13 April 2000
UKS

EVENT
MATT BURT

The expelled artist Matt Burt is denied residence permit from the Foreign Affairs Office with, amongst others, this reason: “…the projects he possibly participates in concerns CD recordings and a text/sound/video project, not visual arts which is the applicant’s field of specialty in arts”. An amazing reason which demands many answers. Matt Burt will speak his cause by performing a piece named “Freeport”. The work is a 30 minutes long collection of softly spoken word-images accompanied by a pump organ, inspired by Chögyam Trungpa, John Cage and Allen Ginsberg.

These days, the art world of Norway discusses the need for organizing an apparatus capable of distributing art abroad and receiving artists from abroad. This makes fighting the bureaucracy that does not see Matt Burt’s value, his extensive network and obvious contributions to Norwegian art and culture, a quite morbid situation.”

Jørn Mortensen

[excerpt, translated]

The archive has very little information about this event!
If you have any material that you would like to contribute please get in touch. info@uks.no

This website uses cookies to give you the best experience of the site. By clicking “Accept” or by continuing to use the site, you agree to this use of cookies.