Espen Gleditsch. Sanatorium Stenersen

Many aspects of modernist architecture reflect the growth in scientific knowledge about disease, contagion and hygiene. It was an awareness that influenced the design not only of health infrastructure, but also of modern housing. Villa Stenersen is one of the leading examples of these architectural developments in Norway. 
  
These connections form the starting point for an exhibition created for the rooms of Villa Stenersen by artist Espen Gleditsch. The exhibition is based on Gleditsch’s own artistic investigations, his studies of archive material and research relating to Arne Korsmo, Villa Stenersen, healthy design, and the origins of modern architecture. This is the first time that Villa Stenersen has featured in a specially conceived artistic project that includes the house itself as part of the exhibition. 
  
Espen Gleditsch (b. 1983) works with photography, often in projects that take architecture as starting point for investigations into the ways history is told and interpreted, and how it changes.