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How is this organised?
The art program is led by KORO (Art in Public Space) and coordinated through a production committee. Through the art programme for new government buildings, funds are allocated for art production in state building projects. For the NTNU Campus Consolidation building project, NOK 42.8 million was allocated in the 2024 assignment letter from state entrepreneur Statsbygg, with annual index adjustment, for art. This is to cover all costs. KORO collaborates with the recipient NTNU and the developer Statsbygg on the implementation of the art program. You can read more about organisation and financing in KORO's art strategy for the NTNU Campus Consolidation art program, adopted on March 6th, 2025. The curators will each create a plan document for the three art spaces. The art plans will present curatorial frameworks, choice of method and artists, and implementation in more detail. These will be published on koro.no/prosjekter/ntnu-campussamling/
Who and what is KORO?
KORO (Art in Public Space) is the national program for art in public space in Norway since 1976. A royal resolution from 1997 conforms to a “percent-for art” programme stating that one percent of the construction budgets for new government buildings will be set aside for art. This ensures that a broad segment of the population meets a variety of high quality art in public buildings and arenas, contributes to the development of contemporary art, and provides artists with work and income. KORO was established as the state professional body for art in public spaces in 1976, under the name Utsmykkingsfondet for nye statsbygg - the decoration fund for new state buildings. In 2006 the name was changed to KORO, and is today an agency under the Department of Culture and Equality. KOROs name change made clear that art in public spaces is more than decoration. Now we can expect all kinds of artistic expressions in a public space, including temporary, process-based and discursive.
Who is the project committee?
In addition to the curators, the committee consists of Trond Hugo Haugen, project manager at KORO; Eirik Winther, project manager for overall construction, Statsbygg; Tor Einar Fagerland, senioradvisor at NTNU campus development; Preben Jensen, project group architect and Svein Agnar Gundersen, NTNU property division.
What is NTNU Campus Consolidation?
NTNU Campus Consolidation is three projects in one: - a development project at NTNU that will bring together large parts of its activities in Trondheim to NTNU Gløshaugen to create the new campus. - a construction project at Statsbygg that will construct five completely new buildings for NTNU, as well as upgrade the main building and outdoor areas (in order to realize the future campus) - an art program from KORO that provides new art as part of the future campus.
Who are the curators?
KORO has appointed three curators to lead and implement the art program: Marit K. Flåtter is a curator, writer and editor at ArtScene Trondheim; Thora Dolven Balke is a visual artist and curator; and Alexander Eriksson Furunes is an artist and architect. Read more about all three under their profiles on the collaboration page.
Can a space be a public artwork?
A space can be an artwork. The three spaces for art at Gløshaugen will be conceptualised and built by artists and architects, as part of a larger artistic process. This means they can take the form of a building, an inhabitable sculpture, a pavilion, a park or something entirely different and new. They create the framework for all activities in the art programme as a whole, by providing a physical place for collaborations. The curators wish to challenge what art in a public space such as NTNU can be, by inviting teachers, students and other campus visitors to be a part of the artist's material and immaterial processes, as participants and active collaborators. Thereby the public artwork is the space, the building, the site, and all the processes that flow from it. The result can be be archives, imprints, discussions, ideas as well as physical art objects in more traditional formats such as painting, photography and sculpture or buildings permanently installed across Gløshaugen's new buildings and outdoor area.
Who is paying?
New government buildings such as universities and higher education institutions normally allocate 0,75% of the construction budget to art, managed by KORO. In the assignment letter for NTNU Campussamling, 0,8% is allocated, with an original budget framework of 42,8 million NOK, subject to annual index adjustments. This disposition covers all costs related to the art project: production of artworks, fees for artists, administration, mediation, additional construction costs and administration of the works up to completion and delivery. The art programme receives additional collaborative funding from Enhet for Campussamling, for public programming.
How can I take part?
NTNU is a large institution with a vast range of faculties, student groups and smaller organisations. The curators hope that the art programme will reach as many as possible and make information easily available, to the best of our ability. If you would like to receive updates and invites to activities and project, or have some input of your own - please don’t hesitate to contact us : kontakt@trekunstrom.no
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27. januar 2026
Transformasjoner: Ett og etthundre terningkast om dagen
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1O—14 November 2025
Workshop Art and Common Space
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20 MAI 2025
Protest Pub
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24 April 2025
Open Call
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22 October 2024
Being in Water
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23 September 2024
Kick Off Skiboli
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22 - 23 September 2024
Workshop with Nao Kono
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