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What
You See is not What You Get
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Research project in Fine Arts,
by Janna Holmstedt, Ph.D. Candidate in Fine Arts at the Academy
of Fine Arts, Umeå University and The national research school in the field of arts, Sweden. Ongoing
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The SQUID
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SQUID is an artists-run text archive
on the Internet and a framework for different live arrangements. It
is run by Janna Holmstedt (SE), Katja Aglert (SE) and Martijn van
Berkum (NL). Ongoing since 2005. |
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Nu-institutet
[The Now Institutet]
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Nu-instititutet is an independent and
non-profit culture organization, run by Janna Holmstedt (SE) and director
and filmmaker Karin Wegsjö (SE). Ongoing since 2009. |
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Happiness,
a Five-Year Plan
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A short fiction film shot in China and
Sweden during 2012-2013, based on a collaboration with the artists
Luo Fei, He Libin, Lei Yan, Cheng Liangchun, Su Yabi and Sun Guojuan.
Nu-institutet, ongoing. |
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Freedom
to Sing to Oneself
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Nu-institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and
TCG Nordica, Kunming, China, initiated during 2012 a cultural exchange
project which involves collaborations with Chinese artists and filmmakers.
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The
Swedish Giveaway
www.nu-institutet.org
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Since the start, Nu-institutet has
explored ”freedom” as a concept and reality through different
artistic practices – such as workshops, performances, exhibitions,
film, etc. – in order to both examine and present different
aspects of this complex theme. "The Swedish Giveaway" was
a 1-year project that took the Swedish election year 2010 as a point
of departure. |
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The
Hard and the Soft
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An artistic investigation of Öyvind
Fahlström's concrete theater play "Det hårda och det
mjuka" from 1953. Produced by Alice Kollektiv and performed at
Tensta konsthall and Unga Klara, May 2010, and at Dansens hus, Aug
2010. |
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Book:
Att dela ett samhälle [Sharing/Dividing
a Society]
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This book reports on the collaboration between four artists –
Janna Holmstedt, Anna Högberg, Johan Tirén and Johan Waerndt
– and includes reflections by a number of writers, offering
a variety of approaches to art and regional planning. Texts by Doreen
Massey, Stefan Jonsson, Catharina Gabrielsson, Marie Kraft, Jonathan
Metzger and Emma Stenström among others. Ed. Ann Magnusson (The
Culture Administration within the Stockholm County Council, 2010). |
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Exhibition:
Att dela ett samhälle [Sharing/Dividing
a Society]
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"Att dela ett samhälle"
is the head title of a series of works produced more or less collaboratively
by the artists Janna Holmstedt, Anna Högerg, Johan Tiren and
Johan Waerndt between 2007-2009. Exhibited at Kulturhuset, Stockholm,
2009. |
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Printed
matter: Att dela ett samhälle
[Sharing/Dividing a Society]
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A4-sized folder containing three art
projects on the topic of social perspectives in urban planning.
Cooperation between Janna Holmstedt, Anna Högberg, Johan Tirén
and Johan Waerndt, 2009.
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A
Radical Shift of Scenery
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A 3-room apartment was temporarily transformed into a ”black
box” – a stage for in-depth discussions during the important
period of consideration of a new Regional Development Plan for the
Stockholm Region. 200 politicians, officials and regional stakeholders
were invited to participate in workshops during one month. This project
is a cooperation between the artists Janna Holmstedt, Anna Högberg,
Johan Tirén, Johan Waerndt and produced in collaboration with
planners at the Office of Regional Planning, 2008. |
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Trial
and Error
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Trial and Error is a collaboration
with the artist and curator Po Hagström, 2005-2009. |
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Monument
for the Masses
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What kind of monuments are possible?
Where and when? In Estonia the artist Tauno Kangro has offered a 14
meter statue of a national hero as a gift to the City of Tallinn.
This 2-year project (2005-2006) take the controversial monument as
starting point. It consists of a proposal for a counter-monument,
a campaign to gain support for the proposal, an exhibition and a website.
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We
Invite All
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A research- and exhibition project by the workgroup AUPG, initiated
by Sören Grammel & Jan Verwoert. Exhibited at BildMuséet,
Umeå, Sweden, 2006 and in "Whatever happened to social
democracy?" at Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden, 2005. |
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