My first exhibition!

Name: Sami Rintala. Selected projects

Place: School of Architecture of Havana, CUJAE, Cuba

Date: Mars 31-2012

Time: 13:30

I have noticed an increasing interest in Norwegian design & architecture in Havana through the increasing attendance to the conferences I have given on the subject over the last three years.

On 2009 I gave a lecture on 70° arkitektur architects at Ludwig Foundation in Havana

The following year I gave a conference on Peter Opsvik chair design at the Design Institute of Havana and finally last year I gave a lecture on Contemporary Norwegian design & architecture at the Center for Architecture, Design & Urbanism of Havana. (Sponsored by Norsk Form – travels costs)

This interest is also manifest in the great public attendance to the exhibition on Norwegian architecture (SPOR) being presented in Havana these days.

This leads me to believe that it would also be interesting to show works of individuals architects of Norway.

This year I would like to take to Havana an exhibition featuring the work of architect Sami Rintala. Rintala is a Finnish artist and architect who settled in Norway in 1998.

"Important part of Rintala’s work is teaching and lecturing in various art and architecture universities. Teaching takes place usually in the form of workshops where the students often are challenged to participate in the shaping of human environment on a realistic 1:1 situation. Sami Rintala’s work is based on narrative and conceptualism. Resulting work is a layered interpretation of the physical, mental and poetic resources of the site." (www.rintalaeggertsson.com)

The plan so far is to bring a multimedia presentation and 8 banners featuring some of his projects.

Sami Rintala and I are also looking at the possibility of having a workshop with his students in Norway (NTNU) and architecture students in Cuba. Maybe they can even build something together...