Ner/slag – Upp/brott – Sönder/fall
Curated by Jacob Hurting
Ner/slag – Upp/brott – Sönder/fall was the first part of the project The exhibition as a publication/ The publication as exhibition and showed works by Åke Hodell (1919-2000), LG Lundberg (1938-), Pär Thörn (1977-) and Sofie Karp (1981-). From Hodells terrifying depiction of the Holocaust in Orderbuch published in 1965 to Thörns alphabetical ordering of Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (alphabetisch) from 2012.
All of the selected works relates to questions about repression, violence and control, but also a possible resistance. Concepts and ideas that are important to talk about with growing fascism and other authoritarian ideas both in Sweden and the rest of the world.
Ner/slag – Upp/brott – Sönder/fall took place at Konstbiblioteket, as part of the course CuratorLab, Konstfack and was curated by Jacob Hurtig.