support is provided to Kunstforum, Oslo, Norway for their participation with Scandinavian KUNSTforum at Art Brussels, Brussel, Belgium, and for translation of text.
Curator: Rasmus Hungnes, Editor, Kunstforum

Granted amount: NOK 60 000

Support is provided to curator Maria Veie Sandvik (b.1979, Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Levanger, Norway) for the translation to English of Criticism for the absent reader, a series of lectures to be published by Uten Tittel. There will be an international launch including launch seminars and workshops.

Granted amount: NOK 49 000

Support is provided to artist and writer Sille Storihle (b.1985 in Tromsø, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway and Berlin, Germany) for the translation and proofreading of her essay ONE MAN SHOW, relating to her participation at the Gothenburg biennial 2017 where the text will be published and launched.

Granted amount: NOK 5 000

Support is provided to Teknisk Industri AS, Oslo, Norway for the translation of text in relation to the introduction of artist Mari Slaattelid. The publication will be presented at the New York Art Book Fair, New York, USA.

Granted amount: NOK 35 000

Support is provided to curator Samuel Olou (b.1970 in Kelakpe, Togo, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for his participation as the Director and resident of the 1st edition of the Lome biennale & Artist in Residency, Atakpame, Togo.
Curator: Sithabille Mlotshwa, Artistic director, Lome Biennale & Artist in Residency, Kamina, Togo Project

Granted amount: NOK 60 000

Support is provided to LOCUS Publishing consisting of Thale Fastvold (b.1978, Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) and Tanja Thorjussen (b.1970, Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo), for their participation with the presentation of artist books and seminar/discussion in relation to the project CoSA - Concerning the Spiritual in Art, at the Biennale Library in Venice, Italy.
Curator: Stefano Cagol, CoSA - Concerning the Spiritual in Art, the Biennale Library, Venice, Italy

Granted amount: NOK 25 000

Support is provided to Martin Braathen (b.1978, Bærum, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) and Silja Leifsdottir (b.1984, Reykjavik, Iceland, lives and works in Oslo, Norway), representing The Norwegian Association of Curators for their participation with presentations at the conference ‘Humans of the Institution’ in Amsterdam in November 2017 at the Veem House for Performance, co-organised with Curatorial Practice, University of Bergen.
Curator: Vivian Ziherl, Artistic Director, Frontier Imaginaries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Anne Szefer Karlsen, curator, writer and editor, Oslo, Norway

Granted amount: NOK 18 620