Kunstdøgnet (24 Hours of Art)

In connection with Stavanger Municipality’s project he Places We Meet – Art in Public Spaces, we invite you to performances from 14:00 to 16:30 at Holmeegenes as part of Kunstdøgnet (24 Hours of Art) on June 6.

We have invited three interesting and exciting artists to present performances in different parts of the site. 

Frauke Materlik is developing a performance specifically for Holmeegenes, inspired by the place and its history, as well as her own experience as a gardener. Kristen Rønnevik will perform Massaging Our Earth with High-Heeled Shoes. Duration: approx. 45 minutes. Meanwhile, Kjersti Austdal’s performance The Oracle will take place indoors. Duration: approx. 30 minutes.

 

About the artists and their practice:

Frauke Materlik is an artist, gardener, and landscape architect. She was educated at Byam Shaw, Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in London, Herrenhäuser Gärten in Hanover, and the University of Greenwich, UK. She is a member of PAB Performance Art Bergen and has exhibited and performed in countries including Norway, the UK, Denmark, the USA, Germany, and Switzerland. Materlik also runs the cultural meeting place “Kunstverein Lunden” on the German west coast.

Materlik’s artistic practice draws inspiration from her work as a gardener, horticultural traditions, and the plant kingdom. She works in dialogue with her surroundings and combines performance, installation, and gardening to explore and navigate complex environments.

Frauke Materlik, Shifting Continuities, photo: Margarida Paida, 2022


Kristen Rønnevik is a visual artist and gardener based in Haugesund. He was educated at the University of Westminster in London, Hull School of Art & Design, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig in Germany, and holds a master’s degree from Malmö Art Academy. He has participated in exhibitions and festivals in England, the USA, Germany, Hungary, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.

Rønnevik works with interdisciplinary, site-specific, and project-oriented/relational art as well as performance. He often takes art out of the gallery space. He choreographs spaces and situations with the intention of creating a new awareness of how we can experience landscapes and environments.

Kristen Rønnevik, Massaging Our Earth with High-Heeled Shoes


Kjersti Austdal is based in Jæren. She holds a Master’s degree in Fine Art with education from Oslo and Prague. She is the chair of Performance Art Stavanger and has previously exhibited at institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Oslo (now the National Museum), Rogaland Art Center, Verdens Ende Art Association, Akureyri Art Museum in Iceland, The Mothership in New York, Stone Bell House Gallery in Prague, and the National Center for Contemporary Arts in Moscow. In 2016, she designed the official Norwegian 20-krone coin, Norgespulsen. 

Austdal collects man-made objects, which she dismantles and reconstructs into sculptures, installations, and performance costumes. She considers this practice a form of contemporary archaeology—the objects we surround ourselves with reveal much about who we are. With a mythological perspective on technological development, she addresses themes such as transhumanism, consumption, and the cycle of time.