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Fotogalleriet and Vega Scene invite you to the premiere of the new film ‘The Square’ by artist Anders Eiebakke, with a subsequent panel discussion, Saturday 16 March, from 3PM.Book tickets here: https://www.vegascene.no/film/UAV20247811
The film, which is based on actual events, is the diary of a middle-aged man who is involuntarily drawn into a web of surveillance, infiltration and paranoia in a city that physically resembles Oslo, but could be anywhere in Western Europe. Beginning production in 2018, the film is an artistic investigation of the police’s intelligence work against activist communities in Oslo, which has, among other things, resulted in the artist’s expulsion from Oslo city center during the work on the film.
Consisting of historical material, own material filmed from the ground and self-produced drones, drawings, animations and 3D models, the film provides insight into how cities in Western Europe are increasingly characterized by the production of images that the public does not have access to, but which is used to map and regulate the public spaces in which we move.
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The film is in English and Norwegian with subtitles in both languages. The panel discussion will be held in Norwegian.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Anders Eiebakke (b.1970) first showed how civil society can use technology reserved for authorities when he flew his self-produced drones from Morocco over the border fence of the Spanish exclave of Melilla in North Africa. As an artist, has been operating his own drones, usually inspired by birds, since 2007 and his works reflect his political background from the radical left. Eiebakke’s pioneering artistic work with drones was shown at the European biennial Manifesta in 2010, and he has since challenged the understanding of legislation and power relations in technology with and delivered a decoration to the Norwegian Data Protection Authority based on drone technology in 2016. In 2018, he created an extensive, performative work based on on historical studies at PAM 18 in Munich where, among other things, he developed a robot peace dove that paid tribute to the German revolution in 1918.
In 2020, Anders Eiebakke produced the video suite 'The Park' for Fotogalleriet as part of the discursive artistic programme 'Lets Talk About Images 2.1.0', which reflected on the muddled history of the monumental Vigeland Park's and connected this to modern-day conspiracy theories and a fictional(?) pandemic. 'The Square' is the artist's first independent film produced for viewing outside a biennale or exhibition space format.
PANEL DISCUSSION
The premiere screening will be followed by a panel discussion. Participants will be announced continuously on Fotogalleriet and Vega Scene’s social media: @fotogalleriet_oslo and @vegascene.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The screening is part of an ongoing collaboration between the Fotogalleriet and Vega Scene regarding the screening of art films for a wider audience, and outside the gallery space. The program is coordinated by Vega Scene’s Head of cinema programming Truls Foss, Head of cinema communications Raghild Pedersen, and the Fotogalleriet curatorial team: Curator and Head of mediation and communications for Fotogalleriet Håkon Lillegraven, Curator and Head of Exhibitions Miki Gebrelul, and Artistic Director Antonio Cataldo.
The panel conversation is made possible with the support of The Fritt Ord Foundation (Stiftelsen Fritt Ord)
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VEGA SCENE, Hausmanns gate 28, 0182 Oslo, Norge,Oslo, Norway
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