For the duration of one semester, Kunsthall Stavanger together with guest curator Kristina Ketola Bore will conduct an art and educational program aimed at young adults aged 12-16. During four weekend workshops the young adults will collaborate with artists and be introduces to artistic strategies and methods. One of the main goals is that the participants will build a sense of ownership of their own surroundings and see themselves as autonomous agents with the possibility to partake in public discourse.
Participating artists include Benjamin Hickethier (NO), Clara Balaguer (PHL) og Kristian Henson (US) (Hardworking Goodlooking), Synnøve Sizou G. Wetten (NO), Nicole Killian (US) og Hans Edward Hammonds (NO). Mobilizing Citizenship / Siddisenship is centered on the three themes of locality, visual surroundings and technology. Therefore, the participants will be given access to tools and methods aimed at building ownership of own surroundings, with a focus on how the young adults can use artistic strategies to speak up and out.
Contact person for the young adults and collaborator to the project is Trine Ottosen, employee of FeelGood youth centre in Sola municipality and board member of Ungdom og Fritid.
The project is made possible due to generous support by the Arts Council Norway.