KORO, Trøndelag Center for Contemporary Art and Cinemateket are pleased to invite you to the screening of Open Call, a social satire about the conditions of Public Art in a manifold city, with intertwining connections between culture and industry. What is the best artwork for this city and can one ever agree on which is the right choice? The film is made by Sille Storihle, a former student at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Arts, NTNU. Open Call had its festival premiere at CPH:DOX in March 2025.

In Open Call, the relationship between art, people and the municipality is put to the test. An artist is commissioned to create a work of art to commemorate the city of Oslo's 400th anniversary. Using "participation" as the method, a group of citizens are invited into the project. Under the guiding principles of "trust, creativity and collaboration," they are asked to develop and present their own proposals for artworks. Together, the group will decide which artwork is best for the city of Oslo. 

The project – which on its face ticks the box of the municipality's desire for participation – develops into a tragicomic dystopia as the artist seeks to satisfy municipal processes and a multifaceted public.

The background for this event is KORO's art program for NTNU Campusamling, and the fact that academic communities at Dragvoll and the city center will be relocated to Gløshaugen. The core of this process-based and participatory art program is three art spaces, one of which will activate a meeting between NTNU and the city of Trondheim, from the location of Elgeseterparken.

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