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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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 | 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
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Join Entangled Others, the first artists selected for the Nordic Interface program, in conversation with their programme mentors as they share the development of their latest work.
The discussion will explore the ideas, research and creative processes shaping the project, offering insight into how the work has evolved through Nordic Interface and the exchange between artists and mentors along the way.
Together, they will reflect on their ongoing practice, the questions emerging through the programme, and the possibilities that arise when artistic research develops through conversation, collaboration and experimentation.
Featured panelists:
Feileacan Kirkbride McCormick
Sofia Crespo
Britt Salvesen
Melanie Lenz
Irene Campolmi
Sebastian Sanchez
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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 fireside 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 panelists:
Dr. Rachel Falconer (Goldsmiths) and Myriam Achard (PHI) -
Bringing together voices from across art, technology and cultural institutions, this panel considers the changing landscape for artists working with technology today.
More information coming soon.
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.
