Jøssingfjord Science Museum

22.06–01.12.2024

The TiO2 Project proudly announces the opening of "Campaign!" a research exhibition that delves into the rich mining history of Jøssingfjord, Norway, through the lens of historical archive material, historical and contemporary landscape paintings, visual depictions of the local landscape, and visions for future extractive landscapes.

The exhibition consists of three parts in three different rooms at the newly built Jøssingfjord Science Museum. The three rooms of the exhibition are curated by the NorWhite team, in collaboration with producer Solveig Tjetland from ROM for kunst og arkitektur, and curators and archivists from Dalane Folkemuseum and Østfoldmuseene.

Artists, architects, and designers included in the exhibition:

Maiken Stene (b. 1983, Norway, born and lives in Sokndal), “Storgangen,” painting (2022), 270 x 450 x 250 cm and 4K drone video “Storgangen” (2022) with soundtrack by composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir "Aeriality" (2011)
Maximilian Schob (b. 1989, Germany, lives in Norway), two digital photo collages of the Titania mine, satellite data (open access) and lidar technology, printed on plexiglass (2024)
Exutoire (Bùi Quý Sơn, Vietnam, and Paul-Antoine Lukas, France, lives in Oslo/Hanoi), exhibition design, visual identity for the exhibition, and the design intervention "Norsk-hvitt" (2024)
Joey Bravo (b. 1999, USA/Spain, lives in Bergen), photograph of a white-painted wooden house in Vermont, USA (2021)
Thrine Brun (1909-2003, Norway, worked at Titania), two carved woodworks with motifs from the Jøssingfjord area, unknown year
Werner Otto Lichtenberg (1903-1987, Germany, lived in Sokndal), two drawings with motifs from the Jøssingfjord area (1975 and 1976), brushes, paint tubes, and pigments
Eystein Berg (1878-1957, Norway, construction engineer at the Norwegian Chamotte Factory and photographer), five photographs of the construction of the Nedre Helleren power station in Jøssingfjord (ca. 1907)