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From left film makers Maria Magnusson, Lena Berglin, Kajsa G. Eriksson and moderator Beatrice P Garcia

Screening of RITUAL, an experimental documentary on energy greed by Vague Research Studios at Hagabion, Öppen Salong. With an interesting talk moderated by film producer Beatrice P Garcia. Questions to ponder… is RITUAL a time capsule? Will the film be shown in schools in the future? Will ”Data centers” be our municipalities in the future? The event was a collaboration with Folkets bio/Hagabion, ABF-Göteborg and Vague Research Studios. The film RITUAL was funded by Kulturbryggan.

Risk(u) #14: ”The outdoor found inside” was the theme for the open studio and we read Vague Research’s article ”Improvising the Vague Outdoor Event in Art and Technology Education & Research” in Research in Arts and Education, Vol. 2019 No. 2 (2019) Link: https://journal.fi/rae/article/view/118983 The week ended at the amazing place Malongen with the workshop ”Sound, intra-action and the limitations of human experience” More material at NKFs homepage: https://nkfsweden.org/project-name/risku

At each site there is a site-specific image that is painted on brass. In connection with the artwork there is a QR code, which points to the sound piece – a story of about 7 minutes in Swedish. Photo Kajsa G. Eriksson

Klick HERE to go straight to Fallhöjdens magi (Drop height magic)

For Drop Height Magic (Fallhöjdens magi) a site-specific hybrid art work use qr-code in photo or klick HERE.
Visual art, sound and text by Kajsa G. Eriksson and graphic design by Milena Karlsson.

Väx!-Grow! is a site-specific and participant-based artwork in the tradition of ”expanded cinema”. During the fall of 2022, the artists have collected plants on Konstepidemin´s land. The shapes and chemical structure of the plants have created photographic images directly on film. During 13Festivalen, the film is screened through collective work and as a ritual with the aim of evoking the light during the dark season. The film screening requires people to collaborate in dialogue with material, film, sound, the planet earth and the sun. A prayer that the ground will melt, seeds will sprout and grow again. Maria Magnusson is an artist, photographer and filmmaker who works with non-materialistic existential states of mind and connects to an experimental film tradition. Kajsa G. Eriksson is a visual artist who works site-specifically with myth, play and ritual within an experimental art tradition and is co-running Vague Research Studios.

Chanting Väx! as part of the performance

Five sites along Kolbäcksån close to Fagersta, Ängelsberg, Virsbo i Surahammar, Hallstahammar and Västerkvarn in Västmanland, Sweden

In Drop Height Magic (Fallhöjdens Magi) Vague Research Studios is collaborating with Ekomuseum Bergslagen (Art Space), Strömsholms kanal and Mälarenergi. In the summer of 2023 five site-specific visual and sound artworks will be shown along the river Kolbäcksån. Opening May 6. With support from Region Västmanland.