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"Små Spor" the catalog

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Some pictures from the book launch last friday:

Both my mentor and the North Norwegian society of architects gave a speech that evening.

Små Spor for Kids

Creating an educational plan for Små Spor

 The Små Spor exhibition was shown today at the Institute for Children Education in Tromsø. Together with Kari Doseth Opstad (Senior Lecturer in arts and crafts) and her students, we will create an educational plan for Små Spor. The goal is to use the exhibition as a tool to awaken children´s curiosity on architecture. This is part of a larger project about making architects (and designers) more known in our region.

(foto: Kari D. Opstad, Michele Widerøe)

The students are beginning to test some of their ideas:

(foto:Michele Widerøe)

 

This time they invited a group of children from Bjerkaker school to test one of their concepts.
The idea was to show to the kids the video Små Spor and talk to them about  architecture. Then the children could choose a project from Små Spor and try to make a modell out of it. I was very happy to see how interested and dedicated both the students and the children were. I can´t wait to see the other projects!

 

Exams

Las week I was invited to observe the presentation of exams the students gave on “Små Spor”. There were 3 groups in all. Each group presented a suggestion on how they think Små Spor can be used to teach children and youngster about architecture.

I was happy to see how they  use their creativity to teach architecture in a practical and fun way.

Små Spor is all about presenting local projects to local people. It is important that children learn how to look for architectural qualities in their own communities and not only in the big cities.

By learning  more about good architecture projects in their communities children will appreciate it better and hopefully they will take better care of it.

(foto: Kari Doseth)

Letters of recomendation

The exhibition Små Spor has now endend its period ( 15.june-19. August) at the Tromsø Gallery of Contemporary Art. There were 2010 persons visiting the exhibition during this period. I am very gratefull for all the positiv comments from the visitors as well as from the gallery. We are very pleased with the way we have collaborated with the gallery on this project. I hope this is just the first of many years of collaboration.

We have also received this letter of recomendation from the Art faculty at the Tromsø University. We thank you for such a warm letter about our exhibition.

This is a very nice comment left in our facebook page by the Dean of The Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tromsø.

I am very glad to share another letter commenting the exhibition. This time from Erling Steenstrup, advisor at Tromsø Municipality.

On tour. Part 1.

The Små Spor Exhibition will be touring the northern part of Norway. 

The first place will be The Hamsun Center in Hamarøy on September 1st. 2012. This center is one of the architectural "beads" shown in the exhibition and is therefore very satisfying that they want to host the exhibition.

 (Foto: Ernest Furuhatt, Nordlandsmuseet)

"The Hamsun Centre is located by the vicarage ruins on the banks of the Glimma River in Presteid in Hamarøy Municipality in Northern Norway. The centre is situated in a beautiful cultural landscape surrounded by nature that remains virtually as untouched as it was in Hamsun’s time. The centre’s tower offers an impressive view over the realm of Hamsun, the area that inspired the author to write such world renowned books as Pan, Growth of the Soil and Wayfarers." (http://hamsunsenteret.no)

The opening:

 

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We have just received this letter from the center:

 

Photos of the exhibition:

These pictures were taken at the Tromsø Galleri of  Contemporary Art.

They show all the elements of this exhibition.

and a video...

Launching Små Spor for the first time

Installing the exhibition!

We were two days at the Kusntforening testing and preparing for the exhibition. The first Øyvind Oppshaug, who is the film producer in charge of the multimedia presentation, and I went to check that worked as it whould.  On the second day (see photos) Kyrre Kalseth, who not only was in charge of the graphics but also designed the stand for the postcards, went to prepare the rest before the media came.

 (photo: Michele Widerøe)

In the media:

Joar Lillerust (leder of the North Norwegian Architect association)  and I were interviewed by the local newspaper iTromsø and by the regional newspaper Nordlys. The day before I was also interviewed by Hege Iren Hanssen from the local radio station NRK P1-P2.

(photo: Nordlys & iTromsø newspapers)

The opening!

(photo: Erik Widerøe)

 The director of the Tromsø Gallery of Contemporary Art, Svein Ingvoll Pedersen opened this Summer 2012  exhibition by presenting the three exhibitions that will be at the gallery all summer. These are: Norwegian Contemporary Architecture 2005-2010 (SPOR): produced and toured by the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, the artist Marius Martinussen a well know airbrush painter from Oslo, and Små Spor, North Norwegian Architectural Gems (produced by Michele Widerøe). Later I had the opportunity to present the idea behind Små Spor exhibition. 

(photo: Michele Widerøe)

Thanks! 

I would like to thank all the persons and institutions that made possible this exhibition. I couldn´t have done it without you. 

 

About the exhibition Små Spor (small tracks)

The Norwegian Architects Association had its 100th anniversary last year and the local architects association NAF has held a series of events focusing on architecture and landscape architecture in the region.

Among the events held we can mention the "Landscapes in Change” conference, the "Seaside Promenade” cultural trek, the "Open House” event, the "Film + Architecture” event, the "Spire Box”, the "Pecha Kucha Night” architecture lecture and the architecture exhibition "Where is Tromsø going".

The events have created interest and debate in the city's population. They have also helped to awaken, to some extent, Tromsø´s awareness of urban planning and the importance of participation.

It is desirable that the commitment, awareness and knowledge of architecture does not disappear after last year's many celebrations, and that a good level of debate on architecture becomes the sequel to them.

We use the opportunity of the architecture exhibition "SPOR. Norwegian Architecture 2005-2010", which presents a selection of the best that Norwegian architects have produced in the past 5 years, and that only shows two projects from northern Norway, to show more local projects. "Små Spor" (small tracks) wants to help keep alive much of what has occurred through the NAL 100-year anniversary. Through this exhibition we want to create a lasting and more competent commitment to architecture / landscape architecture in Tromsø.

The exhibition shows arquitectural qualities in the North, small " pearls " from all over northern Norway.
The exhibition consist of a multimedia presentation that shows the map and pictures of the projects. A stand with 30 postcards (15 in english and 15 in norwegian) that show the picture of the projects on the front and the description in the back. There is also  a poem writting by a north norwegian writer on one of the walls.

Featured Projects:

Passive House, Tromsø (Steinsvik arkitekter) Nordnorsk arkitekturpris 2007

Sykkelskur, Austvågøy (70°N arkitektur as) Nordnorsk arkitekturpris 2008

Rasteplass, Vestvågøy (70°N arkitektur as)  Nordnorsk arkitekturpris 2008

Ungdomshuset Straumanstua, Kleppstad (Jarmund / Vigsnæs AS Arkitekter) Nordnorsk arkitekturpris 2009

Hamsum Senter, Hamarøy (Steven Holl architects) Nordnorsk arkitekturpris 2010

Lofoten Kulturhus og Thon Hotell, Svolvær (A3 arkitekter) Nordnorsk arkitekturpris 2011

Strandgata 22, Tromsø (Code: arkitekter).

Helleristinger, Kirkely (Kjersti Jenssen Arkitektkontor)

Parkeringstunt, Bodø (flere arkitekter)

Verdens minste Hotell, Kirkenes (Rintala Eggertsson architects)

Vulkana, Tromsø (Rintala Eggertsson architects)

Sabetjohk bru, Birtavarre (Ghilardi+Hellsten Arkitekter)

Sol og Vindhus, Trondenes (Arkitekt Jim Myrstad as)

Åpne Tanker, Hammerfest (arkitekter: Ingrid Neeraas Dahl og Christoffer Imislund)

Fuglekikkerskjul og vindskjul, Hornøya (arkitekter: Tormod Amundsen og Elin Taranger)

Production:

The exhibition is produced and curated by Michele R. Widerøe in cooperation with The Northern Norwegian Architects Association.

Graphic design: Kyrre Kalseth

Animation: Øyvind Oppshaug

Poem: Marianne Strand

Music: Kohib (aka Øivind A. Sjøvoll)
Duration: 17min

Sponsored by!

Troms Fylkesmommune, Nordlands Fylkeskommune, NAL, NAF, Kåfjord municipality, INTRO fond, Varanger Næringssenter, Odd Berg Gruppen, Total Renovering, 70°N arkitektur, A3 arkitektkontor.

Some words from our sponsors!