Artist: Marthe Ramm Fortun
Exhibition title: Skriver for ikke å skade
Venue: Femtensesse, Oslo, Norway
Date: September 15 – November 12, 2022
Photography: Julie Hrnčířová and Jan Khur / all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Femtensesse, Oslo
Femtensesse proudly presents a solo exhibition with the Norwegian artist Marthe Ramm Fortun. For her show at Femtensesse, Fortun is developing a site-specic performance series in three parts where actions at Alexander Kiellands plass extend into an installation in the gallery, using the advertising board at the local bus stop as a site for excerpts of the performance text. In overlapping works that span years, Fortun aunts her body, insisting on continued relevance beyond a blank slate.For Femtensesse, Fortun aligns her actions in public space with events such as the impending sexual consent law and its connection to the Nordic sexual morality debate in the1880s. During her performances, she draws and photographs as a means of taking notes where language fails.
Marthe Ramm Fortun (b. 1978, Oslo) lives and works in Oslo, Norway, where she is adjunct professor at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Fortun received her education from University of the Arts, London, New York University, New York and HISK – Higher Institute of Fine Art, Ghent. Recent solo exhibitions include TA VARE!at Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (2019); Stones to the Burden at e Munch Museum, Oslo (2016) and Skrive byen, skrive den om at UKS, Oslo (2014). Her work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions and biennials in Norway and abroad including Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker; Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal; Monnaie de Paris, Paris; Gladstone Gallery, Brussels; e Vigeland Museum, Oslo; Komplot, Brussels; Performatik, Brussels and Performa, New York. Current projects include ALL SHE LEFT BEHIND!, a museum acquisition of four performances at Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden (2021-2022); a new commission entitled Er det så farlig for e National Museum, Oslo for the exhibition Jeg kaller det kunst(2022-2023); and Vi skal ikke skrive lærebøker(2019-2029), a ten-year performance cycle for the project Voice of Minerva at the Museum of Natural History in Bergen, curated by Marit Paasche and commissioned by KORO – Public Art Norway.
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, 2022, installation view, Femtensesse, Oslo
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Sekvens 1 (Skriver for ikke å skade, lånt fra mine døtre)”, 2022. Steel, pearls, C-prints, apple, mixed media, 100 x 73 x 10 cm
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Sekvens 1 (Skriver for ikke å skade, lånt fra mine døtre)”, 2022. Steel, pearls, C-prints, apple, mixed media, 100 x 73 x 10 cm
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Sekvens 1 (Skriver for ikke å skade, lånt fra mine døtre)”, 2022. Steel, pearls, C-prints, apple, mixed media, 100 x 73 x 10 cm
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Sekvens 1 (Skriver for ikke å skade, lånt fra mine døtre)”, 2022. Steel, pearls, C-prints, apple, mixed media, 100 x 73 x 10 cm
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Sekvens 2 (The Vertical Class, lånt fra Lucy Lippards Pink Glass Swan)”, 2022. Granite, steel, apple, mixed media, 166 x 60 x 60 cm
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Sekvens 2 (The Vertical Class, lånt fra Lucy Lippards Pink Glass Swan)”, 2022. Granite, steel, apple, mixed media, 166 x 60 x 60 cm
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Sekvens 3 (Pastelltegning lånt fra «Calla Lilies on Red» (1928) av Georgia O’Keefe, Søylerommet, Nasjonalmuseet)”, 2022. Steel, C-prints, pastel on newspaper, 33 x 127 x 57 cm
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Sekvens 3 (Pastelltegning lånt fra «Calla Lilies on Red» (1928) av Georgia O’Keefe, Søylerommet, Nasjonalmuseet)”, 2022. Steel, C-prints, pastel on newspaper, 33 x 127 x 57 cm
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Sekvens 3 (Pastelltegning lånt fra «Calla Lilies on Red» (1928) av Georgia O’Keefe, Søylerommet, Nasjonalmuseet)”, 2022. Steel, C-prints, pastel on newspaper, 33 x 127 x 57 cm
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Sekvens 4 (#balancemachatte)”, 2018. C-print, framed, 16 x 13 x 2 cm
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on September 15, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on September 15, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on September 15, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on September 15, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on September 15, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on September 15, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on September 15, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on September 15, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on September 15, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on September 15, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on September 15, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on October 13, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
Marthe Ramm Fortun, “Skriver for ikke å skade”, performance on November 10, 2022
