Opening of GIBCA Extended 

The day before the biennial opens, GIBCA Extended opens its doors with a launch of the local and regional actors’ programs. It will be a day and evening filled with vernissages, exhibitions, a DJ, live music, performances, arrest yoga and a bench party. A delicious sample and the start of the autumn’s art experiences! 

When: Friday september 15th 12 p.m. – 10 p.m. 

Where: Linné in Gothenburg. Detriti Gallery / FG2 / Galleri 54 / Galleri Box / Galleri Four / Konstepidemin / PUUT publicering & utlåning i Slottsskogen 

The opening hours of the galleries: 

Galleri 54 1 p.m.–7 p.m.
Galleri Box 1 p.m.–7 p.m.
Galleri Four 1 p.m.–7 p.m.
Detriti Gallery 3 p.m.–6 p.m.
FG2 4 p.m.–7 p.m.
PUUT publicering & utlåning 3 p.m.–7 p.m.
Konstepidemin 12 p.m.–10 p.m.

4 p.m.–6.30 p.m. Performance evening at Galleri 54: DISRUPTIVE DISACTIVE Video and performance evening Austria / Sweden. Videoverk: Sunny Pfalzer (AT), Anna Spanlang (AT), Azadeh Esmaili Zaghi (SE), Karin Sandberg (SE). Liveperformance: Markus Samnell (SE). Curerad av: Kajsa Rhodin & Josefine Östberg Olsson.

5 p.m.–7 p.m. Ongoing interactiv performance: We are in this together (part II), by Pernilla Eskilsson starting at Skanstorget 5 p.m. 

5 p.m.–9 p.m. BIBLIOTHEKET goes BIOLOGICAL (the backside of house 7, Konstepidemin) 

6 p.m. Guided tour: Galleri Konstepidemin with the artists on site! (We meet in the gallery)

Photo exhibition DREAMTIME, Lina Ikse (On outside of house 4 and 5, Konstepidemin) 

6.30 p.m. Live performance: The writings on the wall, Azad Larki (between house 4 & 5, Konstepidemin) 

Husette Kök & Kultur 

The evening is in collaboration with the restaurant Husette, which opens at 5 p.m. at Konstepidemin.

DJ: Christoffer Berg (Gröna rummet, Konstepidemin) 

5 p.m., 6 p.m., 7.20 p.m., lasts about 20 minutes, Interactive performance: Direct Action Theatre: Serve and Protect (outside house 13, Konstepidemin) 

8 p.m. Dance performance: Dance Remainings (outside house 13, Konstepidemin)

8.30 p.m. Walk: Art parish site/Konstbegängelseplats, Lars Åsling (behind house 7, Konstepidemin) 

9 p.m. Concert: Ljung (Gröna rummet, Konstepidemin) 

Detriti Gallery 
Opening Exhibition Unknown Forces
Forces that push, pull, distort, expand out to magnify and shrink down to disappear. Forces that drive, pulsate, explode. Forces that close and forces that open, centrifugal or centripetal. Forces as guidelines or instructions to be followed. Forces defining careers and relationships. Forces shaping sexuality and identity. Unknown forces warping experiences.  The Group show proposes art practices and acts of imagination as forces capable of overturning the structures in which we live in by shaping or bending them through creative processes. 

Participating artists: Ajami Solros, Amelia Dray, Josef Kovac, Sanna Lindholm, Karin Gyllerfelt, Alqumit Alhamad, Sunniva Hestenes, Charlie Vince Jakobsson, Clara Aldèn & Gloriya Talebi. 

FG2 
Opening
FG2 is pleased to host the first exhibition by SWIT Platform. Founded in 2022 by artist Stefano Conti as a curatorial and research project, SWIT aims to strengthen the cooperation between Sweden-based and Italy-based artists working with photography, supporting them through cultural exchanges. For this occasion, SWIT invited Luca Panaro to curate an exhibition that brings together projects touching upon relationships, archives, and materiality.   

Participating artists: Claudia Petraroli, Emma Sandström, Erik Gustafsson, Matilde Søes Rasmussen, Matteo Girola, Sara Davide, Klara Källström & Thobias Fäldt 

Galleri 54
BERGET BERGET, MÄRGEN MÄRGEN, an exhibition by Ellen Macke Alström, a sculptural scene of ceramics, wood and textile, loosely based on the myth of Ållebergs Ryttare. 

Galleri Box
An exhibition by Ina Porselius dealing with themes such as identity, memories, emotions, family and class. Porselius’ work is partly about people and stories that are not always given a place in art and film, such as voices from the working class, and foremost the voices of women. 

Galleri Four
An exhibition by Helena Sandström. Sandström likes to work with classic jewelry materials such as gold, silver and pearls. She works with her hands and moves freely between more traditional jewelry and larger sculptural works. The expression is fine-tuned and poetic, often with a shimmer that whispers about other stories that might hide in the shadows.   

PUUT–Publicering & Utlåning invites you to Bänkfest
The park benches in Gothenburg citizens’ own living rooms are the starting point for Bänkfest 2023, where different expressions can take place on selected park benches at different occasions during the GIBCA–extended period. There will be a lathe, poetry reading, kite workshop, Monument, music, free portraits, quiz, liars bench, naming, bingo and more. The choice of place and activity enables an anti-hierarchical practice where people meet side by side on a park bench. Everyone is welcome as who they are and allowed to be who they want, together we become the culture. 

Galleri Konstepidemin 

Galleriet
Henrik Rylander – INFROMATION 

Pannrummet 
Martin Holm & Hannah McDonald – In Tandem  

Bergrummet
Runa Rosgaard – Road To Ruins