McKenzie Wark: Keynote lecture at MUNCH Triennale 2025: ‘Almost Unreal’
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 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 to the link below.)
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).
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.
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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.
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Photos by Z Walsh. Courtesy of McKenzie Wark.
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MUNCHEdvard Munchs plass 1
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