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.

Facts

STATUS:	Completed
CLIENT:	Marianne Heier
SITE:	Oslo, Norway
SIZE:	80 m2

Credit

TEAM:	Jim Dodson, Aleksandra Danielak
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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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