open up gothenburg

The OPEN UP Gothenburg Festival took place on the HDK-Valand campus in the centre of Gothenburg from 17 June to 1 July 2023.

The Festival included exhibitions, performances and screenings across several venues on the campus, including:

  • GALLERI MONITOR
  • GALLERI ROTOR
  • GALLERI ENTRANCE
  • Project Room 2012
  • Project Room 2037
  • BIO VALAND
  • The Glasshouse
  • The Entrance Atrium, Vasagatan 50.

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Hamidreza Jahantigh, Experimental Painting Installation. (2023)

The festival is the local culmination of a four year project to promote new opportunities for artists from a range of backgrounds, identities and experiences. OPEN UP Gothenburg is based not on identity but on the shared structural challenge of accessing opportunities to develop and present artistic works (film, music, art, design, craft) to the public when the infrastructure for culture is increasingly restrictive and exclusive. Participation is open to anyone who wishes to engage with a collective process of development.

See more about the OPEN UP Gothenburg project on the HDK-Valand website , on the EU project site, and on the Gothenburg internal project working site.

You can learn more about the individual artists and their work in the OPEN UP Festival on their individual pages.

Aladdin Mofakhari detail from “Upside Down” (2023) Installation comprising masks, video, sculpture and mixed-media.
Negar Latifan Photobook “O-AB+B+A-B-O+A+AB-” – exhibited Galleri MONITOR (2023)
Ingrid Lindberg ““AI Origins” (A conversation with ChatGPT about my digital video installation) 06.00 mins (2023).

Art Performances
Valand Entrance

Scene from Azad Larki  performance “The Writings on the Wall”.

Tara Talebsafa “Ta Plats” (14:00-14:15) June 17

Azad Larki “The Writings on the Wall” (15:00-15:15) June 17

Video Screening Evening
Bio Valand

Participants in the Bio Valand screening as part of the OPEN UP Festival. (19/06/2023) Foto: OPEN UP team.

Azad Larki, Roya Charehtalab, Masoud Yousefi, Eldin Smajlović Gunilla Gränsbo, and Ingrid Lindberg with special guest Prof. Jyoti Mistry (film, HDK-Valand.) Monday 19 June (18:00-20:15).

Music and Dance Party
The Glasshouse

The Kurdish dance group Jin, Jiyan, Azadî comprising Eyoub Marabi, Heresh Askari, Kevin Homayoun Nejad, Nina Eftekhar, Roza Hosainpanahi, and Shakila Eftekhar performing at the OPEN UP Festival party (21 June 2023).

With Per & Nada (Per Ohlson and Nada Alichiah ) and the Kurdish dance group Jin, Jiyan, Azadî (Eyoub Marabi, Heresh AskariKevin Homayoun Nejad, Nina EftekharRoza Hosainpanahi,  Shakila Eftekhar ) Wednesday 21 June (18:00-21:30)  .

Exhibition Opening Hours

Opens 13:00 daily 17 June to 22 June and from 27 June to 1 July.

Closes 16:00 most days, late opening to 18:00 on Wednesday 21 June and Friday 30 June.                

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