2025
Exhibition Residencies
Unseen is a project that looks to explore the role and possibilities of interactive cultural and creative practice in public settings. I want to explore the importance of recreational, meditative spaces in an increasingly fragmented and noisy everyday.
Unseen is a new sound sculpture made from the body of a cello that has been funded by the Norwegian Arts Council. It is my intention to use this sculpture for interactive projects in public settings. I would particularly like to explore the possibilities of the work in the local manorhamilton environments. In each new context I will use the voices of the users or of the ambient sounds of these places and compose a series of soundworks for a notated composition and performance dedicated to the area.
Maja Bugge was born in Lisfoten, Norway. She is a Sound and Performance artist and specialises in interdisciplinary collaborations combining devised theatre and sound. She received her MA in Contemporary Music at Dartington College of Arts (UK ) 2001-2003 and in 1994 – 1998 her BA in Music at Barratt Dues Music Institute Oslo. Bugge works on theatre productions and these include: 2007 – Happy days Festival, Oslo – The Sound Book/ soul artist. 2006 – Festival of North Norway – The Hotelroom Harstad/ soul artist, Ilios festival, Lysdol/ with Ning; 2005 – Menningarrad, Austurlands /Iceland – Jadar / composer and performer; 2004 – National Sami Theatre / Kautokeino – Viellja Franas / composer and cellist
In 2005 she was awarded the Young Artist Residency, Harstad Art Festival, One year working grant – Norwegian Arts Council
Past Residencies