Velkommen til lansering av Metode + LIAF 2024 vol. 3 “Currents” torsdag 13. februar kl.18.00 – 20.00 på ROM for kunst og arkitektur!

The starting point for the Open Call for experimental essays, launched in March 2024, was Kjersti Solbakken's curatorial approach to use LIAF as a platform to take a closer look at local stories, archives, collections, and conditions that can help uncover our recent history. The Open Call asked how have artists, curators, philosophers, and art theorists used local heritage for current critiques. How can this tendency be historized and theorized? Which projects are forgotten forerunners in the arts-based turn to local heritage? How do contemporary art practices negotiate between art, cultural and/or natural heritage to provide ethical remedies for the challenges that lie ahead?

Metode vol. 3 «Currents» consist of seven experimental essays written by Miriam Sentler, Martin White, Sol Archer, Alena Beth Rieger/Jumana Manna/Drew Snyder, Åsne Kummeneje Mellem/Tarja Tuulia Salmela/Gyrid Øyen, Ian Callender/Yueyang Luo/Ann Wang, and Elisabeth Brun/Katja Pratschke/Gusztáv Hámos.

In addition, Alison Burstein, You Nakai and Sigbjørn Skaaden were invited to write key essays for this third volume of Metode. These were launched during the opening weekend of LIAF in September.

The launch can also be followed via stream.