Stefan Christiansen (N)
Brain drain

Brain Drain is made to last. It is a permanent comment on something that can turn out to be a short lived situation. It pulls in several directions: the town of Skien exemplify a period when our personal financial priorities are focused towards ourselves and used to our own benefit, in such a way that we don’t seem to be able to raise our eyes and take a look around. In addition Skien is in a very special situation where whole generations have to move away to attend universities and colleges. The image used by Christiansen to make a lasting comment is a brain carved in stone, slowly flowing into the river through a drain. With an increasing wealth and consequently material investment, the question is where this wealth is invested.

About Stefan Christiansen
Stefan Christiansen often looks closer at how man interacts with technology. There is always a sense of potential in his works, but the pieces can hardly ever be taken advantage of. They are mirages of the original objects or architectural structure’s possibilities. He has made numerous site specific public art pieces and art projects in public, even his gallery pieces are site specific.

Stefan was born 1973 in Fredrikstad, Norway and today he lives and works in Kråkerøy, Norway. He graduated from Bergen National Academy of the Arts in 1999, and has since actively been exhibiting specific projects in solo and group exhibitions, as well as been commissioned to make public art at places such as Oslo Central Station, Oslo, Norway in 2006.

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