About the art

KORO is Norway`s national body responsible for curating, producing and activating art in public space. KORO invited norwegian and international artists to participate in a closed competition for the art assignment in the University Aula.

In a competition with solid artists names, the KORO-appointed art comittee has chosen Kari Dyrdals proposal "Ornament – kalkspat på mylonittisk gneis – 60°23’45.96”N, 5°18’31.96”Ø " as the winner. 

The artwork takes its starting point from a photograph of the bedrock in Bergen, located at USF, from which the name of the rock type and GPS coordinator. The choice of motif is closely linked to the natural science research that was carried out at the Natural History Museum from the 20th century, including geology, and which is the basis for the establishment of the University of Bergen in 1946. The expression and choice of photo anchors the idea to the place both architecturally and historically and at the same time gives the banquet hall an artistic carpet made in the present. Creating a meeting between the present and history is what this project is about.

"Kvartsårer i amfibolittisk gneis – 60°13’20.26”N, 4°59’9.99»Ø " which adorns the elevator shaft was a request from UiB itself, Åse Tveitnes was UiB's representative and Dave Vikøren assisted Kari Dyrdal with the project. Kari Dyrdal provided the artistic idea.

Kari Dyrdal writes this about the art on her own web-site: "The artistic works, the tapestry and the lift in the University building, located in the Natural History Museum, both take their concept from bedrock in Bergen, located at USF and Golten – follow the GPS."