Mattias Berg
Culture journalist and author
19.05.2025 – 01.06.2025
“I am a culture journalist and an author, having been deputy head of the culture department at Dagens Nyheter and for ten years head of the culture department at Swedish Radio. Recent years I have wanted to create culture journalism on my own again. Not the least with a radio program series called Secrets of the Museums. Now, Spring 2025, I will finish my employment at the culture department at Swedish Radio – to focus even more on writing.”
“My first novel dealt with atomic weapons, published in 10 countries (English title: The Carrier). Currently I am finishing my second novel, that deals with mass extinction. Focal point is the authentic 19th century zoologist Georges Cuvier, at the Natural History Museum in Paris, who proved the existence of extinction. Cuvier also conducted the infamous autopsy of Sarah Baartman, “The Venus of the Hottentots”. Her remains were displayed at the MusĂ©e de l’Homme in Paris well into the 1970s.”
Rebecka Cardoso
Actor, director and playwright
19.05.2025 – 01.06.2025
“I’ve been active in the performing arts field for nearly twenty years, working with both independent groups and institutions. My major artistic themes are women’s experiences and perspectives, as well as the human relationship to God. I’m interested in people’s longing for connection with themselves and each other, and to our collective need for spiritual and ritual spaces. In my performance Clownsejd, I’m combining mask techniques from Commedia dell’arte with shamanic divination practices.”
“In my work with CLOWNSEJD, I seek opportunities for collegial exchange of experience around clown/mask techniques. In Paris, I am visiting two mentors who have had a significant impact on my Commedia experience so far: mask maker Etienne Champion, whom I hope will deepen my understanding of the wooden mask I use in CLOWNSEJD – and Mariana Araoz, who, through her Paris-based company La MEG, offers masterclasses in the “In Balance Method”, which forms the very foundation of how I use the stage.”
Tinni Ernsjöö Rappe
Director, Art Initiative, Stockholm School of Economics
19.05.2025 – 01.06.2025
“I am an ex-journalist who since ten years works at Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, leading the projects Art Initiative and Literary Agenda. Both aim to create more reflective, self aware, culturally literate and empathetic students. We are (in different ways) embedding contemporary art and fiction at SSE to make the school more knowledge intense and to enrich the lives of student, faculty and staff.”
“I will use the time to connect to universities in Paris working with contemporary art. Will also spend time at exhibitions.”
Hanna Järlehed
Ceramicist
19.05.2025 – 01.06.2025
“I am a ceramic artist based in Gothenburg, with my own studio since 1998, the year I took my Master’s degree in Ceramic Art from the University of Gothenburg. My work is driven by a deep focus on ceramic materials. I shape wide, flat forms in clay, often returning to the circle, closed and infinite, a simple yet profound starting point. My work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and is represented in collections such as the Nationalmuseum and Röhsska Museum.”
“During my stay at the Swedish Institute in Paris, I will participate in the craft fair RĂ©vĂ©lations, where my work will be displayed as part of the Cheongju Craft Biennale Organizing’s booth. I aim to explore the international ceramics scene, connect with gallerists and clients, and visit galleries such as Galleri Nec. This residency will be an opportunity to evaluate my work in a global context and explore new possibilities for the future.”
Oulia Makkonen
Postdoctoral Researcher
05.05.2025 – 01.06.2025
“I am a postdoctoral researcher working on remediation of KotĂ©ba, a West African theatrical form, onto screen media within the African Literary Metadata (ALMEDA) project, based at Uppsala University. My research background is in cultural history and religious studies and my research explores various aspects of circulation and aesthetics in African film and screen media.”
“My time in Paris will be spent on archival research at the Institut national de l’audiovisuel, which is one of the key repositories of audiovisual material pertaining to KotĂ©ba.”
Katta PĂĄlsson
Actor, producer
&Â Ulrika Malmgren
Actor, senior lecturer in acting
05.05.2025 – 18.05.2025
“Darling Desperados founded by Ulrika Malmgren & Katta PĂĄlsson is a non-profit company working since 1987 with performing arts, theatre, film. Since 2018 we work with VR and 360 film in combination with actors. We started with a burning desire to make dreams come true and change the world – to make a theater that exists on its own terms, beyond the traditional performing arts.”
“Darling Desperados – Katta PĂĄlsson & Ulrika Malmgren were inspired by Théâtre du Soleil early on in their artistic career. During our stay, we start writing a fantasy around two of the actors who worked in Molière’s company, during the 17th century and today. We are interested in investigating the conditions of the female actor and, together with our own experiences, let ourselves be inspired by the thoughts and ideas of Ariane Mnouchkine, Suzanne Osten and the French playwright Marie NDiaye.”