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Backbone of the night

Smebyes projects take their starting point from dramatic, violent or catastrophic events. They appear as documentation of intensive moments in time; situations that triggers a state of emergency. Smebye often comments on the diffuse borders between science and fiction. Historical elements are scrutinized, and recontextualized to question established thruths. His work ends up as dysfunctional representations with a discharged symbolism.

Anders Smebye is an artist and independent curator. He has a special interest in genre bending expressions and projects that challenges structural conventions. His main focus has recently been on text, textile, sculpture and video. Smebye has in the last years made himself noticed on the national artscene through his work with the projectspace Bastard in Oslo, and as a curator of Robert Smithson at Fotogalleriet (co-curated with Lina Viste Grønli), and _Monumento Mor_i at Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art during the group exhibition Lights On. He is currently having a soloshow, Devolution, at UKS in Oslo.

More info on Devolution - www.uks.no

More info on Bastard - www.bastardoslo.blogspot.com

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