Anne Szefer Karlsen_Curatorial projects

Flaggfabrikken presenterer: For God’s sake Kate, where is the camera*commissioned presentations at Landmark/Bergen kunsthall, first Thursday of the months February, March and April 2008. Co-curated with Åse Løvgren. *SHOW TITLE, #266 BY STEFAN BRÜGGEMANN

Flaggfabrikken presenterer: The Confusion and Conquest Forum '07 commissioned presentations at Landmark/Bergen kunsthall, first Thursday of the months September, October and November 2007. Co-curated with Åse Løvgren.

m2 og tid - når solen treffer huset samtidig som det ringer på døren / m2 and time - or when the sun hits the house at the same time as the door-bell rings exhibition commissioned by SKINN - Samorganisasjon for Kunstformidling i Nord-Norge, traveling show. Participating artists Liv Ragnhild Kjellman (N), Michael Toke (CAN), Laurent Montaron (FR), Graw Böckler (GER) and Jacob Tækker (DK). Opening September 2007.

A Reply to a Work for the North Sea, Fedje, September 2nd 2007. Co-curated with Sissel Lillebostad and Malin Barth  (curate.no). 
Choir: Gneis, conducted by Tore Kloster.

Throw the stones back into the sea by Nina Jan Beier and Marie Jan Lund, commissioned for Flaggfabrikken presenterer:. Showed at Flaggfabrikken presenterer: at Landmark/Bergen Kunsthall May 3rd 2007 and Flaggfabrikken's stand at MC-messa May 7th 2007.

Dualities - Norwegian Contemporary Photography, Sol Mednick Gallery, Philadelphia, USA. February 9th - March 9th 2007. Co-curated with Malin Barth and Sissel Lillebostad. Participating artists Are Hauffen , Kjetil Kausland, Liv Ragnhild Kjellman and Heidi Nikolaisen,

Reiseblikk, Halden Kunstforening, Halden, Norway (January 27th - February 11th) / Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway (Spring 2007), traveling exhibition. Participating artists: Henry Carroll (UK), Olaf Knarvik (N), Anne Helen Mydland (N), Torunn Skjelland/Vigdis Fjellheim (N), Krstin Tårnesvik/Hilde Jørgensen (N), Maya Økland (N). Catalogue: texts by Anne Szefer Karlsen, Arne Melberg, Anne K. Bang and others. Images by participating artists, and presentations of other projects.

Return Flight, Rum46, Århus, Denmark (opening November 3rd 2006) / UKS, Oslo, Norway (Spring 2007) and other venues. Participating artists: Lars Nilsson (S), Sixten Therkildsen (DK) and Kristin Tårnesvik (N). All artists are commissioned to make new work, based on a two week workshop in New York City (June 2006).

Individual Communities, Video screening @ Monkey Town, Brooklyn, New York City. June 8th 2006. Participating artists: Bodil Furu (N), Mariken Kramer (N), Ane Lan (N), Peter Larsson (S), Kjersti Solberg Monsen (N), Jakob Nielsen (DK), Lars Nilsson (S), Ditte Lyngkær Pedersen (DK), Sixten Therkildsen (DK), Jakob Tækker (DK), Kristin Tårnesvik (N), Arne Vinnem (N).

Ibsen mens du venter/Ibsen while you're waiting, Public space, Bergen, Norway. May 2006. Participating artists: Patrik Entian/Ellen Røed, Øyvind Pål Farstad, Are Hauffen, Silje Heggren, Ellen Jakobsson, Jannecke Knudsen Heien, Rita Marhaug, Marianne Moe, Arne Skaug Olsen, Arne Magnar Rygg, Anne Skaansar and Ole Mads Vevle.

Design by Grandpeople.

PRODUKSJON / PRODUCTION, Telenor Kokstad, Bergen, Norway. April-June 2005. Participating artists: Jan Freuchen(N/Ger), Hanne C. Olsen(N) and Marius Mørch(N).

Flyer design by Grandpeople.

Fabrikken Asker Kunstfagskole's DEGREE SHOW, Anker Hotel Best Western, Oslo, Norway. May 2005.

Additional Information, Nøstegaten 52, Bergen, Norway. December 2004. Participating artists: Ellen Jakobsson (S/N), Morten Torgersrud (N), Einar Sneve Martinussen (N), Michael Smith (USA), William Wegman (USA), Skip Blumberg (USA), Brad Downey/Tim Hansberry/Quenell Jones (USA), Steen Møller Rasmussen/Lars Movin (DK), Artmark (USA), Oskar Östergren (S)

Evig og alltid kunstnerstyrt? / Always and forever artist run?, Hordaland kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway. December 2004. Participating artists: Lars Traegde (S/N), Annika Borg (N), André Marandon (N)

Bergart, Hordaland kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway. October 2004. Exhibition and artist talk. Participating artists: Paul Shambroom (USA) and Bathsheba Ratzkoff/Sut Jhally (USA)

Trasé - art on busses in Bergen, for Hordaland Kunstsenter and Gaia Trafikk AS, Bergen, Norway. March 2004. Participating artists: Flaggfabrikken - centre for photography and contemporary art (N)

videokunst/kortfilm (video art/short film), Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway. November 2002. Co-curated with Morten Kvamme. Particpating artists: Apecosmonautene (Norway), Per Teljer (Sweden), Michael Brundtup (Germany), Joern Utkilen (UK), Lars Marøy (Norway), Jannicke Låker (Norway), Marius Mørch (Norway), Siri Ekker Svendsen (Norway), Sean Reyard (Canada), Sølvi A Lindseth (Norway), Jan Freuchen (Norway), Sven Nydal (Norway), Endre Aalrust (Norway), Anu Lehtonen (Finland), Sixten Therkelsen (Denmark), Silje Heggren (Norway), Mattial Härenstam (Sweden), Geir Greni (Norway), Sean Garrety (Canada), Ole Mads Vevle (Norway), Anne F. Færesrand (Norway), Gabriella Carlsson (Sweden)