Ikram Abdulkadir, James Barnor, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lydia Östberg Diakité, Makda Embaie, Manju Jatta, Linda Lamignan, Eric Magassa, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose

Vernissage: 15 Nov at 18.00 at Skånes konstförening
Artist talk: 16 Nov at 13.00 at Black Archives Sweden
Symposium: 29 Nov–1 Dec at Skånes konstförening, Malmö Konsthall and Moderna Museet Malmö. Keynote speaker: Tina Campt

Closed for Christmas Dec 23–Jan 7. The exhibition re-opens on Jan 8, 2025.

Transmissions is a group exhibition that broadcasts connections across generations through photography, sound, video, installation, painting, and performance. The exhibition departs from Black Archives Sweden’s Family Archive collection, which is dedicated to sustaining diasporic life through experimentation, care, and communal activation. The Family Archive calls attention to aspects of Black history and the present day that are often overlooked by state archives.

In Listening to Images, theorist Tina Campt articulates how still images, particularly photographs of Black subjects, can be “heard” through the vibrations and frequencies they emit. She expands the traditional notion of visuality by emphasising the multisensory essence of images and what they transmit. In this exhibition, listening is used as a tool in digging up narratives, dreams, and moments of joy and disseminating them across time and space into infinity.

Unfolding over the winter, Transmissions brings together new commissions and existing works in a group exhibition at Skånes konstförening. It provides a meeting ground for vantage points and practices, where objects and images converge. The ensemble is saturated with light, colour, and texture, offering a sensory experience rich in materiality and tactility. Each artist is dedicated to the process of uncovering and transferring alternative narratives, resulting in a collective radiance that resonates throughout the exhibition.

Transmissions also spreads across the Skåne region with temporary public works by James Barnor at Dunkers kulturhus, Kristianstads konsthall/Regionmuseet Kristianstad, and Ystad konstmuseum, as well as an international symposium at venues including Black Archives Sweden, Skånes konstförening, Malmö Konsthall, and Moderna Museet Malmö.

Curators: Tawanda Appiah and Ulrika Flink

Exhibition producers: Jonelle Twum and Albin Hillervik
Communication: Zawadi Odenyo and Janneke Schoene
Exhibition technicians: Linus Svensson and Jesper Veileby
Graphic designer: Lina Forsgren

The exhibition at Skånes konstförening is a collaboration between Black Archives Sweden and Skånes konstförening. Funded by Malmö Stad, Region Skåne, Swedish Arts Council, and ABF.