Filmform (est. 1950) is dedicated to preservation, promotion and worldwide distribution of experimental film and video art. Constantly expanding, the distribution catalogue spans from 1924 to the present, including works by Sweden’s most prominent artists and filmmakers, available to rent for public screenings and exhibitions as well as for educational purposes.
Liv Strand and Ralph Lundsten are among the artist whose work will be looped by over 30 artists in programme “Elektronmusikstudion – konst, teknik och politik” at Scenkonstmuseet. EMS nr 1 and Pipeline will be available to see between December 1st – September 1st 2024. The programme is curated by Lars Annersten.
“Olivier Herdies – Levande sitt eget liv” is the name of the exhibition that’s taking place at Teckningsmuseet, dedicated to the Belgian-Swedish artist himself. Between February 17th – May 26th his film Popen kommer till stan, a documentary film about the rise of the pop art scene in Stockholm, will be shown in the form of a loop screening. Curator of the programme is Maria Wikrén.
Lektion i konsten att falla, Videovoodoo and excerpts from Digitalisman by Kjartan Slettemark as well as Jag minns Lena Svedberg by Carl Johan de Geer will be shown in the exhibition “Gör det själv”/”Do it yourself” between March 1 – August 11 at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern in Stockholm. “Gör det själv” presents eight pioneering Swedish artists who have gone their own way and challenged the norms of art, both consciously and unconsciously. Curator of the programme is Jeanette Steinsland.
Exhibition “Workers in Song” is taking place at MUDAM in Luxembourg between 29 March – 9 June 2024. Workers in Song is the latest iteration of an ongoing collaborative project by composer Billy Bultheel (b. 1987, Brussels) and visual artist James Richards (b. 1983, Cardiff). At Mudam, Bultheel and Richards present a choreographed performance with live music alongside film screenings of HEVN by P.Staff, My Name is Oona by Gunvor Nelson and Studio Floor Rotation by Josh Tonsfeldt. “Workers in Song” seeks to confront the viewer with paradoxical sensations of pleasure and discomfort. It alludes to the depth of human existence, beauty, death, sex, loneliness, nostalgia, togetherness, and their intricate relationships. Curators of the programme are Joel Valabrega, Clémentine Proby and Nathalie Lesure.
Exhibition “Futur antérieur. Missing What Will Be Missed” is taking place at Dazibao Centre in Montréal. Works by 13 local, Canadian and international artists are brought together to address notions of futurity in regards to the ecological crisis. Among them are also What I Miss About People, and What I Don’t Miss About People by Marte Aas and Ottica Zero by Maja Borg. The films will be shown in a loop screening between April 18th – June 15th. Emma-Kate Guimond is the programme’s curator.
Sent på jorden by John Skoog will be looped at Ystad Konstmuseum in exhibition called “Gränstrakt” between May 18th – November 3rd. In the exhibition, Scanian landscape painting meets contemporary and older works that discuss complex relationships between artistic visions, place and identity. Curator of the programme is Ellen Klintenberg.