Underskog

Practices of Difference and Translation

A two-day international workshop to develop a framework for a research laboratory on contemporary art and anthropology in Oslo

Arnd Schneider, SAI, UiO (convenor)

The two-day workshop, the first in a number of consultation events, will explore ideas and future potential in the establishment of a `laboratory’ in Norway which combines ethnographic and art practices across a number of institutions and fields (anthropology, art history/criticism, contemporary art practice and museums).

Thus the workshop conceived as an open discussion forum, with the intention to chart a preliminary matrix for a future art-ethnography laboratory in Oslo.

A number of invited national and international speakers, from both the worlds of contemporary art and anthropology, will report on existing projects which incorporate ethnographic and art practices, or provide a counterpoint as respondents to reports from Norway or abroad.