Vita Kuben / White Cube, Norrlandsoperan 2010
Artist’s book collection/exhibition, by Ulla West commissioned artist to programme Vita kuben, space for art at Norrlandsoperan in collaboration with producer and artistic leader at Norrlandsoperan, Tina Eriksson Fredriksson.
The travelling artist’s books library was the startingpoint for MABL, Mobile Artist’s Books Library.
Vita kuben Norrlandsoperan in Umeå. The first presentation of a travelling artist’s books library took place during 2010 when I was appointed as quest curator of the White Cube at Norrlandsoperan in Umeå. Apart from my own presentation I invited two artist’s, Lina Selander and Reena Spaulings/ Bernadette Corporation alias Emily Sundblad to use and work with the white-cube-limits while presenting artworks and installations parallel to presenting their different ways to use the white pages shaped and put togehter as books. My aim was to present different artistic approaches to the white cube fenomenon, aswell as these specific artist’s bookworks and in a wider spectra: different kinds of artist’s books, such as printed matters from big editing companies aswell as limited crafted editions or as unique artworks/objects and experiments with new techologhy.
Outside the artspace Vita kuben a small library was built up. During the period of three exhibitions the library grew bigger. Students from University College of Arts in Umeå was invited to present artist’s books in this temporary library. For the opening the poet Mara Lee made a commissioned textpiece to be performed live. The performance took place at University College of Fine Arts.
Vita kuben presents printed matters
Labyrint Archive:
Free Press, 6 publikationer:
Bot, Kanarinka, 42 or 363 definitions of cartography
Clarke, C., Un identity and other works
Free choice, Manifestos, statements & declarations
Friends of free words, Free words forever
Ng, Ivana, Writing portfolio 2005-2005
Zurwehme, Beate, Media art in focus at Gender criticism
Avenius Anckarsvärd, Jakob, Book of Death
Bergh, Camilla, hallå vad håller jag på med
Bjarre, B, and…and…and…but
Bärtås, Magnus / Ekman, Fredrik, Orienterarsjukan
Challinor, N Alice, Frank Heron and the rocket girls
Dahlgren, Jacob / Eriksson, Andreas, Blå himmel
Ericson, Eric, Brev till samhället
Jon Eriksen, Deliverance
Eriksson, Elis Ernst, Muffa bok 1
Eriksson, Elis Ernst, Muffa bok 2
Eriksson, Mats, Indian Grammer
Gath, Jessica, We are_______. Me, you, everybody…
Geist nr 8, Albeidos,
Geist nr 11, 12, 14, Method
Geist nr 15-16 part 2, Geist on scene
Guermouche, Oscar, Connecting the dots
Gunnarsdotter, Ulrika, It is swedish perfect
Gustavsson, Lena, Konst 1991-2006
Hase, Baluer, Furniture Music
Helmer, Mia, She was not important
Johansson, Peter / Westling, Barbro, 2004-2008
Kajfes, Arijana, Occular Witness
Karlsson, Martin, Tumba
Köhler, Peter, Open
Love and Devotion, Sundbyberg A-Ö
Mejan Talk, nr 1
Mejan Talk, nr 2
Mejan Talk, nr 3
Mejan Talk, nr 4
Mistal, Katerina, Fear of / Landscape
Naunton Morgan, Louise, In conversation with the machine
Nordenström, Lina, Vägbeskrivning
Peirone, Julia, blind smeker min kind
Shalev-Gerz, Esther, First generation
Silkeberg, Marie, Ödeläggelse
Sillanpää, Marja-Leena, Alla lever alla dör
Svensson, Johan, A simple twist of fate
Wikander, Ola / Ern, Eva Maria, Verkligheten mellan skallarna
Zetterstrand, Kristoffer, Virtual Artifacts
Åkesson, Mattias, Nothern Comfort
OEI editör
Adlers, Bengt, Den andra kinden/Check two chock
Berggren, Beata, Det ligger något i vad man säger
Bernstein, Charles, De svåra dikterna anfaller, eller Högt spel i tropikerna. Dikter, essäer, samtal
Burroughs, William S, Den mjuka maskinen
Burroughs, William S, Biljetten som exploderade
Burroughs, William S, Nova Expressen
Börjel, Ida, Skåneradio
Börjel, Ida, Sond
Börjel, Ida, Konsumentköplsgen: Juris lyrik
Fröberg, Dan, Stella Burnout /cd+booklet (i samarbete med Kning Disk)
Gassilewski, Jörgen, Kakbak
Heldén, Johannes, Bug Bomb
Högström, Martin, Fängelsepalatset
Högström, Martin, Kommande industrilandskap
Högström, Martin, Transfutura
Jönsson, Johan, Virus
Jönsson, Johan, Collobert Orbital
Kullman, Christina, Print
Larsson, Karl, FORM/FORCE
Larsson, Karl, NIGHTSONG
Möller, Daniel, Själsliga besvär
Nilsson, Ulf Karl Olov, Familjeoxymoronen
Olsson, Jesper, Alfabetets användning
Olsson, Peder Alexis, Tändstickor
Plax, Dmitri, Cy Twomblys dagbok
Raatamaa, Lars Mikael, Politiskt våld
Rinne, Cia, notes for soloists
Royet-Journoud, Claude, Teori om prepositioner
Stigmark, Karl-Johan, fläckar, ord
Stigmark, Karl-Johan, sprickor och andra sprickor
Stigmark, Karl-Johan, various parts corners world
Sundin, Kajsa, Definition
Thörn, Pär, Inventeringen
Ytterbom, Anna-Maria, En film om Firmans och Hannas vad / stillbilder etc
Ytterbom, Anna-Maria, Hennes titellösa februari ligger vikt vid saker
Ådahl, Anna, Independence
OEI #14, Gertrud Stein
OEI #15, 16, 17, Appropriering, Collage, Copyleft, Cut-up…
OEI #18, 19, 20, 21, Textkonst, Visuell poesi, Konceptuellt skrivande
ELEKTROEI #22, 23
AUDIOEI 2 #28, 29, 30
OEI #31-32, Reader’s (un)digest
OEI NONSENS #33, 34, 35
OEI #37, 38
OEI #39-41, Mix-Up!
biOEI #43, 44, 45, materialismer
OEI #44, 45, 46, Prosa
ludOEI #48, 49, 50, Lek, spel, leksaker
OEI #51, Mayry Ellen Solt
OEI #51, Supplement
Vita kuben presents 18 printed matters from Grafikskolan Print Press Edition:
Yearbooks 1999-2010
Grafikskolan i Stockholm, Årsboken, 1999
Årsboken, Grafikskolan i Stockholm 2000
Jag är en sockerbit i din mun, Årsbok 2001, Grafikskolan i Stockholm 2001
I Was Here, Grafikskolans Årsbok 2006, Grafikskolan Stockholm 2006
Revir, Årsboken 2006-2007, Grafikskolan i Stockholm 2007
Arvet, Årsboken 2007-2008, upplaga 80 ex, Print Press Edition 2009
Grafikskolan i Stockholm 2010, das stockholm syndrom upplaga 50ex, Print Press Edition
Andersson, Jenny, Röd Tråd, handtryckt serigrafiuppaga 20 ex
Bergsjö, Martina, Orädslan, upplaga 10 ex, Print Press Edition 2008
Jonsson, Bill-Ove, Konst är bajs, Grafikskolan i Stockholm 2005
Karlsson, Jenna, Betty Betrayel, Print Press Edition 2008
Lange, Bianca, My People, Print Press Edition 2009
Le Cirque Invisible, Print Press Edition 2010
Leal Bergstrand, Isabel, Fönster, Print Press Edition 2008
Linde, Nina, Blindskrift del1-del2, Print Press Edition 2010
Pettersson, Karolina, mixed tapes, Print Press Edition 2010
Walderhaug, Aurora, La Danse Macabre, Print Press Edition 2008
Åhlander Persson, Kajsa, Bakom Knuten, Print Press Edition 2010
From MABL collection
A study on colour
An Exhibition without Francis Alys, I’m not here
Andersson, Jessica, Den vita staden, Irrlicht 2010
Aurell, Gerd / Wikström, Helena, Porträtt i ett målat landskap
Back / Bärtås / Geschwind / Klingber, ReShape!, IASPIS / Propexus
Bernadette Corporation, Reena Spaulings
Black Box Illuminated, IASPIS / Nifca / Propexus
Brunberg, Jon, Utopian World Championship 2001 och 2004:
T.R.O.Y. The New World Disorder 2001
Belshaw, Cyril, From your maturity to global government: The utopian Tapetstry 2004
Bull, Josef, mfl, Nautofon
Byström, Helena, Man går bara ut
Bärtås, Magnus, You Told Me, Art Monitor
Calle, Sophie, Exquisite pain, Thames & Hudson
Dahlberg, Jonas, Invisible Cities, Moderna Museet
Dahlberg, Kajsa, A room of Ones Own, a thousand libraries.
Firmin, Isabel, Second Eye/Det Andra Ögat
Flensmarck, Kristofer, Stilla en björn, Natur & Kultur
Flensmarck, Kristofer, Den Sista Expeditionen, Natur & Kultur
Flensmarck, Kristofer, Almanacka, Natur & Kultur
Flensmarck, Kristofer, Chiffonje
Flensmarck, Kristofer, FPS, Irrlicht
Von Hausswolff, Annika, In dialogue with Sara Arrhenius, IASPIS / Propexus
Höll, Monica, Drawings for pleasure
Höll, Monica, Till Ulla
Larsson, Karl / Kordsaia-Samadashvili, Anna, Tbilisi Diary, URI Bokförlag
Larsson, Karl, Parrot, Paraguay press
Lidén, Klara, Klara, Kunsthalle Zürich
Lind, Maria (red), European Cultural Polices, IASPIS / eipcp
Löfdahl, Eva, Pi och omkring, Lunds Konsthall
Mater, Katja, A study on color
Magnusson Jonas J / Grönberg, Cecilia, Witz-bomber och Foto-sken
Mattson, Helena / Wallenstein, Sven-Olov, Swedish Modernism, Black Dog Publishing
Miesenberger, Maria, Skissernas Museum
Nashashibi, Rosalind, The Fruitmarket Gallery
Nashashibi, Rosalind, Proximity Machine
O´Doherty, Brian, Inside the White Cube, University of California Press
Perec, Georges, tvåhundrfyrtiotre vykort i samma färger
Price, Seth, Notes on this show, Reena Spaulings Fine Art
Royet-Journoud, Claude, Tetralogin
Selander, Anna, Between you and me
Selander, Lina, Around the Cave of the Double Tombs
Shrigley, David, Let’s wrestle, Redstone Press
Shrigley, David, Kill your pets, Redstone Press
Umeå Konsthögskola, Filten
West, Christopher, This Is True White
West, Christopher, Your Message Here
West, Ulla, Checker Hoods
West, Ulla, Kretskort – Mönster
Åhbeck, Nathalie / Heller-Sahlgren, Miriam, Världens Förvandlingar
Axl BOOKS
Selander, Lina, The Space of Memory
West, Ulla, The Inexorable / Den Obönhörliga
About Vita Kuben / White Cube
Vita kuben
a space for visual art at NorrlandsOperan, programmed by artists.
Vita kuben started in 2002 as a public space for intermedia arts, for sound, video, performance, etc. A space for artistic expressions of temporary and searching character. Situated in the public heart at NorrlandsOperan in Umeå it offers new encounters between audiences and also makes contemporary art accessible to a wider public. With Vita kuben the visual arts field has become a natural and powerful component at NorrlandsOperan. Together with the MADE-festival it creates a new arena and melting pot for new artistic expressions.
Programme curated by artists
Since it started Vita kuben has been programmed by independent artists, invited on yearly or half year basis. Free and independent artists are given the chance to curate a programme that bears it’s own theme or context. This way Vita kuben has always had a varied and unexpected programme that also reflects the actual artist in new ways.
Over the years Vita kuben has hosted artists of national and international reputation as well as artists from the region. At times their work have created headlines and contributed to both local and national discussions concerning artistic development, powers and possibilities. Discussions that constitute the foundation of a vital activity in Vita kuben!
Tina Eriksson Fredriksson initiated and created the accompanying strategies and statutes for Vita kuben in 2002. She was part of the steering group until she became head of department in 2006, at the same time becoming artistic director for the MADE festival. In 2010 Tina EF invited Ulla West to curate a programme for Vita kuben. Ulla W created a programme as well as an ongoing artist’s book library in the opera house foyer. This was the first time we both collaborated and seed for MABL was planted.
Below follows Ullas program as well as a list of the programs that were curated during the years that Tina ran Vita kuben.
Fall 2010 in Vita Kuben
curated by Ulla West
Storytelling-Artistbooks
Theme for this autumn is storytelling in artistbooks, starting with a groupshow presenting a number of different books and works. It may be unique solitary bookpieces, handmade limited editions, books edited on private basis or artistbooks from small publishers. Some of the artists also present works in other media related to books. During November and December two artists are invited, both of them working with storytelling in different media, one based in New York and the other based in Stockholm. October is an overview and November-December focus on two specific artists.Lina Selander and Emily Sundblad alias Reena Spaulings alias Bernadette Corporation.
curators and artists in
Vita kuben 2002 – 2011
Spring 2011
Curator:Mats Stjernstedt
Artists:Christodolous Panayiotous
Guido van der Werve
Kajsa Dahlberg
Spring: 2010
Guest curator: Magnus Wallin
Artists: Astrid Göransson, Kristian Körner
Charlotte Walentin, David Krantz
Fall 2010
Curator: Ulla West
Artists: Kent Gustavsson,
Mara Lee, Ulla West
Emily Sundblad/ Reena Spauling
Lina Selander
Spring 2009
Curator: Tina Eriksson Fredriksson
Artists: Lars Cuzner, Lars Tunbjörk
and Mats Gustavsson Selda Asal,
Peter Bryngelsson, Kathleen
Herbert, Oskar Östergren and
Fredrik Oskarsson, Francois
Bucher, Christoph Keller.
Fall 2009
Curator: Francois Bucher
Artists: Mattias Ericsson,
Pavel Büchler, Agnes Denes,
Alexander Schellow
2008
Curator: Loulou Cherinet
Artists: Latifa Echakch, Juan Pedro
Fabra, Tracey Rose, Patrice Felix
Tchichaya.
2007
Curators: Ride1 – Stig Sjölund,
Jonas Kjellgren and Ronny
Hansson
Artists: Kalle Westin, Lars Bang
Larsen, Itziar Okariz, Morgan
Schagerberg, Isabella Nilsson,
Gerulf Mark, Juan Pérez
Agirregoikoa, Marnie Weber and
Birgitta Tholander.
2006
Curator: Johanna Billing
Artists: Tintin Wulia, Gerard
Holthuis, Aleksandra Mir, Marysia
Lewandowska and Neil Cummings,
Goran Devic, Phil Collins, Manon de
Boer, Gordon Matta Clark, Tellervo
Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-
Kalleinen, Gerhard Byrne and
Clemens von Wedemeyer.
2005
Curator: Anneè Olofsson
Artists: Björn Melhus, Maria
Marshall, Christoph Draeger,
Eve Sussman,
Reynold Reynolds
och Patrick Jolly, Markus Wetzel,
Christian
Jankowski, Yves
Netshammer, Chloe Piene, Olaf
Breuning, Lars Ahrenius, Daniel
Schilbi and group presentation:
Mia Enell, Liz Wendelbom,
Marco Papa, Allen Grubesic and
Peng Hung.
2004
Curator: Anders Boqvist
Artists: Annika Larsson, Peter
Geschwind,
Katarina Löfström,
Daniel Westlund, Tova Mozard, Per
Teljer, Max-Mix 1. Video from 70s,
80s and 90s, Petra Lindholm, Pål
Hollender and Max-mix 2. Video
from 2000 and on.
2003
Curators: love and devotion – Ingrid
Eriksson, Carina Gunnars, Karin
Johnson and Anna Kindgren
Artists: Malin Arnell, Arthur
Zmiijewski, Åke Arnerdal, Monica
Bonvincini and Peter Thörneby
2002
Curators: Guds söner – Leif Elggren
and Kent Tankred
Artists: Ingrid Engarås, Daniel
Rozenhall, Mats Lundell, Anne
Pajunen, Lena Fridlund, Monika
Nyström, Firework Edition Records,
Gyllene Tider, Filmform – Snowflakes,
Cecilia Heisser, John Duncan,
Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Bruno
K Öijer, Lise-Lotte Norelius, Sten
Hansson, Sören Runolf, Christina
Kubish and Lotta Melin.
Ulla West 