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(I)ndependent People

(I)ndependent People

Sunday 20 May 2012
At the Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland

Signal talks about the project A Parallel History: The Independent Art Arenas of Skåne 1968–2008 at the seminar that is arranged in connection to the visual arts program at the Reykjavik Arts Festival. Participants… »

When the pepper blossoms - a story about the swedish emigration to Brazil

When the pepper blossoms – a story about the swedish emigration to Brazil

Anna Wessman and Nilsmagnus Sköld
Wednesday 16 May 2012
7pm

They are standing there, a small family, about to leave. One child whines. They look right into the camera. They have decided to leave the country and the district where they can not… »

Drumming like a woodpecker

Drumming like a woodpecker

Latifa Echakhch, Charlemagne Palestine

11 May–17 June 2012
Opening Friday 11 May 7-9pm

During the 1970s, composer and artist Charlemagne Palestine creates a series of filmed performances in which, characteristically, he uses the harmony of body and voice and their capacity to express an inner… »

Lisa Le Feuvre

Lisa Le Feuvre

Tuesday 17 April 2012
7pm

In 2010-11 Lisa Le Feuvre co-curated with Tom Morton the seventh edition of the British Art Show. Every five years, the British Art Show presents a particular take on aspects of contemporary art from the UK. Focusing on work… »

What, How & for Whom

What, How & for Whom

Tuesday 3 April 2012
7pm

Ana Dević and Sabina Sabolović from the curatorial collective What, How & for Whom/WHW in conversation with Signal about WHW’s work and method.

WHW is a curatorial collective formed in 1999 and based in Zagreb and Berlin. Its members… »

Isabell Dahlberg and Karolina Erlingsson

Isabell Dahlberg and Karolina Erlingsson

Wednesday 21 March 2012
7pm

Ubu-Websday is a series of events where invited guests are asked to present a personal selection of material from one of the largest web-based archives, www.ubu.com. Guests this evening are the artist Karolina Erlingsson and the… »

Step in Shelter

Step in Shelter

Kerstin Cmelka

9 March–29 April 2011
Opening Friday 9 March 7-9pm

In Kerstin Cmelka’s Microdramas we encounter condensed excerpts of classical drama. Sometimes the scenes are borrowed from the realm of theatre, cinema or literature, while sometimes they are taken out of traditional folksongs… »

Dan Graham shows and tells:

Dan Graham shows and tells:

Minor Threat, 1983 & Performance and Stage-Set Utilizing Two-Way Mirror and Video Time Delay (collaboration with Glenn Branca), 1983
Sunday 5 February 2012
5pm

Dan Graham likes architecture, popular music and astrology, among other things. This Sunday evening at Signal he will present… »

Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening - 180 years!

Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening – 180 years!

Jennie Fahlström
Wednesday 18 January 2012
7pm

The oldest now existing art association in Sweden – Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening – visits Signal and the director of SAK, Jennie Fahlström, talks about the association of today.

The Promise of Happiness

The Promise of Happiness

Kostis Velonis

25 November 2011–19 February 2012
Opening Friday 25 November 7-9pm

There is something promising, something desirable about the Swedish model, especially in times of global economic crisis when the swedish economy seems to stand as unaffected and well rooted as a pine… »