PROCESS: Harvest
PROCESS is an exhibition concept created in collaboration with Marie Cole, Haweya Jama, Ayesha Jordan, and Fotogalleriet’s curatorial fellow Lara Okafor.
Inspired by the cycles of agricultures – Cleanse, Cultivate, and Harvest – PROCESS will unfold over time through artistic interventions, gatherings, and performances.
Artists Ayan Abdi, Javon Bennett, and Walden Walker will use the gallery as an open studio, allowing their practices to evolve in dialogue with the public. The exhibition explores the gallery as an experimental space for creative participation, critical thinking, communal growth, and exchange – centered around Afrodiasporic perspectives.
In PROCESS’ third and final season, Harvest (19 April-4 May), we will be exploring the question: What can we offer and receive? Plant structures such as fruits and flowers restart the next life cycle. They also add pleasure and beauty to our lives through the gift of food or ornamentation. How can we embody this part of the PROCESS cycle? Participate in the public programme, and visit the gallery (and our open studio artists) Wednesday-Sunday during the gallery’s opening hours.
Inspired by lived experiences, Lifted is an experimental immersive performance by Waldane Walker that explores improvisation, ritual and observations in the aims of amplifying the narratives of the black, gay-identifying body. Through this performance Walker seeks to instigate a critical discourse on how these queer bodies of colour navigate space, time and circumstances. Literally and figuratively. The evening closes with an open floor discourse with the artist.
Program
19:00-19:15 Welcome & Introduction
19:15-20:00 Performance: Lifted
20:00-20:15 Refresher Break
20:15-20:50 Open Forum & Artist Talkback
20:50-21:00 Closing Remarks
The experimental immersive performance is followed by a two-weekend performative programme by Walker from Thursday, 24 April, to Saturday, 26 April, and Friday, 2 May, to Sunday, 4 May, 13:00-17:00 each day. Visit Walker at their studio space at Fotogalleriet while the performative programme is ongoing.
The Grounding Circle is a space of reflection and study. This month’s edition will be hosted by Haweya Jama and Ayesha Jordan. We will be discussing how racialized individuals can cultivate a sense of belonging in Norway, and what systems of oppression may inhibit this important work. In line with the Harvest season, we offer a compendium with curated literature rooted in Black Geography and Black Studies. We also encourage participants to bring a quote, an anecdote, or anything else to share in the grounding. We hope to see you there!
Grounding Circle is a monthly event usually hosted at ASSATA—a printing press and curated library that collects works from revolutionary writers around the world. This month, Grounding Circle finds its home in the third season of PROCESS.
Open Up the Kitchen is a Sunday of familial baking by Javon Bennett, a recollection of how he was taught to experience food and the processes entailed in their creations. Taking traditional methods of coal-fire and making beloved treats, it is a languid affair, an invitation to come and have a slice of sweet potato pudding, a cup of Jamaican hot chocolate (coco tea), and relax on a spring afternoon.
Bennett asks kindly for all who attend to bring with them a recipe to share from their own lives. Be it one reverentially passed down through the generations, or one randomly acquired and adored, it is of great curiosity to read, build, and imagine culinary tales through recipes.
A tea party to mark the end of the Harvest season and the PROCESS experimental container’s physical presence at Fotogalleriet. There will be tea, closing rituals, and the opportunity for attendees to give a new home to some of the plants and objects that have made the space.