Through a Mirror is a series of intimate presentations where one artist mirrors another artist’s work. Each occasion implies a new encounter with an invited poet, musician, dancer, or other artistic practice, who through their own creative understanding mirrors artworks in the biennial exhibition a hand that is all our hands combined.

On Friday, November 28, we have invited Ida Börjel.

Ida Börjel is a poet and translator, currently living in Malmö, Sweden. In her award winning books of poetry, including Sond (Probe), the documentary poetry book Skåneradio (Radio Scania), Konsumentköplagen: juris lyrik (The Consumers Purchase Act: juridical lyricisms), and MA, she is enquiring into and trying to enact our contemporary, linguistic and societal conditions in relation to different forms of authority, sovereignty and juridical systems. Her poetry has been translated to over twenty languages – for the latest edition of her Miximum Ca Canny The Sabotage Manuals you cutta da pay we cutta da shob (Commune editions, 2016), she invited 21 colleagues worldwide to sabotage the manuscript. Her radio plays Arvodet Marginalintäkten (The Fee The Marginal Revenue) are encircling the language of Economish, and how that language of argumentation affects social distancing, or the distance between our hearts.

In her latest documentary poetry books, Ringa hem (Call Home – intercepted Russian soldiers in Ukraine), Omsorgslabyrinten (The Care Labyrinth) and Röd anemon (Red Anemone) she is probing the languages and voices of war, cultural heritage and life under the Israeli occupation in Palestine, respectively.

The programme is part of Röda Sten Konsthalls programme serie Konstfredag. Take the opportunity to enjoy an AW and board game at Restaurang Röda Sten.

Image: Ida Börjel. Photo: Johan Sundell