RED LIST RED by Nina Bang
torsdag 26. januar 2012 kl. 00:00 på ATOPIA og ett annet tidspunkt
Atopia is pleased to present a new work by Nina Bang on Vitrine.
RED LIST RED
12 – 26 January 2012
Opening: Thursday, 12.01.2012 at 18:00
As we, the human race, expand our domination over the planet we “humanize” all terrains of existing nature – an act that forces many other species into extinction. Civilization moves forward as it relentlessly crushes down other life forms in its progress.
Nina Bang takes the extinction of other life forms as the departure point for her new work RED LIST RED. The work is an appropriation of the list of threatened species made by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. The four-screen video brings the list into an abstract space and gives it a visual impact.
Nina Bang, born in Oslo-1956, is a visual artist working with a variety of media including painting, digital prints, installations and video. Her works explore the meeting points between the natural processes and technological progress. Bang studied art at Statens Kunst og Håndverkskole and Statens Kunstakademi (National Academy of Fine Arts) in Oslo during the 1980s.
Along with exhibiting widely around the country, she has carried out several public art commissions and currently she is working on a new commission for Sam Eyde high school in Arendal, Norway. Nina Bang lives and works in Oslo.