Lexie Owen, Mall Users Research Association (Platform 1), detail, 2021. NITJA 2021, Welcome to the Jungle*. Photo: Kunstdok/Tor Simen Ulstein.

Welcome to the Jungle*

07.05.2021–06.06.2021

Welcome to the Jungle*, at Nitja Art Centre provided insight into how Lillestrøm is experienced through the eyes of students from The MAPS Research Group at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO). The exhibition focused on local considerations, where local histories merged with reflections on urban and natural environments.

The students presented works ranging from condemned building façades, subterranean ecosystems, to site-specific audio walks drawing on local histories, as well as a study of local street flora.

The exhibition was curated by Rikke Komissar and featured works also by Hans Hamid Rasmussen, Espen Kvålsvoll and Øyvind Sørfjordmo.

More information at Nitja.

Amalie Risom Nyrup, Ahorn (59.954816, 11.043171), 2021. NITJA 2021, Welcome to the Jungle*. Photo: Kunstdok/Tor Simen Ulstein.

Ana Brotas, Untitled, 2021 (Fotnoter samlet på interaktiv nettside). NITJA 2021, Welcome to the Jungle*. Photo: Kunstdok/Tor Simen Ulstein.

Karina Sletten, Hva ser du for deg når du tenker på landskap?, 2021 (Geografisk lydvandring og feltopptak i Lillestrøm, ni lydsport, via appen Echoes). NITJA 2021, Welcome to the Jungle*. Photo: Kunstdok/Tor Simen Ulstein.

Viviana Cárnedas, Enter the Shape, detail, 2021. NITJA 2021, Welcome to the Jungle*. Photo: Kunstdok/Tor Simen Ulstein.

Amina Baker, Missing Link, detail, 2021. NITJA 2021, Welcome to the Jungle*. Photo: Kunstdok/Tor Simen Ulstein.