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Visual work in the Plug In ICA Gala - November 19th!

Freya Björg Olafson | Contortion Date | 2010, signed 2016 | graphite on paper | 8.5 x 11 in Contortion Date is a graphite work by...

At the Banff Centre for the Arts November 13 - 19 for a Workshop the Isadora Software!

image above by Milton Lim info: https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/getting-creative-isadora Overview Isadora is an award-winning...

'HYPER' screening online as part of 'Insomniac's Dream' curated by Letch Kinloch

Insomniac’s Dream In conjunction with Nuit Blanche Winnipeg 2016, Video Pool is excited share four works from our collection selected by...

Excerpt of CPA [Consistent Partial Attention] at Ace Art Inc's Carte Blanche September 30, 8:30p

Performing with Lise McMillan and C.A. Bohrn more info on CPA: http://www.freyaolafson.com/cpa-consistent-partial-attention

'Threshold' screens at WNDX - Festival of Moving Images October 1, 2016

http://www.freyaolafson.com/threshold info on full wndx program: www.wndx.org

CPA [Consistent Partial Attention] has been pre-selected to represent Canada at Jeux De La Francopho

The results are in! CPA [Consistent Partial Attention] presented by Collective Corps is a finalist for the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie...

Residency to create new work at Djerassi 'Resident Artists Program' in California - Augus

http://djerassi.org/ August 2016 Dear Freya Olafson, YES. One of the pleasures of this job is saying YES to artists (and, now,...

Active Research Lecture Series - Platform Centre For Photographic & Digital Arts - September 19,

PLATFORM is pleased to present a lecture by Freya Olafson, the latest in our Active Research Lectures Series. PLATFORM's Active Research...

Groupe Intervention Vidéo (GIV) 25th anniversary of Vidéo Femmes Dans La Parc (VFP) screens my video

Groupe Intervention Vidéo (GIV) Depuis 1991 a lieu au Théâtre de Verdure un rendez-vous unique à l’enseigne de la découverte...

Article about Freya on Format.com, written by Jillian Groeing 'Performance Art Pioneer in North

"Freya Björg Olafson makes work in isolation that speaks to audiences around the world." https://www.format.com/magazine/features/art/fre...

Interviewed for 'Beyond Bodies' Dance Current Magazine feature on Interdisciplinarity: Part

Thoughts on dismantling disciplines and other open questions . Imagine if dance were not dance as we know it. Imagine if dance were a...

HYPER_ at Canada Dance Festival June 8th, 2016!

Tickets and details: http://nac-cna.ca/en/event/13586 HYPER_ Video / Performance / Isadora Programming: Freya Björg Olafson Lighting...

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Selected for The Lumen Prize for Art and Technology 2021 longlist!

“Life, A Sensorium,” as part of the International Symposium of Electronic Art (October 13-18 2020)

Pleased to be selected as a Creative Lead for the 'UK-Canada Immersive Exchange'!

Showing work in the Virtual Exhibition "Digital Power: Activism, Advocacy, and the Influence of

2020 Sobey Art Award!

"Digital Dancing: Fears and Concerns, Potentials and Promise" Upcoming panel

MÆ - Motion Aftereffect Premieres!

Video work 'Threshold' on view as part of Bauhaus 100 exhibition at Ludwig Museum in Budapes

EXCERPTS OF CPA [CONSISTENT PARTIAL ATTENTION], by Freya Björg Olafson, is now available to view in

New performance to premiere in Winnipeg as part of PTE - Prairie Theatre Exchange's 47th season

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