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31-25-6+1 Performance at KODE 2, Saturday April 20th

Photo: Julie Daae

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Photo: Matus Kalas

Corporeality -performance by Karen Eide Bøen and me, in Torild Stray´s exhibit at Bergen Kjøtt, Saturday April 20thimage

Photo: Pavana Reid

Exhibited the photo series Det er berre hår/It´s only hair, in the group show I AM MY WORLD at NOoSPHERE ARTS, New York City, opening March 1st

Did the performance Let´s Dance - the Valentine Blind Date at After School Special, Landmark, Bergen, February 14th.

Exhibited the videopiece Stillness is the Move at BYOB, KNIPSU November 16th. 

http://knipsu.no/byobb/

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A guided soundwalk Photo: Kurt Johannessen

October 6th PerformanceSaturday at Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, together with PAB (Performance Art Bergen) members,  Kurt Johannessen, Agnes Nedregård, Sigmund Skar and Karen Kipphoff.  

http://issuu.com/sfkm/docs/opningsprogram/17

Photo from a guided soundwalk at Lufthavna Performance Laboratory, Galleri 69 and MIR, Oslo, September 8th

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Photo from the performance Making Connections at NOoSPHERE Arts NYC.

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July 13 I will be doing the performance In Preparation of What Comes Next

July 20 Play Date with Austin Vaughn and Justine de Penning

July 11th is the opening of the exhibit “And the World Cracked Open” at NOoSPHERE galllery. Paintings by Sol Kjøk and Anki King. Performances by me July 11, 13and 20 at 7pm. 251 East Houston Street, New York

Photo from Play Date

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Currently in Brooklyn, NY, working with Jill Sigman on Hut #7.

Photo from performance on May 17th “syttende mai”, an exploration about home and national identity. 

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1 year ago 

Two and two persons that do not know each other, are invited to dance together for one hour. The playlist consist of a variety of music, including the participants own favourite songs.

(Source: vimeo.com)

1 year ago 

From the series  Det er berre hår/ It´s only hair

2004-2014

photo: Lars Petter Pettersen

1 year ago 

Performance, Central Park, NYC May 17th 2011

(Source: vimeo.com)

1 year ago 

A first meeting between percussionist Elisabeth Nesset, and me.

An improvised exploration in how deep the listener can dive into the soundscapes the musician creates.

(Source: vimeo.com)

1 year ago 

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31-25-6+1 Performance at KODE 2, Saturday April 20th

Photo: Julie Daae

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Photo: Matus Kalas

Corporeality -performance by Karen Eide Bøen and me, in Torild Stray´s exhibit at Bergen Kjøtt, Saturday April 20thimage

Photo: Pavana Reid

Exhibited the photo series Det er berre hår/It´s only hair, in the group show I AM MY WORLD at NOoSPHERE ARTS, New York City, opening March 1st

Did the performance Let´s Dance - the Valentine Blind Date at After School Special, Landmark, Bergen, February 14th.

Exhibited the videopiece Stillness is the Move at BYOB, KNIPSU November 16th. 

http://knipsu.no/byobb/

image

A guided soundwalk Photo: Kurt Johannessen

October 6th PerformanceSaturday at Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, together with PAB (Performance Art Bergen) members,  Kurt Johannessen, Agnes Nedregård, Sigmund Skar and Karen Kipphoff.  

http://issuu.com/sfkm/docs/opningsprogram/17

Photo from a guided soundwalk at Lufthavna Performance Laboratory, Galleri 69 and MIR, Oslo, September 8th

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Photo from the performance Making Connections at NOoSPHERE Arts NYC.

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July 13 I will be doing the performance In Preparation of What Comes Next

July 20 Play Date with Austin Vaughn and Justine de Penning

July 11th is the opening of the exhibit “And the World Cracked Open” at NOoSPHERE galllery. Paintings by Sol Kjøk and Anki King. Performances by me July 11, 13and 20 at 7pm. 251 East Houston Street, New York

Photo from Play Date

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Currently in Brooklyn, NY, working with Jill Sigman on Hut #7.

Photo from performance on May 17th “syttende mai”, an exploration about home and national identity. 

image

Two and two persons that do not know each other, are invited to dance together for one hour. The playlist consist of a variety of music, including the participants own favourite songs.

(Source: vimeo.com)

From the series  Det er berre hår/ It´s only hair

2004-2014

photo: Lars Petter Pettersen

Performance, Central Park, NYC May 17th 2011

(Source: vimeo.com)

A first meeting between percussionist Elisabeth Nesset, and me.

An improvised exploration in how deep the listener can dive into the soundscapes the musician creates.

(Source: vimeo.com)

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About:

Performance Artist
based in Bergen, Norway

CONTACT
ellaferoy(at)gmail.com

In a constant search for the Moment of Movement.

In her work Elisabeth Færøy Lund creates different settings for a first meeting. Whether it is a first meeting between the audience and her in the gallery room, between random people she approach out on the street or between the invited participants in her performances, she encourages the audience to participate actively.

BIOGRAPHY

Born 1980 in Stranda, Norway

lives and works in Bergen

Education:

2004-2007 BFA, School of Photography, Gothenburg University, Sweden

2006 exchange at Intermedia and Cyberarts, Concordia University, Montreal

2003-2004 Assistent for Peter Løchstøer

2002 Assistent for Dag Alveng

2000-2001 Photography and Photojournalism, Arbeiderbevegelsens Folkehøgskole,

Ringsaker

Exhibitions:

2013: March, I AM MY WORLD, curated by David Gibson, NOoSPHERE Arts, New York City

2013: February, After School Special, performance, Landmark, Bergen

2012: October Performancelaurdag, Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Førde

2012: September Lufthavna Performance Laboratory, Galleri 69/MIR, Oslo

2012: July "And the World Cracked Open" exhibit at NOoSHPERE Gallery, with Sol Kjøk and Anki King

2012: Performance in Jill Sigman/thinkdance Hut #7, St.Nicks Alliance, Brooklyn, New York

2012: Performance Art Bergen, lansering, Landmark, Bergen

2011: Urban Kvae Festival, Galleri 69 and MIR, Oslo, Norway

2011: Marked, Bergen Kjøtt, Galleri Kronborg, Bergen, Norway

2011: Performance, Central Park, New York

2011: Kvae Festival, Låssbyn, Sweden

2010: Prøverommet, Landmark, Bergen, performance with Øyvind Skarbø, Norway

2010: Performance at Fett Magazine release, Landmark, Bergen, Norway

2010: Vestlandsutstillingen, Kabuso, Øystese, Norway

2010: “Konst och Arbete” Galleri Box, Gothenburg, Sweden

2009: Festival Artist, Kulturgytinga, Tafjord, Norway

2007: Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo and Trondheim Art Museum, Norway

2007: BFA exhibit, Röda Sten, Gothenburg, Sweden

2007: Jubileumslounge, Gothenburg ArtHall, Sweden

2007: “Remebering, Molto, Debris, Gather, Mass, Terrain,etc ” performance via streaming, VAV Gallery, Montreal and Gallery Monitor, Gothenburg, Sweden

2006: Soloshow, Galleri Kalvehagen, The Storfjord House of Culture, Stranda, Norway

2006: “Nyhet”, Galleri Monitor, Gothenburg, Sweden
2004: “1972-1982”, Galleri Monitor, Gothenburg, Sweden

Membership:

PAB Performance Art Bergen

Grants:
2012: Amercian-Scandinavian Foundation
2012: Bergen kommune, International Cultural Exchange
2007: Otto och Charlotte Mannheimers fond

Publications:

FETT magazine # 2010, Norway

Femkul magazine #3 2007, Sweden

Iljas Feministiska bildalmanacka 2006, Normal Förlag, Sweden