Oslo

Initiatives

Venues

• 0047, art, architecture and urbanism platform, Rodeløkka, since 2007
• 1857, experimental platform for contemporary art, *2010
• Akademirommet, gallery, Kunstnernes Hus, downtown, *2013
• Akershus Kunstsenter, art centre, Lillestrøm, *1986
• Atelier Nord, media art production and exhibition space, *1965
• Big Dipper, record store
• Bitraf, makerspace, downtown, *2011
• Black Box teater, contemporary performing arts venue, Grünerløkka, *1985
• Blå, alternative music venue and club, downtown, *1998
• Blitz, activist centre, downtown, *1982
• Café Mir, Grünerløkka
• Cinemateket, cinema, downtown
• Demon's Mouth, artist-run gallery, Rodeløkka, *2014
• Destiny's, artist-run gallery, Majorstuen, *2016
• Fellesverkstedet, open production facility for artists and designers, Grünerløkka, *2011
• Flatbread Society, urban farm and art centre, Bjørvika, *2012
• Fotogalleriet, fotohalle, downtown, *1977
• Guttormsgaards Arkiv, Blaker
• Haus der Kunst, artist-run gallery, downtown, *2019
• Hausmania, autonomous cultural centre, downtown, *2000
• Henie-Onstad Art Centre, museum, Høvikodden, *1968
• Holodeck, non-profit project space, downtown, *2011
• John Dee, music venue, downtown
• Kafé Hærverk, bar, club, concert venue & record store, downtown, *2017
• Khartoum Contemporary Art Center, conceptual arts initiative, downtown, *2017
• KHiO/Kunstakademiet, art academy, *1996
• Kunstnerforbundet, artist-run gallery for contemporary art, downtown, *1910
• Kulturhuset i Oslo, cultural centre & cafe, downtown, *2013
• Kunsthall Oslo, non-profit art space, Bjørvika, *2010
• Kunstnernes Hus, centre for contemporary art, *1930
• Kunstplass, venue for contemporary art, downtown, *2012
• Louise Dany, artist-run initiative, Majorstuen, *2016
• LYNX, artist-run exhibition space, *2013
• Melahuset, cultural centre
• MELK, artist-run space for photography, *2009
• Noplace, artist-run gallery, *2011
• Nordic Art Press (NAP), bookshop & distribution network, *2018
• Norlis, second hand bookstore, downtown, *1890
• Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), *2001
• Oslo Apiary & Aviary, Kunstnernes Hus, downtown, *2013
• Parkteatret, music venue, downtown, *1907/2002, [1] [2]
• Podium, artist-run gallery, downtown, *2004
• PUB, project space for publishing, Bjørvika, *2017
• ROM, gallery for art and architecture, Grünerløkka, *1987
• Sagene Kunstsmie, art centre, Sagene, *2014
• Salt, art and music, downtown, *2014
• Schloss, exhibition space, Sofienberg, *2016
• Schous Bøker, bookstore, Grünerløkka, *2016
• She Will, occasional space for art events in a disused petrol station, Ski, *2018
• Sub Scene, cultural centre, downtown, *2002
• Tegnerforbundet, artist-run organisation and gallery, *1916
• Tenthaus, project space for contemporary art, downtown, *2011
• Tiger, record store, downtown
• Torpedo, non-profit art publisher and bookstore, downtown, *2005
• Tronsmo Bokhandel, bookstore, downtown, *1975
• Uhørt, cultural venue, downtown, *2014
• UKS (Young Artists' Society), gallery, downtown, *1921
• Vandaler Forening, artist-run space, Lille Tøyen, *2015
• Vega Scene, art cinema & theatre, downtown, *2013

• more: USE-IT city guide, 2017, Indie Travel Guide.
• Past spaces: Kazachenko's Apartment (2013-2016), Stein og Jord (record store), Pink Cube (exhibition space, 2011-2016), Slow Space Bjørvika [3] (2010-2014), Tidens Krav (artist-run gallery, -2014), Sound of Mu (2006-2014), Atopia (experimental film and video art initiative and gallery, 2003-2017), GUN (Galleriet uten Navn) (artist-run gallery, 2000-2003), Zoolounge (artist-run space, 1996-1999), Galleri Struts (artist-run gallery, 1994-1998) [4], Herslebsgate (artist-run gallery, 1992-1998) [5], Museum of Contemporary Art (1990-2017), Månefisken (*1989).

Initiatives with no permanent event venue

• Another Space, curatorial collaboration and independent book publisher for art and architecture, *2012
• Coda Press, independent publisher
• House, initiates and produces art in public space, *2014
• Hverdag Books, artist books and risograph, *2016
• Kunstkritikk, art review, *2003
• Locus, artist-run gallery space & publishing house, *2005
• Metronomicon Audio, record label, *2001
• Notam, center for technology in music and the arts, *1992
• Norwegian Association of Curators, *2011
• Norsk Risoforening, *2018
• nyMusikk, centre for experimental music and sound art, *1938
• O. Gudmundsen Minde, vinyl label for strange and wonderful music, *2017
• Øreverk, experimental music events, *2017
• Performance Art Oslo (PAO), artist-run initiative, *2012
• Plastic Strip Press, record label for Scandinavian avant-garde music, *2006
• PNEK, production network for electronic art, *2000
• Praksis, platform for creative research and production, *2015
• radiOrakel, women's radio, at Blitz, *1982
• Subjekt.no, online cultural magazine, *2013
• Tekstbyrået, independent publisher
• Underskog
• Uten Tittel, art and culture publisher, *2016
• Vandaler Forening, *2015
• Verdensteatret, theatre company, *1986
• Verk Produksjoner, theatre company, *1989
• Video Art Archive, *2011

• Past initiatives: Prisma Records (record label, 2008-2016), Volapük (literature and cutlure forum, *1990).

Events

• All Ears, festival for improvised music, *2002
• CODA Oslo International Dance Festival, *2001
• Dans for Voksne, concert series, *2003
• Drawing Triennial (Tegnebiennalen), *2002
• Off the Page, music festival without music, *2014
• Only Connect, festival of sound, *2005
• Open Forum, a student run initiative for exchange of ideas, *c.2011
• Oslo Arkitekturtriennale, *2000
• Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival, *2013
• Oslo Biennalen, *2019
• PAO Festival, performance art festival, *2013
• Praksis Development Forum (PDF), monthly peer-support group for creative community
• Struktura, event series, 2019-2020
• Ultima, contemporary music festival, *1991
• Winter Solstice, annual nocturnal art project and happening, *2012
• Event listings: Underskog, Concerts in Oslo, U.F.O. (exhibition guide).

Past events

• International Rostrum of Electroacoustic Music, biennial, 1990
• Den Tredje Vei, short film festival, *1998
• Electronic Art in Public Spaces, conference, 2002
• RAM2, 2003
• Oslo Screen Festival, video art festival, 2008-2014
• Fluxus East, exhibition, 2010-2011
• Art.on.Wires, festival for live and interactive art & technology, 2010-2012
• Oslo Lux light, space and technology festival, 2011-2015
• Academy Lectures, 2012-2017
• PolyFøkt, festival for experimental and noise music, 2013
• Oslo Pilot, 2015-2016
• How to Raise a Teenager, seminar on art publication and distribution, 2016. [6]. FB.
• An Army of Liars: Situationists in Scandinavia, exhibition, 2016
• Technology and Emotions, conference, 2017
• Canon No Canon, conference, 2018
• Bande à part, conference on independent art institutions, 2019 [7] [8]

Art workers

• Anne Hilde Neset
• Apichaya Wanthiang (1989)
• Atle Selnes Nielsen (1978)
• Bjørn Bjarre
• Bjørnar Habbestad (1976)
• Christian Blom (1974)
• David M. Berry
• Dušan Barok
• Eirik Blekesaune
• Ellef Prestsæter
• Ellen Røed
• Eivind Røssaak
• Espen Sommer Eide
• Farhad Kalantary
• Frode Weium
• Geir Johnson (1953-2021)
• Harald Fetveit
• HC Gilje (1969)
• Ida Lykken Ghosh
• Ina Blom
• Inger Lise Hansen (1963)
• Ingrid Hölzl
• Ivar Smedstad
• Jana Winderen
• Jonas Ekeberg (1967)
• Katya García-Antón
• Kristoffer Myskja (1985)
• Lars Cuzner (1974)
• Lars Mørch Finborud
• Lasse Marhaug
• Lesia Vasylchenko
• Marius Watz
• Marit Paasche
• Markus Moestue
• Natasha Barrett
• Niklas Adam
• Nikhil Vettukattil
• Per Platou
• Per Teljer
• Petr Svárovský
• Piya Wanthiang
• Randi Nygård
• Rhea Dall
• Sara R. Yazdani
• Signe Lidén
• Sten Ove Toft
• Susanne Østby Sæther
• Taina Bucher
• Terje Rasmussen
• Ulf A. S. Holbrook

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