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Jason Havneraas & Kjetil Berge – short film programme and artist talk

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Jason Havneraas and Kjetil Berge are doing a collaborative project during AMIFF 2020, where they retrospectively summarize their production from the High North over the last seven years. This in the form of an installation in the foyer of Harstad Kino during the entire festival 15 - 18 October, as well as a short film program with a conversation with the artists and curator Kristian Skylstad. The work will be joined together with a new video work, produced in Harstad, especially for AMIFF 2020, and which will be presented at the opening of AMIFF on 15 October.

Jason Havneraas (b. 1978) is an artist who works with photography, video and film. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, lives and works in Oslo. He took his BA in Photography from the University of Plymouth, UK, and his MFA at the Academy of Fine Arts in Trondheim. He has had a number of solo, duo and group exhibitions, including the Photo Gallery, Oslo, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Noplace, Oslo and The National Portrait Gallery, London.

Kjetil Ingvar Berge (b. 1957) is a Norwegian visual artist who works with video, photography and sculpture. He was born in Ølen, lives and works in London, Great Britain, but also spends a lot of time at Kvalnes in Lofoten. In 2006, he participated in the Havana Biennale in Cuba. Selected solo exhibitions are Oslo Kunstforening in 1997, Galleri MGM in 2001, LAUTOM contemporary in 2010 and the artist-run gallery Noplace in Oslo in 2013. He has his education from the Slade School of Fine Art in London (1987-1989), Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa i Portugal (1984-1985) og Bergens Kunsthåndverkskole (1982-1986). He has been purchased by The Arts Council in the United Kingdom, the National Museum in Oslo, Jyväskylä Art Collections in Finland, Oslo Municipality's art collections, the Embassy in London and the Norwegian Cultural Council.

Earlier Event: October 18
Jens Bjørneboe & det ondes problem
Later Event: October 18
HUMAN FLOW