Rogaland Kunstsenter’s project room
The exhibition “Fotovandringer Sjøkanten” by Christine Hansen is part of the art and urban development project Sjøkanten, a pilot project organised by Stavanger kommune. Here we test how art can be used as a method for generating engagement in urban development processes, and for getting to know the areas being planned.
Photographer and artist Christine Hansen has invited lower secondary school pupils, local residents and other interested participants on a photo walk along the shoreline of Hillevågsvatnet. The assignment was to search for “the good motif”, in order to bring forth a new view of the place. Looking at our surroundings through a camera changes how we relate to them. It can also challenge ideas about what is beautiful. What is a good motif? Is only the spectacular worth photographing, or can what seems unimportant and ordinary be the starting point for a good picture?
The exhibition consists of a selection of images from the photo walks and presents the participants’ own perspectives on the shoreline.
Participating photographers:
Amandus Erik Johannes Mathiesen, Hilalfattan Zulkarnain, Klara Mo Foldnes, Kaan Dogru, Magnus Thornes Moen, Nils Olav Odland, Rasmus Runestad, Sebastian Christensen, Vanessa Finnestad Salamonsen, Noomi Nordbøe, Amelia Vervik Olivares, Emmeline Ingebrigtsen Weera, Astrid Cecilie Berntsen, Johanne Veland Bakke, Even Gullhaug Hennes, Anders Rogne Kallegåg, Benjamin Hickethier, Ingebjørg Folgerø, Kristiane Marie Fjær Lindland, All Greenall, Marit Sletteberg Storli, Eli Drange Vee, Ayan Jama, Stig Fagerland, Jens Kaae Fisker, Nina Prytz, Mauritz Rossavik and Karen Hatleskog Zeiner.
About the artist
Christine Hansen is an artist and art historian based in Stavanger. She holds a master’s degree in photography from the Bergen Academy of Art and Design and a PhD in art history from the University of Bergen. Hansen has taught at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design, later the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design at UiB, as well as at the University of Stavanger. Her practice often involves working with specific landscapes over time. The landscapes become a starting point for reflecting on time, environmental questions and nature.
Main image by Klara Mo Foldnes, pupil at Kristianlyst
Photographs by Oddbjørn Erland Aarstad
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