PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Thora Dolven Balke (NO), Javier Barrios (MEX/NO), Sverre Bjertnes (NO), Are Blytt (NO), Lars Brekke (NO), Angela De la Cruz (ES), AK Dolven (NO), Marius Engstrøm (NO), Frido Evers (NL), Matias Faldbakken (NO), Kristian Skylstad & Stian Gabrielsen (NO), Ivan Galuzin (RUS/NO), Petter Garaas (NO), Ludovica Giosca (IT), H&M (Hanne Rivrud & Monja Wiik (NO), Thomas Haywood (UK), Henrik Plenge Jakobsen (DK), Steinar Jakobsen (NO), Henrik Kleppe (NO), Christian Kolverud (NO), Jon Erik Kopperud (NO) & Saman Kamyab (IR/NO), Hugo Madeira (PT), Sverre Malling (NO), Bjarne Melgaard (NO), Anders Dahl Monsen (NO), Christian Tony Norum (NO), Andreia Oliveira (PT), David Penny (UK), Gunter Reski (DE), Declan Rooney (UK), Sigmund Skard (NO), Hans Christian Skovholt (NO), Annika Strøm (SE), Vibeke Tandberg (NO), Magnus Vatvedt (NO), Tori Wrånes (NO), Jorun Hancke Øgstad (NO)

Hotchpotch London is an exhibition about change and disruption. It is about connecting different works of art into new constellations, by the act and the specificity in the situations that evolve around the location of the space and the frictions in the crowd. It has therefore no fixed meaning. The meanings are rather created by the chances that might arise during the time span of setting up the show..
The concept is to make something unknown, something that has yet to happen. To make transitions and to be in a liquid state at all times. I am choosing artist I believe in; political, subversive, formal, poetic, trashy, play station playing, Google surfing, bohemians and models. They may or may not have a common subject matter and they may or may not know each other ahead. I am rather focusing on the frictions and the energies in the specific situation. It is about making new letters and new poems.
The outlook of the show will be between chaos and order, trash and minimalism. On view, you will see sculptures, installations, paintings, photos, objects, nude girls, nude guys, hillbilly hipsters, and whatever else that might occur. During the period of the exhibition there will be a series of performances, concerts and happenings taking place in the
space.

Magnus Vatvedt – Curator