Matilde Westavik Gaustad: Upsilon Andromedae b (2022), frieze, tapestry, wool and cotton, woven on hand loom. Courtesy the artist.
We are pleased to invite you to the opening of Matilde Westavik Gaustad’s solo project exhibition Inferno, Thursday 23 June at 7 pm!
Matilde Westavik Gaustad is the third artist presented in the series of three solo project exhibitions at Kunsthall Trondheim, on the occasion of this year’s Hannah Ryggen Triennale. The exhibition series shows artists connected to Trøndelag whose artistic practices engage with textiles in different ways.
Warmly welcome!
Opening program:
From 7.30 pm
Gregorian chant by ensemble Schola Sanctae Sunnivae. Conductor: Anne Kleivset.
7.40 pm
Opening speech by Katrine Elise Pedersen, Interim Director Kunsthall Trondheim
Speech by curator Kaja Grefslie Waagen
The exhibition opening lasts until 9 pm.
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In parallel to the series of solo project exhibitions, Kunsthall Trondheim presents the group show Unweaving the binary code – Hannah Ryggen Triennale. The series is supported by Posten Moderne. Matilde Westavik Gaustads’s exhibition is supported by Arts Council Norway and Trondheim Municipality.
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Matilde Westavik Gaustad
Matilde Westavik Gaustad was born in 1987 in Trondheim, where she now lives and works. She is a visual artist who holds an MFA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (2016). Gaustad works with handwoven textile and video, focusing on the strange and sometimes unpleasant aspects of the relationship between humans, animals and technology. Her work has been shown recently at Heimdal Kunstforening, 2022, Høstutstillingen (The Autumn Exhibition), Norway in 2021 and 2018; Kunstmuseet Nord-Trøndelag, 2019, Norway; Nils Aas Kunstverksted, Norway, 2018; BOA, Norway, 2019, and Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Denmark, 2016. Her works are part of the collection of KORO, Kunstmuseet NordTrøndelag, and The City of Oslo Art Collection.
Schola Sanctae Sunnivae
The Trondheim ensemble Schola Sanctae Sunnivae is one of the few ensembles that preserves Gregorian chant related to Nidaros and Norwegian medieval history. The ensemble has initiated restoration and documented large parts of the Gregorian material that is preserved from Nidaros which is now part of a collection at the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen.
The ensemble consists of 12-14 trained female singers. Since the start in 1992, Anne Kleivset has been conductor and artistic director. In 2009, the ensemble was appointed a pilgrim choir associated with Nidaros Pilegrimsgård.