Projects 1999

The Netherlands Media Art Institute, MonteVideo/TBA presents the exhibition Nordic Light - Nordic scenes in the l990's. An presentation of contemporary art from the Nordic countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland. Todays art from Northern Europe is currently attracting a great deal of international interest. Cities such as Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki are characterised by a vital and dynamic art scene. Individual artists from these capitals are represented in the foremost international museums and there is even talk of a so-called 'Nordic Miracle', which describes the explosion of creativity manifesting itself among the present generation of artists. A discussion will be organised in relation to the exhibition, which will include observations and explanations by specialists on the subject of the so-called ‘Nordic Wonder’.

Video program

Denmark (Curated by: Simon Sheikh)
Knut Åsdam, Peter Holst Henckel, Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, Peter Land, Annika Lundgren, Søren Martinsen, Jørgen Michaelsen, Annika Ström, Lisa Strömbeck, Cecilia Wendt

Finland (Curated by: Maaretta Jaukkuri)
Juha van Ingen, Lea & Pekka Kantonen, Pentti Otto Koskinen, Teemu Mäki, Pekka Nevalainen, Fanni Niemi-Junkola, Vesa-Pekka Rannikko, Seppo Renvall

Iceland (Curated by Gunnar Kvaran)
Hlynur Hallson, Steina Vasulka, Ósk Vilhjálmsdóttir

Norway (Curated by: Jon Ove Steihaug)
Knut Åsdam, Tommy Olsson, Sofie Persvik, Børre Saethre, Sol Sneltveldt

Sweden (Curated by: Maria Lind)
Lotta Antonsson, & Annika von Hausswolf, Tobias Bernstrup, Annika Eriksson, Lova Hamilton, Pål Hollender, Maria Lindberg, Ann-Sofi Sidén, Jan Senungsson

Installation: Eija-Liisa Ahtila (Helsinki) ‘Anne, Aki & God’, 1998
Photography: Vibeke Tandberg (New York/Oslo) ‘Faces # 1 -12’,1998
Projection: Ann-Sofi Siden (New York/Stockholm) ‘QM, I think I call Her QM’, 1997

The exhibition is organised together with NIFCA, MonteVideo/TBA and Hedwig Fijen.

The Nordic Miracle

Discussion

15 January 1999, from 14.00 to 17.00

Prior to the opening of the exhibition, a discussion will take place with curators and artists from the Nordic countries. During this meeting an analysis will be made on the various artistic-, as well as social perspectives-, which might have influenced the recent dynamism in the art scene in Northern Europe.

Participants: Lars Bang Larsen (curator Danish Contemporary Art Foundation, Copenhagen), Mark Kremer (exhibition co-ordinator Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art/NIFCA, Helsinki), Thorvaldur Thorsteinsson (artist, Iceland), Hedwig Fijen (curator, organiser Manifesta 1) and Vibeke Tandberg (artist, Norway).

The public will be invited to take part in the discussion.

For more information, visit: www.montevideo.nl/en/agenda/detail_archief.php?id=27&showjaar=1999&beginjaar=2007