Marianne Bjørnmyr and Stian Hansen present new works during the Bodø Biennale, through the duo exhibition Cul-de-sac in the K building at Nyholmsundet.

30.08 - 08.09 2024
Opening hours: 12.00 - 16.00 daily.

Arrival at the exhibition at Nyholmsundet:
Bus transport from the city center to stop Mælen.
Use city bus number 4 (towards Oksebakken) or Regional bus no 400 towards Skaug. Departure every 30 min.

There is available parking if arriving by car.

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The K building is a large, well used and abandoned industrial building, located on a hill overlooking the sea. The two Bodø-based artists are presenting new works during the biennale. The space stands in contrast to the traditional, clean gallery space, and invites a raw, contemplative experience. In addition to this exhibition, both Hansen and Bjørnmyr show site-specific works outdoors in the center of Bodø, during the biennale.

In her practice, Marianne Bjørnmyr works with photography and casts, with areas of interest at the intersection between photography's relationship to history, material culture and different takes on the worldview. Her work addresses the structures and "mistakes" that underpin visual storytelling. Visibility and invisibility, behavior and chance, science and phenomena are recurring motifs. The starting point for the work presented at the Bodø Biennale is based on specific events from Bodø, which are transformed through research into an exhibition format.

Stian Hansen works in his practice within painting and sculpture where the idea often dictates the medium he uses. His work explores themes such as perception, illusion and abstraction with references to the everyday and art history. The starting point for the work presented at the Bodø Biennale an expansion of the concept of landscape painting by exploring natural materials that have undergone abstraction in various ways.

Hansen and Bjørnmyr both have undertaken their art educations abroad, and have since returned to Bodø.