Visitors 2017

Daisuke Kosugi is an artist. Central to his projects are videos often in combination with sculptures, installation or with performance. These works raise questions about nationality, gender, sub-culture belonging or creative labor through the lens of the internalised regulations that restrict our personal freedom. Drawing from his background in law, Kosugi investigates the discrepancies between rules or law and their application as opportunities to reflect on dominant power structures. For the past few years, Kosugi has focused on the power of bodies and movement as tools to negotiate these structures. Since August 2016 Kosugi has been running the artist-run initiative Louise Dany in Oslo together with Ina Hagen. The latest solo exhibitions include: 'Dawning of the dance floor', Podium, Oslo (2015) and 'Forgive Me For I Am Not Gentle' as a duo with Ina Hagen, INCA Seattle (2016). His work has been presented in the 11th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea (2016); Malmö Konsthall (2016); freiraum quartier21 INTERNATIONAL, Museums Quatier, Vienna (2014) and Copenhagen Art Festival (2012). He was shortlisted for the DNB Savings Bank Foundation’s Grants for Emerging artist in 2016, Oslo Kunstforening (2016); and the International Award of the Spring Exhibition 2016, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen.