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Faktaböckernas växter blir en vagina när umekonstnären Gerd Aurell tecknar. Konstguiden Ann-Catrine Eriksson tar oss med till Umeå Universitet där teckningarna hänger.

Konstguiden Ann-Catrine Eriksson på Umeå universitet berättar om Gerd Aurells verk som hänger i KBC-huset våning 4-7 på Umeå universitet.

Still a week left to see my show!
Hormoslyr was a herbicide that was sprayed over the Swedish forests during the 1960’s and 70’s to kill deciduous trees. Today, 40 years later, there are still hardly any birch trees in the forest around Lake Eggelats in Norrbotten. Through this work I want to draw attention to a forgotten history that up to this day has large effects on the landscape.
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Coming up:

7-9 September, 2018
SHIFT, performance festival, Norrlandsoperan + Bildmuseet

In the forest by Lake Eggelats in Norrbotten in northern Sweden there is an old airstrip for herbicide planes. The forests around the airstrip were meticulously sprayed with Hormoslyr in the 1950’s and 60’s to eliminate birch. In this drawing performance I follow the border between the airstrip and the surrounding forest and document everything that lies on this border.

“I go; but remember, I shall be with you on your wedding-night”, Konsthallen Väven, Umeå

The nine members of the artist group VERKLIGHETEN continue their tour on the theme “Frankenstein’s monster”. They explore the many sides of the Frankenstein-theme through film, sound, photography, drawing and installation.

Verkligheten’s FRANKENSTEIN-tour 2018!

In the rainy summer of 1816, a group of friends meet by the shores of Geneva Lake to scare each other with ghost stories. One of the women in the group is the 18-year-old Mary Shelley and inspired by the night, she writes the horror novel "Frankenstein - the New Prometheus".