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by Charlotte Besui

  

ABOUT THE UNFINISHED INSTITUTION 



the unfinished institution (DUI) is a studio-collective and non-commercial production and project space for professional artists. We were established in Laksevåg (Bergen) in the summer of 2022. Together, we occupy approx. 800 m2, spread over two large halls. We also have a number of adjoined rooms that are used as private studios. Currently we house 10 permanent members and we have 3 studios that are used for shorter stays.  The studio community has developed shared resources like a library, a shared kitchen and a large communal workspace. 


DUIs is founded on the approach that art and the artistic process are fundamentally open and in continuous change. We want to be an arena where art is developed both individually and collectively in new and surprising ways. 


Our ideas about the unfinished institution are inspired by Oskar and Sofia Hansens open form theory (1). For many known as the vision that Bergen Arkitektskole (BAS) (2) builds its institutional identity and educational approach on. Open form is characterized by a view of art and architecture as collective and individual at the same time, with emphasis on organic processes and participation. 


We are trying to translate open form both organizationally as well as through the activities that we do under the unfinished institution’s premises. 


We seek to built ourselves gradually and dynamically. In such a way that the various individual activities together form the definition of what we do and who we are. Seeking self-organization and resource-wise sustainability. 


Generosity and community  are  central.  As well as values like experimentation and play. Our name signals an identity built on an attitude that all true art and knowledge are naturally unfinished, and a willingness to explore this critically in praxis. 


1. https://www.sternberg-press.com/product/open-form-space-interaction-and-the-tradition-of-oskar-hansen/

2. https://bas.org/grunnlag-og-strategi/












































members      
  Susanna Antonsson  
Alex Hamish Millar
Borghild Rudjord Unneland
Charlotte Besuijen
Felix Costain Schou
Fergus Tibbs
Gard Andreas Frantzsen
Hild Borchgrevink
Matias Grøttum
Michael Stumpf
Pauliina Pöllänen
Sveinung Rudjord Unneland
Åse Løvgren



                                             
associate members

Yasuyo Tatebe 

Karen Nicole Werner

Arne Skaug Olsen

Rikki Winde
                                     





                                                                                
collaborators

Radio multe 

Bergen arkitekthøgskole (BAS)

ROM for kunst og arkitektur 

Listening academy

Bergen senter for elektronisk kunst (BEK) 

B-open 

Joy Forum 

Entrėe 

Trykkeriet 

Tekstallmenningen 

Kristiansand Kunsthall 

after the butcher

prøverommet / BIT Teatergarasjen 

arrant bodies press 

Lord Jim Publishing 

Forlaget Virkelig 

den uferdige presse forlag

STUDIO studio 

Blank Blank 

OPAFORM

Bergen Assembly 

Casiokids 

TAG TEAM STUDIO 

VOLT 

Holen Skole 

Kunstskolen i Bergen (KIB)

Fakultet for kunst musikk og design (KMD)

Teori og praksis