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Program

  • Friday 7 November
  • 18.00 – 20.00
  • Free
  • Mixed languges
  • Röda Sten Konsthall

Open Call

What does it mean to see and be seen? I saw you when you watched me die*. 

We are living in a time when we all see, we all bear witness. What collective responsibility do we bear for our witnessing in this time?  

The title of the 13th edition of Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art is a hand that is all of our hands combined. Is it possible to join our hands together as one? Gibca’s art exhibition explores solidarity, observation and interconnected struggles throughout different periods of time. This is done through activism, collective care and testimonies. 

Based on the biennial, we invite you to Open Call for Open Stage at Röda Sten Konsthall. Take the opportunity to share your own texts on an open stage with the themes testimony, care and solidarity. The sky can be both a mirror and a window**. We want to share your gaze.
 

You are welcome to apply with an existing work that relates to one or more of the evening’s themes: testimony, care and solidarity, but you are also welcome to take inspiration from the exhibition and write a completely new text that relates to one or more of the evening’s themes. Your text can be anything from poetry, prose and drama to cross-border text-based works in any language. Your work must be a maximum of 5 minutes. It is also possible to read a work in a group. In this case, the work should last a maximum of 10 minutes. 

Anmälan

Are you interested in participating? Only pre-registration applies. We want your registration no later than midnight, Thursday October 16

Registration here

*Installation I saw you when you watched me die by Helena Uambembe at Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art.

**Inspired by an installation There’s enough light to drown in but never enough to enter the bones by Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi, Dalena Tran and Andrew Yong Hoon Lee at Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art.

The evening is coordinated by Tara Talebsafa and Siri Berzelius. The programme is part of Röda Sten Konsthalls programme serie Konstfredag.

Tara Talebsafa is a dancer and an educated cultural project manager. They are currently working as project manager at Studiefrämjandet. They were also the coordinator for Open Call – Open Stage during the exhibitions Crossing the Blue Bridge, What´s in Your Suitcase and The Shadow of Lustre at Röda Sten Konsthall.

Siri Berzelius is a poet and cultural project manager. She is studying for a master’s degree in Literary Composition at HDK-Valand in Gothenburg and is also working on developing the first Cultural Plan for Nora municipality 2026–2030.