PRAKSIS and Karmaklubb* present a night of performance, conversation, music, and dance. Surprises, too. And there will be flowers.
The evening begins with a series of “bring and brag” dialogues between artist Harold Offeh and guests including the Queen Ryona Crystal, in which objects serve to evoke queer experiences of nighttime Oslo. Harold: “It’s a celebration of Oslo queer night experience. I’m looking for people who would like to share an object, image, music or sound reference that tells a story about their experience of queer Oslo nights. For example you might: Clothes or jewellery that tell story night out, A photo a messy club night. A souvenir from outdoor rave. Your choice music to great ready for night out or you listen to at the end of the night. It’s basically anything (joyful or sad) you want to share about your experience of the city to friendly audience.” After this, a performative intervention by Jonathan Hielkema will play on notions of the “authentic self”. Post-performance music, dancing and celebration will be hosted in the welcoming ambience of the Baba Bar. Tunes by: DJ Brødskive. Dress code: normcore/light effort/as outrageous as you dare!

Location: Baba Bar, Youngstorget 2, Oslo. Entry through City Slice (and they got a nice deal on Pizza tonight, too!) *** FREE! *** Held in English. Step-free access is available. Age: 20+. PRAKSIS event profile ↗︎ here. Go ↗︎ here for Broadcast, Facebook ↗︎ here, and FRI calendar ↗︎ here. For our first R29 day event, go ↗︎ here.

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All photos in the upcoming album by ↗︎ Floere Braet for PRAKSIS.

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Developed with artist ↗︎ Harold Offeh, ↗︎ residency 29 — ‘For real?’ — addresses ideas of authenticity and identity in art and society. Contemporary media are permeated by misleading content that serves motives of financial and personal gain. Within this economy, authenticity — the quality of being real, genuine or true — carries a high premium. Influencers trade on their authenticity to sell their followers a model of what and how to be. Fake news spreads uncertainty and lies, and erodes trust. Politicians seesaw on policies in pursuit of public favour. By contrast, art supposedly exists outside of the need for truth or purpose — so what is the place of authenticity in the context or art today? The practice of artist and PRAKSIS residency convenor Harold Offeh explores concepts and questions raised by the inhabiting and embodying of histories, including the notion of authenticity. Questions include: What are the distinctions between the authentic and the fake? Where are their boundaries (if they exist)? Today, what does it mean to be authentic, in the domains of both art and society?
Residency dates: 10 March–6 April 2025. Residents: ↗︎ Adriana Berges, ↗︎ Andrea Galiazzo, ↗︎ Iga Śśćk, ↗︎ Jonathan Hielkema, ↗︎ Mia Wennerstrand, ↗︎ Niels Munk Plum, and ↗︎ Nouf Aljowaysir.