After several months of plans and permits, in June 2017 antipodes café Stue opened to the public, in the encounter of Oslo fjord with a prominent construction site of houses and promenade.

The living room of æHouse was formed by reusing the two ground floor barracks from the venue “æDEG15” (which in fact were previously used by road authorities in an information centre/show room also in the area), now redecorated removing any trace of gallery. æStue counted with a full rooftop terrace with private entrance from a small fenced backyard.

This encounter of public and private was accessible through a long passageway right next to the fjord, consisting in a temporary ballast byway and a grass sidewalk with streetlights.

æStue 

Besides being in itself a sculptural intervention that highlights the rough beauty of what should not be there but it is, “æStue” was open to anyone, during five days a week, presenting a program of diverse domestic activities such as reading, listening radio, watching films and animations. It was also a place where arranged gatherings happened, such as regular visits by kids from kindergartens on Wednesdays.

Coffee, tea, mate, as well as entrance and all activities were shared free of charge to any visitor.

“Everyone has the right to rest and leisure.”

Due to coronavirus, æHouse anticipated its consummation for the last day of May 2020. During its final days antipodes café presented the possibility to get this venue for a symbolic 2020 kr. to anyone with a nice idea for its future. Dozens of proposals arrived to our coffee table. The  selected one was an association related to the development of experimental electric forms of human transport on air. Understanding the gender division in that topic, the conditions for the support were that the new venue should be named “Dagny Berger” after Norway’s first woman aviator and that the association for homemade planes and helicopters “EAA Chapter 573 Norway” should facilitate the membership for women, with significant discounts or even free of charge.





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