Underskog

Ytter has teamed up with London based artist collective Gandt for the 1st Bergen Biennale at Landmark and Entrée Friday, 30 April 2010.

The Bergen Biennale is part of Ytter’s contribution to Vestlandsutstillingen 2010.

The Bergen-based collective Ytter joins together with London-based collective Gandt to produce The Bergen Biennale 2010: The Most Important Art Event This Decade. On Friday, 30 April 2010, Bergen sees the advent of a two-fold event beginning at Landmark – Norway’s unique venue for genre-breaking art – with a publication launch featuring Gandt (London/L.A.), Me & My Friends (Zurich/London), The Mock and Other Superstitions (London), Alphabet Prime (Stockholm). Performances by USF Verftet Artist in Residence Jenny Moore Koslowsky (London/Winnipeg), performer/writer/artist Patrick Coyle (London), alongside a performative video installation by Jason Underhill (Los Angeles). A durational performance entitled WORK by Sophie Risner (London) will take place throughout the evening. Landmark’s very own Culture Club is a proud sponsor of the first Bergen Biennale, providing food, drink, and a critically engaged atmosphere for debate and discussion.

The second part of the much anticipated Bergen Biennale 2010 will take place at Entrée, Bergen’s newest and freshest artist-run gallery including performances by Agnes Nedregaard (Bergen/Glasgow), Midskills (Tromsø), a continuation of Patrick Coyle’s “100 Red Exercise Books,” carrying into the night with a concert by the Boogey Boys (Bergen/Etc.), and DJ set by studio collective Flaggfabrikken’s current Artist in Residence Santiago Mostyn (New York).

Ytter and Gandt come together as a naturally evolved but pivotal crux in the visioning of The Bergen Biennale 2010, a one-night stand with both an exciting international program, and the dynamic art scene of Bergen – “the old town with a young mind.”