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HAPPY HOLIDAYS from CAS!

Happy Holidays and a huge THANK YOU for an incredible year – it's been a formative one for us here at CAS, and has encompassed many changes and accomplishments. We're proud to have featured 40 articles, reviews, and interviews by 28 writers, artists, and curators.

As 2015 comes to a close, we spotlight some of the our favorite articles from the last year including an essay focusing on Bill Viola's artwork Tristan's Ascension, a treatise on feminism and design, a conversation with Elin Melberg and Lars Morell, interviews with artists Aurora Passero and Pedro Gomez-Egaña, a transcribed lecture exploring the influence of Japanese aesthetics in the artwork of Frida Hansen, and a review of Stavanger-based artist Tove Kommedals exhibition dEFINISJONSMAKT / OG.

This year again, the creative community has shown extraordinary support and generosity to CAS. Thank you for making CAS possible, and we are excited to continue to provide critical discourse on the arts in relation to Stavanger in 2016!

BILL VIOLA'S GESAMTKUNSTVERK?/!

CAS Editor Astrid Helen Windingstad elaborates on the work of American artist Bill Viola through a focus on the artist's major work Tristan's Ascension (2005). Read the full article, here.

BILL VIOLA Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain under a Waterfall), 2005. Color High-Definition video projection; four channels of sound with subwoofer (4.1). Screen size 580cm x 326cm. Performer: John Hay Photo: Kira Perov

FEMINISMEN TAR FORM

Guest writer Kristina Ketola Bore explores the relationship between feminism and design practice. Read the full article, here.

Bang. Feministisk Kulturtidskrift. Photo: Bastion – Agency Studio Lab

MAID'S MEDIUM: A CONVERSATION WITH LARS MORELL AND ELIN MELBERG

Artists Lars Morell and Elin Melberg speak with CAS Editor Heather Jones about the exhibition Maid's Medium at Prosjektrom Normanns. Read the full article, here.

Lars Morell, Maid’s Medium, 2015, Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger. Photo: Jan Inge Haga.

INTERVJU: AURORA PASSERO

CAS Editor Marte Danielsen Jølbo interviews artist Aurora Passero about inspiration, tradition and technique in her practice. Read the full article, here.

Foto: Aurora Passero

INTERVIEW: PEDRO GOMEZ-EGAÑA

CAS Editor Heather Jones speaks with Gomez-Egaña about his recent experience in Stavanger, his trajectory from music to visual art, and his engagement with time as a sculptural material. Read the full article, here.

Pedro Gomez-Egana (COL/NO) - The History of Velocity. Photo: Tommy Ellingsen.

FRIDA HANSEN OG JAPANISMEN

The National Museum's Director of Applied Arts and Design Widar Halén's transcribed lecture from Stavanger Art Museum discusses the influence of Japanese aesthetics in the artwork of Frida Hansen. Read the full article, here.

Katagami, i Andrew Thuer, The Book of Delightful and Strange Designs, London, u.a. antagelig 1890, Nasjonalmuseet.

HØRER DU KRÅKA

CAS Editor Astrid Helen Windingstad reviews Stavanger-based artist Tove Kommedal's exhibition dEFINISJONSMAKT / OG at Hå Gamle Prestegard. Read the full article, here.

Tove Kommedal, dEFINISJONSMAKT, Credit: Kenneth Varpe

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Bill Violas Gesamtkunstverk !/?

Jeg har ved flere anledninger sett folk gråte foran et videoverk av den amerikanske kunstneren Bill Viola. Det overrasker meg like mye hver gang fordi verkene ikke appellerer emosjonelt til meg. Bill Viola er uten tvil en av vår samtids mest internasjonalt kjente videokunstnerne. Noen mener at en faktor for dette er hans bruk av moderne teknologi. Han bruker videoteknologi som "Time-lapse", "slow motion", og reversering til å "forme" tiden i sine arbeider. Å sette ned hastigheten er blitt Violas signaturteknikk.

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Maid's Medium: A Conversation with Lars Morell and Elin Melberg

Norwegian artist Lars Morell recently collaborated with Prosjektrom Normanns in Stavanger to present the exhibition Maid's Medium, a grid-like installation of painted panels and dangling sculptural silhouettes. The works combine to create an immersive environment that casts a somber and mysterious mood over the space its audiences. CAS Editor Heather Jones speaks with Morell and Prosjektrom Normanns member Elin Melberg, who curated the exhibition.

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