TW1 NOW AND AFTER

TW1 – 2008 a series of international site-specific art works along the street of Pedersgata. The project had a workshop in March, showing in June and from July and throughout the year some of the artwork can be seen:

Mariela Limerutti (Argentina) The artist made drawings of the facades of selected houses of Pedersgata to then engrave these on the ground and pathway in front of the houses. They are to be found in Pedersgata number 9, 16, 27, 29, 30, 38, 42, 46, 49, 51, 54, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 73, 84, 86. The work is related to the tradition in some cultures where drawings in front of houses are believed to function as a protection of the home.

Helge Olav Øksendal (musician, Stavanger) and Ingouf Vincent (musician, France) CD can be both at Tou Scene Music Shop or listen to samples at www.touscene.com or Tou Scene Cafe. The musicians made a composition for the route between the city centres of town to Tou Scene. The artists made sound recordings in the area sample and process the material and then “gave it back” by re-installing the composition in a new context.

Christian Gauss and Moritz Groba (Germany) are architects who work and live in Stavanger. When they arrived in the city, they first moved into Pedersgata. In TW1 they designed, built and placed 2 sculptures in Pedersgata 96 and Pedersgata 110 that will be standing through the year.

Simona Ferrari, Trond Kasper Mikkelsen and Sigrun Vik Olsen, (Italy, Norway). An architect and two visual artists who have founded the group SVOP/T (2006) working primarily with interventions that modify the experience of spaces and cityscapes. Their main project for TW1 was about transportation, movement and visibility.

Pedicab could be rented or booked by contacting geir [at] touscene [dot] com

Mona Orstad Hansen (visual artist, Stavanger) and Torunn Larsen (art historian, Stavanger) presented ”Grassroots” - a utopias-political art project at Nytorget. Nytorget is currently an area of transformation. The project wants to squat the site and make it a car free zone for a limited time period. Open until 30 August.

Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens, Eliane Kordys, Kjetil Røed, Nils-Thomas Økland and Rune Aase. Their art performance is documented thru www.touscene.com/touworks. Catalogue with in depth coverage will be published late 2008.

Tou Works 1 is in collaboration with Stavanger2008 European Capital of Culture. Curators Anne-Marte Eidseth Rygh and Johanna Tuukkanen Producer Geir Lindahl