Fire at Bromstad Farm, Trondheim, 20 March, 1955. Photo: Schrøder/Sverresborg Trøndelag Folk Museum
Tongues of Fire
22.2—5.5.2023
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
Welcome to the opening of the group exhibition Tongues of Fire on Thursday 22 February at 7 pm. In response to Kunsthall Trondheim's 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.
Read more about the exhibition here
The exhibition is curated by Adam Kleinman and Katrine Elise Agpalza Pedersen.
The exhibition is supported by The Fritt Ord Foundation and The Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute (FINNO).
Opening program
19:00—20:45 Exhibition opening
19:15—19:20 Welcome by Director Adam Kleinman
19:20—19:30 Opening speech by of Trondheim Mayor Kent Ranum
19:30—19:40 Partner speech by Museum Director Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum Ingrid Lunnan Nødseth
19:40—19:45 Thank you by Curator Katrine Elise Agpalza Pedersen
From 20:30 Opening party DISCO INFERNO at TYVEN
A warm welcome to this spring's fiery exhibition in the city's old fire station – and afterparty at TYVEN!