What is the lifespan of an artwork, and what traces do artworks leave behind?
Acid Prints collector, and the reason these wonderful objects are on display at Kunsthall Trondheim, Stig Gjerstadli is joined by Kunsthall Trondheim's own Dag Olav Kolltveit for a special guided tour of the exhibition. Together they will focus on the stories of how Stig came to have these prints and Trondheim's art collecting history. You will also get to hear more about Dag Olav's process in making the new ghost images, together with the young participants from our potato printing workshop in February, which will be kept as a time capsule at the Kunsthall.
Stig Gjerstadli at the frame Shop RAMM noticed these mysterious transfers when reframing old pictures, and started collecting them. Like photographic negatives, these "ghosts" appeared as inverted versions of their source artists’ prints and provide a time capsule, recording decades of environmental conditions through their unique chemical imprints. In this way, these unplanned transfers have become artifacts in their own right, born from a conversation between art and its host environment over time.
Ghost images include impressions transferred from original artworks (possibly) by: Håkon Bleken, Odd Harrong, Ramon Isern, Per Kleiva, Ilse Claesson, and Axel Salto.
LANGUAGE: Norwegian
WHEN: Saturday, May 24th, 12.00 pm–1.00 pm, free entry
ACCESSIBILITY: 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.