Forever Våland, Satt i stein
Sans façon

Stavanger, 2025-2027

Three artists and artist groups were invited to participate in a permanent project as part of the art programme The Places We Meet - Art in Public Spaces in Stavanger, Norway. The artists submitted sketch proposals, which the art programme’s art committee evaluated.

The selected project Forever Våland, Satt i stein by Sans façon, will be shown in a geographically defined area in a larger triangular zone in the Våland district of Stavanger. The area features a varied landscape and a diverse population. It stretches from the city centre edge at Peder Klows gate/Furras gate, with a view toward Våland Tower, continuing down to Mosvannsparken and the neighbourhood around Sirevågsbakken/Rogalandsparken.

The invited artists and artists group were:

Sans façon is an artistic collaboration between Charles Blanc (b. 1974, France) and Tristan Surtees (b. 1977, UK) who resides between Canada and UK. The duo works interdisciplinary and process orientated and their practice is characterised by a deep interest of how humans experience and shape public spaces.

Tiril Hasselknippe (b. 1984, Norway) is an artist who lives and works in Stavanger. Hasselknippe is working at the intersection between sculpture, architecture and installation. Her work is often characterised by a post-industrial aesthetic with use of materials such as concrete, fiberglass and metal, referring to psychical as well as mental landscapes.

Camille Norment (b. 1970, United States of America) is an artist and composer living and working in Oslo. Norment has an interdisciplinary practice including sound, installation, performance and text. She is known for using sound not only as an auditory phenomenon but as an architectural and emotional material.