e for emergence: Art, Science and the Rights of Nature
Dec
6
1:00 PM13:00

e for emergence: Art, Science and the Rights of Nature

Featuring open discussion and presentations, this edition of e for emergence will consider the ways art and science meet in the realm of imagination.

e for emergence is a series of dialogues interrogating the intersections of technology, globalization, and environmental change. It is currently convened by artists Susanne Winterling, Rajat Mondal, and climate scientist Kajsa Parding.

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 Art in the Rubble: Fundraiser for Young Animators of Gaza
Nov
28
5:00 PM17:00

Art in the Rubble: Fundraiser for Young Animators of Gaza

Art in the Rubble is a fundraising event supporting animation workshops for children in Gaza, led by Haneen Koraz, Shorouq Ahmad, and Nour Al-Jawad. Through their films, made under extreme conditions, children process fear, nurture joy, and tell their own stories. All proceeds sustain these vital creative spaces.

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PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) #60 – At LNM with Randi Thommessen
Oct
22
5:30 PM17:30

PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) #60 – At LNM with Randi Thommessen

PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) is a monthly peer-discussion group for creative people. There is space for up to three people to sign up to gain feedback on their current work. Randi Thommessen, director of LNM, will open the session by inviting feedback on a curatorial project currently in development.

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e for emergence: Carbon in the Time of Climate Crisis. Talk by Rajat Mondal
Sep
27
1:00 PM13:00

e for emergence: Carbon in the Time of Climate Crisis. Talk by Rajat Mondal

Artist Rajat Mondal will introduce his current project The Echoes of Resilience II, which reflects on the impact of climate change on local ecosystems and communities, while questioning the colonial legacies embedded in human exploitation of natural resources.

e for emergence is a series of dialogues interrogating the intersections of technology, globalization, and environmental change. It is currently convened by artists Susanne Winterling, Rajat Mondal, and climate scientist Kajsa Parding.

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Climate / Coloniality Assembly – Connect. Inquire. Converse.
Sep
9
1:30 PM13:30

Climate / Coloniality Assembly – Connect. Inquire. Converse.

PRAKSIS’s 30th group residency, Climate / Coloniality brings together eleven artists and researchers to investigate how enduring systems of power, culture, knowledge that are legacies of colonialism shape the geographically uneven effects of climate breakdown. This assembly draws upon the residents' individual and collective practices, opening a space to share knowledge, artistic responses and insights into this urgent and complex field.

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e for emergence – Reading Group: Seeking climate justice through legal frameworks
Jun
18
7:00 PM19:00

e for emergence – Reading Group: Seeking climate justice through legal frameworks

The second reading session of e for emergence focuses on Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability (2025) by Callahan and Mankin, recently published in the renowned scientific journal Nature. Convened by artists Susanne Winterling, Rajat Mondal, and climate scientist Kajsa Parding.

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PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) 58 – with Yaniya Mikhalina
Jun
18
1:30 PM13:30

PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) 58 – with Yaniya Mikhalina

In PDF #58, artist Yaniya Mikhalina will introduce the ongoing research that underpins Appeal to All Western Countries, a sound sculpture originally inspired by a Soviet archive document dealing with the status of Tatar and Bashqort indigenous languages. Drawing on her artistic and personal experience, Mikhalina will explore themes of form, context, production and temporality.

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PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) Session 57 with İz Öztat
Apr
29
5:30 PM17:30

PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) Session 57 with İz Öztat

Artist and researcher İz Öztat opens PDF 55 by sharing a video work in progress using hand puppets to explore artistic agency and accountability in confronting state violence. The session invites discussion on engaging with violent histories through creative practice, materiality, and narrative. Participants may also share their own works-in-progress.

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Show & Tell
Mar
29
6:00 PM18:00

Show & Tell

PRAKSIS and Karmaklubb* present an evening of performance, conversation, music, and dance. The evening will feature contributions by artist Harold Offeh and guests, and Jonathan Hielkema. Post-performance music, dancing and celebration will be hosted in the welcoming ambience of the Baba Bar.

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PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) Session 56 – with Harold Offeh
Mar
26
5:30 PM17:30

PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) Session 56 – with Harold Offeh

PRAKSIS’s monthly peer-discussion group for creative people offers a friendly, informal hub for practitioners to meet, share and discuss works-in-progress. Session 56, invites artist Harold Offeh to start the round table sharing session. This PDF event is of particular relevance to artists interested in performance, social arts and learning practices as well as concepts of authenticity, pop culture, play and identity. 

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e for emergence: Climate Denial Dynamics
Mar
15
1:00 PM13:00

e for emergence: Climate Denial Dynamics

Despite decades of research and increasing quantities of undeniable evidence, a critical disconnect persists in our understanding of climate change. Join climate researcher, Kajsa Parding for a roundtable discussion exploring why critical environmental messages struggle to resonate or prompt significant behavioural change.

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Premiere: The Future Futures Talk Show
Mar
2
4:00 PM16:00

Premiere: The Future Futures Talk Show

The Future Futures Talk Show: Through the Lens brings together three Nordic youth advisory boards in an experimental talk show format. As part of their year-long exploration of film and video in the arts, the Index Teen Advisory Board (Sweden), PRAKSIS Teen Advisory Board (Norway), and PUBLICS Youth Advisory Board (Finland) have conceptualised and produced three episodes examining representation and power in moving image. Filmed at Stockholm's Konstfack in November 2024, each episode features the boards in conversation with artists and experts, sharing their perspectives on how institutions can use video to reach new audiences.

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Reimagining Tourism: Art, Architecture, and Community Empowerment
Feb
27
to Feb 28

Reimagining Tourism: Art, Architecture, and Community Empowerment

  • Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Reimagining Tourism is a two-day conference exploring the ways that artists, architects and heritage experts can help tourism serve local communities better. Part of PRAKSIS’s long term project An Urgent Situation: Rethinking tourism through art, architecture and community, the event is a collaboration with the Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre, Balinese hotel and culture hub Samong Haven and Oslo-based architect Don Lawrence.

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PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) Session 55 – with Dora García
Feb
12
5:30 PM17:30

PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) Session 55 – with Dora García

PRAKSIS’s monthly peer-discussion group for creative people offers a friendly, informal hub for practitioners to meet, share and discuss works-in-progress. Session 55, invites artist Dora Garcia to start the round table sharing session. This PDF event is of particular relevance to artists working with narrative, language, and politicised subject matter.

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All Eyes On: Conversation & Finissage – Commitment to Peace
Nov
21
5:00 PM17:00

All Eyes On: Conversation & Finissage – Commitment to Peace

  • Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

With the exhibition All Eyes On as a backdrop and with a shared commitment to peace, Bishop Kari Mangrud Alvsvåg meets two of the young curators, Laiba Shafiq and Rosa Horiat, for a conversation about how one can work to promote peace. The night will finish with musical performances and a complimentary dinner.

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PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) Session 54 – with Shannon Rae Stratton
Nov
13
5:30 PM17:30

PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) Session 54 – with Shannon Rae Stratton

PRAKSIS’s monthly peer-discussion group for creative people offers a friendly, informal space to meet, share, and discuss works-in-progress. Session 54 invites artist Shannon Rae Stratton to kick off the round-table sharing session. Stratton transforms her old notebooks into new sheets of paper, embedding traces of their contents and drawing and painting on the surfaces. This edition is especially relevant for painters, particularly those who work beyond canvas, and for those interested in themes of memory, materiality, and transformation.

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All Eyes On - Exhibition at Nitja
Oct
19
to Oct 25

All Eyes On - Exhibition at Nitja

  • Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

All Eyes On is an exhibition of video works by emerging and established Palestinian artists, curated by members of the PRAKSIS Teen Advisory Board, as part of the three-year Young Curators Mentorship programme. The programme is a collaboration between Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art and PRAKSIS.

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PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) Session 53 – with Hedberg and Moi
Oct
16
5:30 PM17:30

PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) Session 53 – with Hedberg and Moi

PRAKSIS’s monthly peer-discussion group for creative people offers a friendly, informal hub for practitioners to meet, share and discuss works-in-progress. Session 53, invites artists Ebba Moi and Anna Carin Hedberg to start the round table sharing session. A common denominator in the duo's artistic work is change – changes that occur in landscapes, language, or in a material. Their collaborations typically include people who are not artists. 

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e for emergence: From Neurology of Art to the Art of AGI with Dr. Vahid Rostami
Oct
12
2:00 PM14:00

e for emergence: From Neurology of Art to the Art of AGI with Dr. Vahid Rostami

The urgency of our times, future and past lies in how these fields of art and science navigate humanity. e for emergence is a new series of art and science dialogues convened by Anita Akbarzadeh Solbu and Susanne M. Winterling, who invite you to join them for inspiring, constructive exchange between the two fields.

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