Kistefos Museum and Sculpture Park

In the early 1880s, a business entrepreneur, Anders Sveaas (1840-1917) acquired the rights to the Kistefossen waterfall in Jevnaker Municipality and to build around the surrounding land. In another interview by Jonathon Bastable from Christie's, Sveaas said "everything I commission must be site-specific. I want the artist to be triggered by the picturesque landscape and its history", sharing his philosophy of the park and its works. == Donations ==

Founded by Christen Sveaas', the company AS Kistefos is the museum's main sponsor, regularly donating hefty sums and site-specific sculptures over the years. With the museum gaining more recognition over time, this attracted many sponsors and contributors, including Anders Sveaas’ Allmennyttige Fond, home municipality Jevnaker, Sparebank 1 Jevnaker Lunner, Ringerike Sparebank, Gran Municipality, and the Regional Council for Hadeland, UNI foundation and Sat Sapienti foundation. == Architecture ==

Nybruket Gallery Located in one of the old factory buildings of Kistefos Træsliberi, Nybruket Gallery was another old wood pulp mill established in 1896. Similar to the first pulp mill, this mill was also fully equipped and intact, contributing to the park's industrial heritage. Before the newly installed museum by BIG, Nybruket was the building where all of Kistefos' seasonal exhibitions were held. Now, smaller or secondary exhibitions are held at Nybruket in their Art Hall. Kistefos was in need of a bigger, more modern museum to accommodate their ever growing collection of artworks, and there was also a need for a second bridge to complete the circulation of the park and allow visitors to explore more efficiently. The winning entry, submitted by BIG, combined both aspects into one structure, proposing a unique bridge-like building spanning across the Randselva river with a twist in the middle. The building was called a "hybrid of architecture, infrastructure and sculpture" and is intended to serve as an attraction of the park in of itself. BIG incorporates the twist skilfully into the 14000 square-meter building, accounting for the difference in elevation of the riverbanks on either side, the 90-degree twist in the middle allows for the width of building to be placed on the lower riverbank while the length is placed on the higher, artistically accommodating for Kistefos' natural landscape. team also contributed to this project. They helped to realize specialised construction and design elements of the facade and roof.Additionally, it creates an array of spaces, allowing for two to three stacked floors in the south, lower riverbank, and a floor-to-ceiling horizontal gallery in the north, higher riverbank. The large horizontal gallery can be used for sculptures and large installations, while the smaller vertical galleries are used for media, paintings, and sculptures, and also holds an information center, museum shop, and other facilities. The glazed-glass sides of the museum follow the warping of the twist, creating a side-lit space at the northern, which provides views of the old pulp mill further up along the river, sky-lit space at the southern part of the building and a dark gallery on the lower level. The engineering team had a challenge of converting the complex geometry from the architectural model to an engineering model complete with building calculations. The issue was solved using Grasshopper, visual programming application, for the conversion to a Tekla model, a modelling software, which is compatible with the calculation and structural analysis software Robot. Assembly of the bridge was another challenge, as it required a sizeable interim bridge to support the museum bridge during construction. The interim bridge had to be of suitable design and assembly to give sufficient stability and enough working space to mount the steel components and aluminium and glass facades. A full-scale trial assembly of the twisted bridge-part exposed no issues that could not be corrected to avoid costly modifications on site. Furthermore, as none of the individual pieces were right-angled and there were no angular repetitions or fixed points on the bridge, the use of 3D modelling was necessary to ensure the complex geometry of the structure corresponds to the design models. With the structure made entirely of steel, secondary steel was also designed for use as standard ceilings and walls, to cover both inside and outside of the building, and this smaller project took approximately 20% of the total design time. == Works ==

Exhibitions Each year, Kistefos Museum organises a main seasonal exhibition and sometimes a secondary exhibition in one of their exhibition halls. In order of release. • Håkon Bleken - Retrospective (2006). Artist: Håkon Bleken • Behind the Window – Norwegian Interiors from Tidemand to Tandberg (2007). Artists include: Adolph Tidemand, Odd Tandberg, Harriet Backer, Christian Krogh, Ida Lorentzen and Mikkel McAlinden • The Dance through the Home of the Dead – Aksel Waldemar Johannessen – Painter of the Working Class (2007). Artist: Aksel Waldemar Johannessen • Thore Heramb – The Colour Composer (2008). Artists include: David LaChapelle, Torbjørn Rødland, Marilyn Minter and Sverre Bjertnæs • Modern Myths (2008). Artists include: David LaChapelle, Torbjørn Rødland, Marilyn Minter and Sverre Bjertnæs • Art for the People! - Highlights from Harry Fett’s collection of paintings (2009). Artists include: Matthias Stoltenberg, Peder Balke, Erik Werenskiold, Harriet Backer, Christian Krohg, Harald Sohlberg, Edvard Munch, Ludvig Karsten, Henrik Sørensen, Reidar Aulie and Axel Revold • All of Nature Flows Through Us (2011). Artist: Marc Quinn • Ai Weiwei – Interlacing (2012). Artist: Ai Weiwei • '''FALL OUT...''' (2013). Artist: Fredrik Raddum • Marina Abramovic – Entering the Other Side (2014). Artist: Marina Abramovic • '''The Icons of Rock – from Stones to Winehouse''' (2016). Artists: Bent Rej and Soren Solkær • Jeppe Hein – Reflection (9 May 2016 - 9 December 2016). Artist: Jeppe Hein In order of unveiling. • Ståle Kyllingstad – “Installation” (1948) • Nils Aas – “Consul Anders Sveaas, 1840-1917” (2001) • Nico Widerberg – “Time” (2001) • Beate Juell – “Stallion” (2001) • Krstian Blystad – “Playing Horse” (2001) • Bjarne Melgaard – “Octopusm” (2001) • Kjell Nupen – “Stille, Stille/Mediteraneo” (translation: Quiet, Quiet and Mediterraneo) (2001) • Edgar Ballo – “Blå Tulipan” (translation: Blue Tulip) (2002) • Fernando Botero – “Stor Torso / Kvinnetorso” (translation: Female Torso) (2002) • Siri Bjerke – “Samuraiens Ridedyr, Den Tredje Dagen" (translation: Samurai Mounts, The Third Day) (2003) • Anne-Karin Furunes – “Christen Sveaas” (2003) • Olafur Eliasson – “Viewing Machine” (2004) • Fabrizio Plessi – “Movimenti Della Memoria” (2005) • Elmgreen Og Dragset (Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset) – “Forgotten Babies #2” (2005) • Shintaro Miyake – “Welcome to Our Planet” (2006) • Kristin Günther – “Hasten” Unveiled (2006), Permanent (2016) • Petroc Sesti – “Energy-Matter-Space-Time” (2007) • Tony Cragg – “Bent of mind” (2007) • Tony Cragg – “I’m Alive” (2007) • Tony Cragg – “Articulated Column” (2007) • Anish Kapoor – “S-Curve” (2008) • Elmgreen Og Dragset – “Warm Regards” (2008) • Oldenburg Og Van Bruggen (Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen) – “Tumbling Tacks” (2009) • Marc Quinn – “All of Nature Flows Through Us” (2011) • Thomas Bayrle – “Sternmotor Hochamt” (2011) • Fredrik Raddum – “Teddy – Beast of The Hedonic Treadmill” (2013) • Fredrik Raddum – “Catastrophic Road Signs, Sun” (2013) • John Gerrard – “Pulp Press (Kistefos)” Video Sculpture (2013) • Per Inge Bjørlo – “Slektstrea, Genbanken” (2014) • Marianne Heske – “Homage to Leo The Lion” Art Film 2006, (2014) • Philip King – “Free to Frolic” (2015) • A Kassen – “River Man” (2016) • Jeppe Hein – “The Path to Silence” (2016) • Jeppe Hein – “Modified Social Benches” (2016) • Tony Cragg – “Castor & Pollux” (2017) • Ilya Kabakov – “The Ball” (2017) • Lynda Benglis – “Face Off” (2018) • Yayoi Kusama – "Shine of Life" (2019) • Mark Manders – "Silent Studio" (2019) • Carol Bove – "Untitled" (2021) == References ==