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Lars Mørch Finborud is an art-historian and works as writer and is curator at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter outside [[Oslo]]. He runs the labels Plastic Strip Press and Prisma Records. Lars formerly worked as a radio host for the Norwegian state channel NRK P2 and has written extensively for magazines such as Morgenbladet and Vinduet. As a curator for Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Lars has contributed to the re–positioning of the centre as an important venue for Norwegian experimental music, by activating it's archive and document collections from the 60's and 70's, for example by arranging Sunday concerts with it's material. Lars is also Norway's most dedicated specialist and collector of library music.
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'''Lars Mørch Finborud''' (1980) is a Norwegian writer and curator.
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Finborud studied art history and worked as a curator for music and visual arts at the [[Henie Onstad Art Centre]] from 2008 to 2018. He runs the record labels [https://www.plasticstrip.no/ Plastic Strip Press], [https://ogudmundsenminde.bandcamp.com O. Gudmundsen Minde], and [[Prisma Records]], which specialize in releasing archive releases side by side with new recordings within the genres noise, jazz, electronic music, soul and hip-hop. He has been a radio host for NRK and has written for ''Vinduet'' and ''Morgenbladet''.
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He made his debut as a novelist in 2013 with ''De svarte skiltene'' (2013; in English as ''The Black Signs'', 2015), followed by ''Ozenfant, Ozenfant'' (2017), ''Vi lider av sol, vi lider av regn'' (2022) and ''Tårnet. Fyrtårnet'' (2025). He also published the essay collection ''Å slipe ned gravsteiner'' (2014; in English as ''Sanding Down Gravestones'', 2017).
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Finborud has also been a curator for exhibitions and editor of books about Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, [[Arne Nordheim]], Bauhaus, [[Marina Abramović]], Høvik Ballett, Fadlabi, Christopher Nielsen, Jenny Hval, Carsten Höller, NRK and media art, Håkon Bleken, and the performance history of the Henie Onstad Art Center.
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Between 1995 and 2006, Finborud was a member of the hip-hop band URO. He was also co-editor of the graffiti magazine ''Mens Andre Sover'' (MAS), which was published between 1995 and 1998. He lives in [[Oslo]]. ([https://forfatterkatalogen.no/forfattere/lars-morch-finborud/ 2021], [https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Mørch_Finborud 2025])
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* [https://www.plasticstrip.no/ Plastic Strip Press], record label
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* [https://ogudmundsenminde.bandcamp.com O. Gudmundsen Minde], vinyl label
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* [https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Mørch_Finborud Wikipedia-NO]
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* [https://instagram.com/ambrosiusfjord/ Instagram]
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[[Series:Writers]] [[Series:Art writers]] [[Series:Art history]]
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Latest revision as of 14:27, 17 December 2025

Lars Mørch Finborud (1980) is a Norwegian writer and curator.

Finborud studied art history and worked as a curator for music and visual arts at the Henie Onstad Art Centre from 2008 to 2018. He runs the record labels Plastic Strip Press, O. Gudmundsen Minde, and Prisma Records, which specialize in releasing archive releases side by side with new recordings within the genres noise, jazz, electronic music, soul and hip-hop. He has been a radio host for NRK and has written for Vinduet and Morgenbladet.

He made his debut as a novelist in 2013 with De svarte skiltene (2013; in English as The Black Signs, 2015), followed by Ozenfant, Ozenfant (2017), Vi lider av sol, vi lider av regn (2022) and Tårnet. Fyrtårnet (2025). He also published the essay collection Å slipe ned gravsteiner (2014; in English as Sanding Down Gravestones, 2017).

Finborud has also been a curator for exhibitions and editor of books about Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Arne Nordheim, Bauhaus, Marina Abramović, Høvik Ballett, Fadlabi, Christopher Nielsen, Jenny Hval, Carsten Höller, NRK and media art, Håkon Bleken, and the performance history of the Henie Onstad Art Center.

Between 1995 and 2006, Finborud was a member of the hip-hop band URO. He was also co-editor of the graffiti magazine Mens Andre Sover (MAS), which was published between 1995 and 1998. He lives in Oslo. (2021, 2025)

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