Shift Äskhult - Art Inside Out

In the exhibition Skift Äskhult, visitors took part of works by Cora Jongsma, Klára Petra Szabó/Tamás Szvet and Kristina Müntzig, who in different ways showed how contemporary art can contribute to understanding ourselves and our history through new representations and interpretations of the past.

With the exhibition Shift Äskhult presented at the cultural reserve Äskhult in Kungsbacka between September 7-10, 2018, Art Inside Out explored various forms of exchanges between contemporary art and cultural heritage.

With Äskhult, and the stories, objects and archive material which relate to the area as the point of departure, the artists Cora Jongsma, Kristina Müntzing and the artist duo Klára Petra Szabó / Tamás Szvet, were invited to produce and present new works. With shift as an overarching theme, the exhibition investigated the periods of transition in which new techniques within farming, industry and crafts have reshaped our societies. What can Äskhult tell us about ourselves and our current way of living?

Participating artists

Cora Jongsma (Netherlands) uses the textile material felt to investigate how the land is shaped and cultivated by humans. During the exhibition Shift Äskhult, she presented “feltscape”, which can be read as a material memory map of the historical relationship between man and the earth. This analysis of the landscape became a starting point for a conversation about how the land can be cared for in the future.

Kristina Müntzing (Sweden) uses arts and crafts to visualize radical, political movements. By interweaving images into hybrid sculptures and image weaves, she links different times and geographies with each other.

Artist duo Klára Petra Szabó & Tamás Szvet (Hungary) were fascinated by stories from Äskhult’s history. Using virtual reality technology, they created a work of these stories.