Utopiske signaler

An opportunity to learn more about Det Internasjonale Nyksundprosjektet, which has been brought back into focus through Nyksund Reloaded.

Since 2022, Nyksund Reloaded has reactivated and re-examined a forgotten international ecological project in Northern Norway through archival practice, media art and film.

From 1984 to 1992, an eco-town was developed in the former fishing village of Nyksund, initiated by students at Technische Universität in West Berlin. Det Internasjonale Nyksundprosjektet (INP) was intended to become an international youth town, combining radical social pedagogy with experiments in ecological technology, architecture and heritage conservation. At a time marked by the Cold War and an emerging climate crisis, young people were to learn to take responsibility for their own future. Then the project collapsed, and its material legacy was scattered.

Nyksund Reloaded explores how the ideas, visions and energy of INP—preserved in collected archival material and embedded in the places shaped by INP—can still be reactivated and inspire action and reflection in response to societal challenges. The project is being developed by the artist groups NODES and SOAP – Some Online Architecture Practice – and is led by media artists and filmmakers Katja Pratschke and Elisabeth Brun.

ROM for kunst og arkitektur is a partner in the continued development of the project’s international collaborations. The project has also contributed “Utopiske signaler”, an interactive essay (https://metode.rom.no/articles/essay/utopian-signals-accidental-archivism-of-the-nyksund-ecotopia) published in ROM’s METODE vol. 3: Currents.

At Cinemateket this day, you can meet Elisabeth Brun and the artists involved in the project, and see VR and film works from Nyksund Reloaded, including completed works, archival film, works in progress and sketches from a workshop with film art students from Filmkunstskolen i Kabelvåg.

Please note that the VR works are shown at Bølgen at 14.30 (https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=nw7SEF7WUkaulOSTrPtoSnLuFvWEp_RPjmOknnx8EwNUNVZQS01CQkZOV0dSNjZPQ0dYNERWV1dSVy4u&route=shorturl) and 16.00 (https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=nw7SEF7WUkaulOSTrPtoSnLuFvWEp_RPjmOknnx8EwNUNVlPTlNUWjdOVVkzM05XWk0yRVZDTDBOQi4u&route=shorturl). These screenings are free, but require registration.

The illustrations are collages by Iryna Kliui and Katja Pratschke, using images from Det Internasjonale Nyksundprosjektet.

Venue: Cinemateket i Oslo, Dronningens gate 16, 0152 Oslo