A Celebration of Art, Ideas & Connection
Join us at Kunstsilo for a weekend of installations, conversations, and celebration, bringing together artists and cultural leaders from around the world to share ideas, build connections, and celebrate the artists shaping contemporary culture through technology.
We hope you’ll join us.
Weekend Highlights
Nordic Interface: Entangled Others
Artwork Unveiling
Fri 13th Nov
7pm
Public Programming
& Panel Conversations
Sat 14th Nov
12-3pm
The 2026 Lumen Prize Awards
Ceremony and Dinner
Sat 14th Nov
6pm
Planning Your Weekend
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Getting Here from Kjevik Airport
The airport is just 16 minutes from Kristiansand city center by car.
Taxi
The easiest option is a taxi – you’ll usually find them waiting outside the terminal.Agder Taxi 07000
Phone: +47 38 00 2000 | Book onlineBus
The airport bus takes around 24 minutes.
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Traveling with little ones? We’ve heard about two platforms for booking childcare in Norway:
Sitly (Visit website)
Dagmamma (Visit website)
These resources are shared for convenience only. The Lumen Prize has not vetted and does not endorse any childcare provider or platform. Please do your own research to find the right fit for your family.
If you’re arriving on Friday with children, why not explore ‘Kunstsilo Baby’ sessions from 11am-3pm.
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Kristiansand Kunsthall
Located in the city library building (top floor). Striking architecture and exciting exhibitions. Closes at 4PM, so be sure to check it our early in the day!Blaud Sauna
A floating sauna experience followed by a refreshing dip in the sea – a Nordic must-try!Baneheia Trails
Scenic hiking trails just minutes from the city center. Best enjoyed during daylight hours, especially in late autumn.Odderøya Island
Right next to Kunstsilo – enjoy ocean views, nature paths, and old fortifications. Perfect for a daytime walk. -
Charming bakery in historic Posebyen, known for sourdough breads and pastries. A great stop while sightseeing.
A new venue opened in 2026 right in the city center of Kristiansand. This location also offers lunch and dinner.
Modern takes on traditional Norwegian dishes in a casual setting.
Family-run pizzeria with a great wine selection, set in a charming historic building.
Fine dining in the city center with an excellent wine list. Booking in advance is highly recommended.
Friday, 13th November | 4-6pm
Cultiva meets
The Lumen Prize
at Kraftverk
A special edition of Cultiva’s Lunch & Learn series.
Begin your weekend with an afternoon of creative exchange at Kraftverk, Kristiansand’s creative hub for art, culture, and knowledge, located in the former art museum building at Skippergata 24b.
Hosted by Cultiva, this special edition of Kraftverk’s recurring Lunch & Learn series has been reimagined to welcome guests arriving in Kristiansand for the Lumen Prize Awards Ceremony. The afternoon brings together local artists and entrepreneurs alongside Lumen Prize finalists and community members for presentations, idea sharing, and conversation, offering a rare window into the creative and cultural ecosystem that makes this city such a distinctive host for the weekend.
Expect fascinating exchanges, inspiring perspectives, and drinks and light bites to follow. The event also includes the opportunity to explore Kraftverk’s remarkable venue, including its soundlab.
Afterwards, guests are invited to walk together to Kunstsilo for the special art night opening of Degrees of Interest, the new commission by Entangled Others for Nordic Interface, a Kunstsilo initiative supported by Cultiva.
Friday, 13th November | 7pm
Nordic Interface
A New Site-specific installation by Entangled Others
Degrees of Interest
On Friday evening, we begin the weekend with the unveiling of a new commission by Entangled Others, the inaugural artists selected for the Nordic Interface program. Created by Kunstsilo and The Lumen Prize and supported by Cultiva, Nordic Interface is a new talent development program supporting artists working with technology across the Nordic region. The program connects selected artists with Lumen’s international community of curators, researchers, and cultural leaders, providing mentorship, production support, and the opportunity to realize an ambitious new work at Kunstsilo.
For its inaugural edition, artist duo Feileacan Kirkbride McCormick and Sofia Crespo, working together as Entangled Others, have developed a new site-specific work for Kunstsilo’s monumental Silohall.
Their practice considers the complex relationships between artificial intelligence and biological systems. The commission marks a continuation of their relationship with Lumen following their 2025 Nature & Climate Award win, and carries particular significance for McCormick, who grew up near Kristiansand.
Nordic Interface builds on more than five years of partnership between Lumen and Kunstsilo. What started as a shared commitment to recognizing Nordic artists has grown into a year-round collaboration focused on mentorship, artistic development, international exchange, and new opportunities for artists.
This commission is the first expression of that next chapter.
Saturday, 14th November | 12-3pm
The Lumen Prize
Public Programming & Panel Conversations
To attend the panel sessions, please reserve your free ticket using the button below. When booking, select “Kunstner / Student (free)” to secure your place.
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Join artist duo Entangled Others and their mentors for a behind-the-scenes look at Degrees of Interest, the inaugural commission for Nordic Interface, a new program by Kunstsilo and The Lumen Prize.
Exploring competing perspectives on the value of deep-sea ecosystems, the artists will introduce their practice and the ideas behind the work, followed by a conversation with their mentors about the research, creative decisions, and challenges that shaped its development.
Together, they will reflect on the role of mentorship, experimentation, and collaboration in bringing the commission to life.
Moderator:
Irene Campolmi (Amos Rex, Helsinki)
Featured panelists:
Feileacan Kirkbride McCormick (Entangled Others, Norway)
Sofia Crespo (Entangled Others, Argentina)
Britt Salvesen (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles)
Melanie Lenz (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Sebastian Sanchez (Brevan Howard, London)
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What can this year’s Lumen Prize submissions tell us about the changing relationship between art and technology? Dr. Rachel Falconer presents key findings from The Liminal Review 2026, drawing on more than 2,200 submissions from 82 countries to examine the ideas, technologies, and creative practices shaping the field today.
The presentation will be followed by a conversation with Myriam Achard of PHI, exploring the wider cultural questions emerging from the Review and what they reveal about the evolving role of artists in shaping our technological futures.
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Rachel Falconer (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Myriam Achard (PHI, Montréal)
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Since the emergence of media art in the 1960s and 1970s, artists have worked with forms, systems and processes that challenge established ways of experiencing art. As these practices have entered museums and festivals, questions arise around how audiences encounter technologies that may be unfamiliar or difficult to understand.
This panel explores the tension between alienation and spectacle: between preserving a sense of uncertainty and the desire to make technologically complex work accessible, engaging and immersive.
Bringing together perspectives from different institutions, the discussion considers how curatorial approaches shape the ways audiences encounter, interpret and connect with new media art.
Moderator:
Gonzalo Herrero Delicado (Curator & Educator, Central Saint Martins / Royal College of Art, London)
Featured Panelists:
Prodromos Tsiavos (Onassis ONX, Athens)
Sarah Mackenzie (MUTEK, Montréal)
Annie Bicknell (Tate Modern, London)
The Lumen Prize
Awards Ceremony
Saturday, 14 November | 6PM
Selected from more than 2,200 submissions across 82 countries, this year's finalists represent an extraordinary range of ideas, perspectives, and approaches to working with technology.
Join us at Kunstsilo as we celebrate their work, announce the 2026 Lumen Prize winners, and bring our international community together.
Lumen x Kunstsilo
Five Years of Building Together.
Our return to Kunstsilo is particularly meaningful. The relationship between The Lumen Prize and Kunstsilo began in 2020 with a shared ambition to give Nordic artists working with technology greater international visibility.
Since then, the Nordic Award has recognized artists from across the region, while the partnership itself has grown into something much larger.
Today, Lumen and Kunstsilo work together across awards, commissions, mentorship, public programming, and international exchange. Nordic Interface marks the latest evolution of that relationship, creating deeper and longer-term support for artists beyond a single moment of recognition.
Kunstsilo is also a fitting home for this gathering. Built within a transformed 1930s grain silo and home to the Tangen Collection of Nordic modernism, the museum brings artistic history into conversation with contemporary practice.
Together, Lumen and Kunstsilo are creating a meeting place between those histories and the artists defining what comes next.
