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Bodycake \u2013 Kalmar County\u2019s residence program for national and international artist<\/span><\/h4>\n

The residence program in Kalmar County has been in existence since 2013 when it was launched by Kalmar konstmuseum and the Arts Officer for Kalmar County. During the first years it went by the name Artists in residency (Air) in Kalmar l\u00e4n<\/em>, supported by Iaspis, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s international programme for visual and applied artists.<\/span><\/p>\n

After several successful exchanges the program has kept developing. In 2016 the name was changed to Bodycake<\/em>, paying homage to the \u201ckroppkaka\u201d (lit. \u201cbody cake\u201d) \u2013 a local delicacy. The residency has also been connected to the project Renewal of cultural heritage with contemporary art as a compass<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Together with different partners, the program has developed a method whereby artists get to explore cultural heritage in different places in Kalmar County. They have the opportunity to present their impressions of Swedish cultural heritage \u2013 both what it is today and what it might become in the future. <\/span><\/p>\n

Up to three national or international artists are invited by Kalmar konstmuseum every year. Some of the cultural heritages explored so far include the textile heritage on \u00d6land, and the glass industry. Through this scrutiny, perspectives such as city and countryside, feminism and equality are highlighted. <\/span><\/p>\n

The visiting artists are attached to places with other active artists, schools or institutions. During their stay in Kalmar County they work specifically with a location or a question in one of the county\u2019s municipalities and make connections with others. In some cases, the artists work with public exhibitions, in others the projects will take other forms that will vary between artists. <\/span><\/p>\n

Effects of the project<\/span><\/h4>\n

One of the most visible effects of the residence program is the network it creates both for artists and institutions. It also raises awareness of the Swedish art environment, both traditional and contemporary, among international artists. <\/span><\/p>\n

In connection with the residence program, contacts are also made between different bodies here at home. Local and international artists meet local planning offices and communities in new constellations that have received media attention and that boosts both towns and countryside.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please find further information below about the artists and groups that have visited Kalmar County through Bodycake, and the previous collaboration with Iaspis. <\/span><\/p>\n

For further questions, please contact Anneli Berglund, Arts Advisor Kalmar County, phone: +46 (0)480 \u2013 42 62 84 email: anneli.berglund@kalmarkonstmuseum.se<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Artists and groups that have taken part in Bodycake<\/span><\/h4>\n

2018<\/span><\/h4>\n

Huang Fei<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Chinese artist and calligrapher Huang Fei works in the porcelain city of Jingdezhen, China and uses traditional practices in his more contemporary art. He visited Kalmar County as part of a collaboration between Kalmar konstmuseum, Atelj\u00e9hus Pukeberg and Capellag\u00e5rden. He held sold out workshops in ink drawing, blue and white pottery and enamel glazed ceramics. He also exhibited some of his work at Galleri Monica Strandberg, in Kalmar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Malala Adrialavidrazana<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The artist Malala Adrialavidrazana visited Designarkivet (the Design Archive) in Pukeberg, Nybro municipality, for a month. Malala\u2019s work is often connected to Africa\u2019s colonial past which is reassessed in her large scale photo montages \u2013 collages of many different cultural objects and symbols. <\/span><\/p>\n

During her stay in Nybro, Malala Andrialavidrazana was interested in expressions of feminism and colonialism in Swedish design. Sketches by Wanja Djanaieff, Hans Krondahl, Carl Johan De Geer and others inspired the glass sculpture The Lollipop Warrior<\/i>. The glass blowers at The Glass Factory in Boda turned Malala\u2019s design into a real object.<\/span><\/p>\n

Petri Saarikko<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Petri Saarikko\u2019s first artist visit to \u00d6land in 2016 sparked a fascination for Kalmar County and he has returned several times since. In 2018 he once again visited the county for a residency, this time at D\u00f6derhultarmuseet in Oskarshamn and at Astrid Lindgren\u2019s N\u00e4s, where the artwork Lullabies<\/i> continued to develop.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2017<\/span><\/h4>\n

Nkuli Mlangeni<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The South African designer and artist Nkuli Mlangeni examined female textile heritage on \u00d6land. During her stay on the island she visited churches and museums and interviewed artists, students, teachers and historians. The interviews resulted in a podcast and a fanzine from the collated material which were made available to the public at the library in M\u00f6rbyl\u00e5nga.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sujatro Ghosh<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The photographer, journalist and activist Sujatro Ghosh received worldwide attention for his work with women and equality in India. During a few weeks on \u00d6land he continued to investigate the topic by looking at Swedish feminism and the different ways in which women claim their space in society. Sujatro Ghosh also took an interest in refugees and integration and made a series of photographs with portraits of refugees on the island.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buntu Fihla<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The South African graffiti artist Buntu Fihla came to Kalmar County and \u00d6land for the exhibition You have two cows<\/i><\/a> at Kalmar konstmuseum, where he participated with both graffiti work and video works.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2016<\/span><\/h4>\n

Lore Rabaut and Frank Depoorter<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hannah Harkes<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Estonian artist Hannah Harkes both exhibited and held artist talks for the public in the gallery at Kulturmagasinet in Bergkvara. She also worked with a project at Torsskolan in Tors\u00e5s. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sasha<\/em> Huber<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The artist Sasha Huber is of Swiss-Haitian descent, born in Switzerland but now residing in Helsinki, Finland. Sasha visited Kalmar konstmuseum and made preparations for works of art and a performance that were shown as part of the exhibition Deep Memory<\/a><\/em> at the art museum in the spring of 2017. <\/span><\/p>\n

Petri Saarikko<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Finnish artist Petri Saarikko was based in M\u00f6rbyl\u00e5nga municipality on \u00d6land where he worked with the local art school and with refugee children. During his time on \u00d6land he further developed the project Lullabies<\/a>,<\/i> which he had already worked with internationally. The refugee children placed in M\u00f6rbyl\u00e5nga municipality wrote lullabies for their parents. The songs were filmed and became a video work that was exhibited at Kalmar konstmuseum in the early spring of 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2015<\/span><\/h4>\n

BridA<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Jurij Pavlica, Sendi Mango, Tom Ker\u0161evan<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Slovenian artist group BridA works with community information, organisation and art. During their stay in Kalmar, they collaborated with the local groups Teaterh\u00f6rnan and Lind\u00f6atelj\u00e9erna. Visits and interviews with artists laid the foundations for exchanges and residencies in Slovenia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aet Ader and Andra Aaloe<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Estonian architects and urbanists Art Ader and Andra Aaloe spent a month at Virserums Konsthall. During their stay they came into contact with refugees at a refugee home and found out that they were not allowed to cook their own food in the home. In response, an open invitation was made for people to come to the main square in Virserum, where food from all over the world was cooked and shared, followed by a lecture by the artists about some of their social artistic projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2014<\/span><\/h4>\n

Nikoloz Lutidze<\/span><\/p>\n

The performance artist Nikoloz Lutidze from the Georgian artist group Bouillon Group visited Nybro. Together with the glass blower Micke Johansson of Atelj\u00e9hus Pukeberg he experimented with glass for the exhibition Lost and Found in Transit <\/i>at Kalmar konstmuseum.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nikoloz Lutidze also carried out a workshop in the making of the Georgian dish khinkali. After it was cooked it was eaten while restaurant visitors in Tblisi, Georgia tried kroppkakor at the same time. The experience was shared via weblink.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2013\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Air Kalmar<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the first residency projects in Kalmar County was attended by three artists and artists groups from the US and Germany. The artist group M12 visited Kultivator on \u00d6land; Anna Mlasowsky was at The Glass Factory in Emmaboda municipality; and Paran Pour collaborated with Lind\u00f6atelj\u00e9erna and Kalmar konstmuseum. These two month long visits were a unique investment in countryside studios at the time. Kalmar County was the first place outside of the big cities to take part in the Swedish state\u2019s international exchange program for artists (Iaspis).<\/span><\/p>\n

Anna Mlasowsky<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

During her stay at The Glass Factory, Anna Mlasowsky explored sound and patterns in nature and transferred these to glass. Spider webs and sound vibrations were among the things that turned into expressions of new shapes on glass.<\/span><\/p>\n

M12<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Together with the artist group Kultivator on \u00d6land, the participant architectural sculpture Elder\u2019s Hill<\/i> was created at Kultivator\u2019s farm. The structure drew inspiration from both Sweden and the US and was both a food cellar and an outdoor classroom \u2013 open to everyone to use for an exchange of knowledge between generations. Elder\u2019s Hill<\/i> is a part of the larger collaboration Gran\u2019s University<\/i><\/a> that was introduced in 2011 with the goal of maintaining a dialogue around the importance of global, rural connections. <\/span><\/p>\n

Paran Pour<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The water tower in Berga, Kalmar, became the focus of Paran Pour\u2019s interest in people\u2019s memories, in architecture and in cities. Interviews with people and institutions that in different ways were connected to the water tower and its history, became a film and a graphic profile that was exhibited at Kalmar konstmuseum.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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