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Olve Sande (b. 1984) graduated from the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo in 2011 and lives and works in Oslo.
His recent projects have been developed on site, letting the specific circumstances of each show condition the works.
Recent projects include works based on the laminate floor removed from the gallery during its renovation, the collaboration with the stage painters of a Zurich theatre, or the free interpretation of different fresco techniques in Italy.
Recent exhibitions include OUTS, at Galerie Antoine Levi, Paris (2013), LAMINATE WORKS at Herrmann Germann Contemporary, Zurich (2013), DOLORES at EDB Projects, Amsterdam (2013) and DISCLAIMER at Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger (2013).
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North & South
This monday we are also presenting a video work titled North & South by in the auditorium.
The work North & South documents a reenactment of the American Civil War, which I participated in, 6-9th of September 2012. The event took place in Sweden, with participants from all over Scandinavia. Contrary to reenactment events in the U.S, which deal with the historic battles on the sites were they actually occurred, reenactments in Scandinavia seem to revolve more around the participant’s fantasies concerning their pop cultural understanding of the war.
The video shows life in the camp, things such as cooking, cleaning of weapons and drills. A central aspect in the video is conversations around history, fantasy, movies, the participant’s private lives and my role as an artist. Parts of the material are shown from first person point of view, and we get to follow me when I, disguised as a man, participate in the battles, gets killed and then revived.
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