Slow Art Day

Slow Art Day at Moderna Museet

10.00–11.30: Guided Tour and Meditation (1.5 hours)

Experience art with all your senses. In the exhibition “The Art of Collecting – Expanding the Moderna Museet Collection”, we focus on a few works that become a starting point for contemplation and reflective conversation. Afterwards, Jessica Eldenstjärna leads a guided meditation, where we follow our breathing and notice how the body reacts when our attention is turned inwards.

Place: In the Exhibition “The Art of Collecting”, floor 4

13.00–14.00: Lecture on art as a source of health, presence, and inner balance (1 hour)

How does slow and conscious viewing of art affect our physical, mental and existential health? In her lecture, Jessica Eldenstjärna shows, with support from research on the brain’s response to art and its effects on the nervous system, as well as experiences from therapeutic work, how the museum can become a place for recovery, emotional regulation and deeper presence. The lecture combines science and practical examples and provides new approaches to art as a source of health, presence and inner balance.

Place: In the Auditorium, floor 2

14.15–15.30: Workshop with Buddhist singing bowls and paint (1 hour and 15 min)

Participate in a workshop in The Workshop 2 with Buddhist singing bowls and paint. When you strike the singing bowl, vibrations are created in the paint and beautiful patterns are formed on the paper underneath. We also try painting with calligraphy brushes.

Place: Workshop 2, floor 2