Amund Sjølie Sveen

Amund Sjølie Sveen
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	Artist, composer and writer
Website	amundsveen.no

Norwegian artist and composer

Amund Sjølie Sveen is a Norwegian artist, composer and writer.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

His art tackles issues surrounding the Arctic. Sveen launched NORDTING, an art platform for intervention and reflection in the north.^[6] NORDTING, is a mobile people's assembly for the North, brings together residents from Vardø to Alaska, to participate in the council, called the Ting.^[7] Local participants, from bands and choirs to community leaders, punk rockers, cheerleaders, indigenous peoples, musicians, and dancers, come together to discuss and address issues affecting their communities.^[8]^[9] Sveen describes NORDTING, which has been active since 2014, as a testing ground for political ideas and critique of the current power situation. ^[10]

Sveen initiated and led the first edition of the Pan-ArcticVision, which was held in Vadsø, Northern Norway.^[11] As a musician, he is a member of the Slagr, a Norwegian trio formed in 2003.^[12] Sveen also is associated with the UiT The Arctic University of Norway, as an artistic researcher.^[11]

Selected projects

2005: Deconstructing IKEA, solo percussion
2007: United States of Barents, solo performance, Kirkenes, NO. Also performed in ^[13]^[14]
2009: Deconstructing IKEA, installation; Moscow (RU), Rovaniemi (FI), Tromsø, Oslo, NO^[15]
2009: Rising Water, outdoor installation, commission by Tromsø kunstforening; Tromsø, NO
2013: Barents Liberation Army, project with writer Morten Strøksnes, Kirkenes, NO^[16]
2013: Economic Theory for Dummies, solo performance, Steirischer Herbst, Graz^[17]
2013: The (Oil) Fountain of Youth, exhibition of an unmade installation; Kirkenes, NO^[18]
2014: Nordting, multimodal performance and discursive project, presented throughout the circumpolar north^[19]
2015: Economic Theory for Dummies, solo performance, Black Box Teater, Oslo, NO^[20]
2018: COMMONISM, new performance with theater maker Andy Smith, UK^[1]
2020: MNGA, temporary light installation in public space, Longyear, Svalbard, NO
2023: Pan-ArcticVision, circumpolar performative spectacle, Vadsø, NO (2023), Nuuk, GL (2024) ^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b Evans, Gareth Llŷr (2019-01-09). "Commonism review – the quest for common ground in a turbulent time". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ "Amund Sjølie Sveen: Han vil løsrive Nord-Norge fra resten av landet". www.aftenposten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2017-07-16. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ Skog, Helge (2017-09-11). "(+) Han leder landets minste parti: – Er overhodet ikke skuffet over valgresultatet". itromso.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ Ytreberg, Rune (2019-06-26). "Kunstner viser frem skattelister på torget og arrangerer riking-safari i Harstad". DN.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ Hoel, Ole Jacob (2016-02-18). "Økonomiamatørenes trøst". adressa.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-03-27.
^ "MAKE THE NORTH GREAT AGAIN! | Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum". www.nnkm.no. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ "Stedet mellom aksjon og fanatisme – ArtScene Trondheim" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ Jangås, Lasse (2014-06-22). "Vedtok nordnorsk selvstyre". Nordlys (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ Hoseth, Børge (2014-06-23). "Raser mot åpningsforestillingen". ht.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/amund-sjolie-sveen-uses-art-testing-ground-major-political-ideas-and-critique-power
^ ^a ^b ^c Edvardsen, From Astri. "Arctic Music and Criticism, Politics and Sequins, Glitter and Reindeer Antlers!". www.highnorthnews.com. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ Horn, Knut-Sverre (2016-01-31). "Amund fra Vadsø fikk Spellemannspris". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ "The United States of Barents – performance ved Amund S. Sveen". Verdensteatret - Cinemateket i Tromsø (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ https://www.pikene.no/usb-redux-2017/
^ "Amund Sjølie Sveen". Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ "Border-Crossing Exercises in the United States of Barents Under the Command of Pikene på Broen and Barents Liberation Army > Plastik" (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ "Economic Theory for Dummies - steirischer herbst Archiv". archiv.steirischerherbst.at. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
^ "The Fountain of Youth". Pikene på Broen. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/amund-sjolie-sveen-uses-art-testing-ground-major-political-ideas-and-critique-power
^ "Economic theory for Dummies". blackbox.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2024-03-27.