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PLS – Performance Live Series

The series will in its first round introduce six artists working with BKN as a platform. Artists are invited to spend 1 month at BKN in the northern Stockholm Archipelago. In addition artists affiliated with BKN/WAP will be invited to continue to build on the platform. Video documentation or works based on performances are well established and often they intersects. PLS in 2025 explores the live aspect of performance through a widely dispersed audience. The listing of artists below, in addition each artist will have a page of their own with artist presentation, live cast, documentation of live experience and a podcast where they are in conversation with another artist.

FUNDING

Funding is in progress. If you want to support the project please let us know. We are also looking for land owners in the Björkö area for implementing a version of PLS as QR code bases exhibition. We hope that some will join us with support from Culture Moves Europe among other grant entities.

PLS ARTISTS 2025

PLS – #1
INVITED

Catalina Gubandru.

Born and based in Romania
Jan 15-Feb 15, 2025

Live Cast >>>
In Conversation with a Pod Cast about the practice and live performance. >>>

PLS – #2
INVITED

Esther Kasenda

Born in Congo
Llived in among other places The Netherlands
Based in Portugal.
Feb

Live Cast >>>
In Conversation with a Pod Cast about the practice and live performance. >>>

PLS – #3
INVITED

Hendra Setiawan

Born and based in Indonesia
Sept/October 2025
Visa pending

Live Cast >>>
In Conversation with a Pod Cast about the practice and live performance. >>>

PLS – # 4-6

PLS Open Call Platform Selection

PLS artists proposes PLS artist 4-6
Each artist will be presented as for PLS # 1, 2 and 3

PLS – # 7-

PLS Open Call Swedish Artist

Experience the magic of Miles Donovan’s live painting performance. Witness urban landscapes come to life in real-time.

ABOUT THE FORMAT

Inviting artists Anna Viola Hallberg and Ami Skånberg have their studio at BKN and are looking forward to explore collaborations with the PLS artists.

PLS artists  become part of the group proposing new artists to invite. This relay curatorial format is essential for the thematics being explored in the series. The participating artists also have their audiences so slowly we will accumulate a specific audience for PLS in addition to the one BKN has.

The series will in its first round introduce six artists working with BKN as a platform. Artists are invited to spend 1 month at BKN in the northern Stockholm Archipelago. In addition artists affiliated with BKN/WAP will be invited to continue to build on the platform. .

The PLS is a format by Anna Viola Hallberg taking place at BKN in 2025 exploring live performance in a rural setting with audiences connecting to the 5 years Hallberg has been the curator for BKN. During this time artists in various mediums has been at BKN/Björkö Sweden many of them with a practice based in lens or performative practices.

Together with the specific artists we will work on how to best share the performances facilitating live web casts across various plat forms.

Core executive curators for PLS are BERG DUO consisting of Ami Skånberg and Anna Viola Hallberg. The format stems from their curatorial work with Walking As Practice and BKN. BERG DUO ar members of Performance Philosophy.

PLS main destination on the web is walkingaspractice.org/pls

BERG DUO >>>

WAP >>> 

BKN >>>PLS >>>