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0047, art, architecture and urbanism platform, Rodeløkka, since 2007
1857, experimental platform for contemporary art, *2010
Akademirommet, gallery, Kunstnernes Hus, downtown, *2013
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
K4 galleri, artist-run gallery space for video art and moving image, *2016
Kafé Hærverk, bar, club, concert venue & record store, downtown, *2017
Khartoum Contemporary Art Center, conceptual arts initiative, downtown, *2017
Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo (KHiO), 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
Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art (formerly Akershus Kunstsenter), Lillestrøm, *1986
Noplace, artist-run gallery, *2011
Nordic Art Press (NAP), bookshop & distribution network, *2018
Nordic Black Theatre & Cafeteatret, self-run theatre, *1992
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
Femme Brutal, feminist club concept and booking collective, *2012
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
We Do, contemporary Polish arts & culture festival, *2019
Event listings: Underskog, Concerts in Oslo, Oslo Art Guide (exhibition guide, formerly U.F.O.).

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]

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