bio

Gisle Nataas – architect MNAL and sound artist 
Born in Bergen and lives in Oslo. Graduate architect from Bergen School of Architecture and Royal Danish Academy – Architecture – in Copenhagen. Works with architecture and the sound of architecture. 

As a sound artist Nataas works with field recordings from architecture, as live performances and in sound installations. Field recordings are mixed, processed and transformed into new musical and spatial experiences. Nataas run the project “Architecture as an instrument” in the national programme Den Kulturelle Skolesekken that is a collaborative project between the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education and Research. 

NATAAS/ is a architecture and sound art studio established by architect Gisle Nataas and registered as a company in Norway with organization number NO 924 369 019.

Link to www.nataas.com
Link to @gislenataas_soundart
Link to NATAAS/ Soundcloud
Link to CV Gisle Nataas

Ongoing an upcomming projects:

  • Lecture, live performance and sonic workshop at Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 
    Faculty of Science and Technology, Norway. March 2024
  • Live Sound art performance at Mies van der Rohe Award, Barcelona, 14./15. May 2024
  • Sound installation and live performance at Nuuk Art Museum, Greenland. 7. -30. october 24
  • Live performance at INN:PUST, nyMusikkfestival i Innlandet. 4.-8. september. Gjøvik, Norway
  • Live performance at Færderbiennalen 2024. 28. juli – 06. august 2024. Tønsberg, Norway
  • Sound installation and live performance at Gyldenpris Kunsthall Bergen, Norway. 

Nataas’ projects have been exhibited in both Norway and Europe, selection:

  • The Nasjonalmuseet–Arkitektur, Oslo, Norway
  • Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (IUAV), Italia
  • The International Festival on Experimental Photography, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Palace Ca ‘Zanardi, Venezia, Italia
  • Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italia
  • Sala Convegni Don Giacomo Candido, Sutrio, Italia
  • Domkirkeodden, Hamar, Norway

His projects are presented in (selection):

  • Archdaily
  • Abitare, Italia
  • Nytt Rom – New Scandinavian Rooms, Norway
  • Arkitekten, Denmark
  • Kunstlicht Art magazine, the Nederlands
  • MARK another architecture, the Nederlands
  • Il Convivio, Italia
  • md magazine, Germany
  • Arkitektnytt, Norway
  • Aftenposten, Norway
  • Bergens Tidene, Norway
  • Plan – tidsskrift for samfunnsplanlegging, regional- og byutvikling, Norway