Organizer: Tegnerforbundet in collaboration with Punkt Ø, Moss
Venue: Momentum Art Gallery in Moss
Curators: Susanne Altmann and Stefan Schröder
Title/ theme: Lines on the Move
The main emphasis and theme for this Drawing Biennial was, on the one hand, drawing seen in relation to
installation, sculptural and material technology investigations or aspects. On
the other hand, a cartoon-based animated film. The two main features were chosen because
Momentumhallen is a special place, which is well suited for a much more
experimental expression when it comes to drawing as a medium. It was also intended,
that this exhibition explored the drawing's own premises to a greater extent
and limitations. We wanted to show that there are no limitations whatsoever.
applies to theme, technique or manner of presentation, when talking about drawing as
artistic medium.
Participating artists: (In addition to the jurying of selected artists, Susanne Altmann invited five
artists working on animation in the section called Inserting Lines .)
Knut Benjaminsen, Johan Urban Bergquist, Mona Brekke, Oda Broch, Dania Burger, Mattias Cantzler,
Per Dybvig, Frøydis Eriksson Erstad, Stian Gabrielsen, Ivan Galuzin, Ane Graff,
Christian Hennie, Guri Guri Henriksen, Steffen Håndlykken, Arne Heglum Ingvaldsen,
Anders Kjellesvik, Sofi Lardner Häggström, Petter Lie, Janine Magelssen,
Kristoffer Myskja, Terje Nicolaisen, Shwan Dler Qaradaki, Tammo Rist, Sex Tags,
Andreas Soma, The Drawing Club, Catrine Thorstensen, Helene Torp, Øyvind Torseter,
Kjell Varvin, Magnus Vatvedt, Gunhild Vegge, Emma Wright, Heidi Øiseth, Munan
Øvrelid, Ørjan Aas, Stian Ådlandsvik, Tilo Baumgärtel (D), Marion Porten
(D), Hannah Schneider (D), Martijn Koolstra (NL), David Mackintosh (UK).
A seminar was held in Momentumhallen, with a presentation by Nina Katchadourian from The Drawing
Center in New York, Jan-Philipp Frühsorge who runs gallery Fruehsorge - Contemporary drawings, Berlin,
Bjørn Hegardt Norwegian/Swedish artist, living in Berlin and publisher/editor of the magazine FUKT, and
Susanne Altman, one of the curators of the biennial.
A catalogue was published with introductory texts by Stefan Schröder and Susanne Altmann.
Design: Ulf Carlsson.
