The Model: A City Reimagined (2022)

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A sound-work made in collaboration with Nils Norman in which we brainstorm a citywide exhibition and urban plan for the Aurel Exhibitions series by Index Stockholm; a series of sound-only exhibitions that can be listened to while walking, sitting on the subway, running or when there is a need for a new layer of reality. The series was launched at the 59th Venice Biennale as part of the IASPIS program of events.

Our Model permits children with active agency in both consultation and design, with the mobilising of young citizens being valued above cars. The coexistence of all social groupings is encouraged through activities like composting and urban gardening that are communally enjoyed on street corners. Art organisations spill out into the streets with sculptural pieces offering multiple possibilities including play, exercise and rest. This citywide model provides opportunity for the publicness of public space to truly and playfully be reclaimed.

This reimagining emerged after a conversation about the activist Palle Nielsen, who installed an adventure playground in the main gallery of Moderna Museet Stockholm in 1968. Nils Norman is an artist working across the disciplines of public art, architecture and urban planning. Samantha Lippett is a curator and educator working across the disciplines of arts education, social practice and independent radio.

The Aural Exhibitions are a series of sound only exhibitions t Index has invited curators and artists to participate including key figures such as Lucy Lippard and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Swedish curators Sara Rossling, Susanne Ewerlöf and Stockholm-based curator Mmabatho Thobejane, international curators Alexandra Laudo (Spain), Tiago de Abreu Pinto (Brazil), Samantha Lippett (UK) offer their take on the exhibition as a listening situation. Artists Rosana Antolí (Spain), Natália Rebelo (Sweden) and the collective Editorial Board (Sweden) are also part of this multiple exhibitional program. With support from Kulturrådet and Institut Ramon Llull.