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OpenArt is Örebro municipality's international art biennial for contemporary art with participating artists from all over the world. This summer, the ninth edition of the exhibition will be opened, and with three months to go, the entire list of 2024's participating artists are now being presented. This year, around 40 artists representing 20 different nationalities are participating and together exhibiting around 60 works of art in Örebro's city centre. In this year's edition of OpenArt, in several of the artworks there is a desire to escape from reality and to explore our origins and the relationship with nature. Several of the artists reflect on the present with a focus on exploring conflict and crisis and the limitation of freedom of expression. Art thus becomes an important part in a search for community and faith in the future. Selection of artists The selection of artists is a collaboration between producers and staff within the Art department. In order to broaden the perspective, different jury groups have been included in the selection. The different jury groups were the children's jury, the people's jury and the art jury. Some artists' participation is made possible by collaborations. Through the residency network Magic Carpets, participation is made possible for seven of the artists. The Public Art Agency Sweden is involved and enables Valeria Montti Colque's participation. Through ÖBO and the work with Hållstugan, Amanda Nordqvist is on the list. Through Region Örebro County's artist in residency, Mike Inglis can also be added to the list. Örebro Art Gallery is also part of OpenArt 2024 this year. List of all participating artists - OpenArt 2024 - Aaron Nachtailer, b. 1986, Argentina - Alex Rosa, b. 1985, Finland - Amanda Nordqvist, b. 1988, Sweden - AniAra, daily worklike-activities in Hallsberg - Atoosa Farahmand & Oscar Hagberg - Atoosa Farahmand, b. 1991, Iran. Oscar Hagberg, b. 1994, Sweden - Benjamin Nørskov, b. 1992, Sweden - Benoît Maubrey, b. 1952, USA - Bitte Alling, b. 1940, Sweden - Cecilia Jansson, b. 1975, Sweden - DAKU, b. 1982, India - Ekenger & Segerfelt - Agneta Segerfelt, b. 1957, Sweden. Helena Ekenger, b. 1961, Sweden - Ellen Freed, b. 1988, Sweden - Federico Lamas, b. 1979, Argentina - Filip Kijowski, b. 1994, Poland - Hamada Elkept, b. 1994, Palestine - Hanna Stansvik, b. 1987, Sweden - Johanna Väisänen, b. 1972, Finland - Karolina Oxelväg, b. 1989, Sweden - Kenne-Diss, Victor Jakobsson, b. 1997, Sweden - Lee Kuei-Chih, b. 1979, Taiwan - Line Bourdoiseau, b. 1997, France - Lua Rivera, b. 1989, Mexico - Marie Munk, b. 1988, Denmark - Mattias Käll, b. 1977, Sweden - Mike Inglis, b. 1966, Scotland - Nic Wilson, b. 1988, Canada - Peter Johansson, b. 1964, Sweden - Polina Stohnushko, b. 1994, Ukraine - Rebecka Bebben Andersson, b. 1984, Sweden - Robolito, Adriano Bohra, b. 1981, Brazil - Ronen Sharabani, b. 1979, Israel - Sadaf Ahmadi, b. 1985, Iran - Spencer Little b. 1976, USA - Stuart Ian Frost, b. 1960, Great Britain - Susken Rosenthal, b. 1956, Germany - Tamrat Gezahegne, b. 1977, Ethiopia - Thomas Nordström, b. 1967, Sweden - Valeria Montti Colque, b. 1978, Sweden - Waldemart Klyuzko, b. 1985, Ukraine - Wang & Söderström - Anny Wang, b. 1990, Sweden. Tim Söderström, b. 1988, Sweden - Yemisi Wilson, b. 1968, Great Britain
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On Saturday 15 June 2024, the art biennial OpenArt are opening. Among the participants are seven artists and one artist group with connections to Örebro county. Örebro's city center will change with temporary contemporary art from all over the world and already now we can present some artists who either grew up or are active in Örebro county. In this year's edition, seven artists and an artist group with local connections are presented whose artistic practices ranges between painting, performance, digital techniques and sculpture. In Mattias Käll's practice there are questions about our relationship with nature and other people. For many years, Käll has dealt with issues such as food waste, packaging, plastic and fast fashion. Photographic series, film, objects, installation and performance are part of Käll's world of art. The Copenhagen-based duo Wang & Söderström, where Anny Wang grew up in Örebro and Tim Söderström in Jönköping, was one of the favorites of the children's jury at Sörbyskolan earlier this year. Wang & Söderström are both an artist group and a design duo. In their work, the digital and the physical meet, where the digital is tactile and material-driven. What arises in the borderland between the physical and the digital? By examining conventions, they mark a new sensuality in the digital age. Bitte Alling is an artist and the chairman of Fotograficentrum in Örebro. Through sculpture, text, sound, moving image and installations, she investigates and studies the treacherous language of the mass media image and critically examines war propaganda. In the past, Alling has published several books and worked as an art teacher. Participation through Magic Carpets Through the EU project and the collaboration with Creative Europe and the platform Magic Carpets, the participation of five of the local artists is made possible. Among the names is Cecilia Jansson, a veteran who participated in OpenArt back in 2008 and again in 2015. "I often make large-scale works where the material is as meaningful as the form, and use time-consuming techniques in materials such as porcelain, asphalt, bread and silicone." says Cecilia Jansson about her artworks. Hanna Stansvik has studied at Örebro Art School and has previously exhibited at KonstBunkern in Örebro, Nora Art and made murals for Springbeast, Snösätra graffiti Wall of Fame in Stockholm and in the ArtMadeThis project for Vasakronan in Gothenburg. Stansvik explores intimacy and closeness in his art. Stansvik uses herself as a model as it allows her to stage and recreate the private moments when you are alone and relaxed. By being his own model, Stansvik can be both experimental, irreverent and playful in his work. In the autumn of 2022, Ellen Freed carried out a residency at OpenArt, where the final result was shown at the Part of Art event at the Kulturkvarteret in January 2023. Freed will participate with one of her explosive, norm-breaking and sensational performances during the biennal. Previously, OpenArt has told about Karolina Oxelväg and Victor Jakobsson, alias Kenne-Diss. Full list: Mattias Käll, b. 1977 Hanna Stansvik, b. 1987 Cecilia Jansson, b. 1975 Wang & Söderström, Anny Wang, b. 1990 and Tim Söderström, b. 1988 Bitte Alling, b. 1940 Ellen Freed, b. 1988 Kenne-Diss, b. 1997 Karolina Oxelväg, b. 1989
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On Saturday 15 June 2024, the art biennial OpenArt are opening. Among the participants are seven artists and one artist group with connections to Örebro county. Örebro's city center will change with temporary contemporary art from all over the world and already now we can present some artists who either grew up or are active in Örebro county. In this year's edition, seven artists and an artist group with local connections are presented whose artistic practices ranges between painting, performance, digital techniques and sculpture. In Mattias Käll's practice there are questions about our relationship with nature and other people. For many years, Käll has dealt with issues such as food waste, packaging, plastic and fast fashion. Photographic series, film, objects, installation and performance are part of Käll's world of art. The Copenhagen-based duo Wang & Söderström, where Anny Wang grew up in Örebro and Tim Söderström in Jönköping, was one of the favorites of the children's jury at Sörbyskolan earlier this year. Wang & Söderström are both an artist group and a design duo. In their work, the digital and the physical meet, where the digital is tactile and material-driven. What arises in the borderland between the physical and the digital? By examining conventions, they mark a new sensuality in the digital age. Bitte Alling is an artist and the chairman of Fotograficentrum in Örebro. Through sculpture, text, sound, moving image and installations, she investigates and studies the treacherous language of the mass media image and critically examines war propaganda. In the past, Alling has published several books and worked as an art teacher. Participation through Magic Carpets Through the EU project and the collaboration with Creative Europe and the platform Magic Carpets, the participation of five of the local artists is made possible. Among the names is Cecilia Jansson, a veteran who participated in OpenArt back in 2008 and again in 2015. "I often make large-scale works where the material is as meaningful as the form, and use time-consuming techniques in materials such as porcelain, asphalt, bread and silicone." says Cecilia Jansson about her artworks. Hanna Stansvik has studied at Örebro Art School and has previously exhibited at KonstBunkern in Örebro, Nora Art and made murals for Springbeast, Snösätra graffiti Wall of Fame in Stockholm and in the ArtMadeThis project for Vasakronan in Gothenburg. Stansvik explores intimacy and closeness in his art. Stansvik uses herself as a model as it allows her to stage and recreate the private moments when you are alone and relaxed. By being his own model, Stansvik can be both experimental, irreverent and playful in his work. In the autumn of 2022, Ellen Freed carried out a residency at OpenArt, where the final result was shown at the Part of Art event at the Kulturkvarteret in January 2023. Freed will participate with one of her explosive, norm-breaking and sensational performances during the biennal. Previously, OpenArt has told about Karolina Oxelväg and Victor Jakobsson, alias Kenne-Diss. Full list: Mattias Käll, b. 1977 Hanna Stansvik, b. 1987 Cecilia Jansson, b. 1975 Wang & Söderström, Anny Wang, b. 1990 and Tim Söderström, b. 1988 Bitte Alling, b. 1940 Ellen Freed, b. 1988 Kenne-Diss, b. 1997 Karolina Oxelväg, b. 1989
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The upcoming art biennial OpenArt 2024 promises to transform Örebro's city center with a vibrant display of contemporary artwork from around the world. Among the talented participants are several artists and artist groups with strong connections to Örebro county, adding a local flavor to the international event. https://geometrydash3d.io
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During 2023 OpenArt have had four artists in residency in Örebro and they have some things in common. They are all going to show their result from the residency in the biennial 2024, but above all they are all four recycling scrap material in their artworks. The artists are working with scrap materials from OpenArt's workshop, demolished artworks from previous years, found and donated material. They also access material that is no longer desired by the construction industry. Karolina Oxelväg is relying on used plastic to make a coral reef that will remind us of what our wasteful use of plastic does to the oceans. The artificial coral reef will be placed in the river alongside nature. The contrast will hopefully make the observer reflect on the climate issue. The plastic is both disposable plastics, like containers or packaging and waste material from the plastic industry. Oxelväg is making the pieces to the reef by merging the material together by using heat. Line Bourdoiseau and Victor Jakobsson, aka Kenne-Diss, are both using old wood to make smaller pieces that will come together as one larger piece for the city in 2024. A large number of Bourdoiseau’s shapes get their colour from old paint that she found in the OpenArt’s workshop. This is a method Bourdoiseau are used to, and thinks is very important in her artistic practice. - I want to talk about reusing things we otherwise throw away. I believe that much of what is thrown away can be used again, Bourdoiseau told the local newspaper in an article published during her residency at OpenArt. For the fourth residency artist, Mike Inglis, OpenArt collected old windows with a wooden frame and together with the windows, Inglis used recycled wood and old tin roofs to make a piece that will float on the river. The artwork is about broken homes, broken lives and broken minds. OpenArt can only do some, it is truly the artists that make the difference. But by choosing artists that in different way creates artwork with other peoples waste, we fill the city of Örebro with consciousness about our most important questions right now. OPENART 2024 is taking place between June 15 – September 8, in Örebro, Sweden.
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Promoting sustainability and creativity through art is a powerful way to address the issue of waste in our society.
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Great way of turning waste into resources. Already looking forward to OpenArt 2024!
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Looking forward to this major event
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Save the date! The Art Biennial in Örebro, Sweden is taking place between June 15 & September 8 2024.
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Two local artists and one international artist are now ready for OpenArt 2024. Together, the artists who have been selected for an artist residency in Örebro through the MagiC Carpets network, using funds provided by the E.U. Within the network, 16 cultural organizations propose artists to each other. Through the organization Trempo in Nantes, France, Line Bourdoiseau comes to OpenArt for a 30-day residency. Bourdoiseau activates the city through large-scale interactive installations with modular sculptures. Visitors can move the sculptures to create new spaces and sculptures. For Bourdoiseau, her art is a social experience with participation in focus. The sculptures are created from recycled materials. As a city picker. Bourdoiseau will also work together with a selected group of second-year students from Örebro Art School. - The sculptures are not "sacred", I see no problem with them being degraded, modified or even removed, says Line Bourdoiseau. Together with Line Bourdoiseau, two local artists have also been selected, Victor Jakobsson, alias Kenne-Diss, and Karolina Oxelväg. Victor Jakobsson is educated at Kävesta art school and the University of Arts and Design in Gothenburg. The text and the word are recurring in Jakobsson's naive and interactive art. There is a mixture of humor and seriousness, the visual language evokes emotions, feels close and personal, light and heavy. Jakobsson's artistic practice is a broad exploration of materials, but for OpenArt he will focus on wooden sculptures and text. The wood in his art comes from up-cycled materials, such as pallets, old doors, old facades and other wood objects that can have a second life. Karolina Oxelväg is educated at Örebro Art School and the Royal Academy of Arts. As early as 2019, Oxelväg participated in OpenArt, but then as one of the members of the artist collective "The board for grand art". Now she participates as a solo artist. - My installations are site-specific and the entrance to the site, both physically and mentally, becomes important. The inner and outer interact in the works, which become a bubble where I and the viewer can reflect on why things are the way they are. Right now the bubble consists of millions of plastic particles that must be kept out of our waters at all costs, says Karolina Oxelväg. The climate issue is a recurring exploration in her installations, where the maximalist aesthetics can give expression to our impact on the oceans and consumption of plastic. Through Oxelväg's installations, materials that visitors recognize from everyday life are lifted, which in new expressions open up discussions about our contemporary times. A number of participating workshops will be conducted during the residency period with plastics as a starting point. The three artists-in-residence have been commissioned to create site-specific works of art for selected parts of the city center in Örebro. The artists are on site in the OpenArts workshop during August and September to produce new artworks to be presented in the city in June 2024.
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The application for artists closed on February 28 and now the selection process of artworks begins. The selection work is led by OpenArt's producers and just like before several jury groups are invited to participate in the process. We are in the process of gathering our three jury groups. All the jury groups task is to cooperate to arrive at a decision that will work as a recommendation to the OpenArt-team. To work with jury groups is to create involvement, get a wider representation in the selection process and to bring in other people's perspectives enables an exhibition with greater variety. The Art Jury consist of three professionals working in the art field. The Art Jury looked at 300 of the 600 applications we received and gave the OpenArt-team their 12 favourites. During the summer, when the artists have been selected, we will present the art jury’s members. The Kid’s Jury consist of a year 2 in primary school and a year 4 in middle school at Sörbyskolan in Örebro. Sörbyskolan is OpenArt’s partner school, and we have worked together with them in different projects before including The Kid’s Jury 2020, for the biennial 2021 (postponed to 2022). This year’s kid jury will be looking at 12 selected artworks and we will receive a top three list from them. They work with the artworks presented during two art classes together with their teacher. “It's significant to us to hear the kids’ thoughts and bring them into the exhibition and the selection. Children are often freer in thought than many grown-ups and we want to change the perspective and how we look at art, which is in line with the fact that The Convention on the Rights of the Child has become law. The collaboration creates participation and pride at the school.” Says Felicia Bjärmark Esbjörnsson, project leader for The Kid’s Jury. The classes will still be in school in 2024, when the next biennial is taking place, and will be able to see what they picked out in the public space. The Peoples Jury consist of citizens of Örebro, they have filled out an interest form and a questionnaire. Then a constellation has been put together based on age, zip code number, perspective and experiences of art to create a varied group to represent Örebro. The Peoples Jury will be looking at 30 artworks. "We see a strength in the fact that the members come from different backgrounds and have different occupations. But what they have in common, apart from the connection to Örebro, is the love of art and commitment to OpenArt.” says Sofia Gustafsson. Artists can expect an answer from OpenArt in the end of May.
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Thank you for sharing about your process! I look forward to the 2024 edition of Openart!
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(Professional skill and imagination have similar connections to artistry. I hope you don't mind when I borrow your account for this review). Jonas T has succeeded in halving Örebrobostäder's electricity consumption with his industrial digitization. By 2029, His goal is to reduce electricity consumption by 60 percent and heat consumption by 30 percent, largely with the help of AI. "I decided early on to see Öbo as a machine development project," says Jonas Tannerstad, head of electricity and automation at the municipal real estate company Örebrobostäder, Öbo. 1. Get an overview of the property portfolio and how energy consumption is distributed. Where does the electricity go? 2. Try to find the best solutions to reduce consumption in each area, which are both commercially sustainable, provide the most climate benefits and increase property values. 3. Abandon classic real estate solutions and use industrial technology instead. 4. Add own production in the form of solar cells and a smart charging infrastructure. 5. Become part of the energy system and the sharing economy and help Svenska Kraftnät and the district heating supplier. Read more at DI (with Google translater) https://www.di.se/hallbart-naringsliv/han-halverade-fastigheternas-elforbrukning/
Han halverade fastigheternas elförbrukning
Han har lyckats halvera Örebrobostäders elförbrukning med sin industriella digitalisering. Till 2029 är Jonas Tannerstads mål att sänka elförbrukningen med 60 procent och värmeförbrukningen med 30 procent, till stor del med hjälp av ai.
https://www.di.se/hallbart-naringsliv/han-halverade-fastigheternas-elforbrukning/
150 more agrees trigger scaled up advertising
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The climate transformation needs People with Passion! 💪
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Commendable job
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Great innovation
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https://youtu.be/tBiRkWovjMc Our Open Call for the 9th edition of the conscious art biennial OPENART is open until 28th of February! We are looking for artworks that are of temporary character that aims to use material carefully and in a sustainable and cautios way when producing. The biennial takes place in the city center of Örebro, Sweden in the summer of 2024.
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Open Call is the application form where professional artists from all over the world can apply to participate in the exhibition in 2024. It will be open until February 28th. OpenArt is an exhibition that takes place in the city center of Örebro every second summer. Contemporary artworks are displayed outdoors and available for public interaction day and night during the exhibition period. For each edition the festival presents a large number of artists working in a wide variety of art mediums and techniques. The majority of the artworks are sculpture and installations but we welcome artists working in all disciplines, interested in the intersection between art and the public. OpenArt is primarily an outdoor exhibition, which is promoted in this year's selection of artworks. Artists who intend to apply to OpenArt 2024 should apply with artwork that can be placed outdoors. Sustainability in mind OpenArt is run by a small team working in a warm hearted manner, able to offer technical advise and some assistance during the production process in the workshop space at our facilities. As most of the projects exhibited at OpenArt are of temporary character we aim to use material carefully and in a sustainable and cautios way when producing. It is important to have an overall plan of the material used before, during and after the exhibition. For example, can materials be collected for a project and then recycled after the exhibition? The artists We require the artist to have the knowledge to manage their chosen materials and production themselves. Each artist is expected to lead the technical work installing the art work in a secure and responsible way. This also includes staying within the agreed budget and deadlines set in consultation with the team. The selection process After the Open Call has closed, the applications are analyzed and discussed by an invited jury that makes recommendations. It is then up to OpenArt to initiate dialogue with the artists and decide on the selection for the 2024 exhibition. For more information, FAQ and to get to the application, go to: https://openart.se/openart/opencall
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Super. Already looking forward to the summer of 2024!
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What a great opportunity to be part of this fantastic exhibition!
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OPENART higlights Nerikes Allehanda, a part of Bonnier News Group Local newspaper Nerikes Allehanda is a part of the Bonnier News Group, leading mediagroup in the Nordics and owned by media family Bonnier. For us sustainability is a prerequisite for our success and goes out from four focusareas; Freedom of Speech, Business ethics, Equality & inclusion and Environmental efficiency. The Freedom of Speech, manifested in UN Global Goal #16, is our most important way to contribute to a democratic, sustainable and inclusive society. We support the Open Art being a democratic platform enabling citizens to express their voice as a fundament for the local society which we every day live in, take part of and cover through our journalism. From an environmental aspect, the effect Bonnier News cause is limited and varies throughout our business. We are continuously reducing the climate footprints of our value chain, for example pushing our transformation from fossile to emissionfree fuels in distribution of our newspapers. We are committed to international organization Science Based Targets Initiative, aiming to help companies aligning their strategic targets in line with the Paris agreement, and have committed to reduce our emissions with 55 percent until year 2030, from base year 2019.
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OPENART highlight Road Rental Road Rentals involvement in OpenArt goes back a long way, already in 2013 they were involved for the first time. Both now and then they help with the security around installation and dismantling of the unique artworks in Örebro. Everything from drawing up proposals for how the installation work should proceed to physically protecting passers-by, staff, artists and volunteers who install the artworks. Road Rental create the conditions for a sustainable work environment at OpenArt. "We are incredibly proud to be part of the joy that this arrangement spreads to both the residents of Örebro and its visitors. The artworks really become something that people talk about and OpenArt puts Örebro on the world map. For us it is a matter of course to get involved in the wonderful organization that exists in and around OpenArt." says Sandra Skrubbeltrang, Depot manager Örebro, Road Rental
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OPENART highlight the Nikolai Church (part of Church of Sweden). The Nikolai Church not only supported OpenArt economically. They also let the art be a part of their landscape where several artworks were placed on their land and two inside of the church. During the summer they also offered an artist talk together with an artist from the exhibition where they talked about the correlation between art and existential questions. The Church of Sweden strive to integrate the climate challenge in the core of their mission "The climate crisis is the biggest challenge ever for mankind. It is a matter of course for the Church of Sweden to take responsibility for a sustainable development. Our focus on climate change and sustainability has three aims: to make our organization climate neutral to 2030, to contribute to a change of values on sustainability and finally to improve the support to those who suffer most from the consequences of climate change. We turn this into practice by investing in fossile free technology, green energy, reuse and recycling, increasing biodiversity and serving more plant-based food. We also strive to integrate the climate challenge in the core of our mission – in services, pilgrimages, education and conversations." - Sara Bronner, Sustainability Developer at Svenska Kyrkan (the Church of Sweden)
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With the church at the frontline, sensitization of individuals takes a new dimension
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That's a great from the church.
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It is a really important step for the church to take
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At OPENART, we strongly believe that when we come together, we can make brave and wise decisions. OPENART is built on collaborations with driving spirits from the business sector, the municipality, and civil society, who contribute with time, materials, and financial resources. OPENART 2022 was made possible thanks to the support from our many partners. In the coming months, we would like to highlight some of these here on We Don’t Have Time, by letting them share their perspective on sustainability, as well as their involvement in the collaboration with OPENART. First up is BillerudKorsnäs, a leading provider of packaging materials and solutions that challenge conventional packaging for a sustainable future. With art, we have a tool which everyone can use to express themselves and declare an opinion, and where background, ethnicity, age, and gender do not matter. Art is inclusive, and an important platform for democracy, and this makes it a vital part of the sustainable future that we at BillerudKorsnäs are on a mission to help co-create. We therefore view Open Art as an important initiative, which we not only want to support, but also be a part of. Open Art vitalizes democracy and brings joy to the entire Örebro region and its visitors. With the help of Open Art, we can have more people discover our amazing region and everything it has to offer, also beyond art. This year, Open Art has had a sustainability theme, and this is particularly dear to our heart. By replacing non-degradable fossil-based products, with fiber-based ones, we can meet the needs of the future with sustainable products. But it is in collaboration with other actors, and with joint forces, that we become truly powerful and able to create a sustainable future. Therefore, collaboration with other actors such as OpenArt and We Don’t Have Time is incredibly important.
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Quite an eye-opening experience, children are the leaders of tomorrow and shaping their mindsets in matters concerning climate change is a rite to be passed down for generations
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What a clever way to teach children about sustainable packaging!
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A very important initiative, Orebro region are lucky to have you.
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OPENART 2022 is officially opened! Here are some artworks exhibited in Örebro this year. All photos are taken by: Sofie Isaksson for OpenArt. Siren by Katja Tukiainen Towards The Sky by Tanya Preminger Som ringar på vattnet (Rings on the water) by Inuti (art collective) Hej Främling! (Hi Stranger!) by Moradavaga Binary Rotation by Ben Long Read more about this years exhibition at openart.se The exhibition is open until September 4th Welcome to Örebro!
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What a fantastic experience to visit OpenArt, i am recommending it to all my friends for this summer!
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I spent two days in Örebro, visiting OpenArt and I could easily spend two more - Thank you for your fantastic work.
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PARTNER UPDATE. OpenArt is Scandinavia’s biggest outdoor art biannual, attracting more than 200 000 visitors in the city of Örebro, Sweden. This year, OpenArt has partnered with We Don’t Have Time to make the art exhibition more sustainable than ever before – and to inspire others to do the same. Örebro is a growing city of 150 000 inhabitants two hours west of Stockholm. Every second summer its city center undergoes a very notable transformation – by turning into an outdoor art exhibition that no one can avoid. Art is literary everywhere during this period. On squares, in shopping malls, in parks, on the river, in streets, and on the walls of buildings. ”You should not be able to walk in central Örebro this summer without facing art”, says Elin Persson, head of OpenArt. Born in 2008, OpenArt gained worldwide fame in 2011, when pictures spread of a gigantic yellow rabbit lying feet up on the main square of Örebro. Some citizens loved it, others were furious. No one was indifferent. Four years later, the biannual drew global attention again, when world-famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was given a whole street to his disposal, draping it with worker’s uniforms in an installation called ”Think different (how to hang workers’ uniforms)”. After a three-year pause, due to the pandemic, Örebro’s city center is now once again being turned into a global contemporary art exhibition. At the time of writing, constructions are being erected, sculptures installed, and walls painted in a creative final sprint to the official opening ceremony on June 18. In the preparation for this year’s event, OpenArt has placed an extra focus on sustainability. For the organizing team, this goes far beyond the art exhibition itself. ”Even though we always feel that there is so much more we could do, we have tried to incorporate sustainability in every step of the way, from the choice of materials, to means of transportation. For example, we strongly encourage every artist traveling from nearby countries like Norway and Denmark to go by train if possible”, says Elin Persson. A few other examples of Open Art's sustainability work: • At all events hosted by OpenArt, vegetarian food is always served, and disposable plastic items are actively removed. • A lot of the materials used for the artworks are collected, reused and recycled, and OpenArt is inviting the citizens of Örebro and nearby areas to be part of this. For this summer’s exhibition, people have donated old fences and bedposts for a big installation. For previous exhibitions, chairs, books, worn-out tights and other goods have been collected from citizens and turned into art. This makes people feel that they are part of the exhibition, while at the same time drastically reducing the climate footprint and the use of resources. As a bonus it also lowers production costs. • OpenArt 2022 is part of the EU project Fossilfritt 2030 – Rena resan (The Fossil-Free and Effective Transport in East-Central Sweden project.) During the exhibition, a whole street in central Örebro will be closed off, with the purpose of displaying how an area can change when cars and parking lots give way to art, playfulness and sustainable transport. Rena resan has also financed the artwork for this specific location, a running track on top of cars, created by Benedetto Bufalino. • OpenArt is working with the municipality of Örebro to measure and analyze its climate impact, and to take action in order to meet the climate targets for 2030. • OpenArt is an exhibition free of charge, which means people of all ages are able to take part in the exhibition on their own terms. OpenArt acts as a megaphone for messages that are embedded in the works of art and in the artistry, thereby raising awareness of issues such as climate, identity or class. ”If we look at the art exhibition in itself, a number of artists have created art inspired by climate issues and the economic and social structures of our time”, says Elin Persson. Last year Open Art decided to partner with We Don’t Have Time. A bit reluctantly at first, Elin Persson admits, since she and her colleagues didn’t feel that they were doing enough in terms of climate action. But the partnership has not only given OpenArt new ideas on how to reduce its climate footprint, it has also made the organizers aware of the good work they were already doing. ”We Don’t Have Time has brought in a whole new perspective. There have been times when we have felt that we are not doing anything good for the climate, and then you guys come in and say: ‘You are already doing this and this, which is great. Keep doing it, and start telling others about it’.” So OpenArt started doing that – with good results. ”Simply by communicating to our artists that sustainability is important to us, we have seen that some of these artists have chosen different materials than they originally were planning to use”, says Elin Persson. ”We Don’t Have Time has taught us about the need to inspire others, and to communicate the good things we are already doing for the climate. For an organization working with art, this is really important. Because when people encounter art, something happens inside them. Lines of thought are broken, and new ones are created. This, I believe, can lead to a more innovative way of thinking, which in turn can help us get out of old and destructive mental structures.” As a partner to We Don’t Have Time, OpenArt has its own Climate Dialogue page on the platform. The organization is now planning to use the page more frequently, to network and exchange ideas with other stakeholders. Please also check it out for updates on this year’s biannual. ABOUT OPEN ART - OpenArt is an international outdoor exhibition of contemporary art, which takes place in Örebro, Sweden every second summer. - Born in 2008, OpenArt is this summer holding its 8th exhibition of contemporary art in Örebro, from the 18th of June to the 4th of September. - Around 65 artists and art groups from more than 30 countries are represented in this year’s exhibition. - OpenArt is Open for Climate Dialogue, and look forward to your review.
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This is amazing! Wish I was in Sweden to attend (or if I worked in a physical medium, participate 😉)
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I’m really happy to visit OpenArt in Örebro and culture and art could actually make a huge different to solving the climate crisis.
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Brining art into the sustainability concept is top tier, I love this.
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The people, the children and the art jury have had their say. In the selection of artists OpenArt has included several reference groups. Here are the selection groups and list of artists participating in OPENART 2022. Already during winter in 2020 our Open Call opened for artists from all over the world to apply for OpenArt. During spring the same year three jury groups: the Art jury, the People’s jury and the Children’s jury made their selection. The Art jury The Art jury consisted of: Anna Ganslandt, Anna Sörenson Rydh, Alexander Creutz och Jesper Blåder. Jesper Blåder has many years of experience as an art curator at Örebro Art Gallery but also works as an artist. Blåder exhibited at the very first OpenArt in 2008. Alexander Creutz is also a local artist and member of the art collective KonstBunkern, he exhibited at OpenArt in 2017. At the most recent exhibition in 2019, visitors could experience three works by the artist Anna Sörenson Rydh who works in Stockholm. The Gothenburg-based artist and producer Anna Ganslandt had no previous experience of OpenArt which contributed an important perspective from the outside. The People's and Children’s Jury In te People’s Jury five persons based in or around Örebro were invited based on where they live, their age and their relationship to art and OpenArt. They have ranked applications on their own and discuss the joint and final selection together in a digital meeting. The People’s Jury consisted of: Amona Holmström Axelsson, Cobbe Salama, Ros-Marie Andersson, Sören Eriksson och Viktoria Johansson. In the Childrens Jury there were children in the elementary school and the preschool class at Sörbyskolan in Örebro. Together with the art teacher as well as local artist Mark Andersson the children have talked about the artworks and freely been commenting about the art that have been presented and democratically come up with a selection that they want to see at OpenArt 2022. The Children’s Jury, the People’s Jury and the Art Jury’s selection have in a next step been compiled and compared. OpenArt as an organization has since initiated a dialogue with the selected artists and continued the process. More partners in the selection In parallel with the selection from Open Call, OpenArt has sought complementary art in the making of this year's exhibition. Both Örebro Art Gallery, the sister exhibition Passage Insolites in Quebec, Canada and the OpenArt team have been part of the selection. Together with the nine local artists we can now proudly release additional artists participating in this year's exhibition. Participating Artists: - Amara Por Dios (S) - Ana Isabel Diez (CO) - Anna Koben (S/DE) - Baptiste Debombourg (FR) - Baraga (SI) - Barbara Licha (PL/AU) - Benedetto Bufalino (FR) - Bianca Hisse (BR/NO) - Christina Bruland (NO) - Cracking Art - Daniel Pesta (CZ) - David Shrigley (GB) - Diane Landry (CA) - Eetu Huhtala (FI) - Elisabetta Consonni (IT) - Felix Robert Huber (AT) - Front404 (NL) - Giorgia Volpe (BR/CA) - Harumi Ori (JP/US) - Hugh Livingston (US) - Håkan Lidbo (S) - Ingrid Ogenstedt (S/DE) - Inuti (S) - Isabelle Demers & Fanny Mesnard (CA) - JareKoziara (PL) - Jessie & Katey (US) - Johanna Arvidsson (S) - Katja Tukainen (FI) - Laura Moore (CA) - Lisa Larsdotter Petersson (S) - Lucas Odahara (BR/DE) - Luciana Rondolini (AR) - Mander (S) - Marianne Schmidt (S) - Mats Lodén (S) - Mattias Bäcklin (S) - Michelangelo Penso (IT) - Moradavaga (PT & IT) - Odour Odessa (DE) - PHOTOGRAPHERHAL (JP) - Reza Kianpour (IR/LU) - Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky (CA/US & CA) - Salah Saouli (LB/DE) - Sidsel Bonde (DK/NO) - SIMKA (SV/AX) - SpY (ES) - St. Kleinweh (DE/NL & NL) - Susanne Schmidt-Nielsen (DK) - Tanya Preminger (SU/IL) Artists with local connections: - Abdalla Basher (SD/S) - Frida Ingha (S) - Henrik Jonsson (S) - Jelena (S) - Kristina Lindberg (S) - Malin Tivenius (S) - Robert Söderqvist (S) - Tedde Twetman (S) - Tobias Bradford (S/GB) We are looking forward to this summer where the art is selected democratically, exhibited in the city centre and without a ticket. Welcome to OPENART 2022!
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Great to hear! Will you be showcasing some of the artwork here on the platform as well? I am sure that a lot of people who can't make it to Örebro would love to see some of the pieces :)
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Looking forward! I will definitely try to pass by Örebro, when will be the 2022 edition?
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Welcome to OPENART, open June 18th - September 4th!
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WE ARE ONE We might all look different but when we look at ourselves at molecular level the entire creation is made up of a collection of molecules being attracted and forming shapes. We are one! We are not only one as humanity, but we are also one with the entire physical manifestation of the universe. The artwork “ONE” is made of thousands round sequins that mirror the surrounding and everyone who stands in front of it. The sequins can be seen as molecules which look alive because the wind and the sun let them move and sparkle. When you look at it you can see a reflection of yourself and everything around you. Keywords are simplicity and clarity, and no unnecessary details are added to the artwork. This unambiguous expression makes the works of Van der Meer not only accessible, but contribute to the experience of aesthetic enjoyment of her art.
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Charlotte Gyllenhammar’s gigantic little person makes us stop and pay attention. The dimensions distort our otherwise ingrained protective instincts towards children. The child portrayed here in a giant format makes us think twice, as if the tables have been turned. The child in its protective suit is almost like an omen. Will we all be wearing protective clothing in future? The dimensions of the sculpture create a sense of urgency. The contemporary ‘prepper’ movement reflects society’s worries about impending doom. We are said to be living in the end of days and there are many possible apocalyptic threats looming ahead of us. The weapons of mass destruction are primed, and the tensions of the Cold War are fresh in our memory. Added to this are the current waves of refugees, a democratic crisis in the West and the ever-present threat of climate change. Charlotte Gyllenhammar is considered to be one of the more influential contemporary Swedish artists. Though trained as a painter, she is best known for her sculptures. For these, she uses a range of materials and media from classic bronze statues to multimedia installations. Her breakthrough came during the postmodern turbulence of the 1990s. A 120-year-old oak tree hanging upside down on Drottninggatan in Stockholm created a bit of a stir. The roots and the crown of the tree were still intact. It said something about life itself: the roots and the crown reached out for sustenance and the trunk that gave all this life stability was in between but upturned. Childhood and parenthood are recurring themes in Gyllenhammar’s works. There are a number of variations on this theme where she portrays well-protected figures of children, often in their natural size. They act like silent witnesses, perhaps of the mad world we adults have created. They don’t look at us accusingly, but it is us, the viewers, who begin to feel uncomfortable nevertheless. Children are our hope for the future. Perhaps the long line of Gyllenhammar’s thought-provoking sculptures is a forerunner to what we are seeing today with the rise to fame of the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, bearing witness to our demise.
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American artist duo for the first time in Sweden New York, Miami and… Örebro. It’s the American artist duo Jessie & Katey that gets the opportunity to design the painting on the cycle path in Örebro this summer. The floor murals are the duos first artworks in Sweden. Crucial to the choice is their experience of creating similar works and that they are well established on the international art scene. Picture shows one of many floor murals the artist duo has done. Jessie & Katey have spread joy through many colorful murals in New York, Seattle and Miami among others. For the first time their artwork will be found in Sweden on two selected spots along the cycle path between central Örebro and the University of Örebro. The floor murals are part of the EU project Fossilfritt 2030 – Rena resan (Fossil-free 2030 – A clean journey) that works in different ways to increase the sustainable traveling. – We want more people to discover the many benefits that comes with cycling. The art, together with several other activities that we are planning on are ways to attract new target groups to bike, tells Linnéa Lorinius, traffic planner at Örebro municipality and sub-project manager within EU project Fossilfritt 2030 – Rena resan. Everyday areas filled with bold colors To find interesting artists that works on a bigger scale in the public space the project contacted the art exhibition OpenArt who has experiencene of this since 2008. The choice of artists came to Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn that lives and works in Baltimore, US. The duo have created big mural and street paintings together for 10 years and have found a mutual visual language where the inspiration is found in the patterns of nature and in woven textiles. – Their design brings everyday places to life with abstract paintings in bold colors. It is so exciting that their first swedish artwork will be here in Örebro, says Sofia Gustafsson, Project Manager at OpenArt. The artist will create the designs in distance, due to current restrictions and the ambition with the project to reduce emission through travels. Swedish artist will implement the design The local artist Anya Blom has been hired to implement the artwork by Jessie & Katey during the spring. Anya Blom has good experience to paint big murals and her works have been seen on both OpenArt and ArtScape. – It will be a completely different perspective for me to work on floor instead of walls but Jessie & Katey will guide me in the process. To proceed and implement someone else’s design I’m not worried about but because I’m an artist myself this will be a good test for my ego, says Anya Blom. Fact: The painting will start in May 2021. The floor murals on Rudbecksgatan is a part of the EU project Fossilfritt 2030 – Rena resan (Fossil-free 2030 – A clean journey). The project receives support from the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, through the European Regional Development Fund and from the partners Region Örebro County, Region Sörmland, Region Östergötland, and Biodriv Öst. OpenArt is an organisation within Örebro Municipality that every two years arranges a temporary art exhibition with accesible and engaging art. With 60 artists from all over the world the contemporary art takes over the public space during three summer months in central Örebro. Scandinavia’s biggest art biennial is experienced without a ticket and most of the artworks are placed outdoor and available at all hours. Next exhibition is planned for the summer 2022. Photo: private
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OPENART is not just an outdoor art exhibition taking place every other year. It's a platform for contemporary artists to make their and other voices heard through art installations. Being showcased in the public space, a broad audience will experience, meet and discuss important topics they wouldn't do otherwise. In 2015 the Chinese contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei was invited to OpenArt, where he got the most central pedestrian street. This is what he chose to do: About artist and artwork Ai Weiwei is one of the most influential Chinese artists. His performative and opinionated viewpoints and attitudes, as well as the global attention his works continue to draw, reflect the extreme strength of his personal challenge to Chinese social and political power. Specifically for this project, he presented 375 uniforms in six different colors, hung on a street in Örebro, Sweden. These uniforms came from Foxconn, a Taiwanese company with factories on mainland China. Foxconn was the world’s largest electronic technology manufacturer and Apple’s largest supplier. Mainland China had millions of migrant workers from the countryside working in such factories, and production using concentrated, intensive assembly lines has become a part of the typical world factory model. Clothing is the body’s second skin, and it is the body’s barrier between public and private spaces. Clothing is not just a marker for a person’s lifestyle and times; uniforms are social symbols of political and economic forms and relationships. Ai Weiwei takes these uniforms as ready-mades that reflect and measure variations in reality, as a metaphor for the potential conflicts in China’s modernization process. The piece calls into question the social and environmental imbalances and dislocations brought about by rapid economic development. By focusing on the specific elements of real life, he achieves visual simplicity and powerful directness. (Text: Feng Boyi) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=870JxV-lRxY
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Without culture, we have no society and it is therefore extra exciting that OpenArt has seen and takes responsibility for ”marrying” culture together with how we can solve the climate crisis. More and more famous cultural celebrities are taking action and daring to raise these issues in public. Many have stopped listening to our decision makers and then these cultural initiatives become even more important. http://openart.se/2019/en/start/
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We are ready to work hard for this “marriage”! We believe that contemporary art has a huge role to raise questions. Moving the art outdoor the art and it’s message are getting through, even when not expected and by people not used to experience art. Contemporary artist has immense potential to get people to start thinking, question and discuss important matter. Why hide it in Art Galleries?
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One idea might be to combine this summer's exhibition with an event at WDHT. Guided tour of some interesting objects. Interviews of artists and cultural personalities and how culture can contribute solutions. An opportunity for worldwide exposure and new population groups. Also something the sponsors like. Maybe this is something for Vandalorum in Värnamo as well. Together with Open Art or each one individually.
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I think it is good, but also needs to be a vessel to translate hard science into the minds. Its not all going to be, let's feel happy and it magically changes. Science and tech can be to direct, maybe art can translate it to a broader world.
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Very interesting and a suggestion is to make a contact between Vandalorum, OpenArt and WDHT. Culture could be one of the keys to solve the climate crisis.
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OpenArt is one of the things that makes me proud of my hometown! I am especially looking forward to the artworks that explore our relationship with nature.
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So impressed by the inclusive selection process - including a children's jury! This is a fantastic opportunity to see art from a wide range of perspectives. Looking forward to learning more about these artists and their work!
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Exciting!! Looking forward to visiting Örebro this summer