Description
Jordi Colomer is a Spanish artist who works with sculptures, photography, video- and installation art. His videos can be interpreted as a kind of "expanded theatre" that allows the spectator to assess their relationship with the production. In the project, Colomer will develop a new site-specific exhibition for RAKE Visningsrom in Trondheim, Norway. RAKE Visningsrom is an independent exhibition space focusing on art and architecture. The objective is to develop a film production and exhibition in response to the socio-cultural context of RAKE. Colomer aims at exploring the intertwining relations in culture in different communities and how these are reflected in their urban settings. Support is provided to help address fragmentation and to stimulate artist mobility and capacity development. The project will be the result of a collective research and cooperation with the local residents in Trondheim, and will be determined by these discussions. The project will be produced from January until March, and the exhibition will be installed in autumn 2014.
Summary of project results
Jordi Colomer is a Spanish artist who works with sculptures, photography, video- and installation art. In the project, White Nights, Colomer developed a new site-specific exhibition for RAKE Visningsrom in Trondheim, Norway. RAKE Visningsrom is an independent exhibition space focusing on art and architecture. Normally art is influenced by the space it is within, but what happens when the art influences the exhibition space? The exhibition was held in an abandoned 1960`s parking garage in Trondheim and was open to the public between 5 September and 5 October 2014, connecting Spanish contemporary art with an Norwegian audience. Three different films were shown in the garage reflecting different sides of Trondheim’s history and culture. Colomer used both archive material and newly filmed footage to depict the use of public spaces in the city. By making archive material, which previously was forgotten, available to the public, Colomer successfully contributed to creating a link to the past between the citizens and the city. The result of the project was an outcome of a collective research and cooperation with the local residents in Trondheim.
Summary of bilateral results