Category: Blogpost
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Kafka as a writer of interactive fiction
Kafka was notoriously incapable of finishing what he started. The benefit of him always starting anew is that there are many fragments still around that spawned from his curious mind. At Night belongs to my absolute favorites: Deeply lost in the night.Just as one sometimes lowers one’s head to reflect, thus to be utterly lost in…
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Ett brev “Till publiken”
På en viktigt plats i staden har en scenkonstnär skrivit ett brev till dig. Brevskrivaren läser själv upp sitt brev för dig när du kommer dit. När du lyssnat färdigt upptäcker du ett brev till, och ett till och ett till. Över sextio skådespelare, dansare, regissörer, koreografer, dramatiker och annat scenfolk andra lotsar dig till…
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Om co-work som icke-samarbete i Brand
Jag har skrivit en kort krönika till Brand #2 2025 om hur co-working förändrar både arbete och stad. Text nedan – Glad 1 maj! Icke-platsernas öken Om ni undrar hur det står till med kreativiteten och innovationskapaciteten i det senkapitalistiska samhället – ta en titt på den myriad av “co-working spaces” som dykt upp i…
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Leaving BTH
This spring marks the end of an era for me as a freelance teacher at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH). I’ve been fortunate to teach a wide range of courses at the Department of Technology and Aesthetics in Karlshamn, which is now gradually shutting down. Over the years, I have worked across four different bachelor’s…
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Seed funding to the Control Game
Gabriel Widing and Nea Landin have through Nyxxx received funding from Kulturbryggan, to develop a prototype for our next piece titled The Control Game. During the process we will further explore the idea of separating the audience into two, Players and Avatars. The Players will be able to control the Avatars live by making choices…
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On tour in Finland
I’ve been on a ten day tour in Finland with Nyxxx and the show Hör så tyst det är, directed by me and Ebba Petrén. The tour was organized by Assitej Finland through the Bravo!-festival and I’m happy we have been able to show the work in Swedish as well as Finnish. This is the…
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Grant received from The Church of Sweden
We (Gabriel Widing & Áron Birtalan) are excited to announce that our project 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆’𝒔 𝑺𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 is one of the awardees for The Church of Sweden’s cultural prize in 2023. The award consists of a grant that will help us in the initial stage of the project, studying, rehearsing, wayward dreaming. ⛓️ ✨ 🪨 🔥…
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Inferno speed date
Together with Nea Landin I have designed and coded a speed date web app. It was commissioned for Kulturnatten (Museums’ night) at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern. Inspiration came from Dante’s Divine Comedy, where the protagonist wander through the different circles in Hell. The participant start off by choosing what deadly sin they are under the influence of.…
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Datenight på domens dag (Kulturnatten, Kulturhuset)
På Kulturnatten, 22 april, 2023 blir det ny-designad, ny-kodad speeddate på Kulturhuset i Stockholm Kom med på en infernalisk speed-date och lär känna nya vänner, älskare och småjävlar. Din mobil (detta djävulens påfund) kommer att leda dig och de andra förtappade själarna på plats genom en serie rykande möten och situationer. Speed-daten är skapad och…
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Ekstasis på Storytech
Vi visar Ekstasis på endags-konferensen Storytech i Gävle 11 maj 2023.
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THE IMAGINING BODY: Freestanding course at SKH
Applications are open for a freestanding 7.5p course at Uniarts/SKH that I will put together and teach together with Áron Birtalan. It’s the first time I have the opportunity to create an entire course from scratch on university level and I think these five weeks will be great. If you are active in any performative…
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Rest in peace Keith Johnstone
I just heard that the improvisation guru Keith Johnstone (1933 – 2023) passed away. He visited Stockholm occasionally and worked with Susan Osten and others, which also meant that his work was translated and published in Swedish. I think his work was absolutely fundamental to bridge the world of games and theater and thereby making…