Matias Faldbakken
A CONTINUATION
I have two draft proposals for a July 22 memorial site, both based on reconstructing the steel rig that was used to move the Pablo Picasso mural The Fishermen from the demolished Y Block over to the new A Block in the Government Quarter. In one version, the rig is filled with a monumental mosaic, while in the other, the rig is re imagined as a stained glass window.
The sculpture will remain on site as a monument. The work aims to be a worthy memorial to those who died, even as it conveys much of the conflict-filled history following the 2011 terrorist attack.
– Matias Faldbakken
Matias Faldbakken
Matias Faldbakken (Norwegian, born 1973 in Hobro, DK) works as an artist and a writer in Oslo. He has exhibited at the Documenta 13 (2012) and represented Norway in the Nordic Pavillion at the Biennale di Venezia (2005). He has had solo exhibitions at WIELS, Brussels; Le Consortium, Dijon; Fridericianum, Kassel; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; The National Museum of Art, Design and Architecture, Oslo and The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo. He has done large scale commissions for Norwegian Scenic Routes (Rondane), Parc de Tuileries in Paris, The Bass Museum, Miami and Hamar Rådhus.
Since 2001 Faldbakken has published six novels. As a writer he has won the Bjørnson Prize, the Norwegian Critic’s Prize, The Norwegian Radio’s Literary Award, The Oslo Price and ITB Buch Award. He has been shortlisted for the Nordic Council Literature Prize and IMPAC—Dublin Literary Award. His six novels are translated into more that 18 languages