October at Kunstsatelitten
Sletten Center and surrounding neighborhood
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Kode’s Art Satellite originates from Kode’s Education Department and is a long-term part of our work to make the museum more open, relevant, and inclusive. The Art Satellite aims to reflect the rhythm of the neighborhood, take shape through dialogue with the local community, and create space for new stories—making art more accessible in everyday life.
From the project space at Sletten Senter, we invite the public to join workshops, conversations, music, and artistic processes across ages, backgrounds, and experiences. Here, you can explore different printmaking techniques, listen to music, meet artists, and take part in creating.
The Art Satellite is located on the first floor of Sletten Senter, in a space next to the pharmacy. You’ll recognize it by the windows filled with colors, drawings, and activity.
Opening hours: Will be updated here as soon as they are confirmed.
Folk Tales, Drawing, and Magical Rain Creatures
Petra Rahm’s project “Creatures at Slettebakken” begins with storytelling sessions, where participants and the artist share stories and fables from different cultures—together creating an archive of the various creatures we encounter.
What kinds of creatures appear in stories from different parts of the world? And which ones might have hidden themselves among the apartment blocks and paths at Slettebakken?
Art That Appears Only When It Rains
In the second part of the project, some of the illustrations from the archive are enlarged and transformed into stencils. These are then sprayed in selected spots around the neighborhood using a special hydrophobic paint—visible only when the ground is wet. The result is a kind of invisible artwork that emerges when it rains.
The project explores the local environment as a magical and poetic place, seen through folk tales and folklore.
About the Artist
Petra Rahm is a visual artist with a background in drawing, textiles, and collage. She has extensive experience with site-specific and participatory projects and is passionate about how art can create new narratives in everyday life.
She also works as an art consultant and with public art, and her practice often revolves around micro-histories and the intimate as a mirror of larger societal themes.
Photo: Gøril Sætre