Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Pulse 23.10

Oslo cultural life is pulsatingJand you get your update of it nowJ

1. The first event which opens the Pulse is a theatre performance “Invandrer” by Andy Smith. As the artist says himself ” innvandrer is an entertaining and engaging performance work that attempts to tell stories and recount the experience of movement from one country to another: of my move to Oslo and Norway, my thoughts and experiences of that movement, and my struggles with communication in this new context. The work will be performed in Norwegian with a little english, exploring the limitations and problems of language, as well as ideas of migration and immigration today”
So why not take all the knowledge you gained at your Norwegian lessons with you and go to UKS at Lakkegata 55 D
On Wednesday 24th of October at 19.00
It’s free of charge.
2 The next event to be announced is a Norwegian movie at Cinemateket. The “Junk mail”. This black comedy, with the not so reliable Roy as the protagonist, deals with love, hot money, cold spaghetti, karaoke and involuntary good deeds. Roy is a wreck of a love-starved mailman ruled by curiosity, a mean streak and a mighty ability to find himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. The movie is screened with the Norwegian subtitles. It’s on Thursday 25.10.2007 at 16:30
And it’s free of charge.

3. The event I’m going to talk about now is not free of charge, so it’s on the category of “low-budget” it’s a concert of mentioned earlier in the SIN program band Shctimm.
It’s at Mono on Monday, 29th of October at 21.00
The entrance fee is 70kr.


4. The last event on the Pulse programme today is another theater performance “Look at me! Look at me! : Confessions of a controversial shock artist”. In this performance lecture Kate Pendry will reveal some of the secrets and lies behind the scenes of her work, the violent reactions, the small victories over madness, how she deals with bad reviews and the curse of believing in your own publicity. Room for questions + answers, with prizes for interesting questions.
It’s on Mon 29. Oct 2007At 19:00, Teaterscenen Chateau Neuf
And according to the official site of Det Norske Studentersamfundet it’s free of charge

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Pulse 16.10

Your weekly update of cultural life in Oslo comes here and nowJ
1. The first event on the Pulse agenda is a “seminar about Chinese art”. The seminar “ArtEduChina in Norway 2007” is focusing on the development of Chinese Art.
“The History and Development of the Chinese Artists Association” and “Chinese Painting: its tradition and its development into contemporary art” are just some of the topics covered by the seminar.
It’s tomorrow at the National museum Kristian Augusts gt. 23, 8 floor from 09.00 till 16.30.
More info available at: www.norskekunstforeninger.no
It’s free of charge.

2. The next event is also tomorrow and it’s a Light Music a film installation by Lis Rhodes. Made in 1975 Light music is one of the most celebrated works of British expanded cinema. This pioneering work explores and foregrounds the audio-visual intersections within the apparatus of cinema. Here sound translates to image and image becomes the sound.
It’s at Kunstnernes Hus Wergelandsveien 17
Wednesday, 17 October 2007 19:00 – 21:00
Admission is free
3. Have you already watched many Norwegian movies? If not that many and you are up to one, then go to Cinemateket on 18.10.2007 at 16:30 .The movie screened there this time is “Mars and Venus” by Eva Dahr.
The movie is with English subtitles as it’s a part of the project Contemporary Norway, which means thatThe Norwegian Film Institute will this season present English subtitled feature films and feature length documentaries from Norway from the last 25 years.
The event is free of charge.

4. And the last Pulse beat is not an event in itself, but more a reminder: There are three really important and great museums in Oslo: Stenersen museum, Vigelands museum and Munchs museet which have free entrance till 31 of MarchJDon’t miss your chance if you haven’t been there yetJ

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

PULSE

This is Pulse and you are about to get your weekly info package about what to do in Oslo.

1. Are you sick of brown leaves and less sun every day?
Than you should go to Sleppet. That is the sound of the norwegian spring. This sound installation is done by six artists, who have travelled western Norway. There they recorded a varaity of sounds from nature to urban areas. Slappet is part of the ULTIMA music festival, but its still free of charge. It is open every day of this week, at noon, you can find it in Möllergata 13.
http://www.ultima.no/

2. Classical Rock is still alive. And it is for free as well. So go listen to the Babarian Twins, tommorrow at 8 in Gamla, that is in Grensen 1.
www.myspace.com/barbariantwins
http://www.gamla.no/

3. This Thursday and art exihibition opens, which has never been done before. It is about Modern Norwegian Art Photography from the last 30 years. Central works of this period are presented in Stenersenmuseet. The Address is Munkedamsveien 15 and if you are still a Student you have to pay 25 kroner to get in.
http://www.stenersen.museum.no/

4. If you have never seen a ghost, you should go to Akershus Castle at night. Here you can take guided ghost tours. And walk around in the candle-lit castle and see how it was before electricity came. See you this Wednesday at 6 in the Castle. For 50 Kr.
Contact tel.: 23 09 31 50
http://www.mil.no/felles/ak/start/aktuelt/akslott/

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Pulse 02.10.2007

Time for you to get updated in the cultural life of Oslo.
1. The first event for today is not free of charge, but I decided to have it anyway. It’s almost a must for those of you who are interested in seeing the world from a different angle.
It’s a movie festival “Films from the South” from the 4th till the 11th of October- the biggest movie festival in the North-Europe with focus on Asia, Africa and Latin America.
More info about the tickets, movies and places you find under www.filmfrasor.no

The rest of the Pulse for today is free of charge and it has something to do with Russia. It just a pure coincidence and not my identity speakingJ


2. Anyhow the first to come is a movie at Moloch filmclub.
The movie is called “Solaris” from (1972) and takes you on a trip to a mystery planet. The movie is black and white with the English subtitles.
Address for the Moloch is Gøteborggata 32
And it’s on Thursday 4th of October at 20.00
Free of charge

3. The next event his about the freedom of speech and Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. It’s an exhibition with the focus on what she was working for at Nobel Peace Center on Sunday the 7th of October at 15.00 o’clock.
Free of charge.

4. The last event is a concert of a Swedish singer Dan Fagerquist and you may have a question about it’s connection to Russia, but in this concert Dan Fagerquist is singing songs of a legendary Russian singer Vladimir Vysotskiy, translated to Swedish.
The concert is at Chateau Neuf’s bokcafeen on Monday the 8th of October at 21.00
Free of Charge.
Hope you’re going to take a look inside Russian culture this week.