Traveling SUN is a road trip and a site-spesific art project by IstadPacini ArtLab, 2012-2016 We want to bring light to the dark winter months in the north, meet people and share with the rest of the world the beauty of the unspoiled nature that is to be found in all of the Nordic countries Distance: Oslo-Tromsø-Kirkenes-Bergen-London-Rjukan-Oslo-Reykjavik-Mi i Rana Norway = 12.755 km (7926 miles) www.artubeart.blogspot.no For those of us living in the north the sun or lack of it has an immense impact on our lives. The artists Christine Istad and Lisa Pacini started the project by bringing the SUN from Oslo to Tromsø as a gesture. To take the SUN on the road trip was an essential part of the work. By documenting the trip on our blog, we allow viewers to share the trip with us. Our aim with our art project is to bring light to the dark winter months in the north, meet people and share with the rest of the world the beauty of the unspoiled nature that is to be found in all of the Nordic countries. The SUN is a circular light sculpture, 3 m in diameter, that shifts between a wide range of warm colors. To make the road trip, it was suspended above a flatbed trailer that was pulled by a flat bed truck. The generator that powers the SUN is in the back of the truck, allowing us to drive with the light on all the time. The SUN was mounted on the second floor façade of Tromsø Kunstforening on arrival the, where it was installed from November 2012 until the sun officially returns from the long winter on the 19th of January 2013. The SUN then travelled all along the Norwegian west coast with Hurtigruten, M/S Nordkapp, mounted on the top deck, on a eight-day voyage from Tromsø to Kirkenes and finally to Bergen, then to Rjukan the winter 2013-2014, Henie Onstad Art Center in Oslo winter 2014-2015 and The Nordic House Reykjavik, Iceland winter 2015-2016. The whole journey is documented and added to our blog and road movies. The Traveling SUN i s sold to the National Library in Mo i Ranat Nort of Norway through KORO. EXHIBITIONS: - Winter Light Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland Feb. 2016 - The Nordic House, Reykjavik Iceland winter 2015-2016. - Oslo LUX, September 2015 - Henie Onstad Art Center Norway, winter 2014 - 2015. - Dray Walk Gallery - 100% Norway, London Design Festival UK 2013. - The Culture House at Rjukan, Norway, winter 2013 - 2014. - USF Verftet, Bergen Norway, summer 2013. - Tromsø Kunstforening, Norway, winter 2012-2013 SUPPORT Royal Norwegian Embassy in Iceland The Arctic Circle 2015 Bærum Kommune Henie Onstad Art Center Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Royal Norwegian Embassy in London Norwegian Design Council NBK - Norwegian Visual Artists Association Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation Tromsø Contemporary Art Center Bergen Kommune/USF Verftet Tinn Kommune SPONSORS Eimskip EFLA Oslo Liftutleie Osram, Norway Osram, Iceland Hurtigruten Eurosign