Kirunatopia

Check out Bildmuseet’s supporting program in October with guided tours, lectures, artist talks and more events around the current exhibition.

More information in German or Swedish about the history, economy and move of Kiruna, as well as Kirunatopia’s first exhibition in Umeå.

This blog is part of the project Kirunatopia. It serves as a platform for the participating artists to present their ongoing working process – independent of the geographical remoteness of Kiruna, the northernmost city in Sweden and center of the project. The blog provides insights into different positions, art works and exhibitions emerging from the diverse and transforming location of Kiruna in Lapland; it also allows for comments and thus audience participation. more...

Kirunatopia is a research, residency and exhibition project initiated and managed by the Goethe-Institut Schweden and its collaborating partners Umeå University, Bildmuseet in Umeå and Konsthall C in Stockholm. A group of international artists have been invited to work and do research on site, in Kiruna, in relation to issues that are specific to the area. more...