Art and Theory – förlag

The title - On: Architecture - comes out of Tham & Videgård s desire to think and talk about the fundamentals of architecture. The book shares this conversation with the reader and shows, through seventy-three project examples, how their ideas have been tested in practice. "Architecture concerns us all. It is the most comprehensive and complex art form in society. In our work, it emerges from an ongoing discussion about architecture and a desire to explore what architecture can be" says Bolle Tham & Martin Videgård. Tham & Videgård, founded by Bolle Tham and Martin Videgård in 1999, are internationally recognized, award-winning architects of unique buildings at a wide variety of scales. The new book, the most comprehensive publication to date, includes a broad selection of built, unbuilt and ongoing projects from the studio s over twenty years in practice. Tham & Videgård  On: Architecture is published in conjunction with the major exhibition on Tham & Videgård s work at ArkDes in Stockholm, Sweden's national centre for Architecture and Design. Texts by Kieran Long, director, ArkDes, Daniel Golling, curator, ArkDes and photography by Åke E:son Lindman.

Bokens titel - On: Architecture - utgår ifrån Tham & Videgårds önskan att föra ett samtal om arkitekturens fundamentala aspekter. Boken delar detta samtal med läsaren och visar, hur deras idéer har omsatts i sjuttiotre projektexempel. "Arkitektur angår oss alla. Det är samhällets mest heltäckande och komplexa konstform. I vårt arbete uppstår den ur ett kontinuerligt samtal om arkitektur och en vilja att utforska vad arkitektur kan vara" säger Bolle Tham & Martin Videgård. Tham & Videgård som grundades av Bolle Tham och Martin Videgård 1999, har blivit prisade och är internationellt erkända som arkitekter av unika byggnader i varierande skalor. Den nya boken, den mest heltäckande publikationen hittills, innehåller ett brett urval av byggda, obyggda och pågående projekt från kontorets över tjugoåriga praktik. Tham & Videgård  On: Architecture är publicerad i samband med den omfattande utställningen av Tham & Videgårds verksamhet på Sveriges nationella centrum för Arkitektur och Design, ArkDes i Stockholm, Boken innehåller texter av Kieran Long, överintendent på ArkDes, Daniel Golling, intendent på ArkDes och fotografier av Åke E:son Lindman.

Material can be symbolic and coded. Our experience of a medium's temporality becomes apparent only through our knowledge of its material behaviour. As the world becomes ever more digital and physically removed, we rely on a lot of materials (technical equipment, tools and infrastructures) to facilitate the remote accessibility of images. And yet, as we become more physically removed, our fascination with 'real' stuff increases. The texts in Material Matters represent a great diversity of practices and materials, but also the diversity of meanings suggested by the book's title. They address the materials needed for the implementation of tasks, the material out of which things are made, the material for or subject matter of scholarly work, and matter itself: the raw materials of our surroundings. The texts in the publication derive from presentations given at the conference Material Matters, held at the Royal Institute of Art on December 13-14, 2018. Published in collaboration with the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden.

Perifert seende är förmågan att se saker utanför din direkta synlinje. Att lägga märke till och uppmärksamma det som inte nödvändigtvis är mest uppenbart är en gåva som fotograferna i den här boken delar. De speglar olika syn på och förhållningssätt till ett föränderligt Sverige och visar ett urval av samtida fotografi som pendlar mellan det dokumentära och det poetiska. Denna bok sammanför tjugo svenska fotografer, varav de flesta har etablerats under det senaste decenniet. Boken är producerad av Centrum för fotografi (CFF), med ambitionen att väcka och sprida intresse om svenskt fotografi samt att ytterligare nå ut till en svensk och en vidare internationell publik.  Medverkande konstnärer: Ikram Abdulkadir, Karin Alfredsson, Elin Berge, Maja Daniels, Charlotta Hammar, Erik Holmstedt, Martina Hoogland Ivanow, Cia Kanthi, Heikki Kaski, Klara Källström & Thobias Fäldt, Mårten Lange, Inka & Niclas Lindergård, Eric Magassa, Martin Magntorn, Chris Maluszynski, Katarina Pirak Sikku, Mia Rogersdotter Gran, Sofia Runarsdotter, Johannes Samuelsson och Märta Thisner. CFF är en rikstäckande medlemsförening för fotografer och yrkesgrupper verksamma inom fotografi. CFF:s uppdrag är att förmedla kunskap, verka allmänbildande och att stödja olika typer av yrkesroller inom fotografi. Boken distribueras av Art & Theory Publishing.

Peripheral vision is the ability to see things outside of your direct line of sight. To notice and pay attention to what isn t necessarily most obvious is a gift that the photographers in this book share. They represent different views and approaches to a changing Sweden and shows a selection of contemporary photography that oscillates between the documentary and the poetic. This book collects twenty Swedish photographic practices, most of which have emerged during the last decade. It is produced by The Center for Photography (CFF-Centrum för fotografi) in Sweden, with the ambition of deepening knowledge about Swedish photography and helping it to reach a wider audience in Sweden and abroad. Participating artists: Ikram Abdulkadir, Karin Alfredsson, Elin Berge, Maja Daniels, Charlotta Hammar, Erik Holmstedt, Martina Hoogland Ivanow, Cia Kanthi, Heikki Kaski, Klara Källström & Thobias Fäldt, Mårten Lange, Inka & Niclas Lindergård, Eric Magassa, Martin Magntorn, Chris Maluszynski, Katarina Pirak Sikku, Mia Rogersdotter Gran, Sofia Runarsdotter, Johannes Samuelsson och Märta Thisner. CFF is a nationwide association for photographers and professionals active in photography. The mission of CFF is to impart knowledge, provide general education and support various types of professionals within photography. The book is distributed by Art & Theory Publishing.

When I think of a specific location or find myself in a certain place in a city, I often envision a scene from a movie. It could be anywhere: the lawns of a park, a gas station counter, the check-in desk of an airport or a hotel, the entrance stairs of a school or a city hall, the tombstones of a graveyard. Or, pushing a button in an elevator, ordering a drink in a bar, waiting in line at the supermarket. I would now like to ask you to share one of your memories of a room or of a site in a film. How do you remember its architecture, furniture, objects, light, and sound, its atmosphere? What interests me is how images from films, memories and your immediate surroundings coincide in layers. Distinct, yet blended. Emulsions of memory and space. Kind regards, Jonas Dahlberg

IN & BEYOND SWEDEN: På resa genom en konstscen erbjuder fascinerande inblickar i en mångfald konstnärliga praktiker och ett land i förändring. Under två år genomförde curatorn Joa Ljungberg och konstnären Santiago Mostyn ett omfattande researcharbete i syfte att belysa den svenska konstscenen. Publikationen, som gjorts i samarbete mellan Iaspis och Moderna Museet, presenterar deras utforskande process och lyfter samtidigt fram en polyfoni av röster från de seminariedagar som samlade konstprofessionella från hela landet.   

IN & BEYOND SWEDEN: Journeys Through an Art Scene offers fascinating insights into current artistic expressions from a nation in the process of change. For two years, the curator Joa Ljungberg and the artist Santiago Mostyn conducted comprehensive research into the Swedish art scene. This publication, a collaboration between Iaspis and Moderna Museet, presents their research process, while also highlighting a multitude of voices from the seminars that gathered art professionals from around the country. 

Författare/Writers: ALBIN HILLERVIK, ANNA LINDER, JOA LJUNGBERG, JAN-ERIK LUNDSTRÖM, MAGDALENA MALM, SANTIAGO MOSTYN, LISA ROSENDAHL, HELENA SELDER, ELLEN NYMAN, CAROLA GRAHN, CORINA OPREA, TEMI ODUMOSU, KATARINA PIRAK SIKKU, JOHAN POUSETTE FRIDA SANDSTRÖM, CECILIA ÅSBERG, ANJA ÖRN, SARA EDSTRÖM, THERESE ENGSTRÖM

Konstnärer/Artists:Meric Algün, Muhammad Ali, Emanuel Almborg, Petra Bauer, Ragna Bley, Alfred Boman, Kalle Brolin, Fanny Carinasdotter, Anja Örn, Tomas Örn, Loulou Cherinet, Kah Bee Chow, Jonas Dahlberg, Rebecca Digby, Sven X-et Erixson, Flyktinglandet, Malin Franzén, Mark Frygell, Gideonsson/Londré, Goldin+Senneby, Erik Mikael Gudrunsson, Kerstin Hamilton, Sandi Hilal, Sam Hultin, Thomas Hämén, Ingela Ihrman, Sara Jordenö, Amber Horning, Hanni Kamaly, Kultivator, Runo Lagomarsino, Lap-See Lam, Mårten Lange, Klara Lidén

Since their first work, Stateless Nation, at the Venice Biennial in 2003, and throughout their more recent architectural interventions in refugee camps, the artistic practice of Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti has explored and acted within and against the condition of permanent temporariness that permeates contemporary forms of life. In their ambitious research- and project-based practice, art exhibitions are both sites of display and sites of action that spill over into other contexts: built architectural structures, the shaping of critical learning environments, interventions that challenge dominant collective narratives, the production of new political imaginations, the re-definition of words, and the formation of civic spaces. This book is organized around fourteen concepts that activate seventeen different projects. Each project is the result of a larger process of collaboration and is accompanied by individual and collective texts as well as interviews that contextualize and expand the reach of every intervention. Published in collaboration with the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden.