Bookshop Situation, Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm

Beyond Books

Public programme, curated, 2020

Three hybrid evenings in December 2020, part of the Bookshop Situation series at Index. The series presents books, magazines, records and other formats; Beyond Books asked how artistic practice can carry research to an audience, and how research feeds back into art. Each evening took place partly in the Index exhibition space and partly online, streamed live.

1 December: Sci-fi as a Form of Reflection. My film in progress, They Know We Know They Lie.
8 December: Dance as a Form of Resistance. Isabella Solar Villaseca on the Chilean cueca, the national dance taken over by the dictatorship and danced in protest by the women searching for the disappeared.
15 December: Manuscript on Accumulation. Vibe Overgaard’s performance and objects tracing economic accumulation from the feudal system to today.

Live stream: a slide of a diagram on innovation and science fiction next to Lou Mouw and an iPad — Sci-fi as a Form of Reflection, live stream

The streaming set-up in the Index bookshop: camera on a boom stand, microphone on a tripod, laptops and an iPad on a white table — Set-up for the live streams at Index

A desk with a camera, laptops, a mixer, a microphone and a sheet reading Violeta Parra, Nueva Canción Chilena

Live stream: an iPad showing dance footage, with Isabella Solar Villaseca in a small window above — Dance as a Form of Resistance, live stream

Video call: hands building a structure from dark cast blocks, Vibe Overgaard in a small window — Manuscript on Accumulation, video call

Live stream: an iPad showing a photo of Víctor Jara next to handwritten notes on La Canción Nueva Chilena

Black and white photo of hands setting up dark cast objects on grass — Programme image for Manuscript on Accumulation

Handwritten notes on paper: diaspora in Sweden, cueca, distribution, folklore and movement

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