Exhibition

Mytilus

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Blue mussel shells in the sink of a bathroom. Next to it there is another bucket of mussels.

An homage to the blue mussels of Öresund. A piece of the strait brought onto land.

Mytilus is an installation that pays homage to the blue mussels of Öresund. The blue mussel (Mytilus edilus) is an integral part of the strait and its landscape. One can easily imagine the dark blue shells clinging to murky bladder wrack at Ribban beach. The mussels are filter feeders and cleanse water as it passes through them, benefitting the strait at large.

Mytilus showcases the beauty of these quintessential benefactors that pass unnoticed, but that most Malmöites have some relation to.

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Part of the Locally Alien Festival.

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Stapelbäddsgatan 3

211 75 Malmö

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Sat 27 May 10:00 - 20:00
Sun 28 May 10:00 - 20:00

Material design

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Locally Alien

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A FESTIVAL FOR ECOLOGICAL CULTURE IN MALMÖ https://locallyalien.org/

The objective of this program is to look more deeply at nonhuman species (plants, fungi, animals, bacteria, and the rest) in Malmö and to better understand the market and state forces behind rapid extinction of species globally. Listening to, and looking to creatures around us, they can show us how these forces are at work here in the city.

In this post-industrial city we can find that the myth of “man and nature” is baked into its harbors, roads, and buildings. Through Locally Alien we will explore how domination, extraction, and exploitation have come to define our relationship to nonhuman residents of the city.

The program is composed of creative workshops, exhibitions, walks, and performances focused on the ecological culture of Malmö. Through the perspective of the city’s many different residents we might find new ways of relating to nonhuman ecology.

Ellen Bjerborn

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