A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall - Jamestown Arts Center

 

Following views: Tower of Babel no 20, 2023

by Anne Katrine Senstad

Medum: Plexiglas, transparent mirrors, Brass-hinges

Located on the exterior of Jamestown Art Center in dialogue with Towers of Babel no 01, 02, 07, 2020, located within the exhibition. 

Tower of Babel no 20, 2023 - as part of the exhibition A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall - An Intersection of Art and Science - Curated by Lara Pan - Jamestown Art Center- April 21 - June 15, 2023. Sculpture as time indicator and color interaction in the public realm.

Babel no 20 is a new piece in the Tower of Babel series, started in 2020 - as part of my project How We Live Together started in 2018 consisting of a 4 film series in collaboration with acclaimed actor Bill Sage (Utpia, Monosis, Marginalities and , Xeniteia), the Towers of Babel sculpture series, sculpture-text works on capitalism and societal theory by French philosopher Roland Barthes on societal criticism, oppression and contemplations on ideorrhythmic living formats, as well as drawing on symbolism and psychology of The Tower of Babel narration, and Vladimir Tatlin's never-realized utopic-futuristic tower: Project for the Monument to the Third International, 1919-20. 

This work is larger scale, almost double size, than the first multichromatic semi transparent fluorescent towers in the Babel series, and placed on the exterior platform space of Jamestown Art Center, in dialogue with the sun acting as sundial, or vessel harnessing natural light, the public sphere, weather, time and environment.

Medium: acrylics, utilitarian brass doorhinges, brass screws, washers, nuts and bolts.

As part of the exhibition A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall, curated by Lara Pan at Jamestown Art Center with exhibiting artists: Rafael Attias (Rhode Island), Mathew Emmett (United Kingdom), Carla Gannis (New York), Anita Glesta (Australia, New York), David Nez (Oregon), Olivier Perriquet (France), Anne Katrine Senstad (Norway, New York), Otavio Schipper (Brazil) Saša Spačal (Slovenia), Hana Usui (Japan, Austria), and Vargas-Suarez Universal (Kyrgyzstan, New York)

Towers of Babel no 01, 02, 07, 2020. Installation view, Jamestown Art Center. As part of the exhibition A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, curated by Lara Pan.

POIESIS - Kunsthal Regelabu 411 - February 11 - May 21, 2023

POIESIS Anne Katrine Senstad
with a sound environment by JG Thirlwell


Kunsthal Regelbau 411
www.regelbau411.dk



February 11 - May 21, 2023

POIESIS by Anne Katrine Senstad presents a meditation on the transformative power of light, sound, and color. The site-specific multi-sensory installations created for Kunsthal Regelbau 411's set of repurposed WWII bunker structures, a former ammunition bunker and the central Commando bunker situated on the North Atlantic coast of Denmark, delve deeply into the impact of artistic intervention on the experience of place. Vibrant colors and sonic luminosity create a dialogue between the charged, entropic environment and the visceral qualities of art.

The video installation Cubiculum Red + Blue, focuses on dualities between the enclosed, submerged spatial properties of the bunker and the spectator’s interior and cognitive landscape. The hypnotic, seemingly monochromatic projections reflected in pools of water evoke a subtle connection to ancient cubiculums and the idea of rest at the threshold of life and death, consciousness, and liberation. An enveloping spatial sound composition by acclaimed composer JG Thirlwell creates floating spatial sensations of sonic waves between infinite vastness and molecular particles, harnessing the emotive. Cubiculum Red + Blueinvites the audience to contemplate the balance between what is enclosed and what is released within these chambers.

Elements VII, the seventh iteration in Anne Katrine Senstad’s series of spatial neon sculpture installations, transports the visitor through a commanding sensorial world of light, color and sound. The labyrinthian Commando bunker becomes a prismatic universe defined by four monochromatic chambers (Pink, Green, Blue, Yellow), where luminous slender columns, as a sculptural lattice, connect canonical form as representation with transmutational currents of technology, the perceptual and the expansive. Each of the four chambers are enveloped by a continuous sublime neon horizon gently slicing through traces of time, anchoring an ontological transformation of place, where our familiar boundaries dissolve as radiant neon colors expand into uncharted realms.

Throughout POIESIS we encounter a process that encompasses the sensory, corporeal, affective, and experiential aspects of space suggesting regeneration in times of change.

Anne Katrine Senstad is a multi-disciplinary Norwegian artist based in Oslo and New York.Senstad's practice lies at the intersection of light sculpture, installation art, photography and video art, land art and site specificity, with a focus on the phenomena of perception and the cognitive system in response to the properties of light, sound, and color. She is concerned with sensorial aesthetics and the transformative—the transcendental ideas of art and philosophical practice. Senstad has exhibited widely internationally, including Seinajoki Kunsthall, Finland (2021), S12 Gallery, Norway (2021), Kai Art Center, Tallinn, (2020), He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen (2019), Bruges Art and Architecture Triennale, Belgium, (2015), 55th and 56th Venice Biennales (Collaterali Eventi), (respectively 2013 and 2015), Good Children Gallery, New Orleans (2017), and Trafo Kunsthall, Norway (2018). The exhibition at Regelbau 411 is Senstad's first solo exhibition in Denmark.

 

 JG Thirlwell is an Australian-American composer, producer, and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. Thirlwell has released over thirty albums under his various pseudonyms including Foetus, Manorexia, Xordox and Steroid Maximus. JG has completed commissions for Kronos Quartet, Bang On A Can, Alarm Will Sound, and many more. He is a member of the “freq_out” sound-art collective, curated by CM Von Hausswolff, and has created several solo sound installations. JG performs live solo and with his own chamber ensembles. He has collaborated with Karen O, Noveller, Zola Jesus, Helm, Lydia Lunch, Tony Oursler, and dozens more. Thirlwell creates the musical score for the Emmy-winning FX show Archer, and Adult Swim / Cartoon Network show The Venture Bros. Thirlwell and Senstad have collaborated on numerous exhibitions and film projects since 2000. 

Regelbau 411 is an art center situated in two former WWII bunkers. The program focuses on exhibiting international sound, light and video art. Regelbau 411 creates exhibitions opposing the idea of art as isolated works contemplated in the clean white cube or neutral spaces. Set between concrete walls, rust, salt and calcium we invite the public to experience art in an uncommon and informal setting, bringing visitors into the labyrinthine universe of the bunkers.

Curated by Kunsthal Regelbau 411 Artistic Director Simon Thykjær.

Exhibition period: 11 February - 21 May 2023.

Opening hours: Every day 10-16. Admission is free.

Exhibition documentation: Vimeo 

In partnership with Soundartlab.org

Supported by Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Arts Council Norway Governmental Grant for Artists, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Fritt Ord and The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Copenhagen

NEON GUIDES ME book release and artist conversation at Galleri Balder, Oslo

Please join Galleri Balder in celebrating the publication of NEON GUIDES ME with multi disciplinary artist Anne Katrine Senstad in conversation with artist and curator Per Hess.

Thursday February 16, 7-8 pm

 

Galleri Balder 

Riddervoldsgt 9

0258 Oslo

www.galleribalder.com

Photo by Stella Saarts

Neon is at the core of Norwegian artist Anne Katrine Senstad’s wide ranging work across light and space, sound and synesthesia, aesthetics, form, and perception. Through advanced in-depth research, she has examined spatial, topological, and scientific phenomena of light, sound, and color since the 1990s, a foundation for her explorations in the experiential, the participatory, and the experimental. In the monumental neon sculpture series Elements I-VI (2018-2021) with sound environments composed by JG Thirlwell (Elements IV, V,VI) and Catherine Christer Hennix (Elements III), the artist has transformed space and challenged our awareness of spatial limits, our presence within the infinitesimal and empyrean experience. 

 

Senstad’s neon practice is now presented in book form: NEON GUIDES ME with texts by JG Thirlwell in conversation with Patrick Rolandelli, Catherine Christer Hennix, Andres Kurg. Erik Meling, Dr Aura Seikkula, Sanna Karimäki-Nuutinen, Sarah Walko, and Marianne Solberg. 

Illustration for ELEMENTS by Anne Katrine Senstad

Book photo by Archive Culture 

Anne Katrine Senstad’s multi-disciplinary practice lies at the intersection of installation art, photography, video, neon sculpture, land art, and site specificity, with a focus on the phenomena of perception and the cognitive system in response to the properties of light, sound, and color. She is concerned with sensorial aesthetics and the transformative—the transcendental ideas of art and philosophical practice. Senstad has exhibited widely internationally, including at Kunsthal Regelbau 411, Denmark, Seinajoki Kunsthall, Finland (2021), S12 Gallery, Norway (2021), He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen (2019), Kai Art Center, Tallin (2020), Bruges Art and Architecture Triennale, Belgium, (2015), 55th and 56th Venice Biennales (Collaterali Eventi), (respectively 2013 and 2015), Good Children Gallery, New Orleans (2017), and Trafo Kunsthall, Norway (2018). 

 

 

Per Hess is a Norwegian artist, curator and writer. His neon practice centers on sculpture and performance. His neon installations have been exhibited at the 56^th and 57th Venice biennales (collaterali eventi) at Palazzo Bembo, 2013 and Palazzo Mora, 2017. In 2020 his performance work, Neonmeditasjoner, was presented at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo. Hess curated the first neon exhibition in Norway, Neon, Argon, Krypton, at Bærum Kunsthall, 2018 and the commissioned neon sculpture by Lars Ramber, Brainstorm, for the new Deichman Library in Oslo, 2021.  His forthcoming exhibition, In the Light of Neon, opens September 29^th, 2023 at the Georgian National Gallery, Tbilisi.

 

 

NEON GUIDES ME will be available for purchase at the book launch, and is also available at Tronsmo Bokhandel in Oslo, Palais de Tokyo bookshop in Paris, and Dashwood Books in New York. 

Supported by Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Fritt Ord, Arts Council Norway Governmental Artist Grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV) and Fritt Ord.

NEON GUIDES ME – Anne Katrine Senstad
Published by Praun & Guermouche
Printing and Binding: Rotolito S.p.A. / Nava Press S.r.l., Milan, Italy
ISBN 978-91-527-1427-0 

POIESIS - Kunsthall Regelbau 411 - February 11 - May 21, 2023

POIESIS

An exhibition by Anne Katrine Senstad with a sound environment by JG Thirlwell

11.02.23 - 21.05.23

KUNSTHAL REGELBAU 411

Regelbau 411’s upcoming exhibition POIESIS by Anne Katrine Senstad presents a meditation on the transformative power of light, sound, and color. 

The multi-sensory installations created for Regelbau 411's two bunkers, delve into the impact of artistic intervention on the experience of place. Vibrant colors and sonic luminosity create a dialogue between the entropic environment and ephemeral qualities of art.

The video installation Cubiculum Red + Blue, focuses on dualities between the enclosed space of the bunker and the spectator’s interior landscape. The monochromatic projections reflected in pools of water evoke a subtle connection to ancient cubiculums and the idea of rest at the threshold of life and death, consciousness and sleep. The accompanying sound piece by composer JG Thirlwell creates floating spatial sensations between sonic gravity and the lunar qualities of water, inviting the audience to contemplate the balance between what is enclosed and what is released within these chambers.

Elements VII, the seventh iteration in Senstad’s light sculpture series, transports the visitor into a world of light, color and sound. The labyrinthian bunker is redefined into four monochromatic chambers, where radiant columns, as a sculptural lattice, connect past architectural styles with the electrical currents of technology. Enveloped by a sublime horizon, familiar boundaries dissolve as bright neon colors expand into uncharted realms.

Throughout POIESIS we encounter a process that encompasses the sensory, corporeal, affective, and experiential aspects of space suggesting regeneration in times of change.

Anne Katrine Senstad is a multi-disciplinary Norwegian artist based in Oslo and New York. Her practice lies at the intersection of light art, installation art, land art and site specificity with a focus on the phenomena of perception. Senstad has exhibited internationally since the late 90’s. The exhibition at Regelbau 411 is her first solo exhibition in Denmark.

JG Thirlwell is a composer/producer/performer based in New York. He has released over thirty albums and featured as producer, collaborator and arranger for a wide variety of artists. He works under many pseudonyms including Manorexia, Foetus, Xordox, Steroid Maximus, Baby Zizanie, Hydroze Plus, Clint Ruin, and Wiseblood. 

Opening: 11 February 2023, 15:00-17:00
Exhibition period: 11 February - 21 May 2023
Opening hours: Every day 10-16. Admission is free

Book launch event + artist talk: To be held at Sound Art Lab on the day of the opening.

The exhibition is curated by Simon Thykjær.

Anne Katrine Senstad has been supported by Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Arts Council Norway Governmental Grant for Artists, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond and Fritt Ord.

The exhibition POIESIS is part of Regelbau 411’s exhibition program for 2023 supported by the Danish Art Foundation, Det Obelske Familiefond, Augustinus Fonden, Færchfonden, Knud Højgaards Fond and Lemvigh-Müller Fonden. The exhibition has received additional support by The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Copenhagen.

NEW YEAR NEW FILMS Film Festival February 10-11, 2023

 

NEW FILMS NEW YEAR FILM FESTIVAL - Film-Makers Cooperative, New York

Join the Film-Makers' Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10th and SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11th, 2023, at 7pm, for a two-night program of recent additions to the growing collection of experimental and avant-garde films, submitted by new and longstanding members of the FMC/NACG!

**TICKETS FOR EACH NIGHT ARE $10 AND MUST BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY ON THE ONLINE STORE.**

FRIDAY NIGHT PROGRAM:
1. TOO LATE, Kinga Syrek
2. BAMBOO IN THE WATER, Wei Gao
3. MEMORIES (PARIS VU PAR), Joe Wakeman
4. TIGER EATS A BABY, Kalil Haddad
5. ROOFTOP FLICKER, Pop Chodorov
6. A PORTRAIT OF COWBOY ON BOLEX, Katherine Burns
7. LAURIE ANDERSON'S STUDIO, Cody Simons
8. INSOMNIA, Emilia Izquierdo
9. THREE PRIDE FLAGS, Tom Bessoir
10. TIME CRYSTALS, Abinadi Meza
11. INFERNO, I SAW YOU ON MY WAY TO THE GARDEN, Priyanka Das

SATURDAY NIGHT PROGRAM:
1. CASUAL TRIBUTE TO MARIE MENKEN, Rrose Present
2. SWERVE, Lynne Sachs
3. REFLECTIVE MEDITATION, Rosalind Schneider
4. CURLY'S THANKSGIVING, Bill Morrison
5. BIRTH, Erica Schreiner
6. BALLET ANEMIC, Siegfried A. Fruhauf
7. THE SUGARCANE LABYRINTH, Anne Senstad
8. THE SLOW LIGHT BETWEEN ABSENCE AND BELONGING, Phil Weisman
9. BUSINESS CASUAL, Matt McKinzie & Zach Cargie
10. REMEMBRANCE: A PORTRAIT STUDY, Edward Owens (recently preserved by the FMC!!)

NEON GUIDES ME in Bookshops and Libraries

We are happy to announce that NEON GUIDES ME is available at  Walther König & Cahiers d’Art Bookshop at Palais de Tokyo in Paris,  Dashwood Books in New York and Tronsmo Bookshop in Oslo, Norway.

Tronsmo Bookshop was praised by both Allen Ginsberg and The Financial Times as one of the best bookshops in the world. Read the story in FT on the worlds most brilliant bookshops here.

NEON GUIDES ME presents an index of Norwegian artist Anne Katrine Senstad's light and space practice through the spatial light sculpture installation works ELEMENTS I-VI with sound environments composed by JG Thirlwell (ELEMENTS IV-VI) and CC Hennix (ELEMENTS III BLUE). The book includes texts by acclaimed composer JG Thirlwell in conversation with media writer Patrick Rolandelli(US), composer, philosopher and mathematician C.C Hennix(SWE), author, artist and curator Sarah Walko (US), author and social-political anthropologist Marianne Solberg(NO), Art Historian Erik Meling, Professor of Architectural History and Theory Andres Kurg (EE), director Seinajoki Kunsthall Finland Sanna Karimaki-Nuutinen (FI), art historian, author and philosopher Dr Aura Seikkula (FI). Designed and published by Praun & Guermouche.

Contributing photography: Sarah Bauwens (BE), SHAO Yi (CHN), Samuli Kuusisto (FI), Anne Katrine Senstad

The publication and forthcoming presentations of Neon Guides Me and/or the artworks in the book have been made possible with support from Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Arts Council Norway Governmental Grant for Artists, Fond for Lyd og Bilde, Kunst og Ny Teknologi, Norske Billedkunstnere BKV, Fritt Ord, The Royal Norwegian Foreign Ministry, Emily Harvey Foundation New York and Venice, Italy.

NEON GUIDES ME has been collected by or acquired by these libraries and institutions:

The Museum of Modern Art Archives, Library, and Research Collections (ALRC)

The National Museum of Norway's Library collection

The National Library of Norway

The Musea Brugge Library serving 13 museums in Bruges, Belgium 

Nordnorsk Kunst Senter Library, Svolvær, Norway

Artica's Library in Longyearbyen, Svaldbard, Norway - the northernmost library in the world

Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York

The New York Public Library's Photography, Art and Prints collection 

Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn

The Haas Arts Library, Yale School of Art at Yale University, New Haven, CT

The Bobst Library, NYU, New York

Libraries at MIT, Cambridge, MA

School of Visual Art Library, New York

The Marquand Library, Princeton University, NJ

Fine Arts Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Sachsische Landesbibliotek Staats und Universitetsbibliothek, Dresden, Germany

Jamestown Art Center, Rhode Island, US

The Great Library of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt

Libraries at The American University in Cairo, Egypt

Jafet Library. The American University in Beirut, Lebanon

Galerie 8 + 4/Bernard Chauveau Editions, Paris

Atelier Carlos Cruz-Diez, Paris 

Rune Johansen Museum, Norway

Photo: The National Museum of Norway Library: New acquisitions wall.

We are proud NEON GUIDES ME is part of the private library of Atelier Cruz-Diez in Paris. The art work ELEMENTS I featured in the book was exhibited alongside Cruz-Diez's light and color work CHROMOSATURATION in the exhibition Through the Spectrum, 2018, including light and space artists James Turrell, Robert Irwin,Carlos Cruz-Diez, Leo Villarreal, Anne Katrine Senstad, Timo Nasseri, Nasser Al Salem and others.

Photo: Carlitos Cruz-Diez of Atelier Cruz-Diez. Photo by Anne Katrine Senstad

PALAIS DE TOKYO

Walther König & Cahiers d’Art, two key trademarks in the world of art, have created one of the largest art bookshops in Paris situated at Palais de Tokyo.