Gunnar B. Kvaran, Director of the Astrup Fearnley Museum, has pursued Melgaard's artistic career since the 1990s. His introduction places Melgaard in an art historical context and also analyses the various artistic periods of his oeuvre.

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The renowned Curator and Museum Director Hans Ulrich Obrist, describes his first encounter with the art of Bjarne Melgaard. Obrist co-curated the exhibition 'White Nights' with Laurence Bossé in 1996, and already at that time considered him a fascinating artist who is "continually crossing the line between dirty involvement and distanced reflection".

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John Kelsey, the artist, curator, writer and gallery founder, is part of the art scene on Lower East Side in New York. In his text he describes his first impression of Bjarne Melgaard's art, initially in the shape of rumours, later as a personal meeting with an artist that he feels adds a much needed energy to the New York art scene.

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The Belgian Curator and Museum Director, Jan Hoet has worked with Melgaard on several occasions. Here he describes his first encounter with the art of Bjarne Melgaard, which took place at the end of the 1990s, and insightfully analyses the relation between certain components in Melgaard's art.

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Hanne Beate Ueland, Curator at the Astrup Fearnley Museum has gone through and studied press clippings from Norwegian newspapers from the last fifteen years. Based on this material she has written an analysis of Melgaard's appearance in the media.

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Bjarne Melgaard curated a film programme of 15 films for the Norwegian Cinemateket during the exhibition. Kjell R. Jenssen is a programme associate at Cinemateket and has interviewed Melgaard about his fascination for films.

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