Artist talk with Ignas Krunglevicius

We've had a wonderful month with artist Ignas Krunglevičius who arrived at the beginning of November. While in residence, he used the time to work from the Artica studio on a sonic performance which will preview in Oslo, April 2021 at Kunsthall Oslo. You can read more about Ignas here

Krunglevičius was nominated by key-partner Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) and gave a talk about his practice and future projects which you can watch here:

Artist talk with Ignas Krunglevičius who was an artist in residence at Artica Svalbard, nominated by our Key Partner Office for Contemporary Art: Norway. Ignas worked at Artica for a month-long residency, in his final week he open the doors at artica for an informal evening to hear more about his practice. Ignas Krunglevičius (b. 1979, Kaunas, Lithuania) lives and works in Oslo. He received his MA in music composition from Norwegian Academy of Music in 2010. From 2011 is co-directing the artist run exhibition space Podium Oslo. His installations, videos, and sculpture often combine sound, and text, where he explores the intermix between the agency of power, economy, nature and existential realities generated by global technological development. Krunglevičius’ works have been exhibited at the OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai, China; Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Russia; Kunsthall Oslo, Norway; Ultima, Oslo, Norway; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA; Transmediale, HKW, Berlin, Germany; La Biennale di Venezia, Nordic pavilion, Italy and The 19th Sydney Biennial, Australia, amongst others.