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In 2022, Domus Bibliotheca was transformed from the library of the Faculty of Law into a new arena for debate and dissemination of research for the University of Oslo. Domus Bibliotheca is located in the west wing of the historical central buildings on Universitetsplassen (University Square). Upon completion of the restoration, the art collection of the University of Oslo and Kunstnerforbundet entered a collaboration to develop the public art project in the building. The neoclassical design of the interior points backwards in time towards ideals promoting knowledge and reason. The new artworks that unfold within this architecture can be seen in relation to the mindset of the past, but at the same time be a stepping stone to the pressing social issues of our time. The artists' free exploration of materials and craftsmanship takes us into a visual world rich in stories and meanings.

We welcome you to the mini-seminar organized by the art collection of UiO and Kunstnerforbundet.

The Arts and the Academia

Participants in the seminar:
Aslaug Magdalena Juliussen, textile artist
Torbjørn Kvasbø, ceramist
Kirsti Strøm Bull, professor emerita, dr. juris
Tanya Harrod, dr. philos. art history

Through artist presentations, artwork presentations and conversations, we get to know the two artists Aslaug Magdalena Juliussen and Torbjørn Kvasbø better, who both have been selected with artworks in Domus Bibliotheca.

Please register your participation, find the link below. You are free to participate in the whole program, or just parts of it.

Seminar programme

12:30: Open tour, showing all the new public artworks at Domus Bibliotheca, including works by Aslaug M. Juliussen, Torbjørn Kvasbø, Bjørn Carlsen, Espen Gleditsch and Frank Brunner. The tour is an open offer for the public, also those who do not wish to participate in the seminar. Subject to limited space.

13:00: Introduction by UiOs Kunstsamling (the art collection of UiO) and Kunstnerforbundet.

13:15: Part 1: Artist Torbjørn Kvasbø
Artist presentation by Torbjørn Kvasbø.
Artist talk with Dr. Tanya Harrod and Torbjørn Kvasbø. The conversation will be held in English.

14:30: Break

14:45: Introduction by UiOs Kunstsamling and Kunstnerforbundet.

15:00: Part 2: Artist Aslaug Magdalena Juliussen
Artist presentation by Aslaug M. Juliussen.
Artist talk with professor emerita dr. juris. Kirsti Strøm Bull and Aslaug M. Juliussen. The conversation will be held in Norwegian.

Location: Domus Bibliotheca, University of Oslo
Address: Karl Johans gate 47
Read about directions and availability here.

→ Registration for the seminar: Register at UiO. Limited seats, please register early.

Dr Tanya Harrod is a British art historian who, since 1999, has taught on social, political and philosophical debates relating to the arts and crafts of the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries. Harrod wrote the award-winning book The Crafts in Britain in the Twentieth Century (Yale University Press, 1999) which accompanied an exhibition at the University of East Anglia entitled The Pleasures of Peace: Mid-Century Craft and Art in Britain, which included works from the mid-20th century. Harrod regularly contributes to The Burlington Magazine, The Guardian, Crafts, Prospect and The Literary Review. Together with Glenn Adamson and Edward S. Cooke, she co-founded The Journal of Modern Craft. Her latest books are The Real Thing: essays on making in the modern world (Hyphen Press, 2015), Leonard Rosoman (Royal Academy, 2016), Craft (Whitechapel Gallery, 2018 [part of the series Documents of Contemporary Art]) and Humankind: Ruskin Spear, class, culture and art in 20th century Britain (Thames & Hudson and Francis Bacon Estate, 2022).

Kirsti Strøm Bull, professor emerita at the Faculty of Law, UiO, is an expert on Sámi and reindeer herding laws and a former member of Samerettsutvalget (the Sámi Law Committee) and former head of Reindriftslovutvalget (the Reindeer Herding Law Committee). She has written several articles and books on Sámi law, including Studier i reindriftsrett (Studies in the Rights of Reindeer Herding, 1997), Reindriften i Finnmark, Rettshistorie 1852–1960 (The Reindeer Herding in Finnmark - Legal History 1852–1960, co-edited by Nils Oskal and Mikkel Nils Sara, 2001), as well as Reindriftsloven, Lovkommentar (Legal commentary on the reindeer herding laws, 2020). She has also contributed to the Norwegian Truth and Reconciliation Commission's work with the external study Consequences of Norwegianization on the rights of reindeer husbandry – illuminated through legislation and case law (2023).