KULTURLUNCH at CC
CirkulationsCentralen
2004 - 2014
Founded in 2003, CirkulationsCentralen was an organization for the production and presentation of contemporary art and culture, located in Malmö, Sweden. The space was located at Nobelvägen 125 in Malmö. In 2015, CirkulationsCentralen relocated to Båstadsgatan 4, marking the establishment of Galleri CC.
The heart of CirkulationsCentralen was an artists’ cooperative consisting of 24 studios. The space also housed a gallery and a workshop. Since its opening, CirkulationsCentralen presented over 100 exhibitions. It showed the work of invited artists and collectives from Sweden and internationally, as well as that of member artists, and hosted seminars, screenings, concerts, and performances. In addition to the regular gallery program, CirkulationsCentralen ran “CC On the Wall”, a project space for two-dimensional works where up-and-coming artists were invited to show their work. The organization frequently attended art fairs in Europe and took part in exchange programs with several Scandinavian artist-run galleries. It also worked to build and strengthen relationships with new groups, spaces, and initiatives. CirkulationsCentralen was a non-commercial art organization funded by Malmö Stad and Kulturrådet.
TRY GORGEOUS (SE)
TRY GORGEOUS (SE)
FIXC (FI)
FOTOGRAFI I FOKUS 2011 (SE)
BERND BEHR (UK)
Hawkey (US) /Kids of the Ranch (SE)
Landgörst
Sommar Stanza
Same Actor // Chris Cook (UK) at CC
Exterior, CirkulationsCentralen
Patric Engfeldt (SE). Installation view.
Kevin Malcom (UK). From exhibition Making Space 2011.
Patric Engfeldt (SE). From exhibition Slow motion 2011.
fredrikwsavoye
Platzhirsch
Larswormhate
Weimar Villa
Michalanorupbuilding - Light
Madelene
detannetkjoenn
pilgrims
Same Actor // Chris Cook (UK) at CC
Fixcholy Roadmaria Duncker
Jadranka
Platzhirsch
Morphestate
Lisa Landberg
Michalanorupbuilding Light
hartmutstockter
Max Hymes
Platzhirsch
Mats Adelman
Gårdsfest.
Platzhirsch
Sofia Sundberg
The Dedanflavin goes allmoge
Platzhirsch
Lillith
Sea piece Cora Piantoni
Nortre
Det annet kjoenn
Pin-pong
Sofie Josefsson
platzhirsch
Lag
Trondhugohaugen
Max Hymes
Kultivator
Kristian Körner
Marianne Bengtsson
Radio echo installation view.
Espend
Selflicker
Landgörst
platzhirsch
Publikumleser
Alt cph 09
Kultivator
Hartmutstockter
platzhirsch
Radio echo installation view
Magnytjeltajatun
Espen.
Stokerskolar
Installation.
Publikum spiller
Sofie proos
Morphestateii
Espend
selfshoveler
Mattress
Leif Holmstrand
Hartmutstockter
Per Mårtensson
Andreas Poppelier
Landgörst.
Cirkulations Cenrtralen.
Exterior, CirkulationsCentralen
Exchanges and art fairs 2006 - 2014
2014 Galleria Rajatila, Tammerfors (FI)
2013 WIZARD Gallery, Oslo (NO)
2013 Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm
2012 Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm
2011 Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm
2010 Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm
2008 Art Swap Europe, Academy of Arts, Berlin
2006 alt_cph (Copenhagen Alternative Art Fair)
Exhibitions AUTUMN 2014
28/11 - 21/12 2014
"New Arrangements"
17/10-9/11
"Tacky, Tacky so Tacky"
Jenny Grönvall (SE)
19/9-12/10
"Stockholmsvit"
Hanna Sjöstrand (SE)
Ludvig Uhlbors (SE) OTW
Anna Viola Hallberg (SE) TBM
22/8-14/9
"Real Estate"
QWERTY (DK)
Exhibitions SPRING 2014
2/5-25/5
"The Colour of My Fate"
Jens Henricson (SE)
4/4 - 27/4
"The Seed of Metals"
Cecilia Jonsson (SE)
Isadora Israel (SE) OTW
7/3-30/3
"Liminal Disposition"
Daniela Ramos Arias (CR)
in collaboration with Gisele Arias Molina
7/2-2/3
"Der Männergarten"
Fabien Marques (FR)
AUTUMN 2013
18/10 - 10/11
"Angle of View"
Jeanett Goodwin (NO)
20/9 - 13/10
"Arvsband"
Barbro Hemer (SE)
23/8 - 15/9
"Palpable Flesh"
Ellen Schafer (US)
15/11 – 8/12
Stina Kajaso/Jonas Gazell (SE/SE)
OTW: Alicia Bristulf
SPRING 2013
3 - 26/5
"Suspensions | In Time"
Malmö Nordic 2013
Cooperation with WIZARD Gallery, Oslo.
Jenny Åkerlund (SE) and Kirsten Astrup (DK)
5 - 28/4
Charlotta Östlund (SE) "En liten skogstablå"
OTW: Andreas Albrectsen (DK) "Real Time"
2 - 31/3
"Mushrooming"
Fotografi i Fokus
Fotogalerie Wien; Catharina Freuis, Markus Guschelbauer, Michael Strasser, Elisabeth Czihak (AUT)
1 - 24/2
Gosia Bojkowska (SE) "Arkitektonik"
CC on the Wall: Maciej Kalymon (PL/SE) John Daily (US/SE) “Trash is free”
AUTUMN 2012
14 - 16/12
CC WINTER SPECIAL "Limited Echoes"
Exhibition with members of CirkulationsCentralen
16/11 - 9/12
Anna Sagström (SE/DE)
CC on the Wall: Clara Johansson Borg (SE)
19/10 - 11/11
Studio 44 (SE)
21/9 - 14/10
Jan Hakon Erichsen (NO)
CC on the Wall: Elin Kristine Johansson (SE)
24/8 - 16/9
Solveig Lindgren Inderbitzin (CH/SE)
CC on the Wall: Olof Behrens (SE)
SPRING 2012
28/4 - 20/5
Kultivator (SE)
CC on the Wall: The Grafic Design students at Östra Grevie (SE)
20 - 22/4
Gruppe 11 (SE/NO)
Lansering av deras magasin FØLGENE samt utställning
30/3 - 22/4
Marius Moldvær (NO) & Hedvig Biong (NO)
CC on the Wall: Annie Lundgren (SE)
2 - 25/3
Kirsten Schauser (DK) & Kirsten Rotbøll Lassen (DK)
CC on the Wall: Angelica Falkeling (SE)
3 – 26/2
Lisa Renvall (SE)
CC on the Wall: Kaj Arne Kirkebø (NO) & Miriam Ekeholt (SE)
AUTUMN 2011
16 - 18/12
CC Winter Special
Exhibition with members of CirkulationsCentralen
18/11 - 11/12
PATRIC ENGFELDT (SE)
CC on the Wall: KEVIN MALCOM (UK)
21/10 - 13/11
FREDRIK WEERASINGHE (SE)
CC on The Wall - Sara Lubich (DK)
In connection to the event for the graphic arts in south Sweden, Grrrafik 2011
24/9- 16/10
BENJAMIN ZUBER (AT)
CC on The Wall - Astrid Andersson (SE)
26/8 - 18/9
KATHARINA KIEBACHER (DE)
A collaboration between CirkulationsCentralen and Byrån in Malmö
SPRING 2011
4 - 27/2 MADELENE OLDEMAN (SE)
CC On the Wall: Zardasht Faraj (SE)
"Photographic Biennale "Fotografi i Fokus 2011"
4/3 - 3/4 BERND BEHR (UK)
CC On the Wall: Stine Wexelsen Goksøyr (NO)
8/4 - 1/5 MICHALA NORUP & LOTTE LETH NIELSEN (DK)
CC On The All: David Nilson (SE)
8 - 9/4 FIXC (FL)
Videoscreening and installations by Helsinki based independent artist co-operative FixC
6 - 29/5 EVA BEIERHEIMER and MIRIAM LAUSEGGER (AT)
CC On The Wall: Julia Widstrand (SE)
AUTUMN 2010
27/8 - 19/9
HELENA PERSSON (SE)
CC On the Wall - Rikard Thambert (SE)
25/9 - 17/10
KATJA HøST (NO)
CC On the Wall - Beata Hemer & Oskar Edström (SE)
22/10 - 14/11
JADRANKA KOSORCIC (DE)
CC On the Wall - Maria Norrman (SE)
19/11 - 19/12
ESPEN DIETRICHSON (NO)
CC On the Wall - Jenny Berntsson (SE)
SPRING 2010
29/1 – 21/2
MARIANNE BENGTSSON (SE)
CC On the Wall: Olof Nimar (SE)
26/2 – 21/3
LISE NÖRHOLM (DK)
CC On the Wall: AXEL RIPA (SE)
26/3 – 18/4
LISA RYDEBERG (SE)
CC On the Wall: GUNNHILD TORGERSEN (NO)
Also Jon Eirik Kopperud (NO) & Saman Kamyab (IR/NO)
23/4 – 16/5
LISA LANDBERG (SE)
CC On the Wall: AGNES FLORIN (SE)
21/5 – 13/6
LARS WORM (DK)
CC On the Wall: MOA SCHULMAN (SE)
AUTUMN 2009
28/8 – 20/9 Dorota Lukianska (SE) och Cora Piantoni (CH)
On the Wall: Anni Blom (DE)
26/9 – 18/10 Helena Sundin (SE)
On the Wall: Lara Boticario (PT)
23/10 – 15/11 Olof Broström (SE)
On the Wall: Timja Femling (SE)
20/11 – 20/12 Paul van den Hout (NL)
On the Wall: Dawn Bothwell (UK)
SPRING 2009
6.feb - 22.feb ANNELIE NILSSON (SE)
On the Wall: SUSANNE SVANTESSON (SE)
27.feb - 22.mar HENRIK STRÖMBERG: Fotografi i fokus. (SE)
On the Wall: MAX OCKBORN (SE)
27.mar - 12.apr MAX HYMES (GB)
On the Wall: SOFIE GREVELIUS (SE)
17.apr - 3.maj SARA ERIKSSON (SE)
On the Wall: SHIRIN SABAHI (IRN)
8.maj - 24.maj STINE BERGER (DK)
29.maj - 14.juni DUNK! Copenhagen based gallery (DK)
AUTUMN 2008
29.aug - 21.sepFULL PULL / JAN CARDELL (SE)
27.sep - 12.oct THE G.U.N LADIES (NO)
On the Wall: PATRICK LUNDBERG (NZ)
17.oct - 2.nov DAVID MYRVOLD (SE)
On the Wall: KATTA THOLIN (SE)
7.nov - 23.nov ANNIKA HOLMER (SE)
On the Wall: ELLA TILLEMA (SE)
7.nov - 9.nov DEBORA ELGEHOLM / Filmvisning (SE)
28.nov - 14.dec CHRISTIAN ORENDT & MATTHIAS BÖHLER (DE)
On the Wall: NIKI CERVIN (SE)
SPRING 2008
11.jan - 27.jan JOANNA THEDE (SE)
1.feb - 17.feb EDVARD GRAN (NO)
22.feb - 9.mar METTE HØJEN ANDERSEN (DK)
On the Wall: ROGER VON REYBEKIEL -Kul Påse.
14.mar - 30.mar SOFIE PROOS (SE)
On the Wall: MALIN TIVENIUS
4.apr - 20.apr JENNIFER IDRIZI (SE)
On the Wall: ELIDA RUNESON
25.apr - 11.maj SPARK (DK)
Gallery invited / spark-art.dk
16.maj - 1.jun ANDERS STOLT (SE)
On the Wall: BYRÅN presenterar EMILIE NOVOTNY
6.jun - 8.jun CC SUMMER SPECIAL
AUTUMN 2007
31.aug- 9.sep FULL PULL 2007
14.sep - 23.sep KRISTIAN KÖRNER (SE)
28.sep - 7.okt HENRIK LUND JØRGENSEN (DK)
12.okt - 21.okt CHRISTINA LEITHE (DK)
26.okt - 4.nov JOANNA THEDE (SE) New date, jan 2008.
9.nov - 18.nov SOFIE JOSEFSSON (SE)
23.nov - 2.dec ANNA WESSMAN (SE)
7.dec - 16.dec LENA IGNESTAM (SE)
SPRING 2007
19.01 – 28.01 JOHN KNUTH (US)
02.02– 11.02 MATS ADELMAN (SE)
16.02 – 25.02 TOMAS GILLJAM
03.03 – 11.03 UNN FAHLSRØM (NO)
16.03 – 25.03 LYKKE ANDERSEN (DK)
16.03 – 25.03 ANNA BRAG (SE)
13.04 – 22.04 ELLIKA SJÖSTRAND
27.04 - 06.05 MAGNY TJELTA JAATUN (NO)
19.05 - 27.05 ANDREAS POPPELIER (SE)
AUTUMN 2006
01.09 - 03.09 Full Pull 06 /Ann Rosén & Sten-Olof Hellström
11.09 – 12.09 Slowly Learning to Survive the Desire to Simplify Film Program
15.09 - 24.09 Gunilla Falck (SE)
22.09 - 24.09 alt_cph (Copenhagen Alternative Art Fair)
30.09 - 08.10 GalleriNatten 2006: Vegar Moen & Pontus Alv
30.09 - 02.10 Allt ljus på oss / IKK
13.10 - 22.10 Helena Wikestam (SE)
27.10 - 05.11 Oscar Mörnerud (SE)
10.11- 19.11 Dag-Are Haugan (NO)
24.11- 03.12 Sofia Sundberg (SE)
08.12 - 17.12 Jon Eriksen
SPRING 2006
10.03 –19.03 Lucia Gustavsson
24.03 – 02.04 Leif Holmstrand (SE)
07.04 – 16.04 Emil Holmer (SE)
21.04 – 30.04 Karlotta Blöndal
05.05 – 14.05 Kultivator (SE)
19.05 –28.05 Alison Gerber
02.06 – 11.06 Hartmut Stockter (DK)
AUTUMN 2005
02 - 04 Sept Fredrik Bergman (SE) Målningar
09 - 11 Sept Narve Hovdenakk (NO) SI DIN MENING!
24 - 25 Sept The Remix Projects(SE) Jonas Liveröd VS Jonas Ohlsson VS Andreas Poppelier
30 Sept - 09 Oct Peter Persson (SE) Lägesrapport
14 - 16 Oct Lisa Rydberg (SE) Jorden vi ärvde del 1
25 - 27 Nov Michael Johansson (SE)
SPRING 2005
15 Jan Saft & Cinema #1 Hängmattor, kaffe, saft, Dj:s, film, bullar, barn & vuxna
21 Jan - 23 Jan Leicy Olsborn Björby (SE)
28 Jan - 30 Jan Tomas Egede Scherer
11 Feb - 13 Feb SKANDIINAVIIA (NO/SE/DK) "This is our gallery now"
16 Feb - 20 Feb Björn Carnemalm (SE) "Pot Luck"
19 Feb Saft & Cinema #2
25 + 26 Feb 17.50 - tid tillsammans Live-installation av Petter Petterson och Kristen Rønnevik
04 Mar - 13 Mar Magnus Denker (SE) "New Transform"
18 Mar - 28 Mar Marthe Aune Eriksen (NO)
19 Mar Teaternsdag: Teater Lilith har öppet hus på CC
02 Apr Lilith By Night "Profesora" by Catti Brandelius (SE)
15 Apr - 24 Apr Fredrik Helander (SE)
29 Apr - 03 May Ylva Westerlund + Rocio Con Hong
13 May - 22 May Karin Gustavsson (SE)
27 May - 05 Jun Magnus Ottertun (SE)
10 Jun - 19 Jun Ingrid Sandsborg + Sara Westman (SE)
2004
27 Aug - 5 Sept Fredrik Strid
18 Sept FINDING LINKS (Seminar) Artist Talks: Artists from South Africa Workshops: Financial Survival and Habitat/Shelter
25 Sept (18:00 - 01:00 hrs) GallerinattsNATTEN
18-21: opening - Volker Hermes
21-01: performance, sound-art, happenings, video-art + re-enactment of Gordon Matta-Clarks happening "PIG-ROAST" from 1971
25 Sept - 3 Oct Volker Hermes (Düsseldorf)
17 Oct S.A.F.T. #1
22 Oct - 31 Oct Per Mårtensson
24 Oct S.A.F.T. #2
31 Oct S.A.F.T. #3
5 Nov - 14 Nov SPREE - First Stop Catrin Andersson (Malmö) Lindsey Camelton (Edinburgh) Luise Merle (Edinburgh) Nina Toft (Berlin)
7 Nov S.A.F.T. #4
14 Nov S.A.F.T. #5
19 Nov - 28 Nov Trond Hugo Haugen
8 Dec - 19 Dec Teater Lilith "Sleeping Beauty Airlines" av Isa Schöier Regi: Petter Petterson Biljetter: Kulturcentralen Spelplan:10-12 + 15-19 dec, kl. 19 alla dagarna
2014
Frihetsförmedlingen öppnar lokalkontor i Malmö
"Frihetsförmedlingen är Sveriges största förmedlare av frihet, med uppdrag att verka för en starkare fri sektor, minskat lönearbete och ökad frihet för alla individer. Under två dagar, 21-22 november, öppnar Frihetsförmedlingen nu ett kontor på CirkulationsCentralen i Malmö.
Detta ger Frihetsförmedlingen möjlighet att för första gången ta emot frihetssökande och andra intresserade på en fysisk plats, där det går bra att påbörja sin frigörelseplanering, få hjälp med sökning i Frihetsförmedlingens platsbank, få sina frihetstillstånd utfärdade, träffa en frihetshandläggare och mycket annat.
Frihetsförmedlingens lokalkontor produceras av konstnären och kulturentreprenören Lars Noväng i samarbete med konstnären John Huntington från Kanslibyrån. Både John och Lars arbetar tematiskt kring arbetsmarknadspolitiska frågor, individuellt ansvar och byråkrati och har starka kopplingar till Frihetsförmedlingen genom sitt enträgna konstnärliga arbete för ökat oberoende och konstruktiva normbrott.
Missa inte denna unika möjlighet att ta er längtan efter frihet på fullaste allvar. Missa inte heller en trevlig pratstund, åtföljd av ett glas vin eller två, kring vad som skulle hända om vi lät frihetslinjen ersätta arbetslinjen."
Ena eller andra sidan / Ene eller anden side // ARTIST RUN
Utställningen Ena eller andra sidan/ Ene eller anden side är ett samarbete mellan OK Corral och CirkulationsCentralen. Detta är i sin tur en del av festivalen Artist Run som kommer att hållas i Köpenhamn mellan 9–11 maj. Artist Run fokuserar på konstnärsdrivna gallerier och ateljéföreningar och har som funktion att skapa en mötesplats för danska och internationella konstnärsdriva organisationer.
OK Corral och CirkulationsCentralen liknar varandra på så sätt att de både drivs som ateljéförening och galleri. Under detta samarbete har skillnaderna mellan föreningarna skapat en reflektion kring de nära men också särpräglade positioner som organisationerna har.
Kuratorerna Maja Gade (OK Corral) och Clara J:son Borg (CirkulationsCentralen) har sett möjligheten att under utställningen ytterligare undersöka dessa positioner och konceptet av en ”andra sida”. Kan det vara en fysisk plats? Är det ett parallellt universum? Eller bara baksidan på ett objekt?
Inbjuda konstnärer från båda föreningarna kommer med sina verk att fortsätta denna undersökning och utveckla den.
SUPERMARKET ART FAIR 2014 (SE)
CirkulationCentralen participated at SUPERMARKET ART FAIR 2012 at KULTURHUSET, STOCKHOLM
2013
Sorry, Cannot Translate Now. Please Check Back Later.
During 'Malmö Nordic 2013', the seminar entitled Sorry, Cannot Translate Now. Please Check Back Later. was arranged at CirkulationsCentralen 7 and 8 May. The seminar took place in conjunction with the exhibition Suspensions | In Time. Throughout the seminar artists gave presentations about the environment around artist-run galleries and projects. The event aimed to present different types of activities and contemporary artistic practices in the Nordic countries. Johanna Havimäki (FI) / Gallery Rajatila (eng), Christian Immonen & Stefan Bedin (SE) / v-Art, Björn Carnemalm (SE), Jeanett Ann Goodwin (NO). The seminars received support from Nordic Culture Point.
SUPERMARKET ART FAIR 2013 (SE)
CirkulationCentralen participated at SUPERMARKET ART FAIR 2012 at KULTURHUSET, STOCKHOLM
2012
WHAT A MESS (NO)
CirkulationCentralen joined the opening of the art facilty in Hydrogenfabrikken in Fredrikstad, Norway along with 30 other art run galleries from Scandinavia.
18th to 21th August
SUPERMARKET ART FAIR 2012 (SE)
CirkulationCentralen participated at SUPERMARKET ART FAIR 2012 at KULTURHUSET, STOCKHOLM
Friday - Sunday 17th to 19th February
2011
V.art11 (SE)
CirkulationCentralen participated at art fair V.art11 at KNÄPPFABRIKEN, VÄRNAMO
Friday - Sunday 23trd to 25th September
CONCERT // TRY GORGEOUS (SE)
At the last opening for the season at CIRKULATIONSCENTRALEN the Malmö based indie pop/rock group TRY GORGEOUS (SE) performed live.
Friday 6th May
VIDEOSCREENING & PERFORMANCE // FIXC (FL)
Videoscreening and installations by Helsinki based independent artist co-operative FixC.
Friday and Saturday 8th to 9th April
LECTURE // BERND BEHR (UK)
London based artist Bernd Behr lectures/artist talk about his past and present work exhibited at CirkulationsCentralen.
Sunday 6th of March.
PHOTOGRAPHIC BIENNALE // FOTOGRAFI I FOKUS (SE)
CIRKULATIONSCENTRALEN is participating at the Photographic Biennale FOTOGRAFI i FOKUS 2011
Friday 4th March to Sunday 3rd April
SUPERMARKET ART FAIR 2011 (SE)
CirkulationCentralen participated at SUPERMARKET ART FAIR 2011 at KULTURHUSET, STOCKHOLM
Friday - Sunday 18th to 20th February
2010
KULTURLUNCH // Culture Luncheon and seminar
Luncheon with artists, politicians and property owners connected to a seminar regarding gentrification. Arranged by Malmö Department of Culture and CirkulationsCentralen
Friday 1st of October
CHRISTIAN HAWKEY (US) & KIDS OF THE RANCH (SE) // Bookrelease and Concert
Bookrelease event with Christian Hawkey from New York and concert with Malmö based group Kids of the Ranch.
Thursday 9th of September
LANDGÖRST // Bookrelease (SE)
Bookrelease event with Lise Rydeberg (SE) and Jesper Lundquist, artist and author and publishers of the book "Landgörst".
Sunday 28th of March.
2009
SAME ACTOR (UK) // Concert
Concert with Chris Cook alias Same Actor who plays experimental electro-aucoustic music using sofware to process Sitar at CirkulationsCentralen.
Saturday 21st November.
SOMMAR STANZA (SE) // Malmös literature society STANZA invites French poet Jacques Roubaud and Swedish poet and artists Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson and Leif Holmstrand to read their work at CirkulationsCentralen. Thursday, 11th June.
"New Arrangements"
28/11 - 21/12 2014
Vernissage kl 18-21 28/11 2014
Den 28 november öppnar vi höstens sista utställning på CirkulationsCentralen. New Arrangements är ett projekt initierat av tre konstnärsdriva gallerier, Galleria Rajatila (Tammerfors), WIZARD (Oslo) och CirkulationsCentralen (Malmö). Projektets utställningsdel (CONCRETE) har nu vandrat från Finland, Norge och når nu slutligen Malmö, Sverige. Projektets andra del (FLUID), som är ett pågående arbete, kommer också att ha en uppsummering av deras arbete i anslutning till utställningen. Den tredje delen (CHANCE) finner ni, bland annat, i katalogen. Utställningen är öppen till och med 21 december.
Katalogen att finnas till försäljning till specialpris under vernissagen.
Varmt välkomna!
NEW ARRANGEMENTSIn Western tradition there is a long history of seeking explanations of the world without reference to mythology, and thus non-mythological explanations in general. A tradition first started by the Greek philosophers and its extension gave birth to Western science. In art, this tradition has been evident within art discourses and artworks that have been heavily inspired by rational philosophy and conceptual thinking. This again has led to a number of contemporary research-based practices. Although art discourses are constantly evolving and taking unexpected turns, non-mythological explanations have since the end of WWII been held in high esteem in the reading of artworks.
The question that the Ionian philosophers from Greece around 600 B.C.E. wrestled with was: What is the primary element, the root of all matter and change? Thales of Miletus postulated that there is one primary element in nature, water, since it can exist in all three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. The three parts that constitutes New Arrangements, concrete, fluid and chance, are reminiscent of Thales’ three states of matter. As such, the project acknowledges willingness in attempting to understand the world.
An ordinary item can be understood as a combination of materials, function, history, and form. But in a post-digitalized world purposes and content are quickly outdated and then subjected to reconstructions. A constant reshuffling renders purpose and content to fragments that are recurrently rearranged into new constellations and arrangements. A simple object can contain numerous messages and meanings, and in this jungle of opportunities any truthful explanation or meaning is carefully hidden and notoriously difficult to reveal.
The emphasis in New Arrangements lies in the contemporary and imminent issues addressed by the artists presented within the project. In art, an explanation can take shape as a question, or make plain for the beholder something, which needs further considerations. Or yet again, lead to an explanation that is vague and faintly formulated, even simply abstracted, so that its main objective or quality is to inspire yet new searches for the unknown.
The artists presented are characterized by their inclination towards exploring the grammar of visual languages as an integrated part of their artistic practice. The selected works can be seen as final or intermediate results of rearranged fragments of reality. They share a poignant quality in that they challenge our understanding of the relationship between materials, politics, history, poetics and our contemporary society.
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New Arrangements consists of a series of exhibitions (CONCRETE), a process oriented collaboration between the artists Ragnhild Aamås, Jens Henricson & Outi Yli-Viikari (FLUID) and a third part that is open-ended (CHANCE).
At the end of November 2014 a catalogue encompassing the project in its entirety is launched in conjunction with a third and final exhibition at CirkulationsCentralen, Malmö.
The project is initiated and curated by Elias Björn, Jussi Koitela, Gard Frantzsen and Johanna Havimäki.
For enquieries please contact Elias Björn: Tel.: +46736501599
Email: contact@eliasbjorn.com
Web: www.newarrangements.tumblr.com
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DITTE EJLERSKOV
Ditte Ejlerskov (b. 1982 in Frederikshavn, Denmark, lives and works in Malmö, Sweden). She graduated from Malmö Art Acedemy in 2009.
www.ditteejlerskov.com
ARILD TVEITO
Arild Tveito (b. 1976 in Oslo, Norway where he lives and works). Studied at Statens Kunstakademi, Oslo, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien and Akademie der Bildenden Künste, München.
NESTORI SYRJÄLÄ
Nestori Syrjälä (b. 1983 in Eura, Finland) studied in Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki and Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, Sweden.
www.nestorisyrjala.com
RAGNHILD AAMÅS
Ragnhild Aamås (b. 1984) lives and works in between Oslo and Berlin. She graduated with an MA from the Oslo National Academy of Art in 2012, and has studied at Central Saint Martins College for Art and Design in London and philosophy and archeology at the University of Oslo.
www.ragnhild-aamas.no
JENS HENRICSON
Jens Henricson (b. 1979) lives and works in Malmö, Sweden and graduated from the Malmö Art Academy in 2008.
www.jenshenricson.se
OUTI YLI-VIIKARI
Outi lives in Tampere, Finland and works and performs internationally.
The project is generously supported by Kulturkontakt Nord.
28/11 - 21/12 2014
Vernissage kl 18-21 28/11 2014
Den 28 november öppnar vi höstens sista utställning på CirkulationsCentralen. New Arrangements är ett projekt initierat av tre konstnärsdriva gallerier, Galleria Rajatila (Tammerfors), WIZARD (Oslo) och CirkulationsCentralen (Malmö). Projektets utställningsdel (CONCRETE) har nu vandrat från Finland, Norge och når nu slutligen Malmö, Sverige. Projektets andra del (FLUID), som är ett pågående arbete, kommer också att ha en uppsummering av deras arbete i anslutning till utställningen. Den tredje delen (CHANCE) finner ni, bland annat, i katalogen. Utställningen är öppen till och med 21 december.
Katalogen att finnas till försäljning till specialpris under vernissagen.
Varmt välkomna!
NEW ARRANGEMENTSIn Western tradition there is a long history of seeking explanations of the world without reference to mythology, and thus non-mythological explanations in general. A tradition first started by the Greek philosophers and its extension gave birth to Western science. In art, this tradition has been evident within art discourses and artworks that have been heavily inspired by rational philosophy and conceptual thinking. This again has led to a number of contemporary research-based practices. Although art discourses are constantly evolving and taking unexpected turns, non-mythological explanations have since the end of WWII been held in high esteem in the reading of artworks.
The question that the Ionian philosophers from Greece around 600 B.C.E. wrestled with was: What is the primary element, the root of all matter and change? Thales of Miletus postulated that there is one primary element in nature, water, since it can exist in all three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. The three parts that constitutes New Arrangements, concrete, fluid and chance, are reminiscent of Thales’ three states of matter. As such, the project acknowledges willingness in attempting to understand the world.
An ordinary item can be understood as a combination of materials, function, history, and form. But in a post-digitalized world purposes and content are quickly outdated and then subjected to reconstructions. A constant reshuffling renders purpose and content to fragments that are recurrently rearranged into new constellations and arrangements. A simple object can contain numerous messages and meanings, and in this jungle of opportunities any truthful explanation or meaning is carefully hidden and notoriously difficult to reveal.
The emphasis in New Arrangements lies in the contemporary and imminent issues addressed by the artists presented within the project. In art, an explanation can take shape as a question, or make plain for the beholder something, which needs further considerations. Or yet again, lead to an explanation that is vague and faintly formulated, even simply abstracted, so that its main objective or quality is to inspire yet new searches for the unknown.
The artists presented are characterized by their inclination towards exploring the grammar of visual languages as an integrated part of their artistic practice. The selected works can be seen as final or intermediate results of rearranged fragments of reality. They share a poignant quality in that they challenge our understanding of the relationship between materials, politics, history, poetics and our contemporary society.
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New Arrangements consists of a series of exhibitions (CONCRETE), a process oriented collaboration between the artists Ragnhild Aamås, Jens Henricson & Outi Yli-Viikari (FLUID) and a third part that is open-ended (CHANCE).
At the end of November 2014 a catalogue encompassing the project in its entirety is launched in conjunction with a third and final exhibition at CirkulationsCentralen, Malmö.
The project is initiated and curated by Elias Björn, Jussi Koitela, Gard Frantzsen and Johanna Havimäki.
For enquieries please contact Elias Björn: Tel.: +46736501599
Email: contact@eliasbjorn.com
Web: www.newarrangements.tumblr.com
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DITTE EJLERSKOV
Ditte Ejlerskov (b. 1982 in Frederikshavn, Denmark, lives and works in Malmö, Sweden). She graduated from Malmö Art Acedemy in 2009.
www.ditteejlerskov.com
ARILD TVEITO
Arild Tveito (b. 1976 in Oslo, Norway where he lives and works). Studied at Statens Kunstakademi, Oslo, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien and Akademie der Bildenden Künste, München.
NESTORI SYRJÄLÄ
Nestori Syrjälä (b. 1983 in Eura, Finland) studied in Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki and Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, Sweden.
www.nestorisyrjala.com
RAGNHILD AAMÅS
Ragnhild Aamås (b. 1984) lives and works in between Oslo and Berlin. She graduated with an MA from the Oslo National Academy of Art in 2012, and has studied at Central Saint Martins College for Art and Design in London and philosophy and archeology at the University of Oslo.
www.ragnhild-aamas.no
JENS HENRICSON
Jens Henricson (b. 1979) lives and works in Malmö, Sweden and graduated from the Malmö Art Academy in 2008.
www.jenshenricson.se
OUTI YLI-VIIKARI
Outi lives in Tampere, Finland and works and performs internationally.
The project is generously supported by Kulturkontakt Nord.