Art in Motion for everyone! 2025/26
OK, strictly speaking not a new exhibition, but a series of workshops for children and for young people with cognitive functional diversity. The participants get some inspiration from kinetic artworks installed in the workshop space, and then create kinetic artworks themselves using specially designed equipment, inspired by two pioneers in kinetic art – Jean Tinguely and Marcel Duchamp. The number of participants completing the workshops since 2024 has now passed 800! Funding for this latest round in 2025 and 2026 comes from Kulturtanken.
Art in Motion 2024
This was the fourth group exhibition of leading kinetic artists living in Norway and was held from 20.01.2024 until 10.03.2024 at Østfold Art Centre in Fredrikstad, Norway. In addition to 10 kinetic artworks from 7 artists, this exhibition featured for the first time 15 workshops for local school children where they created their own kinetic sculptures, inspired by three pioneers in kinetic art: Jean Tinguely, Marcel Duchamp, and Alexander Calder.
A documentary film, including interviews with six of the seven artists (in Norwegian), is now out on Vimeo:
Art in Motion 2017
This was the second group exhibition of leading kinetic artists living in Norway and was held from 02.02–19.02.2017 at Galleri BOA in Oslo, Norway. The exhibition was well-received and was also awarded the prestigious Norwegian Government Exhibition Grant from the Arts Council of Norway.
Art in Motion 2015
This group exhibition of the leading kinetic artists in Norway was held from 22.08–20.09.2015 at Trafo Kunsthall in Asker, Norway. It was the first ever exhibition of kinetic art by artists living in Norway and was well attended by regular visitors and many school classes received guided tours of the exhibition. The exhibition received positive reviews in the Norwegian media and was awarded the prestigious Norwegian Government Exhibition Grant from the Arts Council of Norway.
