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Open Call

In Open Call the relationship between art, the people and the municipality is put to a test. An artist gets the commission to create an artwork to mark the city jubilee. With “participation” as method, a group of citizens of Oslo joins the project. They are asked to develop and present their own art proposals under the guiding principles “trust, creativity and joyful collaboration”. Together the group will come to a joint conclusion of the best artwork for the city. The project develops into a tragicomic dystopia when the artist attempts to please the municipal bureaucracy as well as multifaceted public.

Top Cast

  • Nosizwe Baqwa

    Nosizwe Baqwa

  • Hedda Eirin Østberg Faldet Louise Löwenberg

    Hedda Eirin Østberg Faldet Louise Löwenberg

  • Ole Asgeir Madland

    Ole Asgeir Madland

  • Ole Petter Ribe

    Ole Petter Ribe

  • Paweł Stypuła

    Paweł Stypuła

  • Sille Storihle

    Sille Storihle

  • Charlie Beck Solvær

    Charlie Beck Solvær

  • Desiree Bøgh Vaksdal

    Desiree Bøgh Vaksdal

Overview

In Open Call the relationship between art, the people and the municipality is put to a test. An artist gets the commission to create an artwork to mark the city jubilee. With “participation” as method, a group of citizens of Oslo joins the project. They are asked to develop and present their own art proposals under the guiding principles “trust, creativity and joyful collaboration”. Together the group will come to a joint conclusion of the best artwork for the city. The project develops into a tragicomic dystopia when the artist attempts to please the municipal bureaucracy as well as multifaceted public.

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