The ↗︎ second MUNCH Triennale explores the spaces between the real and the virtual, old and new technologies, dystopian and hopeful visions of the future. The opening day event starts off with a keynote lecture Epistemic Crisis by McKenzie Wark, an Australian-born, New York-based writer and scholar renowned for her work on media theory, raving and transsexual narratives. Introduction by curators Tominga O’Donnell (NOR) and ↗︎ Mariam Elnozahy.

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McKenzie Wark’s visit to Oslo is made possible by a collaboration with Karmaklubb*. (For the rest of the McKenzie Wark extravaganza programme, go ↗︎ here.)

Time: 14:00 (duration approx. 1 hour; doors open at 13:30). 🎟️ FREE! But collect it ↗︎ here. Language: English. The venue is accessible. Location: Sky Room, MUNCH, Edvard Munchs plass 1 (Bjørvika), Oslo. MUNCH’s event page ↗︎ here, Dukk Opp ↗︎ here, FB ↗︎ here.

Due to limited capacity, please arrive early to secure your spot <3 Please reach out if you have any further questions or concerns regarding the event, and we will do our best to assist and solve.

Since 2018, Karmaklubb* has organized several international discursive events, screenings, artist presentations, facilitated artistic and theoretical research as well as published texts focusing on spaces—physical, virtual, hybrid—that allows senses of freedom; where hierarchies dissolve and categories vanish, for something else to form. There are many keys: Art can be one, clubbing too, or writing. ↗︎ Our first encounter was with American artist Tony Cokes’ video work Mikrohaus, or the black atlantic? (2018), while one of the most recent outcomes: ↗︎ a week-long festival with Australian thinker and writer McKenzie Wark, taking place at Trekanten, Det Norske Teatret, and MUNCH, followed by a celebration at Black Box teater, Oslo.

Acknowledgements: This series of events has been made possible through the collaboration with McKenzie Wark; PRAKSIS; Anders Dunker and Existenz Forlag, Oslo; ONLY SLIME and Det Norske Teatret; MUNCH and MUNCH Triennale 2025: Almost Unreal; Trekanten, Oslo; Black Box teater, Oslo; Tronsmo bøker & tegneserier, Oslo; Prismatic Pages, Oslo, and all Partners and Artists involved in the individual events. We are grateful for the support from Arts and Culture Norway (Kulturdirektoratet); Agency for Cultural Affairs, City of Oslo (Kulturetaten, Oslo kommune); The Royal Norwegian Consulate General, New York, NY, USA / The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; The Fritt Ord Foundation / Stiftelsen Fritt Ord; MUNCH, Oslo, and Det Norske Teatret, Oslo.