Why are we not in Paradise?

Why are we not in Paradise?

14 March – 15 April 2009

Fee: 80/60 SEK  

Since 2006, the poets Ann Jäderlund and Magnus William-Olsson have been meeting regularly with the artists Mikael Lundberg and Agnes Monus to discuss the boundary between art and literature. Why are we not in Paradise? Why is life, and the world in general, more often described in infernal terms of evil, greed and treachery?

Sun 14 March, 3 pm
Opening and presentation by John Peter Nilsson, curator at Moderna Museet. Poetry reading by Ann Jäderlund and Magnus William-Olsson.

Sun 22 March, 3 pm
Lecture: Marcia Cavalcante-Schuback, Before birth, after death – or life as a sketch. Followed by a discussion with Ann Jäderlund, Agnes Monus, Magnus William-Olsson and Mikael Lundberg.

Sun 29 March, 3 pm
Introductory presentation by Ann Jäderlund. Poetry reading by Helga Krook and Gunnar Wærness.

Sun 5 April, 3 pm
Introductory presentation by Magnus William-Olsson. Poetry reading by Ann Hallström and Lennart Sjögren.

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