Here you will find all our events from 2023, from the opening of Southnord to the first Southnord Artfest at Kulturhuset.
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Join us on 7 September for a double celebration, as we open our doors, launch our platform, and present this autumn’s astounding program, which promises to be a dynamic celebration of Afro-Nordic creativity. It is also the opening of our UP NEXT open call winner Alexandra das Neves Lehmann ‘s exhibition “Earthbound: A Visual Journey of Earth’s Embrace”.
Image: Alexandra das Neves Lehmann
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“Her(e)itage” is a design collaboration between Southnord x Svenskt Tenn that features four designers and artists based in the Nordics - Damien Ajavon (NO), Lincoln Kayiwa (FI), Nkuli Mlangeni-Berg (SE), and Theresa Traore Dahlberg (SE). Together they carry African craft traditions and stories forward to future generations while creating in the here and now. The unique products developed will be presented in an exhibition at the Svenskt Tenn store in Stockholm, that will end on 18 October.
Image: Ndaté Yalla Mbodj, Damien Ajavon
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Textile artist Ismaila Fatty will be showing new textile sculptures in his first solo show at Southnord. For this exhibition, Ismaila has explored up-cycling traditional Swedish rag-rugs, hand-dying them using traditional Gambian tie-dye techniques, shaping them to create something new - a meeting of two cultures. Join us for the opening party on 5 October 16:00-20:00, during Stockholm Craft Week. The exhibition will continue until 21 October. Opening hours Thur-Fri 12:00-18:00, Sat 12:00-16:00. During November the exhibition can be visited by appointment only. Welcome!
Photo credit: Mattias Lindbäck
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Southnord x GIBCA invites you to join us as we launch our autumn programme at Röda Sten Konsthall. This afternoon of communing will include a performance lecture by John-Paul Zaccarini, PhD, Professor of Performing Arts at Stockholm University of the Arts. “MixRace MixTape” is a stand-up, hip-hop, spoken word journey of passion, hope and humour that takes you on a lush poetic journey through everyday racism, homophobia and male privilege.
Photo credit: Andrea Davis-Kronlund
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Southnord x På Sergels torg presents DRUM & PAINT an outdoor exhibition that highlights the lives of Norwegian jazz musician Pete Brown, his adopted sister singer and actress Jossie Pollard and their grandmother Emilia Brown. Archival images will be placed in dialogue with the Sweden-based South African jazz musician, poet, painter Lefifi Tladi’s musical and improvisational paintings. The exhibition ends on 6 November.
Photo credit: Photographer unknown, Nasjonalbiblioteket, Norway.
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Southnord x HOBO presents South African-born, Swedish-based artists Lefifi Tladi and Mzwakhe Hlatshwayo. Painter, poet, musician Lefifi Tladi and jazz musician Mzwakhe Hlatshwayo and the Ingoma Project will meet in an improvised jam session over the course of three evenings.
Photo credit: Tristan Lindquist
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For the Southnord Artfest, FutureBrownSpace takes over the Kulturhuset Stadsteatern outdoor screen with a video installation that centers black and brown bodies in the city. The work, Spaces of FutureBrown is part of the FutureBrownSpace research project, headed by John-Paul Zaccarini, Professor of Performing Arts for Bodily and Vocal Practices at Stockholm University of the Arts. It will be shown from 23 October to 5 November on the large screen above the main entrance.
FutureBrownSpace is a creative space of recovery, discovery and project/artist development, free from the white gaze. It is designed for POC who operate within largely white fields/institutions and offers them breathing space to uncensor themselves. It is a trans-disciplinary research project Funded by Swedish Research Council and Stockholm University of the Arts.
Photo credit: Still image from AfroSwede by FutureBrownSpace.
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Southnord x Kulturhuset welcome you to the grand opening of the Southnord artfest, the base of which is the group exhibition The Threshold is a Prism, featuring 20 artists of African descent with ties to the Nordic region, including some of the foremost contemporary artists working today, some hidden gems and some legendary forerunners.
Photo credit: Only a fool fights the sun, Rafiki
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During the Southnord x Kulturhuset artfest there will be three programme weekends, each with their own theme. This opening weekend themed SHARING, will focus on sharing space and time, knowledge and experience, stories and art. We open the exhibition The Threshold is a Prism with a performance by artist Diana Agunbiade-Kolawole who will create new works on site. The weekend continues with a visual poetry evening in collaboration with the Poetic Phontheque, story-time for children, drawing and portrait workshops for youth, performances, film viewings in collaboration with Cinemafrica, as well as curator and artist chat. The entire detailed programme will be released on 7 October.
Photo credit: KA, Dina El Kaisy Friemuth. Photographer: Diara Sow
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Southnord x MDT are collaborating to present two iterations of the DEEP DIVE, a community and empowerment workshop by the multidisciplinary artists and siblings Adam and Amina Seid Tahir that delves into the inspiration for their piece SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT BRAIDING MY WAY HOME.
Photo credit: Bea Borgers
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During the Southnord x Kulturhuset artfest there will be three programme weekends, each with their own theme. This middle weekend themed DIGGING, will focus on archives - personal and public, the writing and re-writing of history, knowledge gaps and attempts to fill in and retrace erased histories. We will engage with archives as a site for remembrance and resistance. This weekend will be filled with film viewings, a deep listening session, pop-up archives from around the Nordics, art chats and lectures. The entire detailed programme will be released on 7 September. Find out more…
Photo credit: 08-18 (Past Perfect), Santiago Mostyn. Photographer: Alexandra de Cossette