These are just a few of the artists’ proposals that were sent in after the open call, announced by Tensta konsthall last summer. Of 134 proposals, 26 will be presented in the exhibition Phantoms of the Commons.
Participating artists:
Damla Kilickiran, Ingela Johansson, k.ö.k, Ylva Westerlund / Mats Adelman, Makda Embaie, Nour Helou / Afrang Nordlöf Malekian, Cristian Quinteros Soto, Amaniel Ghebrehiwet, Lina Kruopyte / Carl-Oskar Linné, Mapping The Unjust City / Channa Bianca / Scott Springfeldt / Mattias Tervo, Sonia Sagan, Katarina Vuksanovic, Vad handlar det här om egentligen?, Nikolaj Jesper Cyon, Emmy Al Ghussein, Caroline Seung-Hwa Ljuus, Binyam Haile, Manju Jatta, Rut Karin Zettergren, Hanna Böhm, Paola Torres Núñez del Prado, H. Cryptica and Sol Archer
Järva was one of the earliest and heaviest pandemic-stricken areas of Sweden. After years of gradual shutdowns of services and meeting places, Tensta became even more closed, and consequently became more isolated also. Even Tensta konsthall, which has for a long time functioned as a social non-commercial spot, had to close. Now, we open again with a presentation of works in the forms of video, painting, installation, publication and social activities, which move around issues such as language, ownership of our public space, art as care, sauna-bathing as a starting point for meaningful conversations and a big all women dinner party including individual food stories. For the visual exhibition design, Tensta konsthall has asked the Gothenburg-based artist Eric Magassa for a commission.
During the exhibition period, the Small Gallery will be transformed into an open working space for the course Art Mediators for Change, an EU-project entitled Agents of Change – Mediating Minorities.
The jury consisted of the artists Apolonija Šušteršič and Sam Hultin, along with the curator Jari Malta in collaboration with the Tensta konsthall team. The exhibition has been realized with the support of Region Stockholm.
