Material Bank for Creative Projects
with Materialbanken for kreative prosjekter (MBKP), Robert Julian B. Hvistendahl, Amalie Holthen, Frederik Einevol, Mihály Stefanovicz and others.
What is it about?
The Material Bank for Creative Projects (MBKP) is an art and dissemination project that collects and distributes used materials in exchange for people’s stories about the materials. The exhibition takes the form of an ever-changing installation, shifting shape as materials come and go. The collected stories are presented in a growing archive.
In addition to creating the opening exhibition, MBKP has shaped and adapted the old nursing home premises to Tromsø Kunstforening’s needs through their philosophy of reuse.
MBKP is run by Amalie Holthen and Robert Julian B. Hvistendahl who have invited Ruth & Alexander, Fredrik Einevoll, Anna Näumann and Mihály Stefanovicz to create artistic responses to the content of the material bank.
MBKP is a positive, pragmatic and inventive response to the major problems of our time, from over-consumption to the climate crisis, challenging our preconceived expectations of what materials are and what they can be used for.
Through the exhibition period, one could withdraw and deposit materials - as such the exhibition remained in constant flux.
The project was supported by the Norwegian Arts' Council, Tromsø municipality, KiN (Art Centres in Norway) and Failure, Understanding, Care (& Kunst).
Curator: Camilla Fagerli
Producer: James S. Lee
Designed and built together with: Jetta Graaner, Erik Fallgren, Carl Gregersen, Rurik Sjösten, Kaja Boudewijn, Marcus Fredriksen
Photos by Mihály Stefanovicz