Ten Research Projects on Art in Designed Living Environments – Final Conference

We are bringing together the ten funded projects from the call Designed living environment – architecture, form, design, art and cultural heritage in public spaces, discussing with experts in the field, and the authorities behind the call for forward-looking thoughts.

Formas, the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning, ArkDes, the Swedish National Heritage Board, and the Public Arts Agency Sweden are the joint initiators of this initiative, which takes place within the framework of the National Research Program for Sustainable Spatial Planning for which Formas is responsible. The projects highlight artistic perspectives and the role of public art in the design of sustainable living environments.

You are welcome to explore the varied results and processes of the projects and listen to international and national experts in the research field. The project teams consist of academic and artistic researchers, artists, heritage experts, architects, designers, and other professionals.

Guests

Anna Hult, Deputy Head of Department at Formas, Stockholm

Cathrine Mellander Backman, Senior Advisor, Swedish National Heritage Board, Stockholm

Christer Larsson, Professor, Lund University

Helena Bjarnegård, National Architect, The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning

Jeroen Boomgaard, Senior Researcher, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

Johan Kuylenstierna, Director General at Formas, Stockholm

Jonathan Habib Engqvist, Curator and Editor Ord&Bild, Stockholm

Kristina Hagström Ståhl, Senior Lecturer, Stockholm University

Magdalena Malm, Curator and Secretary General at Bildkonst Sverige

Mara Lee Gerdén, Professor, University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm

Maria Wilenius, General director, The Swedish National Commission for UNESCO

Sanne Kofod Olsen, Vice-Chancellor at the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm

Ania Öst, Architecture, KTH and Gaia Arkitektur: MASSA - new Methods and artistic Work Processes for System Complexity reshaping the Stockholm Archipelago’.

Arne Nykänen/ Kristin Nedlich, Operation, Maintenance and Acoustics, Luleå University of Technology: Silence, Buzz and Noise - the sounds that form our living environment.

Catharina Gabrielsson, Architecture, KTH: Positions in the political economy of public art.

Helena Hansson, HDK- Valand - Academy of Art, University of Gothenburg: Play in the city: Hacking and co-crafting urban interventions.

Johanna Sjögren Duthy, Form/Design Center, Malmö: Play for Democracy.

Maddie Leach, HDK- Valand - Academy of Art, University of Gothenburg: The Fountain: An Art-Technological Social Drama.

Maja Gunn, HDK- Valand - Academy of Art, University of Gothenburg: A co-created artistic creation's contribution to social commitment and sustainable living environment.

Meike Schalk, Architecture, KTH: The full circle: from the perspective of young citizens, via formal, and informal urban studies, to the creation of strategies within multi-actor constellations and back again.

Ylva Frid, Not Quite, Culture Centre Fengersfors: Healing Heritage - To curate polluted landscapes and rural public spaces.

Åsa Ståhl, Department of Design, Linnaeus University: Holding Surplus House, exploring built environment through giving form to a household that takes what is at hand – and striving to share a surplus.

Project participants and financiers connected to the artistic projects within the European collaboration ENUTC-BTC will also be present during the talks and presentations.

Be inspired and deepen your knowledge in the interdisciplinary research field of designed living environments!

Date, time, and location

We will meet at the Architecture and Design Center, ArkDes, at Moderna Museet on November 15, 2024. The conference will also be livestreamed, and there will be opportunities to ask questions digitally to the speakers throughout the day.

Coffe and registration: 8.30 am

Duration: 9.00 am until 3.30 pm

The entire conference will be held in English.

Register your interest and get priority when registration opens

Everyone who expresses interest beforehand will be given priority to book a spot when registration opens shortly. Participation is free, but the number of spots is limited. Your expression of interest is non-binding and does not guarantee a place.

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