NOK 80 (free for members of Astrup Fearnley Museet and Henie Onstad Art Center)

Welcome to a lecture with Simen Hagerup about the work on the translation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s science fiction classic The Left Hand of Darkness.

In the exhibition Grammars of Light, with works by the three artists Cerith Wyn Evans, Ann Lislegaard and P. Staff, science fiction is a theme that several of the works revolve around or draw direct inspiration from.

Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness is considered a major work in the science fiction genre. It is also a timeless classic about culture clashes and fluid identities.

Grammars of Light is organized in parallel with Henie Onstad Art Center’s exhibition Ann Lislegaard: ANIMOID (09 January 2026 – 19 April 2026). A joint public program will provide visitors with an opportunity to engage with the artist’s practice in depth across two institutions.