Stavanger secession

Join us for a conversation between three artists and a curator participating in the inaugural edition of Stavanger Secession; Blackhaine, Anette Gellein, Sandra Vaka and Clémentine Deliss. This choral panel discussion will offer diverse insights on the theme of secessionism, including Peter Wessel Zappfe’s influence on American avant-garde literature, the dark underlying humour of Sandra Vaka’s straw series and Clementine Deliss’s museum of transgression. What constitutes a break from tradition or normalcy?

The panel discussion will be moderated by Pierre-Alexandre Mateos and Charles Teyssou, curators of Stavanger Secession and organisers of the Art Basel Paris Conversations program.

The conversation will start at 4pm in the museum's auditorium
At 3:30 curator and director Hanne Beate Ueland will give an introduction to the exhibition Waves and Moons - Siri Aurdal and Synnøve Anker Aurdal

ABOUT STAVANGER SECESSION

Stavanger Secession, an experimental platform for artistic dialogue and installation, is an annual International Curatorial Festival opening inaugural edition between June 21 - July 14, 2024. The festival invites artists, thinkers, musicians and filmmakers to explore the concept of secessionism through art installations, discussions and performances.

Headlining programming and events is organised in collaboration with leading partners, including Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Norwegian Petroleum Museum, TOU, Jonas Thor Architecture, Eastside and Galleri Opdahl, and will take place across the city’s main public institutions.

The inaugural edition of Stavanger Secession features renowned national and international artists including Bjarne Melgaard, Lili Reynaud Dewar, Yngve Holen, Anette Gellein, Sandra Vaka, Patrice Melgaard, Clémentine Deliss, Rob Kulisek and Jone Kvie.

The opening weekend is an intensive 2-day excursion across the city of Stavanger, hosting talks, screenings and performances, and an anchor, month-long exhibition at TOU Ølhallene showcasing eleven artists from June 22 through July 14. The 2024 edition acts as a metaphorical and distant portrait of Stavanger based on three of its most prevalent historical and cultural characteristics; the local 19th century painter, Lars Hertervig, and his metaphysical landscapes, Quaker culture and its love of machines, and the salt of modernity: oil, and the many forms it generates.

(Text: Stavanger Secession)