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.
Ronny Sundin Nocube



Stokerskolar

Installation.



Publikum spiller


Dok monolog 






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.