MATIAS FALDBAKKEN

BOOKS

2009 L. Fassi, A Million Ways to Say No, Mousse, Milan.
2007 C. Keller, M. Faldbakken, Not Made Visible, JRP Ringier, Zurich.
S. Dünser, P. Heidmann, et al., Upping The Anti, Mono.Kultur no. 07, Berlin.
2003 R. Nesbitt, New Institutionalism; Harnessing the Means of Production, Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Glasgow.
2001 R. Nesbitt, Osculum Infame: The Dark Side of the White Cube, NIFCA, Glasgow.

 

CATALOGUES

2009 Matias Faldbakken, Shocked into Abstraction (Ikon Gallery, Birmingham and The National Museum, Oslo).
2006 The Metaphysics of Youth (Fuori Uso, Pescara).
2005 The Parallel Life (Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt).
MF+MF, from Sharing Space Dividing Time (Nordic Pavillion, Venice Biennial, Venice).
Black Screen Book (Nordic Pavillion, Venice Biennale, Venice).
2004 Mainstreams/White Terror/Coming Communities (Biennale of Sydney, Sydney).
MOMENTUM (Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss).
2003 Total Motiviert (Kunstverein München, Munich).
Art to the People (Bergen Kusthall, Bergen).
2002 A Jerky Flight Around a Desolate Bunker (Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo).

 

INTERVIEWS

2000 R. McDavid, ‘Condensation Points’, Art Review, no. 2.

 

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

2010 M. Mϋhling, K. Abgelöscht, ‘Short Waves’, Texte Zur Kunst (December): 184-187.
M. Brüggemeyer, ‘Punk im Museum’, Rolling Stone (October): 32.
M. Williams, ‘The conceptual saboteur puts the “no” in Norway’, Flaunt (Fall): 44-45.
L. Russel, ‘This is a Plastic Bag’, Very (October): 24-25.
É. Pelczer, ‘Snubbing the Art Vogue’, New York Arts Magazine (October).
‘Paris Art Fairs: The Contemporary French Revolution’, Sleek (November).
2009 I. Blom, ‘Matias Faldbakken Discusses “Shocked into Abstraction”’, Artforum (September): 272-275.
2008 ‘The Artist’s Pick, Matias Faldbakken’, ArtForum (December): 110.
C. Bollen, ‘Matias Faldbakken’, ArtForum, (March): 345-348.
A. Schlaegel, ‘Summer’s White Nights’, no. 259 (March-April): 116-118.
B. Haugstad, ‘Ser Pa Rus Frihets’, Bevegelser Kultur & Trender, no. 2 (May): 36-40.
2006 T. Olson, ‘Norwegian Art Scene, Profile 2: Matias Faldbakken’, ArtReview (December).
K. Roed, ‘Matias Faldbakken’, Contemporary Magazine, no. 85 (September): 32-35.
M. Faldbakken, ‘Matias Faldbakken – Top Ten List’, Artforum (September).
K. Woznicki, ‘Comeback der Anarchie’, Telepolis (April).
F. Anders, A. Hoffmann, C. Lahr, ‘Auflösung‘, Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunste (January): 86-87.
2004 S. Rees, Flash Art, no.237 (July-September): 47 (Biennale of Sydney).
A. Rød, Flash Art, no.237 (July-September): 55 (Momentum).
2000 S. Andreassen, L. Bang Larsen, ‘NU: the Nordic’, Art Review, no. 3.

 

TEXTS BY THE ARTIST

BOOKS

2006 Kaldt Produkt, Kagge Forlag, Oslo.
2005 Snort Stories, J.W. Cappelen Publishing House, Oslo.
2002 Macht undRebel, J.W. Cappelen Publishing House, Oslo.
2001 The Cocka Hola Company, J.W. Cappelen Publishing House, Oslo.

 

CATALOGUES AND ARTICLES

2005 ‘Scandinavian Issue’, Lettre International.
Frankfurter Book Fair (Frankfurter Allgemeine, Frankfurt am Main).
Welfare Show (Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen).
Populism (Lucas and Sternberg, Berlin / New York).
2004 ‘America, Lettre International’, Adbusters magazine, no. 1 (April).
2003 Den Blå Port, Copenhagen.
PACEMAKER 2, Paris.
Corporate Mentality (Lukas and Sternberg, New York).
Journal for NorthEast Issues, no.2.
Kunstverein München (Drucksache, München).
BLM – Bonniers Litterära Magasin
O.K. (Centre for Contemporary Art, Linz).
2002 NIFCA-info; Vapour Ware
MANIFESTA 4 (Portikus, Frankfurt).
MARS; fanzine, Stockholm
2001 NIFCA info 3/01; Reluctant Revolutionary; interview with J.O. Mallander
2000 MOMENTUM prospectus PARK; Mediation of a specialized art to a fragmented public

 

PROJECTS BY THE ARTIST

2006 Theatre adaptation/performance of: “The Cocka Hola Company”, Münchner Kammerspiele / Stuttgarter Staatstheater
Editor of UKS-forum for Samtidskunst
2000 Oslo Kunsthall; editor of Publication and co-curator
UKS-Forum for Samtidskunst; guest editor of issue 1/2/00
1998 Bergen Museum for Samtidskunst; founder and owner.