Øystein Ekroll. Photo: Lars Eirik Skjærseth/ NRK
Tuesday 19 March you are invited to join archaeologist Øystein Ekroll for a glimpse into his natural habitat at the NIdarosdomen archive in DORA. Øystein will be guiding participants round the stacks charting the history of Nidarosdomen and Trondheim through the stones that built it. History will unfold through the burn marks of fires stretching back to the 1600s, on stones quarried in the 1200s, but formed over millennia.
Please note that the tour will be held in Norwegian.
The tour is free and open to all, no registration required.
We meet at DORA Entrance A.
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Øystein Ekroll
Øystein Ekroll is a medieval archaeologist and Associate Professor (Ph.d.) at Nidaros Cathedral Restoration Workshop, under the National Competence Center for Listed Stone Buildings. Ekroll is one of Norway's foremost experts on stone buildings from the Norwegian Middle Ages and is known for his engaging tours and brilliant storytelling.
During the spring of 2024, we invite you to no less than four guided tours with Øystein:
Sunday 3 March at 1:30 p.m
Exhibition tour of Tongues of Fire in Kunsthall Trondheim
Tuesday 19 March at 1:30 p.m
Tour of Nidaros Cathedral's archives at DORA
Saturday 13 April at 1:30 p.m
Tour of the Bygghytta at Nidaros Cathedral Restoration work
Sunday 5 May at 1:30 p.m
Historic city walk. starting point is outside Kunsthall Trondheim in Søndre gate.
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In response to our home building's former life as a fire station, and Trondheim's history as a city shaped by blazes whose traces are still present in its design today, this group exhibition brings together artists who have been deeply touched and transformed through the challenges manifest in the burnt and burning. Hailing from diverse generations and backgrounds, these individuals converge to explore how flames have served as agents of change across time and space.
Archival photographs document Kunsthall Trondheim’s home building's former life as a fire station nearby images of key fires in the city's history. One such fire, which consumed parts of the Archbishop's Palace in 1983, is represented through a collection of early 20th century stone gargoyles and other grotesques that once adorned the adjacent Nidaros Cathedral until they were scorched in that event. This incident altered their color and texture from cool stone-gray to a rust-like encrusted orange. These carvings find reflection in several other objects on loan from the Cathedral dating back to the 12th century. Each, in its own way, bears witness to Trondheim's connection to both the burnt and the burning.
The participating artists are Anna-Kaisa Ant-Wuorinen, John Gerrard, Noémie Goudal, Lungiswa Gqunta, Agnieszka Kurant, Ana Mendieta, Tuda Muda, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Gala Porras-Kim, The Atlas Group in collaboration with Walid Raad, Hannah Ryggen, Sin Wai Kin, and Thu Van Tran.
Read more about the exhibition
The exhibition is supported by The Fritt Ord Foundation and The Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute (FINNO).