Public Retreat at Lövholmen | Listening Event and Collective Talk

Listening event and collective talk with PUBLIC RETREAT

Friday 25th of October 18:00-20:00

12 spots available, RSVP to contact@public-retreat.com

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Join PUBLIC RETREAT and Platform Deep Dive for an evening of listening and conversation by the fire. What stories does Lövholmen have to tell? How does its past inform its present? In a place once marked by the Carbonic Acid Factory, which now lies in ruins we'll explore the role of fire in transformation—both as a destructive force and a source of warmth and connection.

We'll begin in Platform Stockholm's gallery, tuning in and setting the tone for the evening. From there, we will walk to the site of the former factory, where the remnants of history linger. The conversation will be open, informal, and shaped by the participants. As dusk falls, we'll gather around a fire to listen, speak, and perhaps leave with more questions than answers.

The event is free and mostly outdoors, so please dress for the autumn weather. Come early to enjoy a cup of coffee and light snacks, and take a moment to experience the solo exhibition at Platform Stockholm by artist Lindsay Lawson.

The listening event will be hosted by PUBLIC RETREAT's sound artist Nicole Cecilie Bitsch Pedersen (DK), architect Johanna Fager (SE), and artist Jo Mikkel Sjaastad Huse (NO).

The event will be held in English.

Warmly welcome! :)

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PUBLIC RETREAT is an interdisciplinary, practice-based art project centered around the exploration of our common auditory urban environment and the human, non human and more-than-human experiences of and relations to it. PUBLIC RETREAT makes site and context specific sound-, radio-, visual-, and text-based works, workshops and listening events. The project is led by composer and sound artist Nicole Cecilie Bitsch Pedersen (DK), visual artist and writer Jo Mikkel Sjaastad Huse (NO) and architect and artist Johanna Fager (SE), with an international network of collaborators and conversation partners engaged. PUBLIC RETREAT began their collaborative work in 2023 with the art and architect project NYA LÖVHOLMEN, which included semi-utopian citizen proposal for an entire new neighborhood; an absurd elevator pitch for a subterranean earth scraper to house all of mankind; the locally distributed NYA LÖVHOLMEN MAGAZINE; and a radio show about city planning, voiced in part by an enthusiastic bird. NYA LÖVHOLMEN was nominated for the Architects Sweden's 2023 Critics Award.

The "Platform Deep Dive" initiative positions Platform Stockholm as a central hub for artistic reflection on the ongoing transformation of Lövholmen from an industrial area to a residential hub. Each year, the program invites an artist to create site-specific work that captures the effects of these changes on local artists, the community, businesses, and residents. Public Retreat is the first artist entry invited to inaugurate this program. We aim to continue this initiative throughout the entire redevelopment phase of Lövholmen.

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This event is supported by Stockholm Stad and Kulturrådet