Fellesverkstedet is an idea: it's an open production facility for artists where there is equipment and the necessary people, with the necessary skills and experience that can help to make anything at a price that really is affordable. Well that's what we hope it will be, that's what our initiative is working towards! Fellesverkstedet is a non-profit organisation whose aim is to improve the working conditions for artists in Norway. That's a pretty big aim, but we think it's possible!

We're currently running a research project called Initiativ for et fellesverksted i Oslo. It consists of three interdependent components; research, a pilot project and a web portal and forum. We are combining theoretical research, a practical program and a system for assistance and advice that function together as a whole. This work is necessary in order to formulate a plan for an open production facility that will actually be used and hold relevance into the future.

Fellesverkstedet is something new, it's a different way of working, there are other places out there that work in a similar way, but it's not really happened before in Norway. In order that we get it right and receive the support and advice we need we are collaborating with a number of different organisations. Here's a list of all those who are involved at present:

Norsk Kulturråd
Unge Kunstneres Samfund
Kulturwerk
Oslo Kommune
UV5
KHIO
BOA
NK Stor-Oslo
Billedhoggerforeningen
Mandelbrot
Automaton
KORO/URO

Here we're presenting a selection of our activities, it's by no means everything and it's a mixture of both physical and theoretical work, but it's a taste of what we're about.

If you need help with a project, you're trying to find a supplier, or maybe you want to help us, just get in contact and we'll see what happens!

This is Fellesverkstedet’s current location where we will be carrying out several case studies during 2012. The building is one of the last of its kind, an old steel warehouse in central Oslo that dates back to 1910 when it was an integral part of the industrial movement in Norway, we've produced a short report that tells a little of the story.

Download the pdf here (in Norwegian)

The place is undergoing a rehabilitation and transformation in collaboration with the owners and neighbours, Norway’s largest mosque, Central Jamaat-e Ahl-e Sunnat which will continue throughout the year, we'll keep updating this section to show the progress.

Fellesverkstedet is at present a research project, which means that we're not always at home, that means you can't just drop in for a chat, but we're available, it's easiest to send us an email and we can take it from there!

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Postal Address:
Kjølberggt. 27c
0653 Oslo
Norway

Pilot Address:
Urtegata 11
0187 Oslo
Norway

email:
info@fellesverkstedet.no