Luleå Biennial 2022, Craft & Art - Learning Room

• Luleå Biennial 2022, Craft & Art, hosted by Konstfrämjandet (The Peoples Movement for Art Promotion) Norrbotten, took place place throughout the region from October 15, 2022 – January 15, 2023. The artistic directors for the 2022 biennale, Onkar Kular and Christina Zetterlund expanded its contemporary art remit to include crafts of many types, from everyday handicraft to Sami duodji and aimed to sustainably represent the richness of creative activity of Norrbotten and beyond. Recognising the expansive geography of Norrbotten, the Learning Room (extensive three month) programme of workshops, making circles, seminars, performances and talks allowed guests to access the biennial digitally through the biennial website. As well as scheduled film screenings, events through the Learning Room included making circles with Anna-Stina Svakko at Galleri Syster and Tekeste Solomon Gebremariam at the European Festival of the Night, Weaving circles led by textile artist Ida Isak Westerberg and Norrbotten’s Crafts Advisor, a workshop for youth organised in collaboration with KUBN in Haparanda, The Knowledge House for Craft hosted with Garland Magazine and Weaving Kiosk by Rosa Tolnov Clausen in collaboration with Haparanda municipality’s cultural department, Aine Art Museum and Resurscentrum för konst Norrbotten. The Learning Room had a physical stage at Galleri Syster and Havremagasinet Länskonsthall Boden for in-person events and the live broadcasting of a selection of activities from the biennial programme. Throughout the biennial the Learning Room screened loaned and commissioned films by filmmaker Karl-Oskar Gustafsson, the first Gulahallan ja birgen produced by Luleå Biennial in collaboration with Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Gunvor Guttorm and Laila Susanna Kuhmunen and Good luck with your car produced by Luleå Biennial in collaboration with Region Norrbotten's Craft and Design Consultant. Loaned films included, Duoji máttut—Vætnoen maadtoe—Duoje máddoinformation and A conversation about leather tanning produced by Sameslöjdstiftelsen Sámi Duodji.

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Design (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Design (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Konst (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Scenkonst (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Performing Arts (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Bildkonst (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Visual Arts (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Musik (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Music (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Art

Craft

Design

Film

Performance

Education

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

kfu (subject category)