Name: Magnificent Desolation
Start: 2026-03-21T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-03-21T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Drottninggatan 6C, 21211 Malmö, Sweden

skēnē are proud to present Magnificent Desolation, an exhibition by artist Susanna Marcus Jablonski in collaboration with playwright Eva Maria Benavente Dahlin, on view 14 March – 11 April 2026.
Magnificent Desolation unfolds as a performance within a staged spatial environment where language, image, and topography converge. It reflects an expansion of Susanna Marcus Jablonski’s sculptural practice, where ‘sculpture’ is not only located in discrete objects but also in the conditions that host the convening of objects and bodies in physical space.
The body of work originates in a script written together with Eva Maria Benavente Dahlin, and centres on a drawing made in the 1940’s by an imprisoned child that depicts the Earth as seen from the Moon. The narrative traces the drawing’s afterlife as it outlives its maker and becomes entangled in histories of displacement, technological ambition and cultural memory, resonating across multiple temporalities and geographies. Acting as a sculptural force, the drawing carries histories beyond what can be physically present.
The exhibition Magnificent Desolation is supported by Byggfabriken, Kulturrådet, Malmö stad, Region Skåne and the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.