A place to be

The exhibition “Et sted å være”, at the Nasjonalmuseet – Arkitektur in Oslo, gives an account of the state of art of the Norwegian contemporary architecture from 2011 to 2016.

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U67 has designed and directed the exhibition “Et sted å være” (A place to be), the last of a periodic series of venues held every five years within the Nasjonalmuseet – Arkitektur in Oslo which gives an account of the state of art of the Norwegian contemporary architecture, in this case from 2011 to 2016.

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Img.1 "Et sted å være – A place to be", installation view, Nasjonalmuseet – Arkitektur, Oslo, 2017

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The curator Markus Richter has focused his discourse on 23 designs divided in five thematic section: Dwelling, Shelter, Transformation, Recreation, and the Hearth of the City. All the projects considered are planned or built buildings in Norway by Norwegians and internationals, as well as buildings built by Norwegians outside their Country. The question implied in this particular series of exhibitions is the periodically re-definition of “what the Norwegian architecture is”, considering the most recent production as the clue, evaluated through the personal lens of the curatorship.

Img.16 "Et sted å være – A place to be", installation view, Nasjonalmuseet – Arkitektur, Oslo, 2017

The abundance and diversity regarding the program, size, contexts and, not least, the various available materials of the 27 selected projects, has demanded that consistency is preferred rather than each particular project need. Having to deal with the project and its realisation at the same time, the objective becomes the transmissibility, leaving to the place the aim to recreate a particular tactile experience. The exhibition, then, questions the possibility of display the architecture and, therefore, the existence of a contemporary time that connects the time of the project and that of its realisation by making them interact.

Img.17 "Et sted å være – A place to be", installation view, Nasjonalmuseet – Arkitektur, Oslo, 2017

until 19 November 2017
Et sted å være – A place to be
curated by Markus Richter
curator education: Anne Marit Lunde and Eli Solsrud
exhibition design and art direction: U67
Nasjonalmuseet – Arkitektur
7014 St. Olavs plass, Oslo

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