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A Parallel History
- The Independent Art Arenas of Skåne 1968-2008
After a year of intense research, Signal is happy to present an exciting and inspiring autumn centred around the extensive project, A Parallel History – The Independent Art Arenas of Skåne 1968–2008. The eagerly awaited publication, with the same title, is finally completed and will be accompanied by a major exhibition and a comprehensive programme of lectures, discussions and music performances in which early pioneers
will meet today’s practitioners.
All the following will take place in the autumn with new extended opening hours at Monbijougatan 17 H, on the same block as the galleries Elastic and Galleri Magnus Åklundh.
Book Launch: Presentation, Discussion & DJ
Thursday 24 September 2009 7–11 pm
The publication A Parallel History – The Independent Art Arenas of Skåne 1968–2008 is a unique survey of Skåne’s independent art scene of the last 40 years. The book’s exhaustive timeline and specially commissioned essays relate the history of the independent art scene with focus on the variegated array of initiatives and exhibition spaces that have shaped the development of a vibrant art scene. Texts by Kim Einarsson, Leif Eriksson, Carl Lindh, Annelie Nilsson, Emma Reichert, Carolina Söderholm, Elena Tzotzi, and Terje Östling.
7–8 pm: Presentation of the book and discussion with the authors
8–11 pm: Party and DJs Gert-Olle Göransson/Galleri Ping-Pong and Peter Thulin/Musik&Konst
Titel: A Parallel History – The Independent Art Arenas of Skåne 1968-2008
For the preface of the book see: http://www.signalsignal.org/events/2009/preface_PH.html
Malmö Gallery Night: Book, Film & DJs
Saturday 26 September 2009 6 pm–midnight
During Malmö Gallery Night the book A Parallel History – The Independent Art Arenas of Skåne 1968–2008 will be presented, and a selection of archive and private films from Mitt Hjärtas Malmö [Malmö in my Heart] will be screened in collaboration with the film production company Auto Images. The presentations will take place in a festive atmosphere accompanied by music from the last 40 years.
DJs: Martin Theander/Auto Images, Per&Pam, revK.
A Parallel History – The Independent Art Arenas of Skåne 1968–2008
16 October – 6 December 2009
Opening: Friday 16 October 7-9pm
A Parallel History – The Independent Art Arenas of Skåne 1968–2008 is a unique and comprehensive project,
comprising a publication and an exhibition focusing on the independent art arenas of Skåne, that is, all the organisers who start an arena by their own initiative and pursue a public or collective activity which extends beyond the framework of the individual artistic practice.
The exhibition highlights a selection of the arenas and initiatives that have constituted a dividing line or expressed
new tendencies in visual arts in the last decades. Based on a rich source material in the form of photographs, invitation cards, posters, letters, publications, articles, TV material and a selection of artworks directly related to the arenas and initiatives presented in the exhibition, we particularly wish to bring to the fore the arenas that offer a platform for new currents in art as well as international exchange and tendencies. In order to be able to include important initiatives active before 1968, the exhibition is divided into six decades, from the 1950s to the present.
The independent art arenas make up an extensive and variegated range of initiatives with widely differing modes of operation and motive forces. Representing an important and self-evident part of every dynamic art scene, they are, however, largely undocumented in art history. With this exhibition we want to present a singular and vibrant art scene of Skåne, which has not been The art arenas presented in the exhibition include: Galerie Colibri, (Malmö), KRW (Malmö), Drakabygget (Örkelljunga), Galerie S:t Petri (Lund), Ubbeboda Art Center (Ubbeboda), Musem of Instant Movement/Balderup Institute of Art (Balderup), Pictura (Lund), Rostrum (Malmö), Galleri T.V. (Malmö), Läderfabriken (Malmö), Galleri 21 (Malmö), Rooseum (Malmö), Rum (Malmö), Beckerell (Malmö), Galleri Isidor (Malmö), The Pineapple Project Room (Malmö), and many more.