In June 2024 we opened our third research exhibition "Campaign!" at Jøssingfjord Science Museum. The exhibition consists of three parts in three different rooms at the newly built Science Museum. We are overjoyed that so many people travelled far to attend the opening. The exhibition will be on display until 1 December 2024.
Part I "Campaign! Norway in Red, Whitest and Blue"
Exutoire (Bùi Quý Sơn, Vietnam, and Paul-Antoine Lukas, France, lives in Oslo/Hanoi), exhibition design, visual identity for the exhibition, and the design intervention "Norsk-hvitt" (2024)
Part II "Campaign! Gold Frames and Grey Gravel"
Werner Otto Lichtenberg (1903-1987, Germany, lived in Sokndal), two drawings with motifs from the Jøssingfjord area (1975 and 1976), brushes, paint tubes, and pigments
Maiken Stene discussing her painting installation “Storgangen” (2022)
Part III "Campaign! From the Mountains, Onwards?"
Maximilian Schob (b. 1989, Germany, lives in Norway), two digital photo collages of the Titania mine, satellite data (open access) and lidar technology, printed on plexiglass (2024)
Participating artists
Maiken Stene (b. 1983, Norway, born and lives in Sokndal), “Storgangen,” painting (2022), 270 x 450 x 250 cm and 4K drone video “Storgangen” (2022) with soundtrack by composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir "Aeriality" (2011)
Maximilian Schob (b. 1989, Germany, lives in Norway), two digital photo collages of the Titania mine, satellite data (open access) and lidar technology, printed on plexiglass (2024)
Exutoire (Bùi Quý Sơn, Vietnam, and Paul-Antoine Lukas, France, lives in Oslo/Hanoi), exhibition design, visual identity for the exhibition, and the design intervention "Norsk-hvitt" (2024)
Joey Bravo (b. 1999, USA/Spain, lives in Bergen), photograph of a white-painted wooden house in Vermont, USA (2021)
Thrine Brun (1909-2003, Norway, worked at Titania), two carved woodworks with motifs from the Jøssingfjord area, unknown year
Werner Otto Lichtenberg (1903-1987, Germany, lived in Sokndal), two drawings with motifs from the Jøssingfjord area (1975 and 1976), brushes, paint tubes, and pigments
Eystein Berg (1878-1957, Norway, construction engineer at the Norwegian Chamotte Factory and photographer), five photographs of the construction of the Nedre Helleren power station in Jøssingfjord (ca. 1907)
The three rooms of the exhibition are curated by the NorWhite team, in collaboration with producer Solveig Tjetland from ROM for kunst og arkitektur, and curators and archivists from Dalane Folkemuseum and Østfoldmuseene. All photos by Hanna Biørnstad.