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This year the Swedish Public Freedom Service is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and also has the pleasure of inaugurating Sweden’s first permanent Freedom office.

Together with freedom seekers, Frihetsförmedlingen is celebrating this in the brand new self-service office, housed in Havremagasinet konsthall, Boden!

On site are Lars Novang and John Huntington, the Freedom Service initiators, to describe the agency’s activities and discuss how important the art of abstaining is for general freedom development.

At the self-service office Boden, it is free for everyone to issue their own freedom permit, or give such permission to others; to apply for new start-up freedom via the digital workstation, and of course to take part of the agency’s forms and other information that can be helpful for anyone trying to expand his or her freedom. The office can also be used for structured inactivity and other forms of non-doing.

A warm welcome to the opening on Thursday 5 September at 17.00-18.00 at Havremagasinet in Boden!

Opening speech and official inauguration at 17:30.

For more info, see
> Havremagasinet website

April-December 2024 I’m participating in “Medan vi faller”, produced by Virserums konsthall in collaboration with the research program Mistra Sustainable Consumption.

I’m exhibiting two installations. Den första vilan/the Original Rest share title with the Ars Moriendi campain 2024, and suggests that we, if we want to remain human, have to resist constant demands on us to be productive around the clock; at work, as customers and online. Rest is simply the perfect way to take a timeout from consumer society.

The other installation, Ars Moriendi self service bureau, invites the public to learn more about the Farewell Bureau, write and submit farewell letters, etc.

The artists Finn Ahlgren and Hillevi Cecilia Högström are also participating in the exhibition, and during the exhibition period, several events will be held where the artists, as well as researchers from Mistra Sustainable Consumption, will participate.

> Virserums konsthall

August 16-18, I will participate in the conference ClimateExistence 2023 at the Sigtuna Foundation. As part of the conference programme on the 17th, the Farewell Bureau Ars Moriendi will host a dignified last Farewell of the Climate Goals in the Olaus Petri Chapel at the Foundation.

More info about the conference and the full program can be found at www.cemus.uu.se/climateexistence/

Update:
Parts of the program the 17th was livestreamed and then published on Youtube:
Dougald Hine “Making Good Ruins: The Work of Living at the End of a World”
Anita Goldman & Stephen Jenkinson in conversation on death, dying and the climate crisis.

Other, shorter clips from the conference are also available here

The Farewell Bureau moves into Växjö Konsthall on March 21 – 25, as part of Växjö municipality’s Earth Week 2023.

During an intensive week, we offer space for reflection on the art of parting, farewell planning and grief talks, as well as a public last farewell celebration.

Contemplarium

In the art gallery, you can enter our Contemplarium to quietly contemplate the farewells that you feel are necessary. Open Tuesday-Friday from 12-18 and Saturday from 12-16, in the Norra rummet at Växjö art gallery.

Farewell Planning

During the week, we also offer supervised farewell planning for groups and individuals. See this event on Facebook for information on how to get a chance at a potentially game-changing meeting, or visit right now.

Please note that in order to book a private conversation, a Farewell letter must first be written

Farewell Ceremony

On Wednesday 22 March at 18:00 we are arranging a dignified final farewell to Overconsumtion, in the konsthall. This public ceremony is followed by a farewell reception, where we together in relaxed ways honor the memory of what we have parted from and talk freely about the art of taking a dignified farewell and its potential in our time.

Link to Växjö konsthall website