Photo:
Jenny Hallenberg
© SU-EN Butoh Company

PAST/PRESENT/ANY-TIME

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August 7-8, 2025, work process
August 9, public event at Hållnäs Local heritage center, Hållnäs peninsula, Sweden

The location, project and work process:
The work process and public event took place at Local heritage center, Edvalla, in central Hållnäs peninsula close to the Baltic Sea in Sweden. The theme of the project was Past/Present/Any-time. The artists chose and bonded with some of the old objects from the collection at the heritage center. Working within a contemporary art frame, the old objects were given a new life as contemporary art and sound objects.

Participating artists:
Frank van de Ven, dance, Netherlands
Katarina Eriksson, dance, Stockholm
Cici Rettig, textile art, Uppsala
Åsa Norling, visual art, Hållnäs
Lise-Lotte Norelius, electronic music, Stockholm
Amit Sen, cello, Hammenhög
SU-EN, dance, Almunge
Cecilia Germain, visual, performance art, Uppsala
Heidi Edström, performance art, Stockholm
Ramūnas Motiekaitis, music, Lithuania, in residency at
Hållnäs Konstkoloni

Roughly 300 people came to see the process and event. And we had many conversations with local residents of all ages.

Artistic director: SU-EN
Special costumes and artistic director, Hållnäs: Maria L Hallengren
Project assistant: Jeanette Nordberg
Photo: Jenny Hallengren
Video: Andreas Hallengren
All-round helper: Lasse Larsson

Volunteers from Hållnäs local heritage society

Supported by: Kultur och Bildning, Region Uppsala, and
Svenska Postkodstiftelsen

Thanks to: Hållnäs Konstkoloni, Northen Hållnäs weaving society, and Tierp Municipality