Welcome to an exciting Sunday in Folkeparken with a double workshop with Ken and Kazuko from Japan!
Plaster Painting Make a Troll with Kazuko Murao
Age group: 5 years and up
Duration: 30 min or 2 hours.
Drop-in, first start at 12:00
Language: English
PS: bring clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty
Painting with plaster with a trowel is called Kote-e. Kote-e is the Japanese art of plaster painting and is painted on the walls of old houses, often with motifs of lucky charms. This time we are making trolls using trowels. At the start we collect shells, pebbles and seaweed to make eyes, hair, nose, beard etc. The plaster takes a few days to dry, so it should be transported home horizontally. We have shoe boxes that can be used for transportation.
Option 1: Approximately two hours
Participants meet at the start time in Folkeparken and collect pebbles, shells, seaweed, etc. together. Then everyone gathers in Kvitnesgården and makes trolls.
Option 2: Approximately 30 min
Drop-in. Collect materials (pebbles, shells, seaweed, etc.) in advance of the event and place them on the work table. Participants use the materials on the table to make trolls.
Artist Kazuko Murao
Kazuko Murao graduated from Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design. During her studies, she discovered kote-e and produces work that references fresco painting, plaster signs, and other plastic artworks. She also holds workshops throughout Japan for children and adults, introducing them to the joy of making with plaster materials.
Cyanotype with Ken Kitano
Age group: 12 years and up
Duration: 3-4 hours, starts at 12 noon, registration in advance
Language: English
NOTE! Bring clothes that can withstand getting stained. The chemicals used will cause blue stains if spilled on your clothes.
Places are very limited, register by email: aner@perspektivet.no
Cyanotype
Cyanotype, also known as daylight photography, is a photographic technique invented in the mid-19th century. It is characterized by the use of iron ions to produce a dark blue color and was often referred to as “blueprints” and was used to reproduce drawings. Different shades of blue depend on the exposure time and the way the light-sensitive material is applied. The material reacts only to UV radiation and can be done either in sunlight or with the help of a UV lamp.
Photogram
A photograph that does not use a camera or lens. An object; for example a flower, is placed on photographic paper or photosensitive material and exposed to UV rays. This creates a negative, where the paper exposed to UV rays turns blue, while the area under the flower turns white. You can digitally invert this image to get a positive motif where the light turns white instead of the shadow This Sunday you can walk around and look for motifs for your photogram. Maybe you find that you look at your surroundings differently when you are looking for a motif?
Photographic Artist Ken Kitano
Ken Kitano is a Japanese photographer who has held solo exhibitions and participated in various group exhibitions domestically in Japan and internationally in countries such as Belgium, China, France, Germany, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United States.
In 2004, he won the Society of Photography Award, and in 2007, he won the Newcomer’s Award from the Photographic Society of Japan.
In 2027 Kitano will display his works at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.
Gathering Light
Gathering Light is a photography project by the artist Ken Kitano (b. 1968, Japan). With Gathering Light, he documents how the Sun’s light moves across the sky for various set durations of time, at various locations across the globe.
In June 2025, Kitano installed a total of seven analogue cameras at different spots, both inside
and outdoors, in Perspektivet Folkeparken and Perspektivet Straumen Gård.
The film in the cameras will be continuously exposed until the artist collects the cameras again in July 2026. Only objects that are continuously in front of the camera lenses are drawn on the photographic film, meaning none of the visitors to the open-air museum will be visible in the resulting photographs.
Summer program
We are open from 12:00 to 16:00 every Sunday between June 21 and August 23. We are continuously updating the calendar with experiences, so stay tuned here and on Facebook.
We look forward to meeting you at Perspektivet Folkeparken this summer, see you at Kvaløyvegen 38!
Thank you to our sponsors!
Sundays in Perspektivet Folkeparken are supported by Tromsø Municipality and Samfunnsløftet.
