November, 2025
2025lør15nov14:0015:00McKenzie Wark: Keynote lecture at MUNCH Triennale 2025: ‘Almost Unreal’
Arrangementsdetaljer
Innmeldt arrangement:
The opening day event
starts off with a keynote lecture by McKenzie Wark, followed by panel
discussions with the artists present, and finishes with a screening by Patricia
Domínguez.
Further reading: The
second MUNCH Triennale explores the spaces between the real and the virtual,
old and new technologies, dystopian and hopeful visions of the future. The
keynote address by Professor McKenzie Wark, an Australian-born, New York-based
writer and scholar renowned for her work on media theory, raving and
transsexual narratives. Through a series of panel discussions on gaming,
worldbuilding, textiles, and alternative futures, the artists are invited to
present their work in the exhibition. The talks are moderated by
curators Tominga O’Donnell (NOR) and Mariam
Elnozahy. There
will be complimentary light refreshments and coffee halfway through the talks
programme.
McKenzie Wark’s visit to
Oslo is made possible by a collaboration with Karmaklubb*. (For the rest of the
McKenzie Wark extravaganza programme, go here.)
Time: 14:00 (duration
approx. 1 hour; doors open at 13:30).
FREE! Language:
English. The venue is accessible. Location: Sky Room, MUNCH, Edvard
Munchs plass 1 (Bjørvika).
Please note: Due to
limited capacity, please arrive early to secure your spot <3 Please reach
out if you have any further questions or concerns regarding the event, and we
will do our best to assist and solve.
*
Since 2018,
Karmaklubb* has organized several international discursive events, screenings,
artist presentations, facilitated artistic and theoretical research as well as
published texts focusing on spaces—physically, virtual, hybrid—that allows
senses of freedom; where hierarchies dissolve and categories vanish, for
something else to form. There are many keys: Art can be one, clubbing too, or
writing. Our first encounter was with American artist Tony Cokes’
video work Mikrohaus, or the black atlantic? (2018), while one
of the most recent outcomes: a week-long festival with Australian thinker and
writer McKenzie Wark, taking place at Trekanten, Det Norske Teatret, and MUNCH,
followed by a celebration at Black Box teater, Oslo.
Acknowledgements:
This series of events has been made possible through the collaboration with
McKenzie Wark; PRAKSIS; Anders Dunker and Existenz Forlag, Oslo; ONLY SLIME and
Det Norske Teatret; MUNCH and MUNCH Triennale 2025: Almost Unreal; Trekanten,
Oslo; Black Box teater, Oslo; Tronsmo bøker & tegneserier, Oslo, and all
Partners and Artists involved in the individual events. We are grateful for the
support from Arts and Culture Norway (Kulturdirektoratet); Agency for Cultural
Affairs, City of Oslo (Kulturetaten, Oslo kommune); The Royal Norwegian
Consulate General, New York, NY, USA / The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; The
Fritt Ord Foundation / Stiftelsen Fritt Ord; MUNCH, Oslo, and Det Norske
Teatret, Oslo.
Credits:
Photo by Z Walsh. Courtesy of McKenzie Wark.