Kiyoshi Yamamoto:
My Hair Loves BAD weather

Kiyoshi Yamamoto (b. 1982, Brazil) lives and workes in Bergen. He received his master’s degree in art from Bergen Academy of the Arts in 2013 and has studied at the London College of Fashion and the Escola de Belas Arts in Rio de Janeiro. Yamamoto is represented in several collections, including KODE Museum in Bergen and the Norwegian Embassy in Brazil. He has also produced a series of commission for public space. A massive seven floors wall painting at St. Olav Hospital in Trondheim, The new Hurtigruten (Queen Sonja Print Awards), the University in Bergen, Vestli Primary school in Oslo and Tromsø University Hospital. Kiyoshi Yamamoto works as a guest lector at the University in Bergen.

Fernanda Branco (b. 1974, Brazil) combines art and ecology thinking in her work, where she have been using organic materials in performances and installations. Branco has a hybrid approach to body, voice and visual elements, and her practice flows between avant-garde theater, dance and performance. She is a research fellow at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, department of theater, and a background as a gardener. In Branco's performances, she focuses on presence through perception and the senses. www.fernandabranco.com

Luanda Carneiro Jacoel (Brazil) is a performance artist who works in the borderland between avant-garde, dance and ritual practices where questions about body memory, archives, identity and cultural background are challenged. She has studied dance and performance at PUC University of São Paulo and is now taking a master's degree in Performance at the Academy of Performing Arts in Østfold. She is also one of the founders of the ACTS Laboratory for Performative Practice platform, which works to promote transnational artists by arranging laboratories, having open studio practices, presentations and discussion forums.

Deise Faria Nunes (b. 1974, Brazil) is a concept developer, artist, researcher, author and playwriter. She is currently a research fellow in theater at the University of Agder. She has both founded and been a producer for the ACTS laboratory for performative practice in Oslo, as well as project developer and playwright for Nordic Black Theater. Her research centers on decolonialism, feminism and African-Diaspora in the art of performance.

Karmaklubb * is a nomadic queer club concept and a conversation platform. They organize club nights, open talks, artist talks, panels, concerts, performances, and food and wine tasting. Karmaklubb * is also a publishing platform (established in 2018) for essays, letters and gifts, transcripts, podcasts and an archive with 'thought and enjoyment'. All with the aim of celebrating an open feminist discourse, and challenging the language. Project manager is Tine Semb.

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Karmaklubb* with Kiyoshi Yamamoto and Friends Events is postponed!

Upcoming performance lecture with Deise Faria Nunes events and events on June 10 - 12 in collaboration with Kiyoshi Yamamoto and Karmaklubb * is postponed until autumn. Information about this will come at a later date.

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Luanda Carneiro Jacoel's performance "Kalunga Entities":