LB°22 — About
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Luleå Biennial 2022, Craft & Art, hosted by Konstfrämjandet Norrbotten (The People's Movement for Art Promotion Norrbotten), takes place throughout the region from October 15, 2022 – January 15, 2023. The artistic leaders for the 2022 biennial, Onkar Kular and Christina Zetterlund will expand its contemporary art remit to include crafts of many types, from everyday handicraft to Sami duodji, and aims to sustainably represent the richness of creative activity of Norrbotten and beyond.
The multitude of artistic practices materialised in the biennial make apparent historical structures and contemporary processes of the importance of making and of intricate relations of cause and effect regarding what has historically been labeled as wastelands. After a year of intense communion with Norrbotten, the artistic director present a biennial which lets us revisit the known as well as previously unnoticed surroundings, people and objects, with a new perspective.
The biennial presents exhibitions shaped through listening and learning with Norrbotten’s history and creativity, weaving together local perspectives with global questions emerging from subjects such as ice and its relationship to the politics of the cold, craft as a socially sustainable activity and the circular histories of resource extraction.
Exhibition view, Norrbotten's Museum. Photo: Thomas Hämén
Exhibition view, Luleå Konsthall. Photo: Thomas Hämén
Oraklet II, 2021, Olof Marsja. Exhibition view, Havremagasinet. Photo: Thomas Hämén
The exhibition at Galleri Syster. Photo: Thomas Hämén
Exhibition view, Norrbotten's Museum. Photo: Thomas Hämén
Exhibition view, Luleå Konsthall. Photo: Thomas Hämén
Oraklet II, 2021, Olof Marsja. Exhibition view, Havremagasinet. Photo: Thomas Hämén
The exhibition at Galleri Syster. Photo: Thomas Hämén
Exhibition view, Norrbotten's Museum. Photo: Thomas Hämén
Exhibition view, Luleå Konsthall. Photo: Thomas Hämén
Oraklet II, 2021, Olof Marsja. Exhibition view, Havremagasinet. Photo: Thomas Hämén
The exhibition at Galleri Syster. Photo: Thomas Hämén
The biennial opens with a festival (15th-16th October) stitching a relational map of geographic connections through workshops, displays, seminars and performances across regional venues and organisations. The festival welcomes guests to join together in activities and introduce themselves to the biennial. During the opening weekend the festival kicks off with a program of ice skating, exhibition openings, guided tours, craft and art events in Luleå, Boden & Kiruna.
Good luck with your car!, a film from the Learning Room
Through exhibitions, the festival and the digital Learning Room the ambition is to support the rich artistic activity of Norrbotten and beyond. Recognising the expansive geography of Norrbotten, the Learning Room will allow guests to access the biennial virtually through the biennial website, as well as scheduled film screenings, workshops, seminars and other events. The Learning Room hosts physical stages at Galleri Syster and Havremagasinet Länskonsthall Boden for in-person events, and broadcasts a selection of activities.