Amund Sjølie Sveen is a Norwegian artist, composer and writer.[1][2][3][4][5]
Career
His art tackles issues surrounding the Arctic. Sveen launched NORDTING, an art platform for intervention and reflection in the north.[6] NORDTING is a mobile people's assembly for the North, bringing together residents from Vardø in Northern Norway to Alaska, to participate in the council, called the Ting.[7] Local participants, from bands and choirs to community leaders, punk rockers, cheerleaders, indigenous peoples, musicians, and dancers, join Sveen and his team to discuss and address issues affecting their communities.[8][9] Sveen describes NORDTING, which has been active since 2014, as a testing ground for political ideas and critique of the current power situation.[10]
Sveen has initiated and led the Pan-ArcticVision, an Arctic social and cultural event. The first edition was held in his home town of Vadsø in Northern Norway,[11] the second edition was held in Nuuk, Kalaallit Nunaat in October 2024.[12] As a musician, he is a member of the Slagr, a Norwegian trio formed in 2003 who received Spellemannprisen (a Norwegian Grammy) for their release Short Stories in 2015.[13] Sveen also is associated with the UiT The Arctic University of Norway, as an artistic researcher.[11]
Selected projects
- 2005: Deconstructing IKEA, solo percussion
- 2007: United States of Barents, solo performance, Kirkenes, NO[14][15]
- 2009: Deconstructing IKEA, installation; Moscow (RU), Rovaniemi (FI), Tromsø, Oslo, NO[16]
- 2009: Rising Water, outdoor installation, commission by Tromsø kunstforening; Tromsø, NO
- 2013: Barents Liberation Army, project with writer Morten Strøksnes, Kirkenes, NO[17]
- 2013: Economic Theory for Dummies, solo performance, Steirischer Herbst, Graz[18]
- 2013: The (Oil) Fountain of Youth, exhibition of an unmade installation; Kirkenes, NO[19]
- 2014: Nordting, multimodal performance and discursive project, presented throughout the circumpolar north[10]
- 2015: Economic Theory for Dummies, solo performance, Black Box Teater, Oslo, NO[20]
- 2018: COMMONISM, new performance with theater maker Andy Smith, UK[1]
- 2020: MNGA, temporary light installation in public space, Longyear, Svalbard, NO
- 2023: Pan-ArcticVision, circumpolar performative spectacle, Vadsø, NO (2023), Nuuk, GL (2024) [11]
References
External links
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