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Corner Store °1: Linn Henrichson + Bladr
A selection of artists’ books
4.5.–16.6.2024
Urtegata 36
Tue–Fri 10–16 (sometimes later)
Bookstore opens Sat 4.5.2024 at 16.00 followed by a concert with Tatu Rönkkö 18.00
Corner Store houses a series of events, inviting a variety of artists to present thematic selections of publications in a temporary bookstore at Urtegata 36. The space has a long history of being a social meeting place. A local dairy named Meieribolagets Varer opened in 1917 and was a regular stop for people from the neighborhood. A Pakistani bookstore used to share the premises with Blank Blank design studio, which has been located at the address since. Through creating a temporary bookstore followed by events, Corner Store series serves as a framework for fostering dialogue around the sharing of knowledge, history and a neighborhood.
The first edition of the series is curated by artist and graphic designer Linn Henrichson (FIN). With an artistic approach to the task, Henrichson has responded to the project by curating a selection of artists' books from the archive of the Copenhagen-based bookstore and exhibition space Bladr. Odes to publications will be visible through textile and printed artworks inside and outside of the space during the project period. Tatu Rönkkö (FIN) will perform an improvised concert on the opening night on May 4th.
Linn Henrichson (born in Helsinki, Finland, 1993) is a visual artist and graphic designer, working within the fields of painting, textile production, and printmaking. With an MA in Visual Communication from Konstfack in Stockholm (2020), Henrichson’s practice has developed around multidisciplinary image-making, allowing new forms to emerge through experimental combinations of different techniques and media. She works with a visual language that is as much telling and suggestive as it is inclined towards abstraction. The use of collage is a central element in her work, and her pieces often involve elements of both digital and manual crafts. Drawing inspiration from scientific imagery, her work revolves around themes of distortion and explores the relationship between the organic and the artificial.
Bladr is an artist-run bookstore, exhibition space and platform for artists’ books, based in Copenhagen. They initiate workshops, screenings, performances, book launches, talks, and other events, with a mission to increase the visibility of artists’ books and foster a larger community. By exploring the artists’ book and how it is interlaced with various art disciplines, Bladr seeks to facilitate the potential of the art form and provide a platform for artists working with the book as their medium.
Tatu Rönkkö (b.1983) is a Helsinki based sound artist and percussionist that uses found objects as instrument. He has played improvised solo concerts around Europe in people’s kitchens, forests, art museums, churches, catacombs, in a hardware store, in a cave, gas station and other off sites. “Any object is an instrument” is his philosophy to making experimental percussive music. Besides his solo work Rönkkö has performed/recorded with such artists as Nils Frahm, K-X-P, Efterklang, Liima, Lasse Marhaug, Gyda Valtysdottir (Mum), Islaja and Ilpo Väisänen (Pan Sonic).
Blank Blank is a design studio based in Urtegata 36, in Oslo. Blank Blank works on graphic design commissions and independent projects. Fascination with books and print making has resulted in several self-published projects and exhibitions. More info at: blankblank.studio
Corner Store shelf system is designed by Enrique Roura and crafted by Luís Alves.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
urtegata 36, 0187 Oslo, Norway, Urtegata 36B, 0187 Oslo, Norge,Oslo, Norway