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Land Art Museum - Hestøya
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMME
Land Art Hestøya is an art project and an artist in residence-program that extends an annual global open call invitation to land artists worldwide who would like to come and create unique works of land art on Hestøya island, a remote island situated at Lund in the municipality of Namsos in Norway. The participating artists contribution will become part of a living collection of land art that will blend in with the island's natural landscape. The project aims to transform the entire island of Hestøya into a living museum and an inspiring platform dedicated to land art.
ONLINE ARCHIVE AND GALLERY
In conjunction with the physical art collection and land art projects on the island, we have an online archive that showcase photography and film documentation of the art works and the processes around the work created on the island.
WHY CURATE EVERYTHING ON AN ISLAND?
Today land art remains largely inaccessible to the general public due to the dispersed nature of its installations in remote locations. By creating a permanent exhibition of land art on the island of Hestøya, the museum and the art form can attract a broader audience. The project seeks to elevate land art as a medium and nature as an important platform for artistic expression.
RETHINKING THE CONCEPT OF A MUSEUM
Through Land Art Museum Hestøya we aspire to make you rethink the concept of a museum. By uniting our passion for art, nature, and environmental conservation we seek to shed light on the interconnectedness between art, nature and humans and how art can inspire us to preserve and safeguard our natural heritage. By redefining the concept of a museum we believe we can make land art and the dialogue around the importance of land art available to a wider audience.
Land Art Hestøya is an art project and an artist in residence-program that extends an annual global open call invitation to land artists worldwide who would like to come and create unique works of land art on Hestøya island, a remote island situated at Lund in the municipality of Namsos in Norway. The participating artists contribution will become part of a living collection of land art that will blend in with the island's natural landscape. The project aims to transform the entire island of Hestøya into a living museum and an inspiring platform dedicated to land art.
ONLINE ARCHIVE AND GALLERY
In conjunction with the physical art collection and land art projects on the island, we have an online archive that showcase photography and film documentation of the art works and the processes around the work created on the island.
WHY CURATE EVERYTHING ON AN ISLAND?
Today land art remains largely inaccessible to the general public due to the dispersed nature of its installations in remote locations. By creating a permanent exhibition of land art on the island of Hestøya, the museum and the art form can attract a broader audience. The project seeks to elevate land art as a medium and nature as an important platform for artistic expression.
RETHINKING THE CONCEPT OF A MUSEUM
Through Land Art Museum Hestøya we aspire to make you rethink the concept of a museum. By uniting our passion for art, nature, and environmental conservation we seek to shed light on the interconnectedness between art, nature and humans and how art can inspire us to preserve and safeguard our natural heritage. By redefining the concept of a museum we believe we can make land art and the dialogue around the importance of land art available to a wider audience.
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