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Promesse de bonheur
Art installation, historical restoration, and new furnature design for the entrance of the Art Academy in Oslo. On assignment from artist Marianne Heier as a part of her research grant at KHIO.
The existing entrance of the Kunstakadamiet is a cluttered and disfunctional space, closed to the outside world and only inhabited by students out of necessity. Marianne's concept is to open up this room, return it to it's original color scheme, remove all unnecessary clutter, and adorn the room with 5 custom blown light fixtures based on historical blown glass fixtures Queen Maud had made for the Royal Castle in Oslo.
Various Architects in collaboration with interior architect Aleksandra Danielak will design new functional furniture for the room that give the artistic lighting space of it's own.
This project is Jim's second collaboration with artist Marianne Heier. Construction Site, an installation in the staff room of the National Gallery in Oslo was completed in 2006. Designed in collaboration with architect Mikael Pedersen.
| STATUS: | Completed |
| CLIENT: | Marianne Heier |
| SITE: | Oslo, Norway |
| SIZE: | 80 m2 |
| TEAM: | Aleksandra Danielak, Jim Dodson |
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Recent news
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Opening of Promesse de Bonheur
The newly refurbished entrance to the Art Academy in Oslo is completed
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Furniture Arrives
The custom furniture and picture frames have arrived for installation at the Oslo National Academy of Art.
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Monday, July 7, 2008
Glass Globes in Production
The five hand blown glass light fixtures designed by Kjersti Johannessen are in production at Magnor Glassverk.
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Monday, March 3, 2008
Concept design complete
Concept design phase completed and approved by Marianne Heier. Detailed drawings of furnature elements underway, expected project completion August 2008.
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Friday, February 29, 2008
Glass Samples
Color samples of the new hand blown glass lights from Kjersti Johannessen, the glass artist.
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Friday, January 11, 2008
Project start - Kunstakadamiet
Aleksandra and Jim inspected the entrance of the Norwegian Art Academy.
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