MAY 10-14, 2023
Best Before Collective presents
Iris Nelly Matilda Bengtsson
‘Next Time We Meet On Broadway’
at Supermerket Art Fair 2023Iris Nelly Matilda Bengtsson (1992, Sweden) works with the relationship to memory and the borderlands between seriousness and play. Her works are often poetic with a fragile and embarrassing side. During the last years she has been working with scenography, narratives and improvisation of dialogues in an attempt to see how the vulnerability of childhood penetrates into one's adult life. The musical presented at Supermarket 2023 is a personal timeline projected on the idea of the musical, as a meditation on how life fails us in our search for the epic.
Best Before Collective is a newly formed artist-run initiative based in Stockholm. We are a diverse group of artists, curators, art enthusiasts and other kinds of creators, with different backgrounds and knowledge.
Performance times:
WEDNSDAY 18:30
THURSDAY 18:00
FRIDAY 18:00
SATURDAY 15:00
SUNDAY -- : --
MAY 02 - 30, 2023
Breathe through glass
by Jessica WesterbergMy method is based on faith in the process and an interest in the unexpected. Through it, I strive for a kind of mutual understanding of the material - to get to know the glass in order to be able to communicate back through it. In building that understanding, the physical interaction becomes important: power, speed, rhythm, rotation, timing, etc. In this way, I have developed an intuitive method for exploring atmospheric moods that arise from, interact with and reflect a mood of my own mind. The method is based on the properties of the glass: the plasticity of the temporarily molten glass gives an extensible formability; the transparency provides visual legibility of structure, form and layers, but also an honesty in that nothing can be hidden. The intuitive is developed in the craft - the blowing and the rotating.
The objects can be read as heads: partly as psychological beings with several layers of meaning; partly as fleshy, with organs, membranes and nerves. For me, the creation of the objects means an opportunity to reflect my own mind. The finished objects, on the other hand, project their layers of meaning onto the viewer, through how they read them.
The glass works in different ways in the finished objects, by allowing the objects to be viewed from different aspects: outside, inside and projection. These are at the same time connected by the transparency of the glass and the light that is refracted through it.
- ● Outside - The outside shows external form, surface, a vessel, a body. The object appears as the external image of itself.
- ● Inside - Thanks to the transparency of the glass, we are invited to see from the inside out; to take part in the image lived from within.
- ● Projection - The light and its image fall on the surroundings and the viewer. The light source, glass and projection surface also form a spatial relationship together. Through the projection, an extension and enlargement occurs that conveys and emphasizes both the materiality and the meaning of the glass - candidly, without distinction.
Visit our gallery in; the pedestrian tunnel beneath Birger Jarlsgatan, Östermalmtorg metro station in Stockholm (SWE).
APRIL 04 - 29, 2023
A MEMBERS SHOW
in our gallery window at T-ÖstermalmstorgIn April we are appy to announce the start of another 6 month period of renting our sweet little gallery at T-Östermalmstorg with another group show with a bunch of your lovely members.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Ting Wang
Camila Manuelsdotter Pino
Hanna Havdell
Belinda Morén
Mallika Ålander
Heidi Edström
Anna Leena Prykäri
Gunilla Daga
Ko Smith
Monlia Efremov
Jonathan Widegren
Elin Alm Rosenblad
Sara Arasteh
Klara Holmström
Astrid Bergdahl
Kajsa Wikström
Lovisa Fahlgren
Albin Josephson
Linnéa Brisling
Rosita Ståhl
Siri Bertling Wilk
Malin Arnedotter Bengtsson
Visit our gallery in; the pedestrian tunnel beneath Birger Jarlsgatan, Östermalmtorg metro station in Stockholm (SWE).
March 24 - 25, 2023
UÄÄÄH!
Performance Festival
at Fylkingen (Stockholm)
UÄÄÄH! The first scream from a newborn human. It's a cry for the malleable. A sound in the beginning of our life. A primitive exclamation that sets the vocal cords in motion.
This is a performance festival that brings performance artists and musicians together, which work with sound, text and music in various forms.
Read more at: https://uaaah.se/
March 01 - 30, 2023
Reflektioner
Josefina Malmegård
f. 1989, Stockholm
I Reflektioner visas ett egengjort kalejdoskop med spegelglas och utklipp från diabilder som tillhör konstnärens familjealbum.
Allteftersom kalejdoskopet roterar uppstår tillfälliga formationer och mönster utifrån de fragment Malmegård valt att klippa ut och på så vis åskådliggöra för betraktaren. Formationerna återges med hjälp av en kamera placerad vid kalejdoskopets öppning.
http://www.josefinamalmegard.com
You may visit our gallery in the pedestrian tunnel beneath Birger Jarlsgatan, Östermalmtorg metro station in Stockholm (SWE).
FEBRUARY 24 - 26, 2023
~ charōn ~
a members exhibition at Stadsgårdsterminalen
We push ourselves closer, towards the edge, a balance on the surface, where we can no longer get in. This is the place where we look forward to that which will never take us further. We make circles, repeat, it splashes, we get stuck, a still image, it brings the wheel deeper into the mud. We echo here. We are an eco hall, furnished with absurdities and potency. Now we linger here, and we listen. It is said that you still walk here. Let us pass the waters, over the unseen depths.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Sara Arasteh
Malin Arnedotter Bengtsson
Linnéa Brisling
Alexander Bäckman
Gunilla Daga
Heidi Edström
Molnia Efremov
Hanna Havdell
Albin Josephson
Micael de Leeuw
Camila Manuelsdotter Pino
Belinda Morén
Rosita Ståhl
Jonathan Widegren
Anna-Kajsa Wikström
Foto: José Figueroa
The event was organised by Best Before Collective, Artist-Run Network Europe, Candyland and Supermarket – Stockholm Independent Art Fair.Co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, the Swedish Arts Council and City of Stockholm.
Warm thanks to Lagunitas IPA!
FEBRUARY 05 - 29, 2023
för det tolfte
av Emelie Ivert & Erika Coleman
för det tolfte är en triptykväv gjord i digital jaquardteknik av Emelie ivert & Erika coleman. Motivet är baserat på deras läsning av skapelseberättelsen i den Poetiska Eddan, Vǫluspá. Genom en serie översättningar – från text till teckning, från teckning till foto, från foto till väv – har dom skapat en personlig textil gestaltning av en tusenårig mytologisk sångsamling.
Utdrag ur Poetiska Eddan, Vǫluspá
57. Upp ser hon komma
för andra gången
jorden ur havet
ljuvligt grön.
Forsar faller,
och där flyger örnen,
den som från fjället
fångar fiskar.
(Översättning: Lars Lönnroth, 2016)
You may visit our gallery in the pedestrian tunnel beneath Birger Jarlsgatan, Östermalmtorg metro station in Stockholm (SWE).
JANUARI 01 - 30, 2023
FÅR DRÖMMAR PLATS?!
hos Best Before Collective...?
FÅR DRÖMMAR PLATS? är ett konstprojekt initierat av Sebastian Rudolph Jensen och drivs ihop med konstduon Speakerbreather, Carl Norén och konstnären August Kroon Andersson. Projektet har sedan i maj byggt offentliga trämonument på olika platser i Göteborg och som skapas ihop med frivilliga. Projektet lyfter kulturella platser: dåtid, nutid och framtid. RIP TRUCKSTOP! RIP FOLKTEATERN? RIP KONSTEPIDEMIN? Platser som har försvunnit, är hotade eller kanske kommer att försvinna i framtiden. Monumentet har byggts upp vid hotade kulturplatser utan tillstånd för att pressa staden till en dialog och för att uppmärksamma vad som pågår.
Det första monumentet sattes upp i maj 2022 vid Drömmarnas Kaj i Göteborg. Drömmarnas Kaj är en fri och kreativ kulturmiljö i stadens periferi som vuxit fram under sju år. I maj kom beskedet från staden att platsen skulle rivas och ersättas av en parkeringsplats. Monumentet monterades upp under några timmar av brädor, rep, stålrör och ett gammal piano. I december kom beskedet att det tagits ett politiskt beslut om att bevara den unika kulturmiljön vid Drömmarnas Kaj.
I december 2022 anordnade Får drömmar plats en manifestation för kulturen och för att stötta Folkteatern i Göteborg som hotades att bli vräkta av Folkets Hus Göteborg.
Best Before Collective har bjudit in projektet FÅR DRÖMMAR PLATS?! till vår lilla utställningsmonter i Stockholm för att uppmärksamma hur kulturen under lång tid har skuffas undan och hur viktiga platser fortsätter att hotats runt om i hela vårt långa land. Här tvingas drömmarna in i ett alldeles för trångt utrymme. Ett kolossalt monument intryckt i ett skyltfönster. Syrebrist. Det håller på att sprängas. Dåtid, nutid och framtid. Vilka platser har försvunnit? Vilka är hotade? Vilka kan bli hotade? En dystopi. En potentiell verklighet?
FÅR DRÖMMAR PLATS? är hoppfulla konstaktioner i en mörk tid där kulturen sakta kvävs.
14/1-23 annordnar vi en manifestation, läs mer här!
RIP FOLKTEATERN I GÖTEBORG!?!?
RIP FYLKINGEN!?!
RIP MALMÖ!?!?!
RIP KULTUREN!?!
RIP TRUCKSTOP ALASKA!!!!
RIP APBERGET!!!
RIP UMEÅ!?!
RIP GÖTEBORG!?!?
RIP DEN FRIA KULTUREN!?
KULTUR KRIG
RIP KAJSKUL 46!?!?
RIP ROSA HUSET!?!?!
RIP HENRIKSBERG?!!
Läs mer här!
14/1-23 annordnar vi en manifestation, läs mer här!
https://www.sebastianrudolphjensen.com/far-drommar-plats-i-goteborg
https://www.instagram.com/sebastianrudolphjensen/
https://www.instagram.com/avgvsx/
https://www.speakerbreather.com/
https://www.instagram.com/speakerbreather/
Du hittar Best Before Collectives utställningsmonter i gångtunneln under Birger Jarlsgatan, T- Östermalmtorg i Stockholm.
DECEMBER 02 - 30, 2022
Ting Wang & Ellen Aduofua Bernardsson
at Best Before Collective - gallery!TING WANG
Ting Wang is graduate student of Craft! Program at Konstfack. She creates installations using performative objects to communicate her perspective on social topics including identity, social re-orientation and vulnerable groups in society.
In order to achieve the desired expressiveness, Ting dedicates to exploring interdisciplinary approaches through hands-on experiments with materials and craft techniques, as well as research on crafts from different cultures and different historical phases of development. Her work often plays with the encounter between traditional craft and contemporary aesthetics, the meetings between various cultures and the collision of emotional expression and rational narrative.
@tinauhlin
&
ELLEN ADUOFUA BERNARDSSON
Som förstfödd fick jag namnet Aduofua, efter min farfar. Jag har bara sett ett gammalt urblekt fotografi av honom. Under sin livstid arbetade han med trähantverk. När jag först kom i kontakt med keramik fick jag veta att min gammelmormor och hennes döttrar försörjde sig som krukmakare och på handvävda korgar. Denna vetskap har kommit att betyda mycket för mig då min uppväxt varit fokuserad på integration och därmed en separation från mitt arv. Trots den begränsade kontakt jag haft med mina släktingar, binder hantverkets länk oss samman.
Mitt huvudmaterial är keramik och jag arbetar både med skulpturer och med bruksgods. Tidigare har jag utbildat mig på Mullsjö Folkhögskola, Capellagården och läser nu på Konstfack.
https://www.aduofua.com/about
@aduofua
You may visit our gallery in the pedestrian tunnel beneath Birger Jarlsgatan, Östermalmtorg metro station in Stockholm (SWE).
NOVEMBER 01 - 29, 2022
Nadja Akbar & Sissela Nordling Blanco
at Best Before Collective - gallery!Nadja Akbar (1998) is an artist and works with sculptures primarily in glass, ceramic and metal. She investigates nostalgia as a process of grief and imitation as a way to fit in. When the link between the emotional world is lost, a child also is forgotten. Our childhood memory fades away but objects will remain. Nadja explores sculpture on a physical and metaphysical level through light, illusion and tactility. The urge to collect sentimental objects and why we value these seemingly insignificant things.
Sissela Nordling Blanco (1988) is a graphic designer driven by curiosity, concepts and the will to experiment. She is interested in exploring the meeting between graphic design and textile with colors that stand out. Sissela lets questions and stories about migration, queerness and feminism take space in her work. Where dreams of a different society can grow even in hopeless times, by challenging the norm and creating a place where gravity and playfulness can coexist.
You may visit our gallery in the pedestrian tunnel beneath Birger Jarlsgatan, Östermalmtorg metro station in Stockholm (SWE).
OCTOBER 01 - 30, 2022
A group show
by BBC Members
at Best Before Collective - gallery!We celibrate the first month in our own gallery space with a bang! A group show with a bunch of our sweet collective members.
Alexander Bäckman
Jesper Thour
Linea Matei
Jonathan Widegren
Klara Holmström
Heidi Edström
Molnia Efremov
Linnéa Brisling
Sara Arasteh
Gunilla Daga
Camila Manuelsdotter Pino
Micael de Leeuw
Jemina Asp Zayed
Mariona Miquel
Belinda Morén
Albin Josephson
Malin Arnedotter Bengtsson
Hanna Havdell
Rosita Ståhl
André Córdova Rudstedt
You may visit our gallery in the pedestrian tunnel beneath Birger Jarlsgatan, Östermalmtorg metro station in Stockholm (SWE).
MAY 26 - 29, 2022
A solo show
by Hilma Nordén
curated by Best Before Collective at Supermarket Art Fair 2022.
This year, we invited Hilma Nordén to exhibit with us. Her practice explores cultural creations of nature, folklore and magic. She grew up in plantation forests, and feels a kinship with the trees of her childhood, who raised her yet silently disappear under the teeth of chainsaws. Nordén’s work acknowledges the forest beyond its timber, and investigates the constructed hierarchies and hybridities between human and nature.
Get to know more about Hilma Nordén here
OCTOBER 14 - 17, 2021
Populating the Planet
by GREBNELLAW
EXHIBITION / DAILY PERFORMANCEScurated by Best Before Collective
at Supermarket Art Fair 2021.
Between the 14-17 of October, the artist Grebnellaw will take over the Best Before Collective’s stand at the Supermarket Art Fair 2021, using a red and white color code as metaphor for binary restrictions but also the concept of reduction as a vehicle for creativity. For this show the artist will continue to populate the world with their similarly titled imaginary population of fictional bodies and mutable hybrids. On display there will be a serie of digital portraits that will be translated daily into a performative happening through a personal genesis process that could be described as a continuous flow of music, form, ideas, interaction and movement.
Get to know more about GREBNELLAW