Bluss

Bluss Two Week Process
Trond Nicholas Perry, Beth Hamer, Erwin van der Werve, Thora Solveig Bergsteinsdottir, Will Foster, Sille Storihle, Tormod Carlson and Ed Hamer.
With help from Kaja Tvedten Jorem, Henriette Hukset, Ida Bjurbeck and Vigdis Stokker Jenson.

Barselgrad (Fykse Skule) in Fykse, Hardanger on the west coast of Norway
7th – 20th of April.

Bluss provided a time and space for multi-disciplinary artists local, national and international to research, discuss, collaborate, develop and produce new works within the Fykse community for the Bluss night event taking place on the 19th of April.
It was our aim that art works (be it site specific installations, performances or interactive events) were to be produced in the two week period while artists were resident in Fykse. During this time the artists engaged with the people who live and work in the area, dug into the history, explored trades, lifestyles, traditions, politics and landscape.Throughout the project (often around the dinner table) many indepth meetings were held to keep hold of a dialogue within the group. This became a time for talking ideas, updating each other with research and findings, helping each other out, sharing skills and knowledge. From the start of this process the intention was to create a space where artists could work in dialogue and support each other to create various outcomes.
To see the projects created during Bluss click on the links on the left of this page.

The School
A three story wooden building with studio space, bedrooms, kitchen, bathrooms, gym, sauna, playgrounds and workshop. The School was shut down in spring 2007. The local municipality has lent out the school for one year to the Barselgrad project.