Bergen Assembly 2025, titled across, with, nearby (Norwegian: på tvers, med, nær), was the fifth edition of Bergen Assembly and took place from 11 September to 9 November 2025 in Bergen, Norway. Convened by Ravi Agarwal, Adania Shibli, and the Bergen School of Architecture (BAS), the programme focused on neighbourliness, mutual care, and shared modes of learning as responses to social, ecological, economic, and political uncertainty.
The 2025 edition was structured around collaborative and process-based artistic formats, with an emphasis on exchange, participation, and collective forms of knowledge production. The programme took place across multiple venues in Bergen, including Bergen Kunsthall, the Bergen School of Architecture, Kristiansholm, and the Norwegian Textile Industry Museum, and comprised excursions, workshops, conversations, performances, readings, and other public events.
Independent art press described the 2025 edition as an “artistic think tank” focused on collective knowledge exchange and shared learning. A review in Lampoon Magazine highlighted how contributors asked visitors to engage with the city’s environment as part of the Assembly’s inquiry into ecological and social interdependence. Coverage in Live Mint also noted the Assembly’s focus on shared modes of knowledge formation and collective experience.
Participants
Venue Artists and contributors Bergen Assembly office Al Borde Bergen Cathedral School Tenthaus; The Communist Museum of Palestine Bergen Fisheries Museum Sarah Kazmi Bergen Kunsthall AgriForum; Clara Hastrup; Gruppe 66; Karen Werner; Karan Shrestha; Kåre Aleksander Grundvåg; Marcus Coates; Sajan Mani; Singing Wells; Ánddir Ivvár Ivvár / Iver Jåks Bergen Public Library / Mikey Laundrey Art Garden INTERPRT; Climate Rights Bergen School of Architecture Jana Winderen; Joar Nango; Ken Are Bongo; Koki Tanaka; Prabhakar Pachpute; Susan Philipsz; Vikrant Bhise Bergen School of Architecture / Kristiansholm Floating University Epos (library boat) Elin Már Øyen Vister; Philip Rizk Epos (writers in residence) Layli Long Soldier; Shahram Khosravi; Maaza Mengiste Entrée Maasai Mbili Matskogen, Landås Matskogen; Gram Art Project Nonneseter Chapel Monica Ursina Jäger Nonneseter Tårnfoten Lapdiang Artimai Syiem Rommet, USF Bergen School of Architecture Stranges Stiftelse Nepal Picture Library; The Norwegian Queer Archive; People's Archive of Rural India The Textile Industry Museum Jakkai Siributr Multiple venues Communist Museum of Palestine Online Vinduet
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