Norwegian artist A. K. Dolven to produce a new live performance for the University of Bristol

As part of celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of University College Bristol, Dolven’s performance will feature students and staff as well as members of the wider community, and will respond to the University’s collections, networks and spaces. In the lead-up to the event, she is engaging with the University’s Special Collections and working directly with the participants who will form part of the performance.   

A K Dolven writes that the performance will be ‘about care, trust, people together, meeting another person, passage of time and sharing. What can we do in the world we are part of these days? Take care of each other I find is a good start.’ 

The project aims to foster collective creative engagement while highlighting the University’s Cultural Collections and raising awareness of the new exhibition gallery within the Arts and Social Sciences Library. 

For information and to express interest in participating in the performance please visit Public Art at the University of Bristol  

A K Dolven lives and works in Oslo and Lofoten, Norway. Dolven’s practice involves a variety of media: painting, photography, performance, installation, film and sound. Interpersonal relations and interactions are central to her practice, and many of her performance-based works involve collaborations with other people. Recurring themes in her production are the representation of natural forces and their resonance with human sensibilities. Her work alternates between the monumental and the minimal, the universal and the intimate. A K Dolven has exhibited extensively internationally at a wide range of institutions and galleries including: Kunsthalle Bern; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; IKON Gallery, Birmingham; Platform China, Beijing; The National Museum of Art, Oslo; KIASMA, Helsinki; CCC Tours, France and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.