Fergus Tibbs is an artist, DJ, and cultural producer originally from Glasgow, Scotland, now based in Bergen, Norway. He holds an MFA from the Art Academy Bergen and a BA (Hons) from DJCAD, Dundee.
Fergus’ projects are usually cross-disciplinary and collaborative, incorporating ideas and practices from people of different backgrounds. Central to his work is oral communication and human interaction, often creating situations that encourage conversations and public dialogue. His previous projects include club nights, radio stations, a swimming club, parties, exhibitions, pubs, and workshops.
For the past ten years, he has been DJing and organising parties and club nights in Bergen and across Scotland. He is the co-organiser and resident DJ of the club night ‘Keep it Dark’ at Østre, Bergen. He uses this regular party as a test site for different clubbing ideas, often playing with the physical space as well as light, sound, temperature, and volume.
Hosting has become a key part of Fergus’ work, providing a way to initiate interactions and gatherings. His ongoing project, ‘Hosting Infrastructure,’ plays with the physical architecture involved in gathering human bodies. He creates structures and environments that serve as a substrate for public events, where people can sit, gather, eat, perform, dance, or talk. His approach is fun, often silly, and welcoming whilst always trying to be accessible, drawing in people with a broad range of perspectives.
FORTHCOMING
Eco Dialogues Series of walks in collaboration with Freya Coursey 2025
Studio 17 Residency October – November [Studio 17, Stavanger] 2024
CURRENT
Hosting Infrastructure (Isotop Version) September 2024 [Isotop, Bergen]
PREVIOUS PROJECTS
Party as Form May- June 2024 [Praksis, Oslo]
Hosting Infrastructure (Acid Re-Work) November 2023 [Østre, Hus for lydkunst og elektronisk musikk, Bergen]
Hosting Infrastructure (Dub Version) October 2023 [Visningsrommet USF / Meteor theatre Festival, Bergen]
Aerial Pantry Supper August 2023 [Aerial, Bergen]
ILLU Residency Feb, Mar, Apr, Jul 2023 [ILLU Science and Art Hub Ilulissat, Greenland]
Voice (Film by Ane Hjort Guttu) Role: Scenographer / Art Director, 2023
Pub-Library (Joy Forum) Installation made in collaboration with Susanna Antonsson. Jan- Feb 2023 [Kristiansand Kunsthall|
Air Conditions 2022: A Correspondence (Residency) [Seyðisfjörður Community Radio, Vers Libre and Ekko Festival. Seyðisfjörður, Iceland & Bergen]
The Pirate Academy, w/ Sveinung Rudjord Unneland, Mark Fell, Jan Hendrickse, Borghild Rudjord Unneland, Brandon Labelle, Gard Frantzsen Charlotte Besuijen. [Bergen Architecture School]
Bergen Oysters Swimming Club w/various others. [Store Lungegårdsvannet] 2019-2021
The Yes Weekend Part of MA graduate exhibition titled ‘A Little Larger than the Entire Universe’ [Bergen Kunsthall] 2021
The Non-Human Community Solo exhibition (part of the MA week programme) [Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen] 2020
The Administration Group Residency and Exhibition (Part of first year Masters programme) [Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen] 2020
Failed Collaboration [Wooosh Gallery, Dundee, Scotland] 2020
Roaming w/ Rachel Adams, Sarah Rose, Rania Stephan [Hospitalfield Arts Arbroath, Scotland] 2019
Greyzone [DJCAD degree show, Dundee, Scotland] 2016