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Spesial Nord
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Spesial Nord is an artist run independent publishing and curatorial project designed to function as a showroom for artists from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Island. Selected artists are invited to present themselves thru work exclusively commissioned for the respective issue with focus on visual material and texts which refers to and reflects the artistic process. Established in 2009 Spesial Nord has published magazines and poster issues, and has been touring the Nordic countries with exhibitions and performances from the contributing artists. Spesial Nord is run by the artists Christina Leithe and Iselin Linstad Hauge.
Publications
B-B-B, Body Brain Body - This is Your Response System (2016)
ISBN–ISSN 1891-375X
This issue is Spesial Nord´s forth issue and it contains 7 different posters, in addition to a text by professor Morten L. Kringelbach. In this issue we invited artists who work in different genres but were given the same assignment to respond to. As part of this challenge, the contributors received a selection of visual elements and the heading Body Brain Body-B-B-B.
Artists: Sara Riel (Iceland), Haraldur Jónsson (Iceland), Andreas Waldén (Sweden), Emma Tryti (Sweden), Iselin Linstad Hauge (Norway), Christina Leithe (Norway), Synnøve Sizou G. Wetten (Norway)
Published by Spesial Nord
Designed by NODE Oslo
7 posters, 84x59 cm
Text in English
Fonded by Norwegian Art Counsil, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond and Oslo Pilot
Hidden Matter - A Private Collection (2011)
ISBN–ISSN 1891-375X
This issue is Spesial Nord´s third issue and it contains 11 different posters.
For this issue Spesial Nord invited artists whose photographic work captures seemingly mundane moments and states of mind, exploring the underlying meaning through staged settings or snapshots. With this selection we aimed to focus on the subtle poetry of these moments and their inherent appeal to the viewer, - to sharpen one’s eyes, and look beyond one’s own environment and experiences.
Artists: Anna Strand (Sweden), Bettina Camilla Vestergaard (Denmark), Iselin Linstad Hauge (Norway), Edvard Gran(Norway), Signe Vad (Denmark), Arja Hyytiäinen (Finland), Christina Leithe (Norway), Solveig Syversen (Norway), Emil Salto (Denmark).
This issue was first shown as an exhibition at Prosjektrommet, Trafo Kunsthall, and later at Breadfield in Malmö. So if you buy this issue, you buy all the works exhibited, and thus have acquired your own collection.
Published by Spesial Nord
Designed by NODE Oslo
11 posters, 84x59 cm
Text in English
Fonded by Forbundet Frie Fotografer.
Will be included later (2025)
Iselin Linstad Hauge will publish a series of new photos for kunstbok Oslo. Title, pictures and more info will be included later.