Delta
(last edited: 2025)
author(s): Svein Petter Knudsen
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The text outlines an artistic research and development project that investigates Open Source and Open Hardware systems as artistic, technological, and pedagogical tools. Positioned at the intersection of artistic practice, technological development, and critical reflection on contemporary production culture, the project explores how open, accessible, and repairable machines can expand design methodologies and challenge proprietary production structures. Central to the research is the act of building as a form of knowledge production, fostering embodied technological understanding and user agency. With a strong ecological, social, and pedagogical sustainability ambition, the project proposes alternative, locally situated production models. A key outcome is the development of a large-scale, open delta-based 3D printer for sustainable materials, enabling artistic exploration at human and architectural scales.
Material Lab
(last edited: 2025)
author(s): Svein Petter Knudsen
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The project proposes the establishment of a material laboratory at the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, dedicated to the reuse, recycling, and critical investigation of material waste generated through practice-based education. With a particular focus on plastics, the laboratory will combine applied research, hands-on experimentation, and accessible recycling technologies to transform surplus materials into new educational and research resources.
By developing low-threshold infrastructure and custom-built recycling equipment, the project aims to extend the lifespan of existing plastic materials while simultaneously exploring bio-based alternatives to reduce reliance on virgin and fossil-based resources. The laboratory will function as a shared, practice-oriented space supporting interdisciplinary learning, material literacy, and more sustainable resource cycles across the University of Bergen.
Complicated Time Peace
(last edited: 2025)
author(s): Svein Petter Knudsen
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Complicated Time Peace is a kinetic installation that visualizes time through light, mechanical movement, and computation. A custom-built system generates accumulating images that embed duration rather than capturing singular moments. Presented as a clock, the work reframes time as a continuous, generative process rather than a linear measure.
