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Video ART, Bjørg Taranger at Erarta Museum & Galleries of Contemporary Art 24.4.2013
Video art , Bjørg Taranger at ERARTA
One and only video performance of Norwegian artist Bjørg Taranger in Saint Petersburg!
Her production focuses on site specific video installations and large scale projections in public spaces. Her work can be characterized as an on-going investigation on traveling, - both in a physical and mental matter. Conflicting elements of urban life, human welfare and social politics are essential. Bjørg Taranger was educated at Bergen National Academy of Art (98) and L'Ecole Régionale des Beaux Art de Nantes in France (97). Her works are widely exhibited nationally and abroad ( Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, England, Netherlands, Argentina, Uruguay and Australia).
Besides her own practice, she is one of the founding partners of the video group DOPPLER (2012-), an experimental art platform for free projects in the city scape. She is also one of the founders and member of the editorial board of Kunstjournalen B-post( 2006-) an annually published journal on contemporary art. Each issue discusses current themes through commissioned texts and art projects. Currently she is in production of new works of her ongoing project VideoWalks, and upcoming projects with DOPPLER.
The exhibition is supported by The University of Bergen and Bergen City Council International Art and Culture Exchange Grant
