Anton Benois, Film still from The Living Object
PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) is a monthly peer-discussion group for creative people. It provides a friendly, informal hub for practitioners to meet, share and discuss works-in-progress.
PDF session 32 welcomes artist Anton Benois to start our monthly round table sharing event. Anton will be discussing his current practice which includes, the exploration of ex-patriotism via animal proxies, working with photographs stolen from the archives of the Soviet space agency (which he purchased on eBay). Following discussion of Anton’s work in progress, all participants will have the opportunity to present their own works in development.
PDF is free to join and held in English (due to its transnational setting).
Book Your Place
There are 8 places for this session and booking is essential. If you are curious about PDF but don't necessarily want to show anything (yet) feel free to come and see what goes on.
To reserve a spot please email: pdf@praksisoslo.org
PDF Structure
Each participant has around 20 minutes to share their current artistic activity. PDF’s focus is on works and ideas in progress, so please do not present finished works or projects. Projects in development can be shared in a number of ways, for example; showing physical works, slideshows, readings, performances, or any means which suitably communicate ideas. A projector and laptop is available for the group to use throughout the session. PDF encourages variety and experimentation, so please get in touch if you have any questions or requirements.
More About PDF
PDF is a constructive monthly group session which provides space for artists, curators and writers to share and discuss their current practice. It is an opportunity to learn what other creatives are up to, speak about your own work and share perspectives. PDF is open to individuals at all career stages and values each participant’s contribution to the group.
About Anton Benois
Anton uses the perspective of an outsider, migrant, amateur explorer and anthropologist to explores origin stories and moments where self, object and place converge. He looks to see what happens in border zones, where fragments of locality are most visible. Recent solo shows include Mutations at Telemark Kunstsenter (2021), Living Objects at Babel Visningsrom (2021) and Permanent Vacation, Podium (2020). In 2019 he received a Master of Fine Art from Trondheim Academy of Fine Art.
Support PDF
PDF is partially funded by the Norwegian Arts Council. As with all of PRAKSIS’s activity we intend to keep it free and open to all. In order to help make this possible, we ask those who value PRAKSIS’s activity to consider supporting us via www.patreon.com/praksisoslo.
About PRAKSIS
PRAKSIS is a non-profit arts catalyst that develops interest, knowledge, confidence and careers. It fosters creative practice and knowledge production through collective activity and the exchange of ideas, skills and information. PRAKSIS seeks to establish dialogue between artists, thinkers and organisations locally and internationally, at all career stages, and across diverse cultures and disciplines.
