(w)ORD 2019 residency in Norway

This year's BAG Art Camp took place in Norway in Bergen and Gulen with the following artists attending: David Faithfull, David Lemm, Jon McLeod, Calum Wallis (Scotland) and Imi Maufe and Sarah Jost, David A. Rios, Randi A. Strand, Marit Tunetveit Dyre (Norway)

Organised by Imi Maufe and Sarah Jost for BAG Art Camp and Scottish Society of Artists

We spend two weeks on the Norwegian west coast - exploring, researching, experimenting and discussing during this (w)ORD residency, which is a follow up to the one that took place on the Isle of Mull 2018 - w18ord.blogspot.com

www.bagartcamp.no

Seminar at Bergen Ateliergruppe 24. august 2019

An intense day of presentations from invited guests and the participating (w)ORD artists - 

20 people attended the seminar

Guests

Øystein Jansen (UIB) - How geology creates shapes - in rocks and in the landscape

Eldar Heide (HVL - professor in Norwegian language): Place names that guide and hide

Sabine Popp - (Stipendiat, KMD, UIB) - an artistic research project based on seaweed forests along the Norwegian coast

Hanne Sophie Greve - (Kystordverket) - connections between Norwegian and English

TEXSTgroup - word play exercises

(w)ORD artists presentation - 15 minutes each and time for discussions / studio visits

Dinner for everyone attending the seminar in the studio kitchen - homemade Bergen fish soup and plum icecream

Walk from Eivindvik to Tjuvika

Tjuvika #2

TJUVIKA

 The (w)ORD artists settle into life at Tjuvika, embracing the history and character of the place; exploring the surrounding landscape; discussing and developing ideas; drawing, making, carving and whittling; and formulating future plans.

Experimental Nordic Rowan berry and blaeberry prints made by David Faithfull during the (w)ORD 19 residency at Tjuvika. Berries picked by Imi. Tjuvfjellet! or Thief's Hill stands serenely in the background.

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LIGHTHOUSE

Calm before the storm. 
The (w)ORD 19 artists enjoy the still evening and Marit Tunestveit Dyre's performance on the adjacent headland before a few days of rain and gales.