Podium in Oslo Hosts Night Under the Park, Launching Reader for 2021 Valkyrie Plass Happening
At Oslo's Hausmania cultural centre, Podium hosted an event titled Night Under the Park to honor a reader who chronicled the 2021 gathering, Under The Park. This previous occasion featured performances and discussions at the now-closed Valkyrie plass T-bane station. The gallery recreated the station's ambiance, showcasing a 1985 Bik Bok advertisement and a "Valkyrie plass" sign. The reader's compilation includes pieces from 2021 along with a text by editor Gustav Elgin. The evening began with a performance by Cypriot artist Krista Papista, followed by a DJ set from Dahir Hussein (GLOBALDRAMA). Jan Verwoert delivered a lecture-performance on "fatal fashion," and Adam Khalil presented New Red Order's Never Settle (2020). Additionally, research materials from Sara Eliassen were exhibited.
Key facts
- Podium in Oslo hosted Night Under the Park, a weekend programme launching a reader tied to the 2021 happening Under The Park
- The 2021 event bused audiences from the Vigeland Museum to the disused Valkyrie plass T-bane station, which closed in 1985
- Gallery decor included a 1985 Bik Bok advertisement, a Farris bottle, a sled with Christmas gifts and a lit "Valkyrie plass" sign
- Editor and art historian Gustav Elgin contributed a text to the reader on the underground becoming surfaces and commodities
- Krista Papista performed Friday in a bell belt and bridal veil, playing bouzouki over hyperpop with a reggaeton beat
- Dahir Hussein (GLOBALDRAMA) DJed after Papista's set in the gallery courtyard
- Jan Verwoert, theory professor at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, gave an updated lecture-performance on "fatal fashion"
- Adam Khalil screened New Red Order's Never Settle (2020) and discussed it with Verwoert
- Sara Eliassen initiated Under the Park; her research materials, including books by Alberto Toscano and Franco "Bifo" Berardi, were displayed
- Podium occupies the same building as the Hausmania cultural centre
Entities
Artists
- Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa
- Jan Verwoert
- Lesia Vasylchenko
- Nikhil Vettukattil
- Irmgard Emmelhainz
- Adam Khalil
- Gustav Elgin
- Krista Papista
- Dahir Hussein
- Sara Eliassen
- Jenny Holzer
- Gustav Vigeland
- Alberto Toscano
- Franco "Bifo" Berardi
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- Martin Heidegger
- Oswald Spengler
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- Albert Camus
- Alexander Dugin
- Hedda Grevle Ottesen
Institutions
- Podium
- Vigelandmuseet
- Hausmania
- Kunstakademiet i Oslo
- Kunsthøyskolen i Oslo
- New Red Order
- Paper Tiger TV
- Bik Bok
- Farris
- GLOBALDRAMA
- Kunstkritikk
Locations
- Oslo
- Norway
- Valkyrie plass
- Cyprus
- Berlin
- Germany