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Wellcome to Hakas studios 4/3, 19:00
> Nika Kukhtina presents:
“This project has been shot on film by the author in a slightly
pregnant state, in Russia as well as in Sweden. In Sweden, shots took place in the city of Uppsala, known not only by mention in The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, but also by its ob/gyn centre. I felt very cosy being pregnant in Uppsala. The same big-bellied creatures were wandering around. I must say that without a belly I would feel like I was missing something. The nine tales are, of course, both nine months, and nine stories: four Swedish, and four stories by Russian mothers. The ninth, a story told by myself, is a film.Russian and Swedish prospective (and new) moms were asked the same questions, such as «do you want a boy or a girl?», «are there are any signs that you believe in and follow during pregnancy?» and so on. Incidentally, the differences were fairly significant; the survey showed that Russia is closer to being an oriental country, with superstitions, traditions, mascots. As well as in the attitude to the «value» of a male heir: all interrogated Russian moms wanted a boy, while for Swedish mothers the sex of a child was not essential. Russian moms (as well as myself) were sure that, when leaving to give birth, it was necessary to open, for example, all the closets in the house, so that everything passed quickly and successfully, that the date of birth should be kept secret: the less people know about it, the easier it will be to give birth. The Swedish moms were perplexed; I had to explain to them what these «signs» were, they listened attentively, but then admitted that that there was nothing like that they have ever heard about. Well, except that they always communicate the date of birth with a two-week delay, so that annoying friends and relatives do not call with the same question: «Did you give birth already? Not yet? So when then? »But fortune-telling by the form of the abdomen was practiced by almost all future mothers.«9 tales» have been shown in the Moscow Museum of Modern Art during
the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (curator project of HAKA group «Swedish Family») and now, nearly two and a half years later, come to Uppsala. And the small inhabitants of Bellies-2007 will also be able to come to the show.”
/Nika Kukhtina

Seminar at Uppsala Art Museum: “Swedish Family” On Saturday 13 February 2010, at 14.00-15.30.

Nuclear family - a security and a straitjacket? A conversation between the author Susanna Alakoski and the artist Knutte Wester. Natasha Dahnberg introduces the exhibition. Moderator; Rebekah Wigh

Uppsala Konstmuseum

Haka is nominated for Russia´s biggest prize in arts, Innovatsija, in the category: Best Curator in 2009, for the exhibition “Swedish Family” at Moscow Museum of Modern Art.

“Swedish Famliy” at Uppsala artmuseum 23/1 - 7/3 2010
Elisabeth Fagerstedt, chief of Uppsala konstmuseum welcomes and presents:
Anatoly Kargapolov, culturalattaché, Russian Federation consulate in Sweden, who is opening the exhibition.
PERFORMANCE: Red Cloud Carter and Electric Allen- A Family Affair: by Catti Brandelius and Roland Persson.
This show is produced in cooperation HAKA and UKM (Uppsala konstmuseum) 2009- 2010.
Welcome!

PROJECT - “SWEDISH FAMILY”

The exhibition “Swedish Family” was a special project in Moscow’s third Art Biennial at Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Petrovka street. 2009.
Opened by Zurab Tsereteli, director of the Russian Art Academy and founder of MMoMA and Lena Jonsson Cultural Counsellor of the Swedish Embassy in Moscow.
This project was supported by Uppsala Kommun (city community), Kulturkontoret.

The idiom ”Swedish family” makes people in Russia smile ambiguously. When Swedish people learn that it means that three people have an intimate relation, they are very surprised. At first, the name of the exhibition appeared as a joke during joint exhibitions of artists of both countries. Of course, no matter Russian or Swedish, it is clear that the family is a main theme in many artists works and that the contents can unite as well as separate.

The initiators and curators of the exhibition are the Uppsala HAKA group that consists of five artists: Anna-Karin Brus, Natasha Dahnberg, Agneta Forslund, Helena Laukkanen and Katarina Sundkvist Zohari.
HAKA has invited artists that work with different aspects of the contemporary family in their art to take part in the exhibition. Many artists open their private lives to the audience, narrate the story of their families. Life, death, love, sex, problems and easy living, all aspects of life.
HAKA has also selected artists who work in different techniques: painting, installations, video, photography, drawings, sculptures, objects and embroidery artworks. A exhibition rich in variation.

The conclusion is that we have to speak about different things in different ways. Here there is a little bit of everything, like in any family.

Participating artists:
Helena Laukkanen, Anna-Karin Brus, Katarina Sundkvist Zohari, Agneta Forslund, Natasha Dahnberg, Anders Krisar, Nina Svensson, Per Enokson, Roland Persson, Catti Brandelius, Gerd Aurell, Mona-Lisa Eriksson, Johan Thurfjell, Knutte Wester, Marina Fomenko, Maria Ivanova Gribina, Tatiana Antoshina, Taisiya Korotkova, Alexandr Pogorzhelskiy, Anastasia Koznetsova-Ruf, Nika Kukhtina, Maria Pogorzhelskaia, Natalia Zintsova, Tatiana Antoshina och Maria Krasnova Shabaeva.

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“Vår tids fixering vid jaget” recention i UNT 29/11- 09

Russian TV reportage about Swedish Family!

BECTИ

From the collection, the Uppsala Art Museum shows some of the most influential artists in Uppland, from late 1800’s until today. The exhibition shows various art historical periods, from the turn of the century, national romantic painting, to modernism and contemporary art. It gives an idea of how artists in Uppland affected by the currents and trends in art history, nationally and internationally.

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