A Temporary Roof
an exhibition by artists from the MFA: Fine Art programme at Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg at the old schoolhouse in Kalv, Svenljunga Municipality, May 17-18, 2014 with a complimentary international research seminar on artists, self-organisation, and art in rural contexts on May 17, 2014.
Hours:
Saturday May 17: Seminar: 14.00 – 17.00 followed by Vernissage 18.00 – 21.00
Sunday May 18: Exhibition: 11.00 – 17.00
From the winter of 2014, thirteen emerging artists have conducted field trips to an empty schoolhouse in the scenic, rural community of Kalv. With 380 inhabitants, surrounded by forests, agricultural landscapes and a lake shaped like a calf, Kalv once provided important trade routes between Sweden and the continent. The artists from Nepal, the USA, Jamaica/UK, Canada, Iceland, Iran, Finland, and Sweden have developed works that comment on, reinterpret and activate the historical, economical, educational, cultural and spiritual past, present and possible future of Kalv. A Temporary Roof includes painting, collage, installation, video and performance and will transform the old schoolhouse into a place of discussion, reflection and transformative encounters.
Artists: Britt Anderson, Maria Gordana Belić, Kanchan Burathoki, Matilda Enegren, Mourl Ferryman, Amanda Hart, Laura Hatfield, Martin Hultén, Peter Kädergård, Alanna Lynch, Bergthor Morthens, Emelie Sjunnesson and Azadeh Esmaili Zaghi.
Seminar: Organising Art
An international research seminar on artists, self-organisation, and art in rural contexts with artist and curator Jason E. Bowman (UK), anthropologist Julie Crawshaw (UK), curator and writer Teresa Gleadowe (UK), curator and writer Stine Hebert (DE), artist and filmmaker Sara Jordenö (SE), artist Annika Lundgren (SE) and writer and curator Fredrik Svensk (SE).
A Temporary Roof: Processes and Dialogues
A limited edition publication in two parts documenting the processes, art works and dialogues emerging from the exhibition A Temporary Roof and the seminar Organising Art will be launched in the fall of 2014. Authors: Jason E. Bowman and Sara Jordenö, with the artists and seminar participants.
Organised by MFA: Fine Art at Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg with support from Bob Kelly AB, Svenljunga Municipality and Konstkåren.Free vegetarian dinner will be served for seminar participants at 17.00The exhibition and seminar are free, and seats on a free bus from Gothenburg and Borås can be booked here.
Directions to Kalv: http://tiny.cc/pn7bfx
Contact:
Paulin Nande, Valand Academy
paulin.nande@akademinvaland.gu.se
Phone: 031-786 6655
Web: https://kalv2014.wordpress.com/
Facebook: http://tiny.cc/sj7bfx
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