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--- English below ---Tillsammans med Svenska PEN och Bildmuseet bjuder Accelerator in till ett samtal med konstnären Shubigi Rao, Hanna Nordell (verksamhetschef, Svenska PEN) och Anca Rujoiu (curator, Bildmuseet). Samtalet lyfter ämnen som förbjudna böcker och motståndsstrategier.
Samtalet utgår från konstnären Shubigi Raos verk Pulp – ett pågående projekt som under ett decennium har behandlat ämnen som censur, bokförstörelse, attacker mot litteratur och bibliotek, nedtystandet av kvinnliga röster och språk på gränsen till utplåning. Med pennan och kameran som verktyg undersöker Rao kulturell utplåning ur ett historiskt perspektiv, samtidigt som hon i sina böcker, filmer, teckningar och fotografier delar med sig av strategier för att överleva och göra motstånd.
Accelerator Café
Onsdag den 19 mars
Samtalet börjar kl. 18:00
Språk: engelska
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--- English ---
Together with Swedish PEN and Bildmuseet, Accelerator invites you to a conversation between artist Shubigi Rao, Hanna Nordell (Managing Director, Swedish PEN) and Anca Rujoiu (Curator, Bildmuseet). The talk revolves around topics such as banished books and strategies of resistance.
In this talk, Shubigi Rao will introduce Pulp—the artist’s decade-long project so far about censorship, destruction of books, assaults on literacy and libraries, erasure of women’s voices, and loss of languages. With her conviction that “paper will trump rock”, Rao examines the history of cultural obliteration while also sharing strategies of survival and resistance through her books, films, drawings, and photography.
Accelerator Café
Wednesday, 19 March
The talk begins at 18:00
Language: English
Free entry, no registration required
About the artist
Rao has filmed and written about public and private libraries, as well as pirate and anarchist libraries in numerous countries across the world, with particular focus on regions that have suffered historical or contemporary conflict, from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Armenia to the Philippines. We encounter librarians, researchers, and activists who hide books, rescue damaged collections, publish banned manuscripts, create shadow libraries, and establish alternative networks for shared knowledge.
This event is organised in collaboration with Swedish PEN and Bildmuseet on the occasion of Pulp I–IV, Shubigi Rao’s exhibition at Bildmuseet, Umeå University.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Frescativägen 26A, Stockholm, Sweden
