PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) is a monthly peer-discussion group for creative people. It offers a friendly, informal hub for practitioners to meet, share and discuss works in progress. Each session accommodates up to three participants who would like to receive feedback on a current project.
Participation in PDF is free. The event will be conducted in English.
PDF #60 will take place at LNM (Landsforeningen Norske Malere / The Norwegian Association of Painters). We’re delighted to be joined by LNM’s director, Randi Thommessen, who will open the session by inviting feedback on a curatorial project currently in development. The exhibition, working title Anerkjennelse, nysgjerrighet og fellesskap (Recognition, Curiosity, and Community), takes as its starting point the Norwegian National Museum’s adoption of these three terms as part of its New Public Management-aligned core values. The discussion will explore how these concepts might be activated, questioned, or reimagined within a curatorial and artistic framework.
This session is especially relevant for artists, curators, researchers, and others interested in exhibition-making, institutional critique, and the evolving relationship between cultural values and public institutions, as well as dialogues surrounding contemporary painting.
Book Your Place
Applications are warmly invited both from those who’d like to present and discuss works in progress, and from those who’d simply like to contribute to the discussion and learn about the PDF format. Booking is essential. To reserve a place please email pdf@praksisoslo.org
PDF Structure
Each presenting participant has about 30 minutes to share and discuss their work in progress. PDF’s focus is on development rather than reviewing outcomes, so please do not bring finished works or projects to the table. To help us stick to our schedule, please select a single work or self-contained project for presentation.
Practicalities
Works in progress can be shared by bringing in physical works as well as presenting a slideshow, reading or performance, or adopting any other suitable communication strategy. A projector and laptop will be made available. PDF encourages variety and experimentation, so please get in touch if you have questions about the format or special requirements.
More About Randi Thommessen
Prior to taking on the role as director of LNM (The Norwegian Association of Painters), Randi Thommessen worked as a curator at Trondheim Kunstmuseum, where she held the position from 2015–2019. Between 2007 and 2012, she founded and ran the artist-run space LAUTOM Contemporary in Oslo. Thommessen holds an MA in Curatorial Practice from the Bergen Academy of Art and Design, and a background in fine art from Central Saint Martins in London.
More About LNM
LNM – The Norwegian Association of Painters is a professional membership organisation and artist-run gallery dedicated to painting. Located in the heart of Oslo, LNM provides a vital platform for emerging and established painters alike, promoting critical dialogue and showcasing diverse approaches to the medium. LNM also advocates for the rights and working conditions of artists, contributing to policy and public debate around art and culture in Norway.
More About PDF
PDF’s monthly events offer a constructive space for artists, curators and writers to share and discuss their current practice. Its goal is to enable cultural practitioners to learn what other creatives are up to, speak about their own work and share their perspectives. It is open to individuals at all career stages and every participant’s contribution to the group is valued.
Support PDF
PDF is only partly funded by the Norwegian Arts Council. As with all of PRAKSIS’s activity, we intend to keep it free and open to all. If you’ve enjoyed taking part in PDF or have benefitted from some other feature of PRAKSIS’s programmes, please consider supporting us via www.patreon.com/praksisoslo. Every small contribution - for instance, the cost of a cup of coffee a month - helps us keep our programmes going.
About PRAKSIS
PRAKSIS is a non-profit arts catalyst that 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.
