# Event Details

- **Event Name**: MAREEL DIVER by Laura Gaiger
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 10 Jan, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sat, 10 Jan, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Laura Gaiger “Mareel Diver”
12.12.2025 - 10.01.2026
Vernissage 12.12.2025 6 pm - 9 pm
Mikey Laundry Art Garden (MLAG)
Halfdan Kjerulfs Gate 4, 5017 Bergen

The Tomb of the Diver is an early fresco work, from 500BCE, in Paestum, Italy. The enduring mystery of the  painted tomb is its ceiling, where the fresco painting depicts a young man diving into waves from a ladder like structure. He is alone, suspended in mid-leap, wide eyed and decisive, in contrast to the reclining groups  of friends painted on the walls below. The painting is a mystery; nobody knows why there is a painting of a  diver on the ceiling of a tomb containing a young corpse. The Ancient Greeks related diving to death, to the  unknown, and especially to passionate losses, so the diver has often been seen as a representation of that last spectacular leap into the void.  
“I am currently working on a series of fragmented works which respond to the Tomb of the Diver and its  place in collective imagination. I am weaving this into my own symbolism around the sea and using material  to both connect to and push away from the ancient fresco. I work in buon fresco, or kalkmaleri, a material  used for tens of thousands of years in architecture and art. Its stability and permanence - fresco is paint  turned to stone - is why the Tomb of the Diver survives. I choose ultramodern pigments, however, such as  fluorescent greens which evoke the transient underwater light of noctiluca bioluminescence, or morild.  Known as mareel in Shetland, morild in Norway and nocticula scintillans universally, these small creatures flash  violently green and blue when agitated by a wave, a boat, or anything else in the water. Last summer they  came further north than usual and surrounded the harbour in Solheimsviken, Bergen, a thick orange soup by  day and an otherworldly radiance by night. The bioluminescence made me cry. It was so effortless and so  spectacular, and watching it was more satisfying than looking at anything I’ve ever made in the studio. I didn’t  dive into it, but I wish I had done, and I hope one day it will return so that I can. In the meantime I am  making frescoes, on terracotta fragments, imagining a spectacular dive into the mareel”. - Laura Gaiger

Supported by Kulturdirektoratet and Bergen Kommune
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bergen/mareel-diver-by-laura-gaiger/200029473479211
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Bergen
- **state**: HO
- **country**: Norway
- **location**: Mikey Laundry Art Garden Halfdan Kjerulfs gate 4 , 5017 Bergen, Norway
- **lat**: 60.39315
- **long**: 5.32983
- **full address**: Mikey Laundry Art Garden Halfdan Kjerulfs gate 4 , 5017 Bergen, Norway, Halfdan Kjerulfs gate 4, 5017 Bergen, Norge, Bergen, Norway

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is MAREEL DIVER by Laura Gaiger being held?
  - **A:** MAREEL DIVER by Laura Gaiger takes place on Sat, 10 Jan, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Sat, 10 Jan, 2026 at 04:00 pm at Mikey Laundry Art Garden Halfdan Kjerulfs gate 4 , 5017 Bergen, Norway, Halfdan Kjerulfs gate 4, 5017 Bergen, Norge, Bergen, Norway.
- **Q**: Who is organizing MAREEL DIVER by Laura Gaiger?
  - **A:** MAREEL DIVER by Laura Gaiger is organized by Mikey Laundry Art Garden.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** MAREEL DIVER by Laura Gaiger is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Bergen, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If MAREEL DIVER by Laura Gaiger sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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