December 2023 / Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation

With works by Malin Hallgren, Cassie Augusta Jørgensen, Maja Malou Lyse, and Erika Stöckel, BODIES AND ANTIBODIES presents multiple dialogues around the construction of the body, connecting identity, gender, material, performativity and process.

Taking starting points in different artistic practices and finding expression through a variety of mediums, the constellation of artistic works presents an interplay of positions around the construction of the body: as subject and object, vessel and commodity, resisting or succumbing to the values ascribed. Does the body have the agency to exhibit itself or is it unwillingly exposed? The voice – and the possibility of having a voice – resonates in the exhibition as a political desire to dismantle the status quo.

Sunday 17 December is the last day to visit the exhibition before the winter break. Index will be closed 21 December 2023 – 7 January 2024.
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Report: Curatorial visits in Barcelona organized by Institut Ramon Llull, Index and Swedish Association of Curators

Following an Open Call, four curators – Cecilia Andersson, Anne Klontz, Corina Oprea, and Karina Sarkissova – were invited to do artists studio visits in Barcelona during the end of November 2023.

The packed program comprised of four days of studio visits with artists, meetings with art institutions and organizations in the city, as well as the team of Manifesta 15 Barcelona. The initiative was organized by Institut Ramon Llull, with production by Index Foundation and the Swedish Association of Curators.

The feedback from the participating curators told a positive experience which was was informative, inspiring and intense – all in a good way!
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Index team in Algeria: Massinissa Selmani, 1000 Villages, curated by Natasha Marie Llorens

The Index team spent time in Algiers at the start of December, undertaking a research trip in connection with the opening of Massinissa Selmani’s exhibition “1000 Villages” at rhizome gallery, curated by Natasha Marie Llorens, and the surrounding public program.

In September 2024, a second version of “1000 Villages” will be presented at Index in Stockholm, accompanied by a public program exploring different manifestations of socialism in architecture and urban planning. We are grateful to Natasha Marie Llorens and rhizome for the invitation and welcome, and for enabling this visit which grounds our understanding of the architectural, artistic and sociopolitical context.
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Marti Manen's Letter from 2023

2023 has been a very special year for us with the 25th anniversary of Index as a Foundation. As we approach the end of 2023, Index director Marti Manen looks back on what has been happening within our exhibition space, institution and beyond. Reflecting on the exhibitionary program, our activities in Stockholm and elsewhere, and the networks we keep prioritizing and maintaining: with visitors, artists and through institutional ways of working.

“Instability as the social, economic, and political context. Somehow it feels difficult to understand the times we are living in: the world changed with coronavirus and, some years later, the present participle is the most future-looking tense that we can visualize. This is my fifth letter of this kind, the first was in 2019. Since then we have had several years with a high tempo of activities and exhibitions at Index, with ideas and questions to think and work with.”

Read the full letter here:
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Index podcasts: upcoming new releases

Index produces podcasts in collaboration with artists, visitors and Index Teen Advisory Board, opening up our conversations on to another platform. Sometimes resulting from exhibition openings, talks, workshops, events – or discussions over dinner – these podcasts are partly documentation, partly an entirely separate format for circulation of ideas.

We are currently in the process of producing three new podcasts to be released. These re-present material recorded during a series of screenings and talks titled “Diaries, Notes and Sketches” which took place one year ago, focusing on the life and work of Lithuanian poet and filmmaker Jonas Mekas, and opening up dialogues around queer moving image archives. These will be available amongst the Index library of all our podcasts, which you can find on our website and other podcast platforms.
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