Verklighetens nio medlemmar tar sig an det svåra begreppet Nordisk identitet. Vad betyder det för oss egentligen? Vi diskuterar möbeldesign, skogen, vackra landskap, jantelagen, konsensus, midsommar, rasism, knäckebröd och björkar. Fortfarande är det något som skaver. I den här utställningen på Fotocentrum Raseborg försöker vi förstå varför.

Ground Control explores connections between plants, politics and history. It brings together works by contemporary artists who are interested in the political dimensions of botany: plants as a commodity, the circulation of plants around the world, and their classification. This exhibition is produced and curated by Bildmuseet in collaboration with Marseille-based curator Clelia Coussonnet.

Galleri Syster is a self organized art space in the north of Sweden. After thirteen years of working together, working with others, working for others we are proud of what we have achieved. We want to celebrate this by inviting some more kick ass artists from the north to exhibit with us in this collaboration with Galleri Hilbertraum. In august 2018 we invited Kuno Ebert, Tobias Sternberg and Nat Tafelmacher-Magnat to do an exhibition at Galleri Syster. We are happy to now come to Berlin to do a second exhibition together.

Exhibiting artists:
Kuno Ebert, Tobias Sternberg and Nat Tafelmacher-Magnat from Galleri Hilbertraum, Anja Örn, Therese Engström and Sara Edström from Galleri Syster and their guests Gerd Aurell, Lena Ylipää and Angelica Ruffier-Holmqvist.

”Träden har en given plats i vår kultur, men ibland är de så självklara att vi inte ens tänker på dem. Kan man tänka sig en trädgård utan träd? Trädlösa trädgårdar existerar, däremot inte trädlösa skogar, även om det som brukar definieras som skog ibland, tillfälligt, saknar sina träd till följd av avverkning, stormar eller bränder.

Utställningen öppnas i nära anslutning till Internationella kvinnodagen som firas årligen den 8 mars. Den visar upp nio intressanta konstnärskap som alla intresserar sig - på olika sätt - för träd. Trä förekommer och visst avbildas träd i utställningen, men den bjuder också betraktaren på så mycket mer.”

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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".