“Alog – Unemployed” was recorded in a wide range of spaces and places. From recordings of Haugan and Eide as street musicians in San Francisco while touring, to scavenging old collections of 78-records in the mining town of Bjørnevatn in the far north-eastern part of Norway. From on-the-spot recordings of Sigbjørn Apelands legendary collection of vintage harmoniums in the St. Jacobs Church in Bergen, to high-end capture of the unique sounds of Alogs many custom built... read more

Two new works by multimedia artist Camille Norment will be presented at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter September 2011. The Toll will be a unique performance presented as part of the ULTIMA programme. The other will be a 8 channel permanent sound installation for the sculpture park outdoors. NOTAM has been involved in the production of the latter. More information about the Live Performance The 8-channel permanent outdoor sound installation is commissioned by the Henie Onstad Art Center as part of... read more

Broadcast April 8, 23.05 Length: 45 minutes Radio art work commissioned by Mark Heuger for WDR, German national radio. WDR 3 open: Studio Akustische Kunst “Orbiting alongside the asteroid Itakawa, Divine Olivine is a hazard data observatory, a monitoring station and the first deep space sacred site. Only a few make “The Decade” (as the pilgrimage became known) to breathe filtered air by the Olivine, found in Itakawa.” The Spanish–American artist couple Alejandra Salinas and Aeron... read more

Anawana Haloba, born in Zambia in 1978, lives and works in Oslo. Haloba works with different media, and the project A Reflaction of a Several Self consist of film, video, installation and performance, including two new works, I want to tell you something… (2009–10) and Is your past my immediate future? (2008–2010). The exhibition last from Decemebr 2 to January 15. Haloba is has a degree in fine arts from Kunstakademiet in Oslo and Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. She works with sound and... read more

In collaboration with the large outdoor installation DOCKPLATS 2010, which will run September 9 – 12, 2010, the composer Bjarne Kvinnsland is making a sound installation which he calls Ljuden av Skåne (The sound of Skåne). Kvinnsland has collected sound environments from all of Skåne’s municipalities. Sound have been chosen on the criteria that they represent something important in the local environments, both based on recognizability and what they represent. Kvinnsland has worked in... read more

It Usually Ends Well (orig. Det pleier å gå bra) is a story about the author Beate Grimsrud, who loses her pregnant cat Kiril one summer day. The search for the cat involves many people, and many thoughts, culminating in the novel Søvnens lekkasje (The Leakage of Sleep). An unusual self-portrait. The film is produced by FilmkreAtörerna in Sweden, and is supported by the Norwegian Film Fund. Beate Grimsrud is responsible for the manuscript and direction. Anders Vinjar is currently... read more

This audio book is a collaboration between the author Synnøve Persen and the composer John Persen. The poems are from the poetry collection biekkakeahtes bálggis by Synnøve Persen, while the music is from the instrumental work Et Cetera by John Persen. The poeems and the music are edited together without changing the original music or poetry. The short poem stanzas are reminiscent of Sami yoik, but in a modernized form, whereas the music is based on a kind of Brazilian samba in minimalist... read more

Intravision Group specializes in crossmedial art installations where light and sound are carefully composed together into a coherent unit. Composer and sound designer Bjarne Kvinnsland, which is one of the artists in the group, has previously worked in the NOTAM as a producer and artistic director. The Empathic Plant was completed in late 2009 and has now become a permanent art installation in the form of a giant plant that stretches over several floors in the entrance of Bjørnholt skole in... read more

Siri Austeen’s sound art project Sivilt rosignal is currently featured at Fredrikstad Festning. The opening was on November 7, 2009, and the installation will last for three years. Siri Austeen produced the work in NOTAM’s Studio Nordheim. The work was commissioned by Nasjonale Festningsverk. The artist asked people in Fredrikstad’s Gamlebyen which sounds from the local environment they like and dislike. Based on these people’s answers, she recorded sounds in the area... read more

A tour of Norway’s very first library reveals a network of histories and happenings, in the middle of the library’s usual everyday life. Can a building that houses so many stories have a story of its own to tell? Deichmans komplott is a theatre spun out of the concepts of experience and experiencing. Secrets. Mystery. Hodgepodge. A place where one senses alternations between fiction and reality, and where it may not really matter exactly at which point the two can be... read more