This Friday, as part of ↗︎ the McKenzie Wark extravaganza, we visited PRAKSIS and the wonderful people of Residency 31: ‘Elasticity’ with residents ↗︎ Åsa Båve, ↗︎ Mai Hofstad Gunnes, ↗︎ Felicia Hedman, ↗︎ Taylor Alaina Liebenstein Smith, convened by ↗︎ Marte Aas & ↗︎ Stephanie von Spreter, intern ↗︎ Nellie Baranzadah. (Also part of R31, but not present this day: ↗︎ Rebecca Jane Arthur, ↗︎ Malin Bülow, and ↗︎ Nene del Solar)
—Thank you once again for this delicious lunch and warm welcome! PRAKSIS has been an important collaborator since the start 7–8 years back, resulting in several projects—not to mention the most important of all: beautiful meetings and friendships. PRAKSIS has also been affiliated partner in making the McKenze Wark extravaganza become real., in particular through our co-published text ↗︎ Deserters' Dance (Karmaklubb*, PRAKSIS, and Dilettante Army, 2024).

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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.