FLYKTIG/FUGITIVE is an ephemeral performance art project happening in Valdres, Norway every August, curated by Anne-Marte Før and Gary Farrelly.
Thanks to the the very glamorous invitation to be part of the 2025 edition, I did not only incounter the architecture of Bjart Mohr in Fagernes, but I also got to know Odd Tandberg's incredibly subtle relief in the Fagernes Kulturhuis. Mohr's townhall, inaugurated in 1979, and his Kulturhuis are linked by an elegantly floating canopy.
As soon as you enter the Kulturhus you are being guided by a curved corridor down to a lower level where you can find the local library and the cinema. For this elegantly shaped wall, the sculptor Odd Tandberg created a relief made of concrete that deals with very different surfaces and a system of dynamic lines. Moreover, the abstract shapes of Tandberg's relief feature very different surfaces - between very soft and rather rough – and they inspred me to create a costume for the lecture performance I gave at the end of the project. In this context I projected my video about the architectural ensemble directly on the exposed aggregate concrete, which was a rhar exciting experience.
2025 participating artists were Bendik Bendik, Sissel M. Bergh, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Gary Farrelly, Anne-Marte Før, Gilles Hellemans and Julia Zinnbauer.
