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SUMMARY:Edvard Munch's Photography: The Experimental Self
DESCRIPTION:The Experimental Self: Edvard Munch’s Photography\, an exhibition organized by American-Scandinavian Foundation with The Munch Museum in Oslo that first brought the photographic work of the master painter to NYC in 2017/18 before traveling worldwide\, returns to Scandinavia House this winter with a newly conceived design and a section including vintage camera equipment alongside the release of the 2020 illustrated book The Experimental Self: The Photography of Edvard Munch\, awarded with diploma as one of The Year’s Most Beautiful Books\, 2021 by Grafill\, Norway’s National Organization for Visual Communication. \nInternationally celebrated for his paintings\, prints\, and watercolors\, Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863–1944) also took photographs. In 2017/18\, the exhibition The Experimental Self: Edvard Munch’s Photography at Scandinavia House drew widespread acclaim for introducing audiences to his photographic and film work\, emphasizing the artist’s experimentalism and examining his exploration of the camera as an expressive medium. This exhibition includes Munch’s experimental portraiture of friends and family as well as his self-portraiture\, including images from what he termed his “Fatal Destiny” portfolio\, staged between 1902 and 1908. By probing and exploiting the dynamics of “faulty” practice\, such as distortion\, blurred motion\, eccentric camera angles\, and other photographic “mistakes\,” Munch photographed himself and his immediate environment in ways that rendered them poetic. In both still images and in his few forays with a hand-held moving-picture camera\, Munch not only archived images\, but invented them. As a recent Financial Times Magazine review of the works states\, “Munch’s mercurial snapshots trace the survival of an artist obsessed with loss… his photographs remain tantalisingly opaque a century on.” \nHaving since traveled to eight venues worldwide\, including Seattle\, Oslo\, Stockholm\, Fredrikssund (Denmark)\, and Bergen\, the exhibition will be returning to Scandinavia House beginning December 10 in a new iteration\, including photographic enlargements and a display of the amateur camera models similar to those he used in his work. The exhibition will also feature a “selfie station” for visitors to interact with Edvard Munch’s experimental self-portraiture\, as well as the opportunity to browse the new publication\, which includes 120 fully illustrated pages alongside essays by curator Patricia G. Berman\, Tom Gunning and MaryClaire Pappas\, available for purchase in the Shop. On loan from the Munch Museum in Oslo\, Norway\, the approximately 50 copy prints in the exhibition and a continuous projection of Munch’s films will be accompanied by contextualizing didactic panels as well as a video presentation. It has been organized by the American-Scandinavian Foundation in partnership with The Munch Museum in Oslo\, Norway. It has been supported by the Inger and William Ginsberg Support Fund.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/edvard-munchs-photography-the-experimental-self-2/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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SUMMARY:Present Tense Machine — Virtual Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual book talk on Present Tense Machine with award-winning Norwegian author Gunnhild Øyehaug! With author Jennifer Offill as moderator\,Øyehaug will discuss the exquisite\, wistful\, and slyly profound new novel\, out January 11 in translation by Karl Dickson from Farrar\, Straus and Giroux. \nOn an ordinary day in Bergen\, Norway\, in the late 1990s\, Anna is reading in the garden while her two-year-old daughter\, Laura\, plays on her tricycle. Then\, in one startling moment\, Anna misreads a word\, an alternate universe opens up\, and Laura disappears. Twenty years or so later\, life has gone on as if nothing happened\, but in each of the women’s lives\, something is not quite right. Both Anna and Laura continue to exist\, but they are invisible to each other and forgotten in each other’s worlds. Both are writers and amateur pianists. They are married; Anna had two more children after Laura disappeared\, and Laura is expecting a child of her own. They worry about their families\, their jobs\, the climate—and whether this reality is all there is. \nØyehaug delivers another dazzling renovation of what fiction can do: a testament to the fact that language shapes the world. \nThis event will take place as a Zoom webinar; please ask questions in the chat or send them in advance to  info@amscan.org. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. \n“Playful and poignant . . . The ruminations on existence and purpose consistently captivate . . . Øyehaug steers this to a wholly satisfying conclusion.” —Publishers Weekly \nAbout the Author\nGunnhild Øyehaug is an award-winning Norwegian poet\, essayist\, and fiction writer. FSG has published her story collection Knots as well as her novel Wait\, Blink\, which was adapted into the acclaimed film Women in Oversized Men’s Shirts. Øyehaug lives in Bergen\, where she teaches creative writing. \nAbout the Moderator\nJenny Offill is the author of three novels\, most recently Weather (Knopf\, 2020)\, which was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize. She is a visiting writer at Bard College and lives in upstate New York.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/present-tense-machine-virtual-book-talk/
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SUMMARY:Online Nordic Book Club: Dog Park by Sofi Oksanen
DESCRIPTION:Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club\, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On January 11\, we’ll be discussing Dog Park by acclaimed Finnish-Estonian author Sofi Oksanen\, who recently joined us for a virtual panel now streaming here. \nA captivating story of intrigue\, betrayal\, and murder in the global fertility market from Oksanen\, “an international publishing sensation frequently likened to Stieg Larsson” (The Guardian)\, Dog Park begins in Helsinki\, 2016. Olenka sits on a bench\, watching a family play in a dog park\, as a stranger sits down beside her. Olenka startles; she would recognize this other woman anywhere — after all\, Olenka was the one who ruined her life. And this woman may be about to do the same to Olenka. Yet\, for a fragile moment\, here they are\, together — looking at their own children being raised by other people. \nMoving seamlessly between modern-day Finland and Ukraine in the early days of its post-Soviet independence\, Dog Park is a keenly observed\, dark\, and propulsive novel set at the intersection of East and West\, centered on a web of exploitation and the commodification of the female body. Sofi Oksanen brings fearless psychological acuity to this captivating story about a woman unable to escape the memory of her lost child\, the ruthless powers that still hunt her\, and the lies that could well end up saving her. \n“A dystopian novel that seems all too real”—Kirkus Reviews
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/online-nordic-book-club-dog-park-by-sofi-oksanen/
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SUMMARY:Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders 2022
DESCRIPTION:This year\, the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series returns to Scandinavia House in a hybrid format! In coordination with Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. with BalticFilmExpo@SFFLA\, Scandinavia House is pleased to offer virtual screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film\, available to viewers across the U.S. on weekends in January\, as well as select in-house screenings. During the weekend of January 13-16\, the event program includes regular screenings of Lamb (dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson\, Iceland\, 2021)\, Iceland’s official nomination for the 94th Academy Awards; On The Water /Vee peal (dir. Peeter Simm\, Estonia\, 2021)\, Estonia’s official nomination; both tickets are available for purchase individually and are included in the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series pass. \nThe program will also include two special film events on January 15\, available only with a Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series pass and available only to viewers based in New York\, New Jersey\, and California: Flee (dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen\, Denmark\, 2021)\, Denmark’s official nomination for the 94th Academy Awards\, and The Worst Person in the World (dir. Joachim Trier; Norway\, 2021)\, Norway’s official nomination for the 94th Academy Awards. *Films will be available from 8 AM ET on Saturday\, January 15 and available to watch for 24 hours after starting viewing. Individual tickets are not available.* \nFestival films will be available to ticket holders all over the U.S. Each session is limited to 300 tickets in an effort to preserve the intimate and communal experience. The session for Lamb and On The Water will take place over four days (Thursday — Sunday)\, and both films from the session will be available for viewing on a virtual cinema screening platform throughout this period. Screenings of Flee and The Worst Person in the World will be included with the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series pass and will be available to viewers based only in New York\, New Jersey\, and California\, beginning on Saturday\, January 15 and available for 24 hours after release. \nTo download viewing instructions and an FAQ\, please click here. \nFILMS—REGULAR PROGRAM\nLamb (dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson\, Iceland\, 2021) \nChildless couple Maria (Noomi Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snær Guðnason) live together on a remote farm in Iceland with their herd of sheep\, where their life is one of routine and calm. One day they make an alarming discovery in their sheep barn — a newborn lamb\, whom they decide to raise as their own. But sinister forces are determined to return the creature to the wilderness that birthed her\, and they soon begin to face the consequences of defying the will of nature. A dark and atmospheric folktale\, this striking debut feature from director Valdimar Jóhannsson has been hailed as “grippingly assured” (RogerEbert.com) and “a cult movie in the making” (Rolling Stone). (106 min. In Icelandic with English subtitles) “An ominous warning about the danger of seeking happiness through delusion”—NYTimes\nWATCH TRAILER \nOn The Water /Vee peal (dir. Peeter Simm\, Estonia\, 2021) \nBased a novel by Olavi Ruitlane\, On the Water focuses on the life of preadolescent boy Andres\, a gentle soul growing up in the care of his grandparents in small-town Soviet Estonia. He has no friends his own age\, and his knowledge and friendships are limited to a few men living in his backyard – a former prisoner and hapless fishermen. His only escape is taking a fishing rod out onto a local lake where\, as a skilled angler\, he is at his happiest. A coming-of-age drama that balances comedy and adventure with more brutal realities\, On The Water has been acclaimed as “a pleasant feel-good dreamed\, characterized by a whimsical sense of humor and a charismatic young lead” (Cineuropa). (106 min. In Estonian with English subtitles) \nFILMS—SPECIAL SCREENINGS\nThe Worst Person in the World (dir. Joachim Trier; Norway\, 2021) \nThe third in director Joachim Trier’s Oslo Trilogy\, this dark romantic dramedy introduces Julie (Renate Reinsve) on the cusp of her 30th birthday — struggling with commitment issues\, about to switch her college major\, and on the verge of leaving her long-term boyfriend. Over the course of the next four years of life-altering changes of heart\, she must navigate the troubled waters of her love life and struggle to find her career path\, while learning to take a realistic look at who she really is. Winner of numerous awards including Best Actress — Renate Reinsve\, Cannes Film Festival\, and best Foreign Language Film\, New York Film Critics Circle\, The Worst Person in the World is acclaimed as “a romantic drama for people who hate romantic dramas” (Toronto Star) with a performance by Reinsve as “masterful as Julie\, throwing light on every facet of the art of being a total mess” (Chicago Reader). (128 min. In Norwegian with English subtitles)\nWATCH TRAILER \nFlee (dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen\, Denmark\, 2021) \nSundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years\, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon-to-be husband. Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen depicts the refugee experience through vivid animation in a moving memoir hailed as “a feat of humanistic filmmaking… a movie we will be celebrating all through next year’s awards season and talking about long after” (Harper’s Bazaar) (89 min. In Danish with English subtitles)\nWATCH TRAILER
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/nordic-baltic-oscar-contenders-2022-2/
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SUMMARY:President—Virtual Screening (NY/NJ/CA)
DESCRIPTION:The Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House returns this season with select in-house and virtual screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film. As a special\, limited screening Thursday\, January 20 through Sunday\, January 23\, see the film President (dir. Camilla Nielsson; Denmark/Norway/USA\, 2021)\, shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature for the 94th Academy Awards. *Screenings of this film event are limited to viewers based in New York\, New Jersey\, and California only. * \nDanish director Camilla Nielsson – who previously chronicled the contentious reform of Zimbabwe’s constitution in the acclaimed Democrats – gains astonishing access to that nation’s 2018 presidential election as Obama-esque reformer Nelson Chamisa faces overwhelming odds against Emmerson Mnangagwa\, disciple of longtime dictator Robert Mugabe\, and nicknamed “the crocodile.” Disputes over voter rolls and a compromised election commission\, plus voter intimidation and outright violence mount as election day nears\, as President illustrates the global scale of these issues. (115 minutes. In English and Shona with English Subtitles) \n“President is in-the-moment documentary storytelling of the highest order…what the threat to democracy everywhere looks like and will continue to look like”—LATimes \nTickets must be purchased in advance at the link above. \nTo download viewing instructions and an FAQ\, please click here. \n \nABOUT THE DIRECTOR\nCamilla Nielsson was a Fulbright Scholar at Tisch School of the Arts\, New York University (NYU)\, and in the Dept. of Anthropology (NYU)\, where she studied documentary filmmaking and visual anthropology from 1997-2000. She has directed the documentary short trilogy Good Morning Afghanistan (2003)\, Durga (2004)\, and The Children of Darfur (2005)\, about children’s rights\, and Mumbai Disconnected (2009)\, in the Cities on Speed series. Since 2007\, she has collaborated with Israeli video artist Yael Bartana on the trilogy We Will Be Strong in Our Weakness (Berlinale 2011\, Venice Biennale 2011)\, and Demonstrators (2011)\, for the exhibition Re:Constructed Landscapes (Danish National Gallery / SMK). She was the artistic advisor for Yael Bartana’s What if Women Ruled the World opening at Manchester International Festival in July 2017\, and Aarhus Kulturby in November 2017. \nCamilla Nielsson’s first feature documentary Democrats (2014)\, has screened at more than 80 film festivals\, and won 20 awards and nominations\, including Best Documentary at Tribeca Film Festival 2015\, and Best Documentary at Nordic Panorama 2015.
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