Radio Momentum

There are moments when you spend time with family and moments with friends. Then there are those moments, that you can only experience with Gudskul, where we gathered in the curator's flat, laughing, singing, exchanging ideas, and thinking together.

This is the second part of the conversation with Gudskul members who participated in Momentum and its curator Mechu Rapela. Hosted by our regular radio host and one of the curators of Momentum Wei Ting Tseng.

There are moments when you spend time with family and moments with friends. Then there are those moments, that you can only experience with Gudskul, where we gathered in the curator's flat, laughing, singing, exchanging ideas, and thinking together.

This is the first part of the conversation with Gudskul members who participated in Momentum and its curator Mechu Rapela. Hosted by our regular radio host and one of the curators of Momentum Wei Ting Tseng.

The artists Margrethe Pettersen, Line Solberg Dolmen, and curator Ebba Moi have shared an intimate insight about the process of the exhibition "Samtaler med det som renner dypt".

For their MOMENTUM 12 collaboration, a hidden creek in Jeløya will be made accessible through listening, intervention and movement in the landscape. The process explores fluidity - various bodies and movements of water, as well as underground and overground networks. Inspired by and in collaboration with the surroundings (sounds, stream, trees, plants, polypores, lichens and mushrooms), they will create a site-responsive work. A map handout with notes for guidance invites the audience to an outdoor sensory experience near Galleri F15

For this episode on Momentum Radio, we would like to introduce one of our partners in the project “The Artist is Present. Contemporary art residencies in schools” together with Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art.

Tenthaus has been main partner in the project “The Artist is Present. Contemporary art residencies in schools” together with Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) since November 2022. Seven Latvian artists have initiated residencies in schools and Tenthaus collective has been supporting the process through a dynamic exchange. The aim is to develop a stable contact between professional artists and local schools in Latvia.

While so far their interactions have happened online, Latvian artists in the project took part in Momentum 12 in June. On this occasion they had an anticipation of the Summer school, happening in Valmiera in August 2023. During the Summer School the artists together with Tenthaus artists facilitated workshops together for the local kids and youth; Momentum 12 was a place for experimentation and gathering between the Latvian artists, Tenthaus and other biennial participants. In Momentum 12 we open possibilities for inspiring encounters, creating a third space for creativity and resourceful experiences to further develop artistic collaborations during the Summer School.

Radio Momentum shares with you a conversation by curator Jacky Jaan-Yuan Kuo and artist Lin Junye from Fotobook DUMMIES Day 傻瓜書日, about the on-site specific artwork called "Bread and Butter Bookshop". The conversation is hosted by Wei Ting Tseng.

Fotobook DUMMIES Day focuses on image, self-publishing, and locality, with a practice of connecting communities, facilitating dialogue, and using unconventional exhibition spaces.

This time, they open up the Galleri F15 Library, which is usually closed to the public, to turn it into an on-site specific artwork called "Bread and Butter Bookshop". They use reading, chatting, and self-publishing to spark a conversation: Is the desire to own a photobook similar to buying bread or butter for daily consumption?

This is a conversation between curator Belén Santillán and artist Gabo Camnitzer about his work "50 Million Windows" at Momentum 12, hosted by Wei Ting Tseng/Zeng.

50 Million Windows is a collaborative drawing project inspired by the trailblazing public grade school teacher, Albert Collum's prompt to his students from 1963: "Draw every window in New York City." In the project’s first installment, the summer youth camp at Queens Museum (2021) attempted to draw New York City’s current 50,000,000 windows, while discussing what a window really is: where the word comes from ("wind-eye"), what differences in kinds of windows from neighborhood to neighborhood signify, and how our relationship to our windows changed over the course of COVID.

During Momentum 12, we invite you to look through the windows of this gallery and draw every window in Moss.

For today’s program, I am really excited to share the conversation with the curator Matilde Balatti and the artist of Momentum 12 Jaanus Samma, about the curatorial process of the exhibition “National Utopia”.

National Utopia presents two sets of harnesses and jockstraps that are inspired by traditional patterns from Norwegian folk costumes. Just like many Norwegian folk garments nowadays, these items have also been made by local craftsmen in Estonia.

Kabila Stéphane had a presentation of his curatorial work, including his period in LOCA. He also brought some LOCA journals. Stéphane Kabila is a Congolese curator and researcher working throughout the African continent. He is collaborating with Livingstone Office for Contemporary Art in Livingstone, Zambia, and Centre d’art Waza of Lubumbashi. He recently received an MA in Curatorial Studies from the Faculty of Fine Art, Music, and Design at the University of Bergen.

Stéphane Kabila is a member of the Lubumbashi working group of Another Roadmap of Arts Education Africa Cluster, a network of researchers and practitioners investigating the history, policies, and possible alternative practices in arts education. He is the co-founder of NidjeKonnexion, a support platform for young artists in Lubumbashi. At the University of Lubumbashi, he is the coordinator of Cogito Litteris, an association, and publication run by students of the Faculty of Letters and Humanities.

Three days before the opening of Momentum 12, I had the opportunity to join Stephanie Lüning and the curator Stefan Schröder at the P1 mobile studio for a relaxed chat. As our acquaintance deepened, we delved into our personal experiences, and I hope that you, too, can share in the intimacy of our conversation as Stephanie and Stefan opened up about their connection with art, and the curatorial process of “Collectivity Paintings, no. I & II Momentum Biennale and Island of Foam (version no. 24)".

For MOMENTUM 12, Stephanie Lüning is developing two projects. The first is a series of Collectivity Paintings created from ink derived from plant-based waste such as beetroot, onion, and walnut collected from Galleri F15 restaurant and birch and apple tree barks from local farms. The second project is site-specific foam actions made from rainwater and collected water waste around the exhibition venue.

In 2023 there will be approximately 20 Art Biennales that vary in size. With the “Embassy Project”, we are initiating a platform that invites these biennales to have their own embassy in Momentum12.  Tenthaus´ practice is about making bonds,  this extends into the Embassy project; creating a web of connections into an ecosystem of practice and knowledge exchange, and establishing a beginning for future opportunities for collaboration.  Each biennale is invited to share a glimpse of their process, project, or practice with each other and the respective public.

And for today’s episode, we would like to share a conversation with one of the curators of Singapore Biennale 2023, Binna Choi, hosted by Tenthaus curators, Ida Uvaas, Mechu Rapela, Belen Santillan, Wei Ting Tseng, Matilde Balatti, and Ebba Moi.

We had a great opportunity to talk to Binna Choi, at Singapore Biennale’s office at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark. In this episode, you'll discover what inspired Choi to curate the biennale, how they selected the participating artists, and the themes that emerged from the exhibition. You'll also learn about the curators' creative process, the challenges they faced, and their vision for the future of the biennale.