Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art 2017 Guide

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Pannrummet på Konstepidemin Angelica Olsson Photo: Angelica Olsson © BUS Angelica Olsson 2017

Performance: Experiment with Dreams, Thursday, 5 Oct at 6 pm, in Lilla Salen. Musical reading of a text by Leif Elggren and Thomas Liljenberg, performed by the artists Cecilia Runesson and Hanna Chawki. Admission free. Kungsbacka: Kulturhuset Fyren 5–17 Sep Address: Borgmästaregatan 6, Kungsbacka Opening Hours: Mon–Thur 10 am–8 pm, Fri 10 am–6 pm, Sat–Sun 11 am–3 pm Website: www.kungsbacka.se/kultur

Pannrummet at Konstepidemin The Yellow Submarine – Angelica Olsson 30 Sep–20 Oct Film Screening Address: Konstepidemins väg 6, Gothenburg Opening Hours: Tue–Thu 12 noon–5 pm, Fri–Sun 12 noon–4 pm Website: www.konstepidemin.se

SMITTANDE ORO OCH MOD: An art project about freedom of expression

Events at Kulturhuset Fyren: Guided Tour: Wednesday, 13 Sep at 6 pm. Lilla Edet: Outside the Town Hall 16 Sep–1 Oct Address: Järnvägsgatan 12, Lilla Edet

During GIBCA ExtEndEd, this project will participate via five municipalities with four works that

Opening Hours: 24 hours Website: www.lillaedet.se

were previously shown separately. This is the first and last time they are shown together. From 1 February to 17 May, the 12 munic-

Events at Lilla Edet: Opening: Saturday, 16 September at 11.30 am–12

A cinematic essay (15:30 mins.) by Angelica

ipalities participating in the project Smittande

noon. The exhibition starts with a performance

Olsson, with music by Dag Rosenqvist.

oro och mod (Contageous Fear and Courage)

by the music school, an opening address by the

In a traumatic situation, our perception

have simultaneously and periodically shown a

municipal commissioner Carlos Rebelo da Silva,

ceases to be logical, our sense of time chang-

new, unique work of art in 12 copies, highlighting

a song by Jomard Ammara and his daughter

es, and the brain constructs highways to that

fear and courage in the context of democracy

Sherin Ammara (one of Sweden’s biggest YouTube

which is painful. Our awareness fragments into

and freedom of expression. The participating

sisters), and a presentation of #Jagärhär, an anti-

abstraction. Memory, the present and dreams

artists are: Nina Bondeson (SE), Kendell Geers

hate group on Facebook, which is contagiously

fuse. The Yellow Submarine is a portrayal of

(ZA), Carl Michael von Hausswolff (SE) and Esther

courageous.

a grieving process and a story about losing a

Shalev-Gerz (FR). Curator: Jörgen Svensson.

family member. Grief is a subjective experience,

For information about all the participating

Stenungsund: Kulturhuset Fregatten 9–23 Sep

but a condition we all share. Death is an inevita-

municipalities and the project in general, please

Address: Fregatten 2, Stenungsund

ble part of life, but the why and when are highly

visit: www.smittandeoromod.se

Opening hours: Mon–Fri 10 am–7 pm, Sat 10 am–3 pm

dependent on the life we lead. The film is based

Website: www.stenungsund.se

on diary notes, text fragments and sporadic

Härryda: Nemeshallen, Mölnlycke kulturhus

footage. Angelica Olsson uses media such as

30 Sep–14 Oct

Events at Kulturhuset Fregatten:

drawing, text and moving pictures. The imagery

Address: Biblioteksgatan 2, Mölnlycke

Lecture (in Swedish): Yttrandefrihet/Bildkonst

features compositions in greys, alternating from

Opening Hours: Mon–Thu 8 am–7 pm, Fri 8 am–5 pm,

(Freedom of Expression/Visual Arts) with Thord

concrete figuration to abstraction. Her works often spring from specific situations that reveal details or fragments from a broader narrative. ...................................................

Skjul Fyra Sex Den kollektiva ensamhetens disharmoni

Sat 11 am–3 pm Website: www.harryda.se/kultur

Events at Mölnlycke Kulturhus:

Öckerö: Utställningshallen, Öckerö Library

Lecture (in Swedish): Vad är grejen med samtids-

9–23 Sep

konst? (What’s the Thing with Contemporary Art?),

Address: Sockenvägen 4, Öckerö

Thursday, 5 Oct at 5 pm, in Lilla Salen. Maria

Opening Hours: Mon–Thu 10 am–7 pm, Fri 10 am–4 pm,

Carlgren from Kultur i Väst talks about contemporary art, what it is and can be, in various styles and media. Admission free.

21–29 Oct Exhibition Address: Fiskhamnsgatan 41, Gothenburg Opening Hours: Sat–Sun 12 noon–6 pm

Tamming, Tuesday, 19 September at 7 pm.

Skjul Fyra Sex Den kollektiva ensamhetens disharmoni Photo: Glenn Johansson

Contact: skjulfyrasex@gmail.com

Sat 10 am–2 pm Website: www.ockero.se/utstallningshallen

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Sockerbruket 17 Exisdance – Accepdance: Ida Erika Abrahamsson, Steve Bettman, Katarina Norrby & Lena Selander 6–15 Oct Exhibition

The Fulet Arts Association has created a room of disharmony in one of the old warehouses in

Address: Sockerbruket 17, Göteborg

the Fiskehamnen docklands, in the hope that

Opening Hours: Mon–Fri 4 pm–7 pm, Sat–Sun 12 noon–5 pm

individuals will join in the collective effort to build bridges out of notes that explore the discord of

A game is only as good as its rules allow. An exhi-

loneliness. Together.

bition about co-existence. Paintings and sculpOpening: Saturday, 21 October at 12–6 pm, with

tures by Ida Erika Abrahamsson, Steve Bettman,

food and drink.

Katarina Norrby and Lena Selander. Opening: Friday, 6 October at 5 pm–8 pm Kulturnatta: Friday, 13 October at 5 pm–late

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