HDK-Valand

The collaboration with HDK-Valand dates back to 1925 when the first graduating students from the Valand Academy exhibited at Göteborgs Konsthall. Since then, with some interruptions, the students in fine arts have held their degree exhibitions here. Examples of artists currently active who have been represented in previous degree exhibitions include Lars Lerin, Ernst Billgren, Helene Billgren, Ola Åstrand, Elin Wikström, and Annika Lundgren.

In spring 2024, the master students’ exhibition Speculative Gatherings will take place in parts of our upcoming space in Slakthuset. Below is a text about the exhibition as well as the opening hours; take the opportunity to visit and also get a glimpse of parts of what will become our premises after the move in 2026.

Speculative Gatherings

In Spring 2024 the MFA Fine Art programme at HDK-Valand presents Speculative Gatherings at Slakthuset in Gothenburg. In the spirit of creative and experimental ambitions, graduating students share a selection of their artistic work at the site that will become the future Göteborgs Konsthall.

This year’s group have taken up the opportunity of a new, temporary location at Slakthuset, understanding it as a kind of creative hub in which they can welcome and host new audiences to their work. Developed as 14 independent artistic projects motivated by processes of research and enquiry, Speculative Gatherings is a public occasion offering a dynamic series of art works, hosted talks, dinners, performances, readings and screenings.

Under the collective title of Speculative Gatherings the group aims to explore: “What worlds are possible? What stories do we want to tell? In a society focused on the individual, how do we create ways of gathering? Speculating asks us to think about how things are and how they could be. When we gather we make worlds, share ideas, use tools, and tell stories.”

Artists

Alqumit Alhamad (SE/SY); Ida Bomm (DE); Sam Druant (BE); Karen Froede (SE); Ville Hulling (SE); Dominika Kemilä (SE); Theres K Agdler (CH/SE); Cori Rina Oancea (RO/SE); Iza Štrumbelj Oblak (SI); Raghad Resres (PS/JO); David Spraggs (GB); Josefin Tingvall (SE); Catja Tonberg (FI/SE); Zhang Xiya (CN).

More information at the exhibition web page.

Opening hours

Opening: Frday May 10 at 17-19

Saturday May 11 at 12-18
Sunday May 12 at 12-18
Monday May 13 & Tuesday May 14: Closed
Wednesday May 15 at 12-19
Thursday May 16 at 12-19
Friday May 17 at 12-19
Saturday May 18 at 12-18

Address

Slakthusområdet, Hus A, Gamlestaden, Göteborg. Take the tram to Gamlestadens torg.

Program

HDK-Valand invites you to a series of public events at Speculative Gatherings. The programme offers different occasions to learn more about the artistic projects, the ideas behind them, the research topics and questions they explore. Local and national guests join them for tours, public talks, and conversations.

10/5 17:00-19:00 Public launch & performances

11/5 13:00-15:00 Parents & children workshop with Corina Oancea. (English & Swedish)

11/5 15:00-16:30 Q & A tour with guests Onkar Kular & Seda Yildiz and artists Sam Druant, Ville Hulling, David Spraggs, Corina Oancea, Josefin Tingvall, Karen Froede & Raghad Resres. (English)

12/5 13:00-15:00 Parents & children workshop with Corina Oancea. (English & Swedish)

12/5 15:30-16:30 Lecture & conversation: Kenneth Hermele & Dominika Kemilä. (Swedish)

16/5 12:00-13:00 Lunch gathering: Feras Hammami & Raghad Resres in conversation. (Limited places;English)

16/5 18:30-20:00 Screening, lecture & conversation: Arne Müller & Theres K. Agdler. (Swedish)

17/5 12:00-13:00 Lunch gathering: Gorki Glaser-Müller, Ville Hulling & Josefin Tingvall in conversation.(Limited places; English)

17/5 15:00-16:00 Fika gathering: Klara Björk, Lotta Kvist & Corina Oancea. (Limited places; English &Swedish)

18/5 12:00-14:00 Lunch gathering: Sigrid Holmwood & Ida Bomm in conversation. (Limited places;English)

18/5 15:00-16:30 Q & A tour with guests Petra Johansson & Thiago de Paula Souza and artists Theres K. Agdler, Alqumit Alhamad, Ida Bomm, Dominika Kemilä, Iza Štrumbelj Oblak, Zhang Xiya. (English)