Lofoten International Art Festival (LIAF)
14th June - 7th September 2008

http://www.liaf.no


The fifth Lofoten International Art Festival (LIAF) will take place between 14th June and 7th September 2008 at the Lofoten islands in Northern Norway. The festival is entering a new phase with an emphasis on site-specificity and commissioned work. This year’s festival is curated by Taru Elfving & Rickard Borgström.

The key aim of LIAF 2008 is to create an event that involves the local inhabitants and the participating artists in a dialogue around the questions of sustainable future and expanded community. The festival hopes to act as an opening, initiating encounters and shared visions in the present of the yet-to-come. A number of international artists have been invited to produce new pieces in response to and in communication with the place as well as to show previous work alongside the new commissions. The festival will also present an open call video program, co-curated with Maria Bustnes.

LIAF 2008 will take place in temporary exhibition spaces and specific local sites in and around Svolvaer, the capital of Lofoten. Further details of the forthcoming exhibition and other festival program will be
announced soon.

For more information visit http://www.liaf.no and register your details to receive updates.


LIAF is funded by The Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs, Nordland County Council, Municipality of Vågan and supported by The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Norwegian Art Council, Nordic Culture Point.


Email: post@liaf.no
Cell: +47 47868901
Fax: +47 76070015
web: http://www.liaf.no
Address: Postbox 285, N- 8301 Svolvær, Norway