September ssions

Accelerator is an exhibition space where art, science and societal issues meet. It is part of Stockholm University. The mission of Accelerator is to engage actively with society, producing exhibitions presenting international and Swedish contemporary art.

Accelerator organises a public program of presentations and talks with artists, researchers, students and the general public. Accelerator’s programme is driven by an ambition to contribute towards a transparent and empathetic society by opening up opportunities for art to spark discussions and interdisciplinary dialogue.

OPENING HOURS
Thursday: 11–17h
Friday: 11–17h
Saturday & Sunday: 12–16h


DURING THE FESTIVAL


Artist-led tour of Dodge and/or Burn (Saturday 23/9, 12–13h)

For September Sessions, Accelerator hosts an exhibition tour of Lisa Tan's

Dodge and/or Burn led by the artist. The tour is followed by a Q&A.

(event duration: approx. 1 hour)
Exhibition Dodge and/or Burn

This autumn, Accelerator presents the first institutional solo exhibition in Sweden by Stockholm-based artist Lisa Tan. For the exhibition Dodge and/or Burn, Tan looks at the intersection between the nervous system and interior life as a way to examine the operations of art, uncertainty and the formation of the self. Tan’s underlying interest is in the transformative potential that arises when one’s awareness is marked by a crisis.

https://acceleratorsu.art

Frescativägen 26A, 114 18 Stockholm

coyote is a multidisciplinary collective who test the bounds of possibilities and order through exhibitions, artworks, events, and interventions in public space. United since 2017 as an ambulatory and amorphous enterprise, their communal identity is that of a trickster who rebels against convention and crosses territories. Their projects often are fragmentary and dispersed events that explore urban and social space as a locus of collective memory and redirect literary and historical sources to confront the here and now. Above all, coyote parasitically feeds off context, drawing their energy from the convoluted stories embedded in curious locations, intervening into social routines, and hijacking channels of mass distribution. Their practice is one of radical hospitality, where other artists and voices are regularly smuggled into the narratives and situations they build, thus confusing boundaries between disciplines and divisions of the individual and the collective.

DURING THE FESTIVAL

Bar installation déjà vu (Thursday 21/9, Friday 22/9, 18–00h)
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Déjà vu is a bar where everybody knows your name. It resembles a familiar place, a place you may or may not have been to before and at any given moment a customer might start telling a story, which you may recognize. What seems to be a place of daily life and daily routine, where social life and oral stories are still being performed is at Déjà vu made into a stage-like spectacle.

www.deja-vu.se

Filmform is one of the oldest organizations in the world devoted to video art and experimental film and was founded in 1950 in Stockholm, Sweden, originally as an independent film co-op. Later it was re-organized into a foundation and is now the most important driving force for artists' films and videos in Sweden – working with archiving, distribution as well as dissemination of knowledge and information. Filmform is further an important intermediary between independent filmmakers and governmental agencies and is often engaged as an advisor to museums, galleries, universities, and festivals. Constantly expanding, the distribution catalogue spans from 1924 to the present, including works by Sweden’s most prominent artists and filmmakers within the field of moving images.

Filmform has its origin in the post-war generation of artists that experienced the cinema as a new and expanding creative field. In film – personal expression, free from the regulations of convention, could maintain its independence. Artists' films – as well as videos later on – made it possible to connect to the world and to modern times. Filmform has been the hub of artists' films and videos since several decades. Artists like Viking Eggeling, Peter Weiss, and Gunvor Nelson have been important in this process, and new names are merging continuously. It is a beautiful coincidence that the first film that was planned when the association once formed in 1950 was called Vision. The vision of artists moving images is under constant review. Works from Filmform are available to rent for public screenings and exhibitions as well as for educational purposes.

OPENING HOURS
Friday: 9.30–17h

DURING THE FESTIVAL


Open House for curators and scholars (Friday 22/9, 9.30–17h)

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Welcome to an exclusive presentation of Filmform’s collection and resource for curating and learning on Friday, September 22nd. The organization as well as the distribution catalogue will be presented in detail and a few newly acquired works from the collection will be shown. The presentation is first and foremost intended for you who is working as a curator, writer, producer, programmer, scholar, or teacher.

Doors open at 9.30. The presentation will take take place between 10–12 AM. Afterwards, between 1–5 PM there will be a chance for spontaneous drop in meetings at the office for those who can’t make it to the presentation. A light breakfast will be served. Please RSVP to info@filmform.com in order to secure a seat and make a reservation to the presentation.

If you are interested in previewing the full length films and videos from the catalogue (https://www.filmform.com/catalogue) – please contact andreas.bertman@filmform.com in order to receive screeners link to specific works or suggestions what to see in relation to your research and field of interest. Finally, feel free to contact Filmform for separate physical or online meetings if you can’t make it to the Open House

Looped film programme Video Life – Performative realism from the Swedish DV-era 1995–2010 (and one historical exception) (Saturday 23/9, 12–18h)

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Filmform’s latest edition – the essay VIDEOLIFE, written by Emily Fahlén, will be available to read and for sale at Zita Folkets Bio during the entire festival. In connection to the essay a looped programme with video works from the Filmform collection has been curated by Fahlén and will be looped at Zita Folkets Bio in Salong 3.

The film programme and essay sharing the same name have been produced within a digitization project in which over 200 works on analogue and digital video tapes have been migrated and restored digitally, a crucial effort for continuing to make Swedish cultural heritage available. The project was realized in 2022–2023 with Återstartsstöd from the Swedish Arts Council. The physical edition of the essay will be available for sale at the ticket office at Zita during the entire festival.

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Video Life.
Performative realism from the Swedish DV-era 1995–2010 (and one historical exception)

Ann-Sofi Sidén, QM at NK (a Queen of Mud Action) 1989, 4:37 min
Annika Ström, All My Dreams Have Come True, 2004, 1:40 min
Annika Eriksson, Stockholm Postmen’s Orchestra, 1996, 12:53 min
Tobias Bernstrup, Tonight Live, 2000, 4:30 min
Axel Petersén, Close to God / Far from Home, 2009, 10:47 min
Magnus Wallin, Roll On, 1996, 5:48 min
Peter Geschwind, Sound Cut, 2002, 1:06 min

Running time: 42 min

Annika Eriksson, Två män och ett får (Two Men and a Sheep), 1995, (Berlin), 231 min. Shown in a separate monitor.

Screening during Echoes (Saturday 23/9, 19.30–22.15)
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For the festival’s city tour, Filmform will be presenting Gunvor Nelson’s film Frame Line in a 16mm screening as the boat sets sail towards the Stockholm Archipelago. Frame Line is Nelson’s first collage film. The film that inaugurated her remarkable series of animated films, all made at the Filmworkshop in Stockholm. It is a reflection on Stockholm and Sweden, on Nelson’s return to her native country and a place that is both familiar and distant, both beautiful and ugly at the same time. Frame Line begins with images and glimpses of Stockholm that Nelson has collected, this audio-visual material develops into new image work in which animation becomes a way of discovering, alternating between randomness and structure.

Read more about the film and Filmform here

www.filmform.com

Svarvargatan 2, 112 49 Stockholm

IASPIS is the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Programme for Visual and Applied Arts. The programme is aimed at professional artistic practitioners within, for example, visual arts, crafts, design, illustration, architecture, spatial and urban practice.

IASPIS programme include residency programmes in Sweden and abroad, public programmes in Sweden and internationally, publications, expert visits programmes, regional and international collaboration programmes, and an archive.

IASPIS programme aims to contribute in various ways to developing and deepening international contacts between practitioners, organisations, audiences and markets and in this way contribute to artistic development and improved job opportunities.


OPENING HOURS
Thursday: 18–00h
Friday: 13–00h

DURING THE FESTIVAL


IASPIS Open Studios Fall 2023

Each seasonal event of Open Studios invites the audience to a constellation of practices that will probably not share a roof ever again, making the occasion something truly unique. It is a moment in time, a conversation, and an exchange of current thoughts and events, situated in the traces of past events and past encounters stretching over several decades. In the corridors of IASPIS, contributions of former artists in residence can be found everywhere, even in the kitchen.

Let me guide you through the corridor of IASPIS September 2023, and present to you the artists behind the doors: In studio 1 – Heike–Karin Föll, in studio 2 – the artist collective coyote, in studio 3 – Jonna Kina, in studio 4 – Luke Ching Chin Wai, in studio 5 – Luzie Meyer, in studio 6 – Obaro Ejimiwe, in studio 7– Lotta Törnroth, in studio 8 – Iris Smeds, in studio 9 – Sara Elggren, and in the Dance Studio – Nicole Neidert.

On this particular day of September 22, the corridor is dimmed down in blue, and with some lights in motion, creating a contrast to the bright daylight of the studios, as well as the spotlighted stage in the foyer dedicated to performances, readings and music. Artist and architect Jonathan Berglund has been invited to create this special light setting for the occasion. Also present is chef and designer Una Hallgrímsdóttir, creating a table landscape of bite food using salt and sugar as a visual and sensory element for the visitors.

(Text by Emily Fahlén)


www.iaspis.se

Maria Skolgata 83, 118 53 Stockholm

Index – The Swedish contemporary art Foundation has a history of more than 40 years behind it. Firstly, with a focus on photography and publishing, and for the last 25 years with contemporary art as its cultural sphere.

Index has multiple public roles as an art institution: We are a platform for artists and for audiences. We understand that the role of an art institution like Index does not begin and end with an exhibition – instead there is an ongoingness to the activities, research processes, learning programs and relationships between Index, artists and audiences. Index works with an artistic conceptual approach that aims to carve out space and time for criticality, dialogue, curiosity and building discursive situations that develop the role of art today. The size of Index is “human” and the contact with its visitors is defined as a permanent dialogue. Being placed at the center of Stockholm helps Index to be understood as a key institution and node within contemporary art networks.

OPENING HOURS
Thursday: 18–22h
Friday: 12–18h
Saturday & Sunday: 12–16h


DURING THE FESTIVAL


Opening of exhibition Catti Brandelius: MISS UNIVERSUM 1997–2005 (2023) and concert by Catti Brandelius (Thursday 21/9, 18–22h)

From 1997 to 2005, Catti Brandelius – performing as her alter ego Miss Universum – produced films, pamphlets, poems, fanzines, events and songs with specific feminist content. Index presents an exhibition attending to the multiplicity of Brandelius’ character from perspectives in 2023, inviting in a spectrum of voices and opinions from Katarina Bonnevier, Maryam Fanni, Anna Kinbom, Johan Lundin and Andria Nyberg Forshage. The exhibition presents an exhaustive approach to what Miss Universum meant during the end of the 90s and the beginning of the 2000s, creating a documentary setting and a platform to observe the work from contemporary perspectives.

During the opening of the exhibition Catti Brandelius: MISS UNIVERSUM 1997–2005 (2023) a concert led by Catti Brandelius re-staging some of the hits and songs from Miss Universum will take place at Index

https://indexfoundation.se

Kungsbro strand 19, 112 26 Stockholm

Konsthall C is a public work of art, an urban renewal project and an art institution located in a former communal laundry in Hökarängen. The objectives of Konsthall C are to lead socially engaged practices, support new curatorial and artistic experiments, and contribute to discussions on justice, democracy, and urban development. Ulrika Flink, the Artistic Director, presents a program that delves into the influence of voice and language on personal and collective expressions of rights. The program emphasizes the importance of interconnectedness recognizing oneself in others. It brings together practitioners who engage in collective thinking, incorporating powerful language, poetry, and listening tools.

Through this combination, the program sheds light on the consequences of structural violence and advocates for alternative forms of resistance and radical liberation.

OPENING HOURS
Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday: 12–17h

DURING THE FESTIVAL


Exhibition Efforts of Nature

In his first solo-show in Stockholm, London-based artist Morgan Quaintance debuts two new film works unseen in Sweden alongside an installation of still images and printed fabrics. Centering on work that uses the devices of repetition, circularity, and inversion to illicit affective and emotional audience responses, the exhibition Efforts of Nature considers one of the defining existential dualities of contemporary life: the psychological push and pull in awareness and concern between individual mental states and planetary shifts in environmental conditions. Time’s passage, employment rights, the dissolution of the body and the disintegration of polar ice caps are explored through provoked states of expectation, hypnotic sequencing and recursive loops.

Curatorial introduction to the exhibition Efforts of Nature (Sunday 24/9, 12–13.30)

https://www.konsthallc.se

Cigarrvägen 14, 123 57 Farsta

Liljevalch's exhibition program is aimed at both the really broad audience and those who are particularly interested in certain artists or art and form directions. Each new art year begins with the well-known jury-judged Spring Salon.

Liljevalchs belongs to the City of Stockholm and was inaugurated in 1916 as the first independent and public art gallery for contemporary art in Sweden. The original building was designed by architect Carl Bergsten and is located on the scenic Djurgården in Stockholm. The new extension Liljevalchs+ was completed in autumn 2021, designed by architect Gert Wingårdh in collaboration with glass designer Ingegerd Råman.

DURING THE FESTIVAL


Demons Stomp & Flores, Ängar and the Vamperra på Picknick, performance by Valeria Montti Colque, with Rossana Mercado-Rojas, Sarai Alvarez Riveras, Carlos Martinez and Ida Lod

Nature dialogues with us through her different elements: the Mountain Santa Ekeka carries her children on her back, on her lliclla with flowers since the beginning of the past future times. Times is not linear, but ciclic, what was in the past stays with us to guide us through the present. We don't walk forward, we dance across times.

We are all gathered here in this picnic that resembles the vivid rhythms of our hearts. We are shaped different and complementary in this multiverse where we decided to build our homes. Las Flores, Ängen, Helgondjuren, La Vamperra, y Las Santa Ekekas inhabit this land while they build it, layer by layer.

(text by Rossana Mercado-Rojas)

https://liljevalchs.se

Djurgårdsvägen 60, 115 21 Stockholm

MDT is one of Sweden’s leading venues for contemporary choreography and performance and a co-production platform. We are situated in a reconstructed torpedo workshop on the island of Skeppsholmen in Stockholm and our facilities include one main stage and two studios. We co-produce, host and present both international and Sweden-based dance artists with the aim of providing space for both artists and audiences to develop, discuss and experiment within contemporary dance and choreography.

OPENING HOURS
Saturday: 21–1h

DURING THE FESTIVAL


Performance SWEET & STICKY by choreographer Lisa Janbell, with a ritual led by the performance duo Dos Oké (Saturday 23/9, 22–1h)

Honey, let SWEET & STICKY sweeten your lips, wet your skin, then move you slow and fast into the underworld. Three dancers will move in slow flow, where freshwater slips through their veins in symbiosis with a live electronic landscape.

SWEET & STICKY is a dance, a ritual and a state that seductively licks your wounds and vulnerabilities, where performers and audiences enter a site of pleasure together, through tension and seduction. Like buds on trees in the spring, they open their fertile wishes to the singing of larks, into a dance that will move through and with spaces.
Ritual: Dos Oké
Choreography, concept & artistic direction: Lisa Janbell
Co creating dancers: Ama Kyei, Cecilia Rehde, Marie Mazer
Music (live): Dos Oké + TBA
Costume: Anita Falk
Light design: Lisa Janbell
Artistic advice: Karina Sarkissova
Saturday 23 September
22:00 MDT's foyer opens
22:30 SWEET & STICKY by Lisa Janbell with a ritual led by Dos Oké
23:30 DJ sets by Suze Ijó & The Neighbourhood Character


Echoes performance programme ticket holders for Saturday have first priority to this event. Other visitors; first come first serve. Limited access, free entrance.

Tickets for Echoes performance programme at M/S Mälar Victoria can be found here

https://mdtsthlm.se

Slupskjulsvägen 30, 111 49 Stockholm

Mint is a non-profit exhibition space situated in the Workers' Educational Association in central Stockholm, initiated in 2019 by curators Emily Fahlén and Asrin Haidari. Focusing on contemporary art and poetry, Mint is embracing experimental practices, cross-generational encounters and site-specific interventions. As the practice of a museum relates to – and is in dialogue with – its collection, Mint allows its program to be inspired and directed by the history of the building and its events, struggles, organisations and cultural expressions.

OPENING HOURS
Friday: 11–18h
Saturday & Sunday: 11–16h

DURING THE FESTIVAL


Opening of exhibition Many ways to now – Armin Lorenz Gerold
(Thursday 21/9, 17–20h)
On the first day of the festival Mint will open the doors to the exhibition Many ways to now – a new commission by the Austrian artist and composer Armin Lorenz Gerold. The artist invites visitors into an audio-visual system of ceramic sculptures, vibrating devices, sound and screens, transforming the exhibition space into a sensory acoustic landscape.

Working across a multitude of media, Gerold primarily focuses on voice and sound, making audio plays, live-performances, broadcasts, and installations. For the exhibition at Mint, Gerold has invited a range of artists and poets to contribute texts that negotiate questions about time and temporality through a variety of cultural, political and poetic angles that disrupt, alter or shape the present. The artist draws inspiration from Anne Boyer’s work The Fallen Angel of the Senses, in which the author and poet maps the decay of the minor senses; touch, taste, and smell, in our “present arrangement of the world”, hyperextended or fractured from “capitalism’s distortions and pressures”. With contributions by: Lori E. Allen, Jay Bernard, Anne Boyer, Reece Cox, Andrew Yong Hoon Lee, Mara Lee, Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi, Alex Turgeon and James Schuyler.


Talk and tea with Armin Lorenz Gerold and Barbara Urbanic (Sunday 24/9, 12–13h)

For September Sessions, artist and composer Armin Lorenz Gerold will be in conversation with the experimental gardener and historian of religions Barbara Urbanic.

https://m-i-n-t.se

Sveavägen 41, 111 40 Stockholm

Throughout the years, Tensta konsthall has made itself a name as an art space devoted to an international outreach taking place in dialogue with programs and activities with local resonance. Tensta konsthall was founded in 1998 as a grass root initiative, partly realized thanks to a special bid for the more remote Stockholm suburbs, and partly at the occasion of Stockholm Capital of Europe that same year.

OPENING HOURS
Saturday: 14–15.30h

DURING THE FESTIVAL


Artist talk with artist Oscar Lara preceding the exhibition Mining Life and guided walk through the late modernist suburb of Tensta
(Saturday 23/9, 14–15.30h)
Oscar Lara engages in social practices with the aim of finding ways to structural change. By trying out new contexts for culturally charged objects, following people or coveted raw materials in their various routes, processes are set in motion that give rise to new stories. Global patterns begin to emerge through local phenomena. The exhibition, which opens on October 6, is curated by Lisa Rosendahl and will be Lara's most comprehensive to date.

What role do street comedians play in the struggle between authorities and the mining industry? Who are the winners and losers in the tug-of-war with looted art? How did the work with the play (Las seis) comadres de dios come about, a manuscript based on women absorbed in the trafficking industry that arose in connection with the development of the mining communities? What will the audience experience in the exhibition? Moderator: Paulina Sokolow.

For those who wish, there will be a short walk around Tensta Centrum and an introduction to the neighborhood constructed in the mid 1960s as the first step of the Million Dwelling Program. The principles and ideas behind the late modernist housing project in Sweden.


https://www.tenstakonsthall.se

Taxingegränd 10, 163 04 Spånga