Space festival
Celebrate the opening of Space - A Visual Journey with a space festival at Fotografiska
We celebrate the opening of Space - A Visual Journey with a space festival at Fotografiska on October 18-20! During the festival you can experience artist talks with Michael Najjar, Rhiannon Adam and Mikael Owunna, take part in an astrology talk with Tarotgäri, and put your movie knowledge to the test in a quiz with Bio Rio. For families, there will be a space parade, rocket crafts and guided tours of the exhibition Space - A Visual Journey. The festival will end with the podcast Har vi åkt till mars än? and Breathwork in Space with Hale. A weekend filled with exciting activities that will take you out into the universe!
Friday, October 18
18.00 Artist Talk with Michael Najjar (ENG)
Najjar is a German astro-artist working close to the intersection of art, science and technology, challenging our perceptions of space and our place in it with his visually stunning and thought-provoking works.
Venue: Annie, floor 0
18-20 Movie quiz with Bio Rio (SWE)
Test your sci-fi knowledge in this popular culture quiz. Popular culture has always interpreted space - how do we use it to reflect our own thoughts and what examples do you know?
Quiz leader: Jonas PH
Lokal: Studio, floor 2
20.00 Astrology with Tarotgäri (SWE)
Astrology is hotter than ever, why is that? Listen to Tarotgäri's explanation of the subject and how the universe can affect us.
Ebba Bjelkholm, who goes by the name Tarotgäri, is an astrologer, tarot reader, podcaster and witch. She runs the podcast Fråga Stjärnorna.
Venue: Annie, floor 0
Saturday, October 19
10.00 Space Parade
Heroes you recognise will visit our new exhibition!
Venue: Start at floor 0
11-15 Rocket Crafts
Decorate, build and test drive your own rocket - perfect activity for kids!
Venue: Daido, floor -1
13.00 & 15.00 Family guided tours Space - A Visual Journey (SWE)
Our guides bring the connection of art & space with philosophy, science and sci-fi to the exhibition hall.
Venue: Floor 0
16.00 Artist Talk with Rhiannon Adam (ENG)
Irish artist Rhiannon Adam, the only woman selected, participated in the canceled SpaceX project where civilians would travel around the moon with billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.
Venue: Annie, floor 0
18.00 Artist Talk with Mikael Owunna (ENG)
Owunna explores the intersections of science, art and African cosmologies.
Venue: Annie, floor 0
19-22 Tarot reading with Tarotgäri
Get answers to your questions in tarot - get read by Tarotgäri!
(bookable on site)
Lokal: Studio, floor 2
Sunday, October 20
11-15 Rocket Crafts
Decorate, build and test drive your own rocket - perfect activity for the kids!
Venue: Daido, floor -1
13.00 & 15.00 Family guided tours Space - A Visual Journey (SWE)
Our guides bring the connection of art & space with philosophy, science and sci-fi to the exhibition hall.
Venue: Floor 0
13.00 Podcast: Har vi åkt till mars än? (SWE)
The podcast with a 100% space perspective visits Fotografiska for a special recording for all ages with artist Cecilia Ömalm and Göran Östlin. How is it that art and science are so closely related?
Cecilia Ömalm & astronomer Göran Östlin participate in Space - A Visual Journey with their artistic and scientific project Ad Lucem/Mot Ljuset.
Lokal: Studio, floor 2
16.00 Breathwork in Space x Hale (ENG)
Our inner universe is often talked about, but how often do we look inwards? Can an immersive space experience and the physical breath - bring us peace in the present?
(First come, first served, only 20 seats).
Venue: Annie, floor 0
Image credit: Amma's Womb, 2018 © Mikael Owunna