Kenneth Balfelt: Kunst i byutvikling – fra sosiale vilkår til fysisk form
Trøndelag Centre for Contemporary Art invites you to a Breakfast Meeting on Friday, September 27th at 9:00 AM! The event is open to anyone interested in working with public art as a curator, artist, art consultant, or similar roles.
Based in Denmark, visual artist Kenneth Balfelt has, through his 25-year artistic career, made a significant mark on socially engaged art. "Protective Room - Fixer Room for Drug Users" was awarded the Artwork of the Year by Berlingske in 2001 and led to the decision to establish legal consumption rooms in Denmark.
Today, he is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Denmark, KØS, and Malmö Art Museum and is recognized as perhaps the most significant Danish social artist.
Balfelt will this Friday provide an in-depth insight into his projects and methods, and after the lecture, he will lead a workshop based on his methods.
The workshop requires registration and has a limited number of spots. It will take place from 11 AM to 2 PM.
For registration for the workshop write to: post@samtidskunst.no
The event and workshop is free!
Program
09:00-09:30: Coffee and light breakfast
09:30-10:30: Lecture
10:45-12:00: Workshop part 1
12:00-12:30: Lunch
12:30-14:00: Workshop part 2
Artist Kenneth Balfelt has developed new methods within urban development, user involvement, and interdisciplinary solutions for working with vulnerable groups, setting new standards for the potential of art to influence societal development. He has published reports on urban spaces for the vulnerable, job creation in disadvantaged housing areas, and work with young vulnerable men in groups in disadvantaged housing areas.Kenneth has been involved in numerous urban development projects, including the development of Nordhavnen in Copenhagen, Bording, Køge Søndre Havn, Jernbanebyen, and Sydhavnen in Aarhus.He holds a BA in Fine Art and an MA in Art History from Goldsmiths College in London and an HD (Marketing) from CBS.
Read more here: www.kennethbalfelt.org
Kenneth Balfelt is the director of Kenneth Balfelt Team (KBT). KBT always follow a principle from A to Z: Whatever they do in architecture, landscape, user involvement, strategic advice, or knowledge production, the results are better when they follow the process from start to finish.
KBT work interdisciplinarily, typically within themes such as urban development, architecture, disadvantaged housing areas, vulnerable people, employment of the vulnerable, youth, conflict resolution between the vulnerable and other user groups around them, utilizing people's untapped resources, development, and empowerment.
KBT are passionate about creating space and methods in institutions, cities, and urban development to include vulnerable groups - broadly understood - in society.
One of their core competencies is translating social conditions into physical forms and frameworks.
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The event is part of the program series «Kompetanseløft for kunstfaglige prosjektledere og nettverksbygging» for 2024-2025. Through a series of seminars and follow-up courses, the Trøndelag Centre for Contemporary Art will meet future skill requirements and support a diverse group of professional artists and curators capable of working on public art commissions both nationally and regionally.
The program series is supported by Trøndelag fykeskommune.
