Eirik Rønneberg (1989, Norway) has an art-practice, interdisciplinary in media and form, where he often switches between actions, performances, videos, things, fabrics, drawings, sounds and more. His artworks connect thematically within the confines of politics, nature, humor, crisis and human relations which display as nodes in a network of interactions, transactions, experiences and interruptions in daily life, things left out in public, ideas and thoughts visualised. His focus is to break up everyday life through humorous acts, as well as to - create symbolic actions which is meant to direct the audience or participants to engage in their relation with rigid and unquestioned sociopolitical realities.

Eirik has a background from countercultural anarchist milieus, has a love for the absurd and uses a visual style which is meant to exclaim bluntness and insistence as means to reflect.

Furthermore, Eirik has a musical practice where he crosses ambient and noise with post-apocalyptic folk thematics. His style of playing is a process of layering acoustic sounds from sticks, song, birdsong, horns and flutes to create an environment of drones and melodies.

Education:

2017 - 2019: MFA, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg SE

2013 - 2016: BFA, Hanze university of applied sciences, Groningen NL

2011 - 2013: BFA courses, Accademia Ligustica di belle arti, Genova IT

2008 - 2010: Strykejernet kunstskole, Oslo NO

Present positions:

2025: Board member, Moss kunstforening

2025: Organizer and Curator, Østfold internasjonale senter for radikal kunst

Artwork

Snapshots

Collages put together from the blurry backgrounds in the images of news articles. In the format of a polaroid snapshot. 2025 ->

Staten & Kapitalen

Staten & Kapitalen is a stereoscopic photo-collage presented in two view-master image-viewers. The images simulate binocular depth perception and contains a first-person view of flipping off the parliament and the stock exchange in Oslo... from all corners. 2024-25

Magnetic trees

A series of trees drawn on split sticks with magnets. 

These were placed in public at various locations in Oslo and photographed. 2023

FM 95.5 Radio Nostalgi

Videolink

A series of performances in public space using a FM-radio transmitter and FM radios. In 4 different locations Eirik showed up in his van playing a 80's-nostalgic musical sequence of 20 minutes to each radio pre-placed by assistants. These performances was a part of "Periferien" concert series by NyMusikk Oslo 2021. 

Climate Changer part 2

A small selection of stills from video postcards sent during the project "Climate Changer part 2", a series of artworks in collaboration with Stichtning SIGN and Gronings Vuur in Groningen. "Climate Changer" was a long ongoing project consisting of multiple artworks set around the scenery of a van named "Climate changer". The project consisted of a plethora of styles and mediums such as video-postcards, drawings posted, songs and videomessages bound as a performancelike work. The project had a neboulous focus on generosity, self-portraiting and dispersal. 2020.

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