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Happy New Year! The gallery is open again after the holiday break, and we are excited to welcome you back. Transmissions...
08/01/2025

Happy New Year! The gallery is open again after the holiday break, and we are excited to welcome you back. Transmissions will run until the 19th of January 2025.

Transmissions
with Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia Östberg Diakité, Makda Embaie, Manju Jatta, Linda Lamignan, Eric Magassa, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose
Opening hours: Wed-Fri 13-17, Sat-Sun 13-16
The exhibition is a collaboration between Black Archives Sweden and Skånes konstförening.

Image: Still from Linda Lamignan's "Toru Torubiri Biri (Eye Sea Water)", 2023, video and sound work.

Maybe you have read the recent feature in Sydsvenskan's Dygnet Runt about our curator Tawanda Appiah? "Why does Skåne's ...
21/12/2024

Maybe you have read the recent feature in Sydsvenskan's Dygnet Runt about our curator Tawanda Appiah? "Why does Skåne's art association smell like chocolate? And can art change our reality? Dygnet Runt has met the hyped curator Tawanda
Appiah, who currently shows the exhibition "Transmissions" at Skånes konstförening", a collaboration with Black Archives Sweden and curated together Ulrika Flink.

Tomorrow, Sunday 13-16, is the last chance to see Transmissions in 2024; the gallery is closed Dec 23–Jan 7 and the exhibition re-opens Jan 8, 2025.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the artists, visitors, and collaborators who contributed to and participated in our exhibitions and programs throughout 2024. Skånes konstförening wishes you a Happy New Year!

Photo by Lars Brundin within Linda Lamignan’s, ‘Toru Torubiri (Eye Sea Water)’ 2023, that is part of Transmissions.

https://www.sydsvenskan.se/artikel/han-tar-konstnarer-fran-hela-varlden-till-en-industrilokal-i-seved/ #:~:text=%E2%80%93%20Jag%20%C3%A4r%20inte%20s%C3%A5%20intresserad,perspektiv%20och%20erfarenheter%20de%20har.

”Jag är inte intresserad av att placera människor i fack”

Q***r Nights in Palestine Cinema Q***r x Skånes konstförening Dec 21, 16.00–19.00 Short films by: Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Mi...
17/12/2024

Q***r Nights in Palestine
Cinema Q***r x Skånes konstförening
Dec 21, 16.00–19.00
Short films by: Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller, Roy Dibs, Hadi Moussally, Jocelyne Saab, Elias Wakeem

In conjunction with Kortfilmsdagen (The Short Film Day), Skånes konstförening invites you to a fundraising and film program in solidarity with the people of Palestine and their right to freedom and peace. During the evening, we present a collection of q***r stories set against the backdrop of Palestine and the wider Middle East, selected by Cinema Q***r. Exploring the connection between q***r and Palestinian liberation, the films show how these struggles against oppression intertwine. Each film explores the depth of themes related to identity, love, longing and resistance.

Program
16.00 The event starts
16.30–18.00 Screenings
18.00–19.00 Café

Language: Arabic, English, French, Turkish, all screened with English subtitles.
Fika will be provided.

Organised together with Svensk Kortfilm c/o Folkets Bio and Q***rs for Palestine Malmö. The event is free of charge but please donate to the Palestinagruppernas emergency fundraise for Gaza. Swish: 1239011578.

Film stills from EITR, Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller (2022); Gender Café, Jocelyne Saab (2013); Homecoming Queenz, Elias Wakeem (2019); Le règne de Sultana, Hadi Moussally (2023); Mondial 2010, Roy Dibs (2013).

Our exhibition Transmissions is open tomorrow, Sunday, 13-16. Transmissions15 Nov , 2024–Jan 19, 2025Ikram Abdulkadir, J...
14/12/2024

Our exhibition Transmissions is open tomorrow, Sunday, 13-16.

Transmissions
15 Nov , 2024–Jan 19, 2025
Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia Östberg Diakité, Makda Embaie, Manju Jatta, Linda Lamignan, Eric Magassa, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose

Theresa Traore Dahlberg’s father, Richard Traore, founded the production company Seydoni in 1998, revolutionising Burkina Faso’s music industry. Seydoni's comprehensive infrastructure set the foundation for a flourishing music scene, breaking the former dependency on foreign recording studios.The artist revived and restored her family's historic cassette machines for the exhibition Seydoni Pionnier de l’industrie musicale au Burkina at the Musée national du Burkina Faso in 2019. In Transmissions, newly cast bronze sculptures are integrated into the Cassettes installation, paying tribute to celebrated music acts of the era.

Transmissions is a collaboration between Skånes konstförening and Black Archives Sweden. Installation views by Lena Bergendahl.

Come by today 13-17 to see our exhibition Transmissions, a collaboration between Skånes konstförening and Black Archives...
13/12/2024

Come by today 13-17 to see our exhibition Transmissions, a collaboration between Skånes konstförening and Black Archives Sweden.

Transmissions
15 Nov , 2024–Jan 19, 2025
Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia Östberg Diakité, Makda Embaie, Manju Jatta, Linda Lamignan, Eric Magassa, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose

Installation view of Manju Jatta’s Painting Blue Till Black (2024), a series of twelve paintings documenting the act of painting with the colour blue until it becomes black. For the artist, drawing and writing are the same, with each piece becoming a symbol with meaning that evolves through the process. Placing fingerprints—a unique mark symbolising presence—onto the paintings is central to Jatta’s exploration of colour and world making. He also uses this approach, alongside other methods in his research, to uncover Blackness and Swedishness/Nordicness. Photo by Lena Bergendahl.

The gallery is open today 13-17!Transmissions15 Nov , 2024–Jan 19, 2025Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Da...
11/12/2024

The gallery is open today 13-17!

Transmissions
15 Nov , 2024–Jan 19, 2025
Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia Östberg Diakité, Makda Embaie, Manju Jatta, Linda Lamignan, Eric Magassa, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose

Installation view of James Barnor’s video The Album (2019 video), prod. Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière, Paris © James Barnor/Courtesy of Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière, photo by Lena Bergendahl.

This exhibition is a collaboration between Skånes konstförening and Black Archives Sweden. Black Archives Sweden

Our exhibition Transmissions is open tomorrow, Sun, 13-16, with works byIkram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore D...
07/12/2024

Our exhibition Transmissions is open tomorrow, Sun, 13-16, with works by
Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia Östberg Diakité, Makda Embaie, Manju Jatta, Linda Lamignan, Eric Magassa, and Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose.

Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose shows photographs and a video work from an ongoing visual series that delves into the vibrant and layered history of Durban’s beaches, intertwining personal memories with a broader social narrative. The images depict scenes of Black joy, vulnerability, and community, often taken while the beachgoers are swimming to evoke fluidity and presence in post-apartheid South Africa. Each image invites into moments filled with tenderness, laughter, and the unguarded reality of leisure and seaside life. Through this work, the artist builds an intimate and evolving archive that challenges colonial representations of Black South Africans and celebrates the multiplicity of Black oceanic life and spiritual connection to the sea. The series stands as a powerful testament to resilience and the reclaiming of space through art and personal memory.

Photo by Lena Bergendahl

View from our current exhibition Transmissions, which is open Wed-Fri 13-17, Sat-Sun 13-16: Linda Lamignan’s video and s...
06/12/2024

View from our current exhibition Transmissions, which is open Wed-Fri 13-17, Sat-Sun 13-16: Linda Lamignan’s video and sound works Toru Torubiri Biri (Eye Sea Water), 2023, and Two Tongues (Abede), 2023.

Toru Torubiri Biri is a fragmented video work that collages imagery to explore the experience of floating between worlds. Drawing from the artist’s dual Norwegian and Nigerian heritage, the piece reflects on ecology and the destructive impact of the oil industry. Lizards, symbolic of both the natural and spiritual realms, appear throughout, connecting to animism and knowledge passed down from the artist’s grandmother. Superimposed with the four-channel sound installation Two Tongues, which blends spoken word and nature elements, the work immerses viewers in an experience that links ancestry, landscapes, and the more-than-human world. Lamignan reimagines nature not as a resource but as an extension of our bodies, holding wisdom, memory, and spirit, inviting viewers to reconsider symbols with dark histories.

Transmissions
15 Nov , 2024–Jan 19, 2025
Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia Östberg Diakité, Makda Embaie, Manju Jatta, Linda Lamignan, Eric Magassa, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose

Photo by Lena Bergendahl

Open today 13-17!Transmissions Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia Östbe...
04/12/2024

Open today 13-17!

Transmissions
Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia Östberg Diakité, Makda Embaie, Manju Jatta, Linda Lamignan, Eric Magassa, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose
15 Nov–19 Jan

Our ongoing exhibition Transmissions departs from Black Archives Sweden’s Family Archive that is dedicated to sustaining diasporic life through experimentation, care, and communal activation. The Archive calls attention to aspects of Black history and the present day that are often overlooked by state archives.

Images: Impressions from the Family Archive (overview) and the archive of the Afrosvenskarnas Riksorganisation (detail), photo by Lena Bergendahl.

The gallery is open today 13-16!Transmissions15 Nov , 2024–Jan 19, 2025Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Da...
01/12/2024

The gallery is open today 13-16!

Transmissions
15 Nov , 2024–Jan 19, 2025
Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia Östberg Diakité, Makda Embaie, Manju Jatta, Linda Lamignan, Eric Magassa, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose

Transmissions is a collaboration between Skånes konstförening and Black Archives Sweden, curated by Tawanda Appiah and Ulrika Flink.

Installation view of Nolan Oswald Dennis’ surrounds (xenolith field excerpt 1), 2024, photo by Lena Bergendahl.

In today’s Svenska Dagbladet, review of Transmissions written by Christine Antaya:”Taking on archives can be associated ...
29/11/2024

In today’s Svenska Dagbladet, review of Transmissions written by Christine Antaya:

”Taking on archives can be associated with sadness or a sense of duty, something most of us will experience in life. But it doesn’t feel like that here, no one is in debt to anyone, the driving forces seem rather to be desire and forward thinking.”

svd.se/kultur/konst

Don’t miss tonight’s performance with Lydia Östberg Diakité and DJ set by DJ VV. The event starts at 19.00. Check our website for more information.

The exhibition is open until January 19, 2025.

Installation view of Ikram Abdulkadir’s new work Family Familiar from our current exhibition that is open today 13-17. T...
28/11/2024

Installation view of Ikram Abdulkadir’s new work Family Familiar from our current exhibition that is open today 13-17.

Transmissions
15 Nov , 2024–Jan 19, 2025
Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia Östberg Diakité, Makda Embaie, Manju Jatta, Linda Lamignan, Eric Magassa, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose

Abdulkadir’s installation brings together photographs, personal objects, and fragments of a deconstructed wooden cabinet, creating a stitched realm of familial memory. Abdulkadir’s practice is rooted in documenting everyday life and in preserving family histories. Her work is deeply connected to her Somali heritage, which treasures oral tradition, and she seeks to capture this through her chosen mediums. Family Familiar explores themes of memory, displacement, and intimacy, resonating within Sweden and beyond.

Photo: Lena Bergendahl

A glimpse from our ongoing exhibition Transmissions–James Barnor’s DRUM magazine covers. We are open today until 17!Drum...
27/11/2024

A glimpse from our ongoing exhibition Transmissions–James Barnor’s DRUM magazine covers. We are open today until 17!

Drum magazine, founded in South Africa in 1951, was a significant voice for Black African lifestyle and culture in the 1950-60s. It was branded to cater to Black readership, covering Africa’s cultural, social, and political movements. Drum played a critical role in documenting the anti-apartheid struggle, the push for independence across the continent of Africa, and other pivotal moments, with a strong political perspective.
James Barnor (b. Ghana, 1929) became a key contributor, capturing significant moments such as political rallies in Ghana and the Swinging Sixties in London. His images, often vibrant depictions of African life and resistance, were essential to the magazine's storytelling and success, offering a visual chronicle that resonated deeply with its wide audience.

Transmissions
15 Nov , 2024–Jan 19, 2025
Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia Östberg Diakité,Makda Embaie, Manju Jatta, Linda Lamignan, Eric Magassa, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose

Photo: Lena Bergendahl

26/11/2024
We are open today 13-16!TransmissionsIkram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia...
24/11/2024

We are open today 13-16!

Transmissions
Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia Östberg Diakité, Makda Embaie, Manju Jatta, Linda Lamignan, Eric Magassa, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose
15 Nov , 2024–Jan 19, 2025

Upcoming performance by Lydia Östberg Diakité
29 Nov 19.00–21.00 at Skånes konstförening
FRÄMLING: Performance by Lydia Östberg Diakité; DJ-set by DJ VV

Installation view from Transmissions: Lydia Östberg Diakitè, en saga om chocolat, 2024, cocoa composition, photo by Lena Bergendahl.

29 Nov 19.00–21.00FRÄMLING: Performance by Lydia Östberg DiakitéDJ set by DJ VV “… Stranger, what are you hiding from me...
23/11/2024

29 Nov 19.00–21.00
FRÄMLING: Performance by Lydia Östberg Diakité
DJ set by DJ VV

“… Stranger, what are you hiding from me, in your dark eyes? A faint shade of light, somewhere, but still...” (Carola)

Lydia Östberg Diakité’s performance FRÄMLING examines Swedish national nostalgia and what it means to feel melancholy about one's heritage. Through a journey of reinterpretations of Swedish pop classics, the question is asked: who is the stranger?

Program
19.00–20.00: Viewing of Transmissions, and DJ set by DJ VV
20.00–20.30: Performance by Lydia Östberg Diakité
20.30–21.00: DJ set by DJ VV

Lydia Östberg Diakité (b. 1994, based in Copenhagen) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans choreography, video, text, and installation. Educated at the Danish National School of Performing Arts, they explore themes of identity, power, heritage, and collectivity through speculative narratives. Diakité is co-founder of the Dance Cooperative in Copenhagen and a member of The Union, a platform working toward decolonial discourse in Danish art and culture.

DJ VV has since her debut been a force in the music scene, captivating audiences with her eclectic sound infused with rich cultural influences and irresistible rhythms. Her sets are a vibrant mix of Afro electro, Bailefunk, ghetto tech, UKG, Jersey Club and sexy remixes that keep the dance floor alive and buzzing. DJ VV has played and booked for major venues and festivals across Scandinavia. Her contributions to the scene go beyond just music; she's always been on a mission to create a more diverse and inclusive space for all.

The event is part of the international symposium, organized by Archives Sweden together with curators Tawanda Appiah and Ulrika Flink and presented in conjunction with the group exhibition Transmissions at Skånes konstförening. The symposium begins on 29 November at Skånes konstförening and continues from 30 November to 1 December at Black Archives Sweden, Malmö Konsthall, and Moderna Museet Malmö. Key note speaker: Tina Campt.

Portrait Lydia Östberg Diakité by Meleat Fredriksson

Our exhibition Transmissions is open today until 17!Transmissions15 Nov , 2024–Jan 19, 2025Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barno...
22/11/2024

Our exhibition Transmissions is open today until 17!

Transmissions
15 Nov , 2024–Jan 19, 2025
Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia Östberg Diakité, Makda Embaie, Manju Jatta, Linda Lamignan, Eric Magassa, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose

Transmissions is a group exhibition that broadcasts connections across generations through photography, sound, video, installation, painting, and performance. The exhibition departs from Black Archives Sweden’s Family Archive collection, which is dedicated to sustaining diasporic life through experimentation, care, and communal activation. The Family Archive calls attention to aspects of Black history and the present day that are often overlooked by state archives.

Curators: Tawanda Appiah, Ulrika Flink

Installation view of Eric Magassa's video and soundwork "Many Hands Make Light", 2024, photo by Lena Bergendahl.

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