OpenART 2013

Mediated Process 21.02-19.03 2024 Cullity Gallery Perth The University of Western Australia John Carberry (Australien) Håkan Carlbrand (Sverige) Gustav Hellberg (Sverige) Johanna Karlin (Sverige) Borahm Kim (Sydkorea) Nelya Korzhova (Ryssland) Roman Korzhov (Ryssland) Peter Ojstersek (Sverige) Linda Petersson Ödbring (Sverige) Rebecca Ann Tess (Tyskland)

OpenART Örebro 2013.

15 June-1 September.

Örebro OpenART is an international outdoor exhibition of contemporary art, which takes place in Örebro, Sweden. For almost three months, the notion of cityscape is lifted to a vibrant dimension where art peekaboos at the city’s locals and visitors.

The fourth edition of OpenART, which runs from the 15^th of June until the 1^st of September, turns the centre of the town into an art stage where the unconventional, the intriguing, the innovative, beauty or the bizarre grow organically in the eyes of the urban beholders.

Around 70 artists from all over the world take over Örebro in a committed attempt to put a spell on the town; artworks of all imaginable and unimaginable forms, materials and structures are displayed in just as imaginable and unimaginable circumstances and places downtown. Every corner downtown Örebro can challenge the passers by into encounters that can affect emotions, arouse curiosity or simply give food for thought. The exhibition bridges between cultures and people, while fostering local and international art dialogue. Örebro OpenART is Sweden’s biggest cultural venue during the summer of 2013.

Since its inception in 2008, OpenART has pinned Örebro on the Swedish contemporary art map; the event has visually stamped the city with iconic creations that took the town’s name across seas and continents. The Big Yellow Rabbit (Florentijn Hofman, 2011), Heart Breaker (Fefe Talavera, 2011), Clothesline (Kaarina Kaikkonen, 2008) or Live Space (Giovanna Aguirre, 2009) were just few of the creations that infused large scale fantasy into the public space.

With this year’s edition, OpenART introduces two new concepts, OpenART Academy and OpenART Kids, in a sustained effort to support artists in all stages of their development.

"Aliens" by Peter Ojstersek 2013.

Alien&Cindy 2013. 740cm x 420cm & 150cm x 240cm

Plywood,pigment, epoxi, reflecting material.

http://www.openart.se/en/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJCRfADUbgo

http://www.openart.se/site/media/2013/06/Karta_version2_webmapnewhighres.pdf