Welcome to the opening of ALJUB, a solo exhibition by Claudia Pagès Rabal.
Claudia Pagès Rabal creates scenarios where multiple layers, dialogues and choreography define new possibilities for art. Her video installations offer a special physicality observing social and economic realities: focusing on identity, infrastructures, and history but also relationships, social codes and heritage. The concept of time in her work is that of a condensed one, presenting performative situations in real time while embracing centuries of history.
The exhibition ALJUB is the first presentation of Claudia Pagès Rabal in the Nordic Countries. “Aljub” is a peculiar word, Arabic in origin and not commonly used in Pagès Rabal’s native Catalan. It translates to cistern, a tank for storing water, which becomes both an idea and a real object defining the exhibition. Pagès Rabal’s video installation Aljubs i Grups was co-produced with Index when it was first shown at the European Nomadic Biennial Manifesta15 in Barcelona, and it now anchors her exhibition in Stockholm.
At 18:30, during the opening, there will be a talk between directors of Index and the artist.
At 19:00, during the opening, nara is neus, who have collaborated with Pagès Rabal on the sound design and production for Aljubs i Grups, will present a performance taking place in conjunction with the installation at Index.
Index would like to thank TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary and Institut Ramon Llull for their collaboration with the exhibition.
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September 2025 Program 
September Sessions – A Contemporary Art Festival in Stockholm is back with a prolific programme spread over various art spaces as well as public locations in the city. The four-day festival hosts exhibitions, performances, concerts, film screenings and social gatherings. September Sessions celebrates the diversity of the Stockholm art scene while also creating a platform for international curators, temporarily transforming the city through an infusion of international verve.
During the festival, a series of exhibitions and events will be organised by Accelerator, Beau Travail, Bonniers Konsthall, Filmform, IASPIS, Index, Konsthall C, Liljevalchs, MDT, as well as a specially curated program by Berlin-based curatorial collective anorak, run by Lukas Ludwig and Johanna Markert, at Antics, Cues and Mint. The third edition of September Sessions presents Houred Time — a four-day programme curated by anorak (Johanna Markert and Lukas Ludwig), with newly conceived work by artists Annika Eriksson, Nour Ouayda, and Jules Reidy. September Sessions is an initiative started by Index and Mint More
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10 years ago Index opened the exhibition Simone Forti: Here It Comes. The exhibition gave an in-depth insight into the practice of the highly influential artist, choreographer, dancer, and writer Simone Forti, who came to prominence in the 1960s, in a historical moment of rich dialogue between visual artists, musicians, poets and dancers.
Her work developed a radically new approach to dance incorporating everyday movements and improvisation, exploring the body as a tool for experience and interaction. Forti’s work often develops in collaboration with other practitioners, including La Monte Young, Yoko Ono and Charlemagne Palestine. Here It Comes presented a selection of works from different periods and areas, with sculptures, drawings, documentation of performances and videos. *Index Archive is a feature in the Index Newsletter, where we as an institution look back at our history and bring forward something from the vast archive of Index. More Index in press
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