“Structures of Support”, Kari Ann Lending Kleiveland
Throughout the month of September, a leaning exercise from the project "Structures of Support" will be presented at KRA (Kunst Rom Arbeid) in Stavanger. Visitors to KRA will have the opportunity to do this leaning exercise on the spot, and/or are free to take an instruction card with them and do the leaning exercise whenever and wherever they want.
"Structures of Support" examines the position of "leaning". Leaning, or "yielding", as Dr. Ruella Frank calls it, is about giving and receiving support - orienting yourself through weight and gravity. Movement is trust. Will the next move carry me? Is there ever a time when we don't lean? The project addresses questions such as when we trust ourselves and others, and explores the boundary between relying on external support and our own resources. Thematically, the work is a research of relationships, and an exploration of how relationships between people can be visualized through various exercises and materials. The leaning exercises are something that will be activated, repeated, practiced and developed. Through various exercises, opportunities are created for people to lean - to lean against, lean away from, experience support.
Address KRA: Verven 24A, 4014 Stavanger, 3rd floor.
KRA website: www.kunstromarbeid.com
The leaning exercise that will be presented at KRA in September 2024 is part of a larger exploration, and a precursor to the display of the project in a larger format v/Tou in 2025. The project is supported by Stavanger municipality, Time municipality and the Bergesenstiftelsen.
Kari Ann Lending Kleiveland (b.1993) is a multidisciplinary artist with a background in dance, choreography and visual art. She completed her Master's degree in Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen (KMD) in 2022, and her Bachelor's degree in Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Trondheim (2020). She was based at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in the fall of 2018 and at the Academy of the Arts in Reykjavik in the spring of 2019. In June 2018, she founded Studio K project space and exhibition space for contemporary art (www.studiokprosjektrom.com). From 2022, she has been engaged as curator/coordinator for the exhibition program at Fotland Mølle in Time Municipality. In April 2024, she took over as board leader for Bryne kunstforening. She is also a board member of NBK Rogaland. Kari Ann Lending Kleiveland is passionate about creating meeting points between different people and practices, and challenge overlaps and differences between artistic disciplines. She wants to help promote exciting and varied artists and their practices at the same time as she develops her own.
Website: www.kariannlending.com
Instagram: @karlend
This is a POP UP-collaboration between Studio K and KRA.