Welcome to SURR #6!
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SURR WEEKEND
A selection of events happening already tonight & this weekend. They’ll all be listed in their corresponding categories below but are also pinned here to make sure you don’t miss them when making your weekend plans:
Riso Workshop @ Botkyrka Konsthall. Thursday February 6 16:00-19:00. More info >>
Sleepwalkers (Leif Mattsson) @ Galleri Artem. Vernissage Thursday February 6, exhibition through March 1, 2025. More info >>
Creating Together (Anna Jalkéus & Shipsea) @ Royal College of Music, Nathan Milstein Hall. Thursday February 6 17:00. More info >>
Dim (Rosalind Goldberg) @ MDT. Thursday February 6 & Friday February 7 20:00-21:30. World premiere of a dance piece for three performers exploring anesthesia as both a consequence of and tool for dealing with our times. Opening night (Thursday) features afterparty with DJ Rayo, food and drinks. More info >>
Soul Service—konst, musik och mat @ Tensta konsthall. Thursday February 6 18:00-20:00. More info >>
.MOV Filmfestival 2025 @ Folkets Husby. Opens Friday February 7. More info >>
Samtal (Humlan Lange & Karl-Gustav Jönsson) @ Benhuset. Friday February 7 16:00-19:00, exhibition through March 2. More info >>
Design Week Lamp Party @ Stockholms Bränneri. Friday February 7 17:00-00:00.
Pizza & Pét-Nat Night @ Cuppino x Slow Hands (Sedelvägen 35, Hägersten). Saturday February 8 16:00-22:00. More info >>
Artist Talk (Ida Idaida) @ Candyland. Saturday February 8 15:00. Conversation between Ida Idaida and Julie Robiolle. More info >>
Book Release: As If They Had A Spirit @ Index - The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation. Sunday February 9 13:00-16:00. Part of the Bookshop Situation series. More info >>
Speglingar (Gunnar Söderström) @ Katarina kyrka. Sunday February 9 14:00-15:00. More info >>
VERNISSAGES
Sleepwalkers (Leif Mattsson) @ Galleri Artem. Thursday February 6, exhibition through March 1, 2025. More info >>
Samtal (Humlan Lange & Karl-Gustav Jönsson) @ Benhuset. Friday February 7 16:00-19:00, exhibition through March 2. Open Thu 17:00-19:00, Fri-Sun 13:00-17:00. A contemplative exhibition featuring paintings by Humlan Lange and furniture by Karl-Gustav Jönsson. More info >>
Speglingar (Gunnar Söderström) @ Katarina kyrka. Sunday February 9 14:00-15:00. Vernissage and artist talk with Irma Schultz and Gudrun Hofsten about Gunnar Söderberg and his art. Exhibition through March 2, 2025. More info >>
Cosmonación – Modersberget (Valeria Montti Colque) @ Bonniers Konsthall (Torsgatan 19). Tuesday February 11 18:00-21:00. Opening with welcome speech by curator Joanna Nordin at 18:20, exhibition opens at 18:30. RSVP required by Monday February 10. More info >>
Vårsalongen 2025 @ Liljevalchs. Opens February 14. More info >>
CULTURE EVENTS & PERFORMANCE
Creating Together (Anna Jalkéus & Shipsea) @ Royal College of Music, Nathan Milstein Hall. Thursday February 6 17:00. Performance and talk featuring Swedish harpist/jazz vocalist Anna Jalkéus and Latvian countertenor/music producer Shipsea. More info >>
Soul Service—konst, musik och mat @ Tensta konsthall. Thursday February 6 18:00-20:00. Evening of music, food and conversation with Carla Zaccagnini, Eric Magassa, Gabriela de Matos, and Marie-Louise Richards exploring shared knowledge of survival and the importance of building structures for care and healing. More info >>
Dim (Rosalind Goldberg) @ MDT. Thursday February 6 & Friday February 7 20:00-21:30. World premiere of a dance piece for three performers exploring anesthesia as both a consequence of and tool for dealing with our times. Opening night (Thursday) features afterparty with DJ Rayo, food and drinks. More info >>
Design Week Lamp Party @ Stockholms Bränneri. Friday February 7 17:00-00:00. Celebrate Stockholm Design Week's end with a unique lamp installation at Stockholm's first craft distillery. More info >>
.MOV Filmfestival 2025 @ Folkets Husby. Opens February 7. More info >>
Until Death Do Us Part (Sanna Blennow) @ MDT. Friday February 14 20:00-21:00 & Saturday February 15 18:00-19:00. Solo dance performance in leather pants and bags of soil exploring themes of letting go. More info >>
TALKS & SEMINARS
Artist Talk (Ida Idaida) @ Candyland. Saturday February 8 15:00. Conversation between Ida Idaida and Julie Robiolle. More info >>
Book Release: As If They Had A Spirit @ Index - The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation. Sunday February 9 13:00-16:00. Part of the Bookshop Situation series. More info >>
En timme, en poet: Judith Kiros @ Kulturhuset Stadsteatern. Wednesday February 12 17:30-18:30. [100-130 SEK] More info >>
Mamiaith: en promenad utan översättning (Siriol Joyner) @ Munnen's bibliotek (Byälvsvägen 18). Saturday February 15 10:00. Reading room event. More info >>
Pina Issue 1 Launch @ IASPIS/Konstnärsnämnden (Maria Skolgata 83). Thursday February 20 17:30-18:30. Book launch followed by conversation between IASPIS Artist In Residence Bitsy Knox and Adam Kleinman, Director of Kunsthall Trondheim. Free admission, no reservation needed. More info >>
EDUCATION / WORKSHOPS
Riso Workshop @ Botkyrka Konsthall. Thursday February 6 16:00-19:00. Free drop-in workshop with @fargasattarna. More info >>
Studiecirkel: Lyssnande som motstånd @ Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus. Tuesdays 17:30-19:45 (Feb 11, Feb 18, March 11, April 8, May 6). Study circle exploring listening as resistance through Deep Listening practice. No prior knowledge required. More info >>
Queer Qreativ Virkning Workshop (Maria Yvell) @ Konsthall C. Sunday February 16 16:00-18:00. Creative crochet workshop as part of Queer Space program. Includes materials & fika. [80 SEK] Register via Swish to: 0709217010. More info >>
The Queer Art of Printing: Riso Workshop @ Fantasy Printhouse (Bagarmossen). Tuesday February 20 18:00-20:00. Pin button making workshop with Rasmus EO Clarke. More info >>
FOOD & DRINK EVENTS
Pizza & Pét-Nat Night Pop-Up: Cuppino x Slow Hands @ Slow Hands (Sedelvägen 35, Hägersten). Saturday February 8 16:00-22:00. Progressive pizza and natural wine with vinyl DJ Matteo. More info >>
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