In 2020, Royal Institute of Art received a donation of artworks from Malte Aletun. Malte worked as a caretaker at the university during the 1960s and 70s and received gifts in the form of artworks from teachers and students during that time. Now the works are returning to the school through the donation.
For the handover, the artworks were collected from a small yellow sports cabin in Vidja, where they had previously decorated the walls of the summer house of Malte and his wife Marie.
The interior of the cottage was documented with photography and 3D scans. This documentation, together with the donation itself, formed the basis for a course at Royal Institute of Art with the name A Little Yellow Cabin.
In February 2024, the donation and the work of reproducing the artworks and their context were presented in the exhibition space Mellanrummet at the Royal Institute of Art.
Responsible: Martin Christensen, lecturer in digital 3D techniques and Björn Larsson, lecturer in fine art with a focus on photography.
