Do Ho Suh (South Korea), Kajsa Dahlberg (S), Vanessa Baird (N)
The new government quartal R6, Oslo
Installation, projection, mural
I would love to stick around just to see if someone trip over or get her high heels stuck in these sculptures. Not the gigantic sculpture of the few, important ones, but a mass of small, ordinary people, some so ordinary they are looking almost the same. Struggling to get teir heads up in the light, or struggling carrying heavy stone tiles. A wonderful symbolic as they are in the government quartal, in front of the Health and the Agricultural departments. A democratic sculpture of 50 000 bronse representatives of the inhabitants of Norway.
Do Ho Suh: Grass Roots Square
Do Ho Suh: Grass Roots Square
Do Ho Suh: Grass Roots Square
Kajsa Dahlberg: Hundre år på en arbeidsdag
A grey concrete wall, after a moment a message appears in light letters projected onto the wall. After a short while it disappears, only to be replaced by a new one. These are quotes from the 100 years' fight for female rights in Norway. The loop is 7,5 hours, exactly one workday, and as the title says: Hundred years in one working day.
Vanessa Baird: Lyset forsvinner - bare vi lukker øynene
One of three murals by Vanessa Baird, this one is in the entrance area, in the press conference room. A feast of references to folktales, to common Norwegian symbols, modern buildings, empty beds and people in despair. I wonder if the purpose is to distract the journalists from the messages delivered in this room, or to entertain them while they are waiting.
