Utopia and reality

By gathering together art, architecture, photography, film and design, the exhibition illustrates the connections between different artistic expressions and society in general.

Connected with the exhibition is a “pedagogic pool” in which visitors are invited to catch their breath, leaf through books and catalogues and reflect on the exhibition. The contem-porary design group, Uglycute, composed of an interior designer, an architect and two artists, has created the pool.

In conjunction with the exhibition there will be a symposium on Saturday, 28th October, an educational programme, concerts and a film programme. Short films by Viking Eggeling, Gösta Werner, Rut Hillarp, Peter Weiss, Per Olov Grönstrand, Pontus Hultén and Hans Nordenström will be shown together will several of the great classics of Swedish feature films, such as Sjöström’s Körkarlen and Bergman’s Smultronstället. See the Home Page for dates and times.

Exhibition commissioners: Cecilia Widenheim and Eva Rudberg in cooperation with Cilla Robach, Marie-Louise Bowallius, Gustaf Rosell, Leif Wigh and Ragnar von Holten.

Utopia and Reality is a collaboration between Moderna Museet, Arkitekturmuseet and the handicraft and design department of Nationalmuseum.

Utopia and Reality is supported by IKEA. A digital presentation of the exhibition can also be found at several IKEA-stores, Barkarby/Stockholm, Uppsala, Västerås, Linköping and Göteborg.