Past Residents
Leif Elggren
Leif Elggren is a writer, visual artist, book publisher, stage performer and composer based in Stockholm. His practice investigates dreams, subtle absurdities and social hierarchies turned upside-down. His audio work, often created as the soundtrack to an installation or performance, has been released on labels such as Ash International, Touch, Radium and his own Firework Edition. In 1988, he formed the duo The Sons of God with Kent Tankred.
Leif Elggren spent five years at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, and has since been involved in solo and collaborative projects in Sweden and many other countries, including the United States. Recent projects include: HAUNTINGS – Ghost Box Media, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz, fall 2011; SLEEP DISORDERS, Centre d’art, Dudelange Luxembourg, fall 2011; Silent Screams And Deafening Whispers a performance evening curated by Erik Bünger in Berlin, July 2011; and a new book called Something Like Seeing In The Dark (Firework Edition 2011).
Leif Elggren, Ether Voyage, 2010, Performance. Courtesy of the artist.
Leif Elggren, Tin-Can Crowns, 2009, Objects. Courtesy of the artist.
Leif Elggren, Physiological Frequencies, 2004, Drawing. Courtesy of the artist.
Leif Elggren, Table of the Dead, 2007, Object. Courtesy of the artist.
Leif Elggren, The New Immortality, 2003, Magazine. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Sweden
Past Resident2011: American-Scandinavian Foundation, OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Peter J. Amdam
Peter J. Amdam is a cultural critic, writer, and curator based in Oslo. He has written extensively on contemporary art and theory and is an occasional collaborator with artist Matias Faldbakken. Educated at the University of Oslo where he studied Comparative Literature and aesthetic theory, Amdam’s diverse background includes skateboarding, DJing, and fashion magazines; he is also a well-known performer on the international hardcore music scene. Recent work includes editor of Fin Serck-Hanssen’s photographic history of punk and post-punk, In Between Pictures: Photographs 1979-1986, and the essay “Anacoluthic Interpellation” (forthcoming, September 2011).
Peter J. Amdam, A Science Of Friendship, 2011, Mixed media, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2011: Foundation for a Civil Society
Beli Sladoled
Beli Sladoled (white ice cream) is an artist collective consisting of two “academic painters,” Miha Perne and Leon Zuodar. Beli Sladoled experiment with drawing and work on the principle of the “Kinder egg”, where each exhibition is a surprise on its own. The collective considers the broader meaning of drawing, not just a framed picture, but rather as a part of every day life, engaging in various opportunities and situations. Their drawings are living forms that set off visible reactions among viewers, mostly laughter. Beli Sladoled play with casualness and humor in their practice, approaching drawing as far more than a sterile fine art medium. Besides their permanent collection of drawings, they have released an independent experimental comic strip album, a book compilation of drawings from different European artists, and many other book projects. Beli Sladoled have also collaborated on various artistic events, exhibitions and publications.
Miha Perne (born 1978, Ljubljana, Slovenia), graduated in photography from the Secondary School for Design and Photography and studied art history at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. He completed his studies in 2004 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana as a painting student under the mentorship of professors Zmago Jeraj
and Borut Vogelnik.
Leon Zuodar (born 1977, Postojna, Slovenia), graduated in photography from the from the Gimnazija Program at Postojna Secondary School and studied art pedagogy at the Pedagogical Faculty, University of Ljubljana. He completed his studies in 2004 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana as a painting student under the mentorship of professors Zmago Jeraj and Borut Vogelnik.
Beli Sladoled, sha___re, 2009 , Acrylic on canvas, 59 3/4 X 46 1/8 in.. Courtesy of the artist.
Beli Sladoled, Piramidko, 2010, Mixed media on canvas, 21 7/8 X 25 3/4 in.. Courtesy of the artist .
Beli Sladoled, Ship of fools, 2010, Acrylic on cardboard and wood. Courtesy of the artist.
Beli Sladoled, supercooldiscosport, 2007, Acrylic on wall. Courtesy of the artist.
Beli Sladoled, The Winner’s Podium, 2011.
