CV - Helge Hiram Jensen

Name: Helge Hiram Jensen
Date of birth: 23.07.1976
Address: Strømliveien 23, 3047 Drammen
Phone number: +47 908 23 376
E-mail: helge.hiram/at/c2i.net / hiram/at/adbusters.no

Education

2006 Appropriate Sanitation, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- short introductory course in ecological sanitation
2002 Museology, University of Oslo
- one semester-course
1999-2002 Cand. Polit. in Sociology, University of Oslo
Thesis: An Art Sociological and Art Historical analysis of garden art.
- With courses from Ethnology Cand. Philol. program (2001)
1995-1999 Cand. Mag. inter- disciplinary, University of Oslo
- With exams in history, history of ideas and cultural sociology

Grants

2007 Artist residency in Berlin Mitte, Office for Contemporary Art, Norway
2004 Cultural stipend for cultural history, Buskerud County
2004 Cultural stipend for cultural history, Drammen municipality
1997 Cultural stipend for lyrics/performance, Drammen municipality

Scientific practice

2005-2006 Researcher, The Foundation for Local Health Trials
- Dr. Truls Gedde-Dahl's project on action research and learning organizations.
2004-2006 Research assistant, Institute of Sociology and Human Geography, UiO
- PhD-stipendiat Bård Anton Lindgaard's project on the rights of disabled persons in working life.
2003-2007 Editor of the Journal Kontur
#7/8 on Architecture and society (with architect David Løffler)
# 11/12 on Food Politics (with Brigt Hope and Kristine Nybø)
2004 Received stipends from Buskerud County for his own Cand.Polit. project on the cultural history of Gulskogen garden.

Performing art

Jan-Feb-2007 Artist in Residence, Berlin Mitte, Office of Contemporary Art Norway
Working with «Handlungsraum Beirut-Berlin-Oslo»
2006-2007 «Kultur på vandring» («Culture on the move»)
A school-tour for the Cultural School Sack in Oslo: seven days together with each group, working with applied drama and cultural history for training the pupil's skills with intercultural interaction. (With drama-pedagogist Kari Strand)
2005 «Sociology through Art», The Sociologists' Association
Performance with visual artist Kjetil Reine
2004 Assistant for artists Ingrid Book & Carina Hedén
at their contribution to the Sao Paulo bi-annual exhibition 2004
2004 Performance w/ Bifilharmonikerne (bi-project to the Oslo Philharmonic)
2004 Performance & lyrics for exhibitions opening, Gallery Athene, Drammen
Exhibition with Aunvik (with cellist Anna Helgadottir)
2000 Performance & lyrics for exhibitions opening, Drammens Museum
Exhibition with Anne Hetland & Heidi Krogh
1999-2004 Lyric Nights, each year at Kjøsterud Ungdomsskole, Drammen
2000 Protagonist of «Ekebergkongen», Norsk Folkemuseum
strolling theatre by Morten Bing

Art presentation practice

2005 Speaker, Oslo University College / The National Touring Exhibitions.
Teaching small courses in art sociology and art presentation
2004-2005 Co-curator / editor / tour-crew, Norwegian National Touring Exhibitions
Adbusters Norway's touring exhibition JAM & the book JAM

Leadership practice

2006-7 «Kultur på vandring» («Culture on the move»)
(mentioned under «Performing art») involved working with the parther to develop the service, make strategic desitions and budgets, fund-raising, reporting and organizing tour / happenings
2007- Leader of committee, foundation Adbusters Norway, that make the Jam!-tour
2006- Cashier of member organization Kontur Media, that make the journal Kontur
2003-7 Co-curating / editing the Jam!-tour and editing Kontur (mentioned under «Cultural presentation», involve co-ordinating complex team-work with many stake holders.
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