Marthe Ramm Fortun
TESTAMENT
Wednesday, October 17th at 6pm
Saturday, October 19th at 2pm
TESTAMENT is a series of site-specific performances drawing inspiration from writer Natalie Clifford Barney, who hosted a queer literary salon in Paris from 1908 to 1972. Through these performances, Marthe Ramm Fortun extends her installation at the Femtensesse booth beyond the fair and into public space.
Marthe Ramm Fortun (b. 1978, Oslo) lives and works in Oslo, Norway, where she is adjunct professor at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. She received her education from New York University, New York and HISK – Higher Institute of Fine Art, Ghent. Recent solo exhibitions include Skriver for ikke å skade at Femtensesse, Oslo (2022); TA VARE! at Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (2019); Stones to the Burdenat The Munch Museum, Oslo (2016), and Skrive byen, skrive den om at UKS, Oslo (2014). Her work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions and biennials in Norway and abroad including CRAC Alsace, Altkirch; Le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine; The National Museum, Oslo; Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden; Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker; Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal; Monnaie de Paris, Paris; Gladstone Gallery, Brussels; The Vigeland Museum, Oslo; Komplot, Brussels; BOZAR, Brussels and Performa, New York. Current projects include We Shall Not Write Textbooks (2019-2029), a ten-year performance cycle for the project Minerva’s Voice at the Museum of Natural History in Bergen, curated by Marit Paasche and commissioned by KORO – Public Art Norway. Her work is included in KORO’s collection and The Henie Onstad Collection.