This year’s student group have taken up the opportunity of a new, temporary location at Slakthuset, understanding it as a kind of creative hub in which they can welcome and host new audiences to their work.
Developed as 14 independent artistic projects motivated by processes of research and enquiry, Speculative Gatherings is a public occasion offering a dynamic series of art works, hosted talks, dinners, performances, readings and screenings.
Under the collective title of Speculative Gatherings the group aims to explore: “What worlds are possible? What stories do we want to tell? In a society focused on the individual, how do we create ways of gathering? Speculating asks us to think about how things are and how they could be. When we gather we make worlds, share ideas, use tools, and tell stories.”
Participating graduating students
Alqumit Alhamad (SE/SY); Ida Bomm (DE); Sam Druant (BE); Karen Froede (SE); Ville Hulling (SE); Dominika Kemilä (SE); Theres K Agdler (CH/SE); Cori Rina Oancea (RO/SE); Iza Štrumbelj Oblak (SI); Raghad Resres (PS/JO); David Spraggs (GB); Josefin Tingvall (SE); Catja Tonberg (SE/FI); Zhang Xiya (CN).
Investigating new futures
In 2024, the graduating MFA Fine Art students will occupy the space of Slakthuset in Gamlestan, the future location of Göteborgs Konsthall. The MFA Fine Art programme has had multiple forms of partnership with Göteborgs Konsthall for almost 70 years, the exhibition of the Master’s students degree projects being one. This year the partnership with Göteborgs Konsthall has continued through the development of the events programme, which will investigate new futures for both.
Public programme and activities
Welcome to a series of public events at Speculative Gatherings. This programme offers different occasions to learn more about the students' artistic projects, the ideas behind them, the research topics and questions they explore. Local and national guestshave been invited to join us for tours, public talks, and conversations.
Details on hours and how to register go to Speculative Gatherings website
11 May
- Parents & children workshop with Cori Rina Oancea. In English and Swedish
- Q & A tour with invited guests Onkar Kular & Seda Yildiz. Participating artists Sam Druant, Zhang Xiya, David Spraggs, Cori Rina Oancea, Josefin Tingvall, Karen Froede & Raghad Resres. In English
12 May
- Parents & children workshop with Cori Rina Oancea. In English and Swedish.
- Lecture & conversation Belysa det dolda: Samtal om minne i det offentliga rummet. Invited guest Kenneth Hermele in conversation with Dominika Kemilä. In Swedish.
14 May
- Dinner event Homunculi Read with Sam Druant & David Spraggs. In English. Limited places: registration will be needed.
16 May
- Lunch gathering Another Knot in the Room: Invited guest Feras Hammami in conversation with Raghad Resres. In English. Limited places: registration will be needed.
- Brottssamtal: Screening, lecture & conversation. Invited guest Arne Müller in conversation with Theres K. Agdler. In Swedish
17 May
- Lunch gathering Glitched Reality and Virtual Building: Invited guest Gorki Glaser-Müller in conversation with Ville Hulling & Josefin Tingvall. In English. Limited places: registration will be needed
- Fika discussion The unique needs of parents within educational communitie : Invited guests Klara Björk and Lotta Kvist & student Cori Rina Oancea. In English and Swedish. Limited places: registration will be needed
May 18
- Lunch gathering Expanding Painting: Invited guest Sigrid Holmwood in conversation with Ida Bomm. In English. Limited places: registration will be needed
- Q&A tour: Invited guests Petra Johansson & Thiago de Paula Souza. Participating artists Theres K. Agdler, Alqumit Alhamad, Ida Bomm, Dominika Kemilä, Iza Štrumbelj Oblak, Catja Tonberg, Ville Hulling. In English.
Follow the students during preparations and activities
You are welcome to take part of the preparations and activities on these platforms:
Opening hours
Opening: Friday 10 May, at 17.00-19.00
Saturday 11 May, at 12.00-18.00
Sunday 12 May, at 12.00-18.00
Monday 13 May and Tuesday 14 May: closed
Wednesday 15 May, at 12.00-19.00
Thursday 16 May, at 12.00-19.00
Friday 17 May, at 12.00-19.00
Saturday, 18 May, at 12.00-18.00
Find us at Slakthuset
Tram station: Gamlestads torg
Find us at Slakthuset
More information about other graduation events during the spring of 2024.
