Seminar: Working with Temporary and Relational Art in Public Spaces How can temporary and relational art projects in public spaces create long‑lasting impact? Welcome to a two‑day seminar on working with temporary and relational art in public spaces.
Time and place: Tou Scene, Stavanger 4–5 June 2026 Thursday 12:00–17:00 (Art Bar 17:00–20:00) Friday 10:00–16:00
How can participant‑based, temporary, and site‑specific art projects create community – and open up new ways of experiencing and using the city? What kinds of collaborations, artistic methods, and work processes are needed to allow room for experimentation and genuine participation? And how can administration and curatorial practice facilitate projects that leave no physical traces, but still create lasting experiences and influence?
Through presentations and conversations, the seminar examines how temporary, immaterial, and relational art projects can create lasting traces – socially, sensorially, and structurally – and how such practices are actually developed within public frameworks. At the same time, the seminar takes as its starting point the concrete challenges in the field: how such practices are negotiated and carried out within existing institutional, economic, and bureaucratic structures.
The seminar’s questions are explored through contributions from artists, municipalities, and state actors, who share experiences from concrete projects in Norway and internationally.
We are pleased to welcome several exciting contributors, including KORO – Art in Public Space, Mathias Danbolt (professor of art history at the University of Copenhagen), and Sans façon (artist duo, CA/UK/FR), with more to be announced soon.
The seminar is aimed at artists, curators, art consultants, and cultural workers in the public sector, as well as other actors within the field of public art, and highlights key questions about collaboration, processes, and frameworks for temporary art in public space.
The seminar is part of the art program Where We Meet – Art in Outdoor Spaces in connection with the 900‑year anniversary Stavanger 2025. The seminar is presented at Tou in collaboration with Stavanger Municipality and is curated by Koffi & Højgaard.
Do you want to experience temporary art in practice? Join Kunstdøgnet 6–7 June – 24 hours of performance and temporary art projects across Stavanger.
Program: full program coming soon
Language: English Price: 350 NOK for institutions / 150 NOK for freelancers and artists Capacity: Limited number (approx. 150)
Link to registration and more info: https://www.stavanger.kommune.no/kultur-og-fritid/kultur/kunst-i-offentlige-rom2/der-vi-motes---kunst-i-uterom2/seminar/
