Amund Sjølie Sveen

His art tackles issues surrounding the Arctic. Sveen launched NORDTING, an art platform for intervention and reflection in the north.{{Cite web |title=MAKE THE NORTH GREAT AGAIN! {{!}} Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum |url=https://www.nnkm.no/en/exhibitions/make-north-great-again |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=www.nnkm.no |language=en}} NORDTING is a mobile people's assembly for the North, bringing together residents from Vardø in Northern Norway to Alaska, to participate in the council, called the Ting.{{Cite web |title=Stedet mellom aksjon og fanatisme – ArtScene Trondheim |url=https://artscene.no/2019/12/05/stedet-mellom-aksjon-og-fanatisme/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |language=nb-NO}} Local participants, from bands and choirs to community leaders, punk rockers, cheerleaders, indigenous peoples, musicians, and dancers, join Sveen and his team to discuss and address issues affecting their communities.{{Cite web |last=Jangås |first=Lasse |date=2014-06-22 |title=Vedtok nordnorsk selvstyre |url=https://www.nordlys.no/1-79-7434129 |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Nordlys |language=no}}{{Cite web |last=Hoseth |first=Børge |date=2014-06-23 |title=Raser mot åpningsforestillingen |url=https://www.ht.no/kultur/i/m1mRwq/raser-mot-apningsforestillingen |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=ht.no |language=no}}

Sveen describes NORDTING, which has been active since 2014, as a testing ground for political ideas and critique of the current power situation.https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/amund-sjolie-sveen-uses-art-testing-ground-major-political-ideas-and-critique-power

Sveen has initiated and led the Pan-ArcticVision, an Arctic social and cultural event. The first edition was held in his home town of Vadsø in Northern Norway,{{Cite web |last=Edvardsen |first=Astri |title=Arctic Music and Criticism, Politics and Sequins, Glitter and Reindeer Antlers! |url=https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/arctic-music-and-criticism-politics-and-sequins-glitter-and-reindeer-antlers |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=www.highnorthnews.com |language=en}} the second edition was held in Nuuk, Kalaallit Nunaat in October 2024.{{cite news |last1=Harvey |first1=Matisse |title='Eurovision for the North' brings together artists from across the Arctic |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/pan-arctic-vision-2024-1.7352934?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar&fbclid=IwY2xjawF8kGNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaijKNTBkk9CTq9kos_9k0aRaf57H031j5SLx014ggvHnH_6MsYyds9iRw_aem_U9Xdu22QYfd3cBuEIP8HhA |access-date=26 October 2024 |publisher=CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=2024-10-15}} As a musician, he is a member of the Slagr, a Norwegian trio formed in 2003 who received Spellemannprisen (a Norwegian Grammy) for their release Short Stories in 2015.{{Cite web |last=Horn |first=Knut-Sverre |date=2016-01-31 |title=Amund fra Vadsø fikk Spellemannspris |url=https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/amund-fra-vadso-fikk-spellemannspris-1.12779549 |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}} Sveen also is associated with the UiT The Arctic University of Norway, as an artistic researcher.

• 2005: Deconstructing IKEA, solo percussion
• 2007: United States of Barents, solo performance, Kirkenes, NO{{Cite web |title=The United States of Barents – performance ved Amund S. Sveen |url=https://www.verdensteatret.no/arrangement/the-united-states-of-barents-performance-ved-amund-s-sveen |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Verdensteatret - Cinemateket i Tromsø |language=nb-no}}https://www.pikene.no/usb-redux-2017/
• 2009: Deconstructing IKEA, installation; Moscow (RU), Rovaniemi (FI), Tromsø, Oslo, NO{{Cite web |title=Amund Sjølie Sveen |url=https://ctyridny.cz/en/program-2015/amund-sjolie-sveen/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |language=en-US}}
• 2009: Rising Water, outdoor installation, commission by Tromsø kunstforening; Tromsø, NO
• 2013: Barents Liberation Army, project with writer Morten Strøksnes, Kirkenes, NO{{Cite web |title=Border-Crossing Exercises in the United States of Barents Under the Command of Pikene på Broen and Barents Liberation Army > Plastik |url=https://plastik.univ-paris1.fr/2014/06/19/border-crossing-exercises-in-the-united-states-of-barents/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |language=fr}}
• 2013: Economic Theory for Dummies, solo performance, Steirischer Herbst, Graz{{Cite web |title=Economic Theory for Dummies - steirischer herbst Archiv |url=https://archiv.steirischerherbst.at/en/projects/3673/economic-theory-for-dummies |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=archiv.steirischerherbst.at}}
• 2013: The (Oil) Fountain of Youth, exhibition of an unmade installation; Kirkenes, NO{{Cite web |title=The Fountain of Youth |url=https://www.pikene.no/the-fountain-of-youth/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Pikene på Broen |language=en-AU}}
• 2014: Nordting, multimodal performance and discursive project, presented throughout the circumpolar north
• 2015: Economic Theory for Dummies, solo performance, Black Box Teater, Oslo, NO{{Cite web |date=2015-03-21 |title=Economic theory for Dummies |url=https://blackbox.no/nb/economic-theory-for-dummies/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=blackbox.no |language=nb}}
• 2018: COMMONISM, new performance with theater maker Andy Smith, UK
• 2020: MNGA, temporary light installation in public space, Longyear, Svalbard, NO
• 2023: Pan-ArcticVision, circumpolar performative spectacle, Vadsø, NO (2023), Nuuk, GL (2024)

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• [https://www.amundsveen.no/ Official website]

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Category:1973 births

Category:Norwegian artists

Category:People from Vadsø

Category:Norwegian musicians

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