Atopia comes from the Greek noun a-topon, which means without a place. The name describes the conceptual core of Atopia in addition to its special focus on film and video art.
Atopia is an experiment, a research project, a laboratory for film and video art, and a room for connections, collaborations, as well as confrontations.
Atopia was founded in June 2003 by the following four artists:
Born in Trondheim, Norway, 1965
Lives and works in Oslo and Brussels
Works with Painting and Photography
Education:
1995-96 Post-diplôme - Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSB-A) Paris (Statens Kunstakademi,Paris / Frankrike)
1989-95 Diplôme National Supérieure d’Arts Plastiques (DNSAP) Paris (Master i Billedkunst)
1988-89 Paris American Academy, Paris
1986-88 Fransk Mellomfag, Universitetet i Trondheim
1984-85 Elen Ofstad vgs. Estetiske fag, Trondheim
Other artists become involved with Atopia periodically. Greg Pope worked with us in 2006-7, and Linn Lervik has been working with us since 2007, and Nina schjønsby since 2008.
Through its various projects Atopia has organized exhibitions, screenings, forums and seminars as well as publications, inside and outside of Norway. We have created a grass-roots network of artists surrounding Atopia and have become a base for information and advice for artists working with film and video in Norway.
During the past 6 years Atopia has developed into a professional center for film/video art in Oslo, and it is now an umbrella for several ongoing projects focused on artists’ film and video works.
Coordinator: Farhad Kalantary
Assistant and Project Leader for “Traffic” project: Linn Lervik
Project Leader for “Retrospective Exhibition” project: Nina schjønsby
with the Sponsorship of:
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond Prosjektstøtte (2005)