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		The SQUID project www.squidproject.net >> SQUID is an artists-run text archive on the Internet and a framework for live arrangements such as public events. It is run by Janna Holmstedt (SE), Katja Aglert (SE) and Martijn van Berkum (NL). Ongoing since 2005.

		Trial and Error www.trialerror.org >> Trial and Error is a collaboration with the artist and curator Po Hagström. Ongoing since 2005.

		Nu-institutet [The Now Institutet] www.nu-institutet.org >> Nu-instititutet was founded 2009 by the artist Janna Holmstedt and the director and filmmaker Karin Wegsjö. The aim is to investigate contemporary society, using art, theatre and film.

		Den svenska friheten [What About Freedom?] www.nu-institutet.org >> This is a long-term project that explores freedom as concept and reality in a privileged Western country like Sweden, taking the election year 2010 as a point of departure. "Den svenska friheten" has been initiated by Nu-institutet and we are now in the research phase, which involves workshops with teenagers, interventions in public space,performances, interviews and seminars.

		The Hard and the Soft Read more >> An artistic investigation of Öyvind Fahlström's concrete theater play "Det hårda och det mjuka" from 1953. Produced by Alice Kollektiv and performed at Tensta konsthall and Unga Klara, May 2010, and at Dansens hus, Aug 2010. This is the very first staging of the play.

		Book: Att dela ett samhälle [Sharing/Dividing a Society] Read more >> This book reports on the collaboration between four artists – Janna Holmstedt, Anna Högberg, Johan Tirén and Johan Waerndt – and includes reflections by a number of writers, offering a variety of approaches to art and regional planning. Texts by Doreen Massey, Stefan Jonsson, Catharina Gabrielsson, Marie Kraft, Jonathan Metzger and Emma Stenström among others. Ed. Ann Magnusson (The Culture Administration within the Stockholm County Council, 2010).

		Exhibition: Att dela ett samhälle [Sharing/Dividing a Society] Read more >> "Att dela ett samhälle" is the head title of a series of works produced more or less collaboratively by the artists Janna Holmstedt, Anna Högerg, Johan Tiren and Johan Waerndt between 2007-2009. Exhibited at Kulturhuset, Stockholm, 2009.

		Printed matter: Att dela ett samhälle [Sharing/Dividing a Society] Read more >> A4-sized folder containing three art projects on the topic of social perspectives in urban planning. Cooperation between Janna Holmstedt, Anna Högberg, Johan Tirén and Johan Waerndt, 2009.

		A Radical Shift of Scenery Read more >> A 3-room apartment was temporarily transformed into a ”black box” – a stage for in-depth discussions during the important period of consideration of a new Regional Development Plan for the Stockholm Region. 200 politicians, officials and regional stakeholders were invited to participate in workshops during one month. This project is a cooperation between the artists Janna Holmstedt, Anna Högberg, Johan Tirén, Johan Waerndt and produced in collaboration with planners at the Office of Regional Planning, 2008.

		Monument for the Masses Read more >> What kind of monuments are possible? Where and when? In Estonia the artist Tauno Kangro has offered a 14 meter statue of a national hero as a gift to the City of Tallinn. Is it good? Is it bad? Is it the wrong location, an occupation of public space by private capital, a marvellous gift or a huge stupid mistake? This 2-year project (2005-2006) take the controversial monument as starting point. It consists of a proposal for a counter-monument, a campaign to gain support for the proposal, an exhibition and a website.

		We Invite All Read more >> A research- and exhibition project by the workgroup AUPG, initiated by Sören Grammel & Jan Verwoert. Exhibited at BildMuséet, Umeå, Sweden, 2006 and in "Whatever happened to social democracy?" at Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden, 2005.