Signal, Center för samtidskonst, Monbijougatan 17H, Malmö, Tuesday 18 February 2025, 7pm
”I am a writer, 71 years old born and living in Stockholm.
In 2002 my mother was killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber during a visit to Israel. In 2005 I made a TV documentary about the incident.
At first, I saw the TV documentary as part of a healing process. But the work did not bring me any consolation.
Since 2017, I have documented nearly 300 stories of Holocaust and Nakba survivors in various projects. These projects have not been very helpful either.
Over time, I have realised that the work is actually only triggering my trauma, not alleviating it. This realisation has forced me to take care of myself first, to then let my work become part of a healing process. Not the other way around.
The stories I have documented are of course about unimaginable atrocities, but also about the possibility of a dignified life and that peace and reconciliation are possible choices.”
The evening will begin with a screening of a slide and sound show based on some of the stories collected by journalist and author Bernt Hermele in his latest book “Nakba: Catastrophe before our eyes” (Ordfront förlag 2023).
Many thanks to the Mediterranean Museum and the exhibition “Nakba – Palestinian stories from 1948”, on view until May 2025. Photo: Emma Fredriksson
The talk will be held in Swedish.
”Metod” is an ongoing series of talks about working methods within the field of contemporary art and culture.