Detroit Kunsthalle, ‘MølleØy - the workshop’ (2022)
temporary performative monument (Kjetil D. Kristensen, Araiz Mesanza, Alessandro Marchi, David Böhm, Jiří Franta, Ondřej Buddeus, Ian Mikyska, Tomáš Moravec, Kristina Fingerland, Kateřina Jirsová, Sayed Sattar Hasan, Marie Sieberová, Nikola Březinová and Šárka Zahálková)
presentations, talks, mini-workshops, videos, sounds, risos, performative monuments and walks
'MølleØy - the workshop’ are the inaugural chapter of the project ‘MLÝNSKÝ OSTROV’ (2022-2024) created by Šárka Zahálková and Kjetil Detroit Kristensen for the cultural organisation GAMPA / Centrum pro otevřenou kulturu in Pardubice (CZ) and partner institution Detroit Kunsthalle (NO)
'MølleØy - the workshop’ - hosted by Detroit Kunsthalle, with apperances and presentations at 'the Detroit Kunsthalle site Stranda', Studio17, Kunstskolen i Stavanger and Preikestolen
credits: Espen Birkedal and Studio17-crew, Birgithe Solstrand and &soWalter (usw.), Caris Dempster
Arrival Sunday September 18, departure Saturday September 24
Detroit Kunsthalle feat. Centre for Open Culture | Nord-Jæren
Rogaland 2022
still from video of performing a temporary monument at Detroit Kunsthalle
Rogaland 2022
Kjetil D. Kristensen, ‘If You Do Not Love Me I Shall Not Be Loved’ (2022)
slide show + ZIP files
web installation (a slide show, a image, and some downloadable zip-files)
1920 x 1080 pixels - size may vary depending on screen
‘If You Do Not Love Me I Shall Not Be Loved’ consist of a slide show bearing the same title (37:44 min, loop) and several appropriated and re-mediated archival images presented as downloadable zip-files containing printable works of art; 'Untitled (dreamed I was an eskimo)' (2805 × 1865 pixels), 'If You Only Knew the Darkness Of the Days Ahead #2' (2480 × 3437 pixels), 'Please Kill Me' (3289 × 2252 pixels), 'My Heart Is Closing Like A Fist' (3336 × 2401 pixels) and 'To the Muse (You look so good when you’re lonely)' (3187 × 2132 pixels)
created for the online exhibition series 'The Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances' (2021-2022) curated by Maija Rudovska, Amy Mackie and Tina Rigby Hanssen in collaboration with Blind Carbon Copy (LV), Parse Nola (US), Kongsberg Kunstforening (NO) and Vestfold Kunstsenter (NO)
credits: Erling Knudsen, The Norwegian Polar Institute
launch Thursday January 13, on display to February 28
hosted by Blind Carbon Copy, Riga
world wide web 2022
screenshot - www.asefcc.org
world wide web 2022
Kjetil D. Kristensen,'Eternally Lost, Forever Gained' (2020)
temporary and participatory monument
installation: textile, tape, rope, wood, pontoon, metal, plastic, paint, plus announced Open Call for the city of Pardubice
120 m2
'Eternally Lost, Forever Gained' consist of an open call together with a temporarily transformed swimming spot by the Elbe in the Na špici park
created for 'Tvárnost Paměti (Malleable Memory)', curated by Šárka Zahálková for Gampa / Galerie města Pardubice
credits: Erling Knudsen, Josef Čevora, Offcity
workshops created with Nikola Březinová
opening reception Saturday August 22, on display to
October 11, Na špici park
Pardubice 2020
installation view by the Elbe in the Na špici park
Pardubice 2020
Duckert Detroit (feat. Brage Sunde and Dev Dhunsi), 'Blue Chip Baby' (2020)
Duckert Detroit is a collaboration between Kjetil Detroit Kristensen and Helene Duckert, the exhibition 'Blue Chip Baby' also featured collaborative
works by artists Brage Sunde and Dev Dhunsi
installation: sculpture, print, jewellery, painting, photography, textiles, text, readymades, cane by Henning Linaker
55 m2
materials: mixed media (shortlist: aerosol spray, aquarelle, glue, tape, bamboo, human hair, various paper, various plastics, cardboard, Tuborg
cans, two component eco-epoxy, wood, glass, water, neon and indigo pigment, OxyContin, rubber, 18k gold, cotton, aluminum, distress hand flare)
performative reading from the sculpture How to Make It in "America" Selected Works 2020-2025 (2020) at the opening night by
Duckert Detroit, texts by Geir Haraldseth, Tommy Olsson and Olga Schmedling
credits: Erling Knudsen, Geir Backe Altern, Sayed Sattar Hasan, Scott Joseph, Prosjektskolen, Fellesverkstedet, Norsk Fotofagskole
opening reception Friday March 6, closed a few days later due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Norway
Babel Visningsrom for Kunst
Trondheim 2020
'Blue Chip Baby' - Babel Visningsrom for Kunst
Trondheim 2020
Kjetil D. Kristensen, 'Moinument' (2019)
temporary and participatory monument (with satellites and events)
rope, wood, metal, paint, aerosol spray, embroidery on textile
462cm x 278cm x 354cm
Moinument satellites: a series of riso prints on neon paper titled 'Vi bygger landet' (We Build Our Country, 2019), three embroidered flag
installations titled: Enevelde (Autocracy, 2019), Blod er tykkere enn vann (Blood Is Thicker Than Water, 2019) & Korsvei (Crossroad, 2019)
satellite events: opening reception with knowlegde production on Moi's moinumental art history by local historian Per Christoffer Salvesen, the workshop-exhibition 'Kunstner for en dag: Neste generasjon i norsk samtidskunst' created together with kids from the municipality's elementary schools & the 'Moinumental Gatefest' - street party created together with residents from the local asylum reception centre
'Moinument' (2019) was part of 'FLOOD_2019' initiated by Rogaland Kunstsenter and
Lund municipality for Dalane Festival of Culture
credits: frontline workers at NorDan AS, Benjamin Hickethier - &soWalter (usw.)
opening reception Saturday March 16, on display
to March 23, Lundetun
Moi 2019
'Moinument' - Dalane Festival of Culture,
Moi 2019
Kjetil D. Kristensen, 'detroit kunsthalle ist eine konvention' (2018)
installation, 3 or 4 new works
risography, photography, aquarelle, tape, rope, magnum bottle neck, plastic wrap, mooring
system: steel, lead, polypropylene & polyurethane
end of the artist in residence period at AiR Sandnes
credits: Benjamin Hickethier - &soWalter (usw.)
opening reception Thursday 13 December, on display
to December 21, AiR Sandnes
Sandnes 2018
installation view AiR Sandnes,
Sandnes 2018
Detroit Kunsthalle (Kjetil D. Kristensen, Sayed Sattar Hasan, Nicholas John Jones and
Mathew Lacosse), 'Detroit Kunsthalle Under New Management' (2018)
performance & exhibition
aquarelle, video, aerosol spray cans, half face respirator mask, plastic sculptures, sand, marker pen on paper, painted
wood sign, performance: one hour panel discussion/desecration of DKH
part of 'AiR West Coast 2018' - a residency within a residency, at Frida
Hansens Hus in Stavanger, initiated by Detroit
Kunsthalle with support from Studio17
credits: Espen Birkedal
opening reception Thursday 27 September, on display
to October 6, Studio17
Stavanger 2018
post-performance view Studio17,
Stavanger 2018
Kjetil D. Kristensen, 'A Retrospective Refuge of the Practice-Based Research Process' (2018)
exhibition (in the artist’s studio)
video, photography, aquarelle, glass, wood, rope, magnum bottle neck, plastic wrap, suitcase, cargo strap, tech: laptop, projector,
self-powered speakers, mixer, cables,
opening reception with introduction by Apolonija Šušteršič, launch of graduate catalog with introduction by curator Stefan
Schröder, closing reception with conversation between Kjetil D. Kristensen and Bo Krister Wallström, satellite exhibition to
the MFA-show 'Traust' (2018) at Oslo National Academy of the Arts
credits: Tone Bjerkaas
opening Thursday 31 May, on display
to June 3, Lokomotivverkstedet
in Middelalderparken
Oslo 2018
installation view Lokomotivhallen - Middelalderparken,
Oslo 2018