Gard Andreas Frantzsen (NO)
Malmö, kan jag erbjuda dig något?
5-28/2 2016

Curator: Elias Björn

Through a long and steady process private companies have almost entirely taken control over the images and visual expressions that appear in urban public spaces. Today it comes down to who pays the most.

Is it possible to imagine that this could be overthrown by a call from citizens so that they can use public space for more artistic expressions? An example of this could be that artists and other citizens were offered designated surfaces in urban public spaces where they could express themselves freely, and that individuals were given priority over commercial businesses. Citizens would be empowered by their user participation in society. Or is this just a banal utopia?

Gard Andreas Frantzsen works with artistic projects in public urban spaces, and the works in the exhibition can be seen as encouraging more reflections on whom we want the city to be for and how we want it to appear. Frantzsen has created a new work especially for the exhibition that he wants to offer Malmö and visitors of the exhibition, inviting them to contribute to his project.

Gard Andreas Frantzsen (b. 1976) is an artist and curator based in Bergen. Frantzsen is a graduate from the MA programme in Fine Art at Bergen Academy of Art and Design. He also holds a BA Honours in Photography from University of Westminster, School of Media, Arts & Design. His latest projects and exhibitions include: Galeria Rajatila, Tampere (curator); WIZARD, Oslo (group show); CirkulationsCentralen, Malmö (curator); Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo (assistant curator); The Norwegian Centre for Design and Architecture (DOGA), Oslo (group show); Podium, Oslo (duo show with Øivin Horvei), Preus Museum (group show); Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo (group show).