Past Residents
Past Resident2021: Centre for Contemporary Art FUTURA, International Visegrad Fund
Valentýna Janů
Valentýna Janů’s suggestive installations often combine video work and immersive environments made from fabrics and other objects. They playfully address contemporary existential questions around technology, patriarchal systems and climate change. She is interested in exploring the relationships between the individuals’ daily struggle and the condition of a globalized world.
Valentýna Janů has exhibited work at National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic; Futura Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic; and EXILE Gallery, Wien, Austria, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Fall Open Studios
November 13, 2021
Valentýna Janů, NEWS, 2020, HD video, 6:15 min. Courtesy of the artist
Valentýna Janů, I'm Sry, 2018, installation view at the National Gallery Prague. Courtesy of the artist
Valentýna Janů, Is Your Blue the Same as Mine?, 2018, HD video, 12:00 min. Courtesy of the artist
Valentýna Janů, Hair Flip, 2021, 4K video, 12:00min. Courtesy of the artist
Valentýna Janů, Who Looks Out of the Window, 2021, installation, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist
Residents from Czech Republic
Past Resident2021: OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Marie Nerland
Marie Nerland’s independent curatorial practice involves writing, making, lecturing and performing. She is the founder of Volt, a long-term curatorial initiative that commissions and presents new projects by contemporary artists. Past projects have taken the form of exhibitions, sound art, performances, as well as publications, lectures, seminars, workshops and reading circles, all taking place in a wide variety of different locations and in public realm.
Marie Nerland has curated work at Volt, Bergen, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Fall Open Studios
November 13, 2021
Every Ocean Hughes, Help the Dead , 2019, live art project at Volt 2019. Photo by Thor Brødreskift
Erick Beltrán, The Image of Power: A Bergen Parade, 2019, performance at Volt 2019. Photo by Thor Brødreskift
Rabih Mroué, Chalk Outlines, 2019, exhibition at Volt 2019. Photo by Kobie Nel
Cecilia Jonsson, Mareograph, 2018, installation at Volt 2018. Photo by Cecilia Jonsson
Marie Nerland, The Imaginary Reader, 2016, Edited by Marie Nerland, published by Volt. Photo by Thor Brødreskift
Past Resident2021: Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin
Alona Rodeh
Alona Rodeh’s cross-disciplinary practice includes creating immersive environments that combine movement through light and sound, public art projects, sculpture, video works, publishing, and more. Fueled by an interest in the material cultures that shape the built environment, her work focuses on the omnipresence of artificial illumination in the public sphere and its influence on humans and non-humans alike.
Alona Rodeh has exhibited work at Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel; Salzburg Art Association, Austria; and Kunstpalais Erlangen, Germany, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Fall Open Studios
November 13, 2021
Alona Rodeh, The Old Moon in the New Moon's Arms, 2021, prints on Latex mounted on existing windows of la Chaufferie of Fondation Fiminco, Paris, 350 × 900 in. (889 × 2286 cm). Photo by Martin Argyroglo
Alona Rodeh, The Long Stretch, 2020, MDF, metal, polycarbonate, dibond, anti-slip tape, bollard, cigarettes, tire, and LED lights, dimensions variable. Photo by Philipp Friedrich
Alona Rodeh, Architecture of the Nights, 2019, video installation at Kunstpalais Erlangen, Germany, dimensions variable. Photo by Ludger Paffrath
Alona Rodeh, Rachid (from the Safe and Sound Poster Series), 2015, video installation, 47 × 27 in. (119.38 × 68.58 cm). Photo by Vlad Margulis
Alona Rodeh, Above and Beyond, 2013, sound and light installation at CCA Tel Aviv, dimensions variable. Photo by Elad Sarig
