Program for Kulturnatt 2023:
3–8 pm: Exhibition opening
4–4.30pm: Exhibition tour
8–11 pm: Opening party AUDIO/VISUAL
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3–8 pm: Exhibition opening
Kunsthall Trondheim presents Acid Rhythms, a group exhibition celebrating women’s pioneering image-processing and early computer animation videos. Beginning in the late 1960s, artists working in video became impassioned about the possibilities of camera-less image creation. The artists’ works mark the ways in which rhythm became an important site of interpolation between the body and the emerging computational machine, from improvisational psychedelic environments to multi-layered ballet dancers bringing focus to form, technique and precise choreography. Collectively they illustrate the range of possibility that this important experimental moment in the history of new media art was steeped in, whilst demonstrating the direct origins of many visual cultures around us today.
4–4.30 pm: Exhibition tour
This tour will give a brief introduction to the conditions that made it possible for artists in the late 1960s to create video without the use of a camera, and how the legacy of this fruitful period in video art history lives on today.
8–11 pm: Opening party AUDIO/VISUAL
To celebrate the opening of Acid Rhythms, Kunsthall Trondheim will open its doors into the night complimenting the amazing video work with electronic music from the same era.
AUDIO/VISUAL features hits from early electronica like Kraftwerk through to Synth-pop and New Wave icons of the mid-late ‘80s like A-ha, Depeche Mode and Bronski Beat. Soak in the sounds and dance into the night with contemporary art as your backdrop. Refreshments can be purchased at our bar.
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Acid Rhythms is organized by Helena Shaskevich & Joe Rowley.
Still from Copper Giloth, Ballyoid Cardioids, 1979
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Important information:
Kunsthall Trondheim has a stair-free entrance from street level, is wheelchair accessible and has a lift. Public disability parking is available right outside our entrance. Upon arrival, you will be greeted by our host at the reception. At street level, there is an accessible restroom, and another restroom is located on our lower floor.
If you have any special requirements, please send us an email to office@kunsthalltrondheim.no or call us at (+47) 485 00 100, and we will be more than happy to help make your visit as easy and rewarding as possible.