9:40 a.m.
Hi IMS: Environment-people,
after Easter, we are visited by our Artists in Residence via the HULT program: clearly of
interest to many of us, so take the chance to meet the artists and get in dialogue with
our guests!
Happy Easter to all of you,
Jørgen
Welcome to next week’s IMS seminar: “Art, ecology, community: The HULT residency projects
2026.” See below for more information. The seminar is on the 8th of April. from
10.15-12.00 in room Dacke, Växjö and on zoom: I you want to participate via zoom, please
email: ims@lnu.se<mailto:ims@lnu.se>
April 8: Art, ecology, community: The HULT residency projects 2026
Click the link for the seminar’s homepage:
https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/current/events/2026/ims-seminar-…
Ingela Johansson: A Labyrinth of Sorrow, Strength, and Healing
Ingela’s plans for the residency. I am interested in the intersection: memory politics,
care-work, ancient knowledge, organic farming as cultural landscape heritage, and
feminism. Through my project A Labyrinth of Sorrow, Strength, and Healing, I aim to
explore feminist resistance to central authority, accumulation, extraction and how it has
materialized or been socialized across disciplines. Much of my concept for HULT is based
on Silvia Federici’s work on reproduction of labor and witch hunts as a form of social
control. Additionally, I’m having a great pleasure of reading Elin Wägners 1000 år i
Småland.
My work will pick up various threads. Take the legend of Blenda that has, in a real sense,
served to strengthen collectivist and feminist ideals in Småland—a fictional legend that
led to actual political change, such as equal inheritance rights. This legend is mentioned
by Wägner, has been the inspirational source for many, for example recently the “Blenda
project” in 2018. I am interested in monastic life with an emphasis on cultivation in
relation to environmental transition, ecofeminism, and the commons. There is little
written record on these gardens, but Nydala Abbey maintains cultivation as part of the
green cultural heritage. This interest in the 1600-1700 century may also involve examples
from peasant culture and the use of witchcraft. Who were the marginalized and
free-thinking individuals who challenged the norm? I’ve looked a bit into Nydala Monastery
and St. Sigfrid Mental Hospital, how can one compare these confined environments—one
chosen and one imposed? The Småland Museum archives contain interesting leads, such as the
1960 Poverty Exhibition, Furthermore there are also examples within the art-design context
of Småland with lots of silent knowledge. This will likely result in various dialectical
treads, a montage-style work with different focal points.
Leandro Ferre Caetano: Methodologies for long-distance intimacy
Leandro’s plans for the residency “My curatorial approach focuses on creating conditions
for collective processes of listening and co-learning, treating rural contexts as active
sites of knowledge production where climate urgencies circulate between local and global
spheres. I'm particularly interested in exploring how artistic practices can engage
with the specific ecological and cultural landscapes of Kronoberg, developing
methodologies that value non-academic knowledge and cultivate "long-distance
intimacy" between rural territories and broader networks of thinking. My presentation
will be dedicated to my practice-based research which informs my curatorial approach,
followed by how this has evolved to consider the specificities of Kronoberg's local
'ecologies.'
The HULT residency program explores the interaction between humans and nature, capturing
contemporary, complex issues around climate emergency and societal transformation. The
starting point is Kronoberg's rural context where many different types of actors and
interests take place. This includes cultural organizations, activists, community actors,
municipalities and academic partners. The basis is a strong desire to promote the
development of new ways of thinking and collective living as a response to the most
pressing challenges of our time.
About the presenters
Ingela Johansson is a writer and artist based in Stockholm. Mainly working with video,
installation, narrative film, textile and text, Johans son’s practice engage in topics
such as social history and memory – she is known for her work around individual and
collective experiences of history writing: poetics of solidarity, microhistories and
archives on the labor organization. More recently she has taken an interest in the
practices of care, mourning and healing, herstories, storytelling that is intersecting
eco-feminism and cosmologies.
Johanssons most recent exhibitions, screenings and projects includes: Kin, Center for
Contemporary Art, Kiruna (2025), Umeå Konsthall (2024), Havremagasinet, Boden:
Liljevalchs, Stockholm: Modem, Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, Hungary(2023),
Bröhan Museum, Berlin (2022), Södertälje Konsthall, Luleåbiennialen (2021), Swedish Centre
for Architecture and Design, Stockholm, Göteborgs Konsthall (2020) among others.
Ingela Johansson<https://ingelajohansson.net/>
Leandro Ferre Caetano, born in Mogi das Cruzes, Tietê River territory in Brazil, is a
curator and researcher based in Copenhagen, working between the Nordic region and South
America. His curatorial practice is grounded in art-based research and cultural mediation,
with a strong interest in postcritical and decolonial approaches in artistic practices.
Leandro is a curator, researcher and project manager at ARIEL – Feminisms in the
Aesthetics and has previously collaborated with institutions such as SESC (BR), the São
Paulo Biennial, Videobrasil (BR), Museum of Impossible Forms (Helsinki), and Skēnē
(Malmö). Leandro holds an MA in Visual Studies and Art Education (Aalborg University &
Aalto University). Recent projects focus on socially engaged projects, ecological
practices, and collaborative methodologies, developing projects that connect artists and
researchers across Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Brazil.
https://arielfeminisms.dk/
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