Liselotte Wajstedt
Bio
Liselotte works fulltime as a filmmaker and an artist. Behind her she has an education in painting and arts from different schools in Sweden: Project programme in free Art at Royal institute of art as well as animation and experimental filmmaking with special emphasis on documentary storytelling and scriptwriting at Gotland University.
Some words about my work:
The videos and the still images of Liselotte Wajstedt explore the history and the future of the northern city of Kiruna. Given the imminent relocation of the entire city, due to the continued expansion of the mining industry, the key source of the city's initial growth, Wajstedt's works emerge as meditations upon the life – and death – of cities, of the intricate stratifications of past, present and future, played in people's memories and fantasies as well as in the cityscape itself.
Text by Jan-Erik Lundström, curator, Director SDG
Website
www.liselottewajstedt.comCV
Born 1973 in Kiruna, Sweden
Filmography
- 2011 I'm in Lavvu, '4.56 min, artvideo installation
- 2011 Giron, experimental, '3,56 min
- 2009 "Árvas" music video, Sofia Jannok '3.40 min
- 2008 "Faces" short '3.29 min
- 2007 "A sami in the city" ´8.00 min
- 2007 "The sami and her body" ´4.52 min
- 2007 "A city sami in the woods" ´4.40 min
- 2007 "Sámi Nieida Jojk" (Sami Daughter Yoik) 58.30 min
- 2005 "Koltloop", Short, Experimental loop from "Sámi Nieida Jojk" ´3.18 min
- 2005 "Rockabilly" Short, Music Video, Fe-mail 8.48 min.
Education
- 2010 Bachelor of Arts in Expression in Convergent Media, 2010 at Gotland University.
- 2008-09 Royal University College of Fine Arts (KKH), Stockholm, Art/Video
- 2004-07 Gotland University, Animation and Experimental film, Documentaryfilm, Script
- 2004 Gerlesborgsskolan Art school, Stockholm 1 år
- 2001 Gerlesborgsskolan Art school, Stockholm 1 år
- 2000 Gerlesborgsskolan Art school, Bohuslän 1 år
Solo Exhibitions
- 2010 Bildmuseets entre i Umeå 6-14:e mars, Samiska veckan
- 2009 Representerad av Film Uppland och Kultur i länet, ”Videokonst” på olika stationer runt om i Gävleborgs län, Dalarna och Uppland.
- 2009 Galleri Mejan
- 2000 Kiruna Folketshus. November
Group Exhibitions
- 2011 I'm in Lavvu, Karasjok, Samiskt kunstnerssenter
- 2011 April, Surviving the future, Murmansk Regional Museum of Art.
- 2011 Febr. Barentsspektaklet, februari, i Kirkenes”Surviving the future” Curator Jan-Erik Lundström
- 2009 ”Being A Part”, Samisk kunstnerforbunds 30års jubileum. juni-sept, samt vandringsutställning
- 2009 Liljevalchs, Vårsalongen
- 2008 ”Osaka city museum of modern art”10-20:e jan
- 2007 Bergens konsthall, Art Video Exchange, hösten
- 2007 Art Video Screening
- 2005 ”3 ggr Vajstedt” Kiruna Stadshus
- 2004 Galleri Svenska bilder, Stockholm. juni
- 2004 Konstmässan i Älvsjö. Februari
Selected Festivals
- Sámi Nieida Jojk at Nordic Film Days in Lübeck, 2-6 November 2011
- Árvas (Tundra of Árvas) 2011 National Geographic All Roads Film Festival, Washington, D.C.
- Árvas (Tundra of Árvas) 5th Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival (NIIFF) 2011
- The music video Tundra of Árvas 3,40 min
- Árvas (Tundra of Árvas) at Tampere Film Festival 2011, Árvas is included in a package of “Best Sami Shorts” the last six years, touring Nordic Short Film Festivals 2011.
- Faces at INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTVAL ROTTERDAM, 39th edition 27 January – 7 February 2010
- Faces was screened in program Genus Loci arranged by DINAMO
- Sámi Nieida Jojk at TIFF Tromsö filmfestival, -08
- Sámi Nieida Jojk at ImagineNative filmfestival i Toronto -07
- Sámi Nieida Jojk at Nordiskt panorama, -07
- Rockabilly at MadCat Women’s International Film Festival i San Francisco, ATA Gallery, window installation sept -06
