Center for
contemporary art

If I am the lake you take your face from

If I am the lake you take your face from

niilas helander

26 September–7 December 2025
Opening Friday 26 September 6-11pm

my pronouns are fox, wolf, and goshawk
a river running through me, who are you

niilas helander is an artist and poet from Álletnjárga in Sápmi, now living in Athens, whose work is… »

I dance on the wings of a shark

I dance on the wings of a shark

Jennie Jieun Lee, David Permén

21 March–15 June 2025
Opening Friday 21 March 7-9pm

Closed for Easter 18–20 April & 1 May

In 1801, Marie Laveau, historically known as the iconic Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, Louisiana is born. A free woman of color,… »

(inside) a wave, a cocoon

(inside) a wave, a cocoon

Majd Abdel Hamid, Melanie Kitti

27 September–8 December 2024
Opening Friday 27 September 6-11pm

Fresco—a painting becoming wall with time. Embroidery—threads meticulously stitching movement. These are ancient skills that bare history and memory within them. Not as materials, but as testimonies. Silent processes performed… »

cococo, continuous curves

cococo, continuous curves

Mieko Meguro, Wineke Gartz

12 April–16 June 2024
Opening Friday 12 April 7-9pm

How do you mourn the loss of a loved one?

You eat their favourite food. You listen to their favourite songs. You isolate yourself in the company of your… »

Money or Life

Money or Life

Jacques Zadig & Gerhard Nordström,
Matti Sumari, Ella Tillema

22 September–10 December 2023
Opening Friday 22 September 6-10pm

In October 1970, the exhibition Money or Life opened at Malmö Museum, organised by artists Jacques Zadig and Gerhard Nordström. The exhibition broke new ground… »

Cheese is time, time is money, money is monopoly

Cheese is time, time is money, money is monopoly

Mohamed Bourouissa, Stef Kamaris,
Marie Vedel

14 April–18 June 2023
Opening Friday 14 April 7-9pm

To live costs money. For some, the market is ready to turn a business idea from dream to reality. For others, the door is only open to parallel… »

What's at Stake

What’s at Stake

Elin Alvemark, Jennifer Spångerud

23 September–27 November 2022
Opening Friday 23 September 6-10pm

Gambling, the gaming industry, creative industries and the quest for constant profit maximisation. The venerable Bilden cultural quarter, where SIGNAL is located, is undergoing a major renovation and while we are… »

Battling with Malevolent Forces

Battling with Malevolent Forces

Alice Creischer, Iza Tarasewicz

12 November–19 December 2021
& 13 January–27 March 2022
Opening Friday 12 November 7-9pm

The hat speaks, the rake speaks
the scythe murmurs
to the ear in the grass:

8 760 hours has the year.
1… »

The mermaid and the outer point of no return

The mermaid and the outer point of no return

Ami Bergman, Peter Wallström

24 September–31 October 2021
Opening Friday 24 September 6-10pm

Scientists today argue that the universe is expanding in a single plane. Or that it has such flat bending that it is impossible to notice or understand its curve, not even… »

A Malmö Trilogy: Shepherdess and Other Exilic Vernaculars

A Malmö Trilogy: Shepherdess and Other Exilic Vernaculars

Sara Lindeborg, Selma Sjöstedt, Angelica Falkeling

21 November–13 December 2020
& 14 January–28 March 2021
Opening Saturday 21 November noon-4pm

One single scene is told from a number of different perspectives. We recognise this approach from the world of cinema, theatre, literature, but what if… »