Arve Rød is an artist and critic. Although inspired by the works of conceptual artists, Arve Rød does not describe his work as conceptual. The artist chooses the words "institutional evaluation" or "negotiation". He has exhibited at Galleri F15, Moss, Norway (2006), UKS Biennial, Oslo, Norway (2004) and Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (2004). In 2004, he was the Co-editor of the Norwegian Art Yearbook. As a freelance critic, he was written for Kunstkritikk.no, Billedkunst, Morgenbladet, Flash Art International, Klassekampen and currently writes art reviews for the newspaper Dagens Næringsliv.
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Halvor Haugen is a writer, translator and editor for UKS - Forum for Contemporary Art, a journal for contemporary art and theory, published in Oslo, Norway. He has written texts and criticism for Billedkunst, Kunstkritikk.no, and Umelec International.
Nina Schjønsby's research is based around an investigation into the first ten years in the history of video art in an effort to make apparent the less documented and visible works within the discourse of video art and which according to Schjønsby, are closely linked to women's significant contribution to history of video art. Schjønsby's research will include meetings with seminal figures such as Martha Rosler, Joan Jonas, Dee Dee Halleck (Former member of Tee Pee Video Space Troupe and Founder of Paper Tiger TV/professor), Nancy Cain (Former member of Videofreex), Joan Braderman, Kate Horsfield (Co-founder of Video Data Bank), Phyllis Gershuny (Former member of Raindance). Nina Schjønsby is a writer and translator, writing for magazines like SITE and Billedkunst, and diverse art related publications, and translating art theoretical texts. She is a member of the editorial board in Billedkunst.