Alexander Ekman
Choreographer / Artist
03.10.2025 – 30.10.2025
“I am a Swedish choreographer and director known for bold, theatrical works blending dance, visuals, and humor. I’ve created for Paris Opera Ballet, NDT, Royal Swedish Ballet, and more. Known for Cacti, A Swan Lake, and PLAY. I directed the Paris 2024 Paralympic Opening Ceremony and am now expanding into film, installations, and immersive art projects.”
“I’m creating Atlas of Relations — a choreographic art installation made up of 45 moving image portraits exploring human connection. Each “painting” captures a specific interaction: from intimacy to conflict, ritual to chaos. It will be filmed in fall 2025 and presented at the Swedish Institute in Paris in spring 2026.”
Mikael Holmqvist
Associate professor in sociology and Professor in business studies
03.10.2025 – 30.10.2025
“I’m a Swedish social scientist, educated in Sweden and France. Currently I’m a professor of business studies at Stockholm university, where I’m also an associate professor of sociology. I earned my doctorate in 2000, and have been a regular visiting scholar at Stanford University and Cornell University in the USA, and at Sciences Po in Paris. My research largely focuses on power, work and organization, during the last years with a particular focus on the economic and financial elites.”
“The purpose of the stay is to conduct interviews and field studies on site in Paris of Swedish exchange students in economics and politics at a selection of grandes ecoles such as Sciences Po, ESSEC, ESCP and HEC. What do these future decision-makers and power-holders bring with them in the form of French perspectives and values ​​after studying at leading French universities? The project is carried out within the framework of a multi-year project that compares Swedish and French future elites.”
Karin Lindstén
Artist
02.10.2025 – 30.10.2025
“I am an artist working primarily with photography, film, sculpture, and text. My work centers on the materiality and transience of the image. Emerging as spatial compositions, the works stem from the body’s limits and its ties to places, nature, and technology. Rooted in vision and perception, they often depict threshold states where consciousness is altered, heightened, or displaced.”
“My project is a history of light with Paris as the stage — or perhaps the crime scene. It explores the illuminated city’s impact on nocturnal creatures, linking light pollution, electricity, hysteria, and the histories of medicine and photography. Drawing from the Paris Observatory and Dr. Charcot’s library, I create sculptures holding photographs — cinematic vessels of light and memory.”