15/06/2026
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Strong threads at Lista: Julie Dind curates outsider artist Audgunn Vilhelmsen. Opening thursday at 19pm. Jølleveien 141, Lista
International researcher and artist Julie Dind returns to Lista to curate a very special exhibition in the SALTSVIDD exhibition space in Jøllestø. At the invitation of Jan Gunnar Skjeldsøy and Anders Eik Pilskog, Dind has delved into the textile works of local outsider artist Audgunn Vilhelmsen. The exhibition opens on Thursday, June 18 at 7:00 PM, where a selection of Vilhelmsen’s unique embroideries will be on display. Dind herself will give the opening speech about this fascinating work, followed by an open Q&A session with both Julie Dind and multimedia artist Rolf Gerstlauer.
Julie Dind brings a unique perspective to the project. She is an autistic researcher, performance and multimedia artist with a PhD in theatre arts and performance studies from Brown University. She also has a master’s degree from Waseda University and an advanced certificate in disability studies from the City University of New York. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Tokyo College (University of Tokyo), where she explores the intersection between art and neurodiversity.
Dind has a close and long-standing relationship with Lista. Since 2014, she and architect Rolf Gerstlauer (Oslo School of Architecture and Design) have worked closely with the local landscape. Together they run the a(u/r)tistic research project “Drawing NN Inside butoh”. Their films and photographs have been shown internationally, and in 2019 they participated in the Sørlandsutstillingen together with, among others, the local initiators Skjeldsøy and Pilskog