Swedens only annual festival for international performance art,
Live Action Gothenburg, takes place on Göteborgs Konsthall between Thursday to Sunday 27-30 September. This year's theme is
Freedom of Speech. Among the 20 artists are some who is considered to be among the most renowned performance artists on the international art scene and some who never before been presented in Sweden.
During Saturday afternoon performaces will be presented outside on Kungsportsavenyn and Götaplatsen and on Sunday there will be projections and monitors with videos of different documented performances executed by the artists.
Participating artists
Anna Berndtson (Sweden/Germany)
Nadia Captaine (France)
He Chenyao (China)
Leif Elggren (Sweden)
Stein Henningsen (Norway)
Pekka Kainulainen (Finland)
Wladyslav Kazmierczak (Poland)
Pawel Kwasniewski (Poland)
Oscar Lara (Peru)
Non Grata (Estonia)
Plateforme Versatile (France)
Gwendoline Robin (Belgium)
Ewa Rybska (Poland)
Anne Seagrave (Ireland)
Kjartan Slettemark (Norway/Sweden)
Joakim Stampe (Sweden)
Opening hours
Thur 18.00-24.00
Fri-Sat 19.00-24.00
Sun 11.00-17.00
During this week the biennial exhibition will be closed on Göteborgs Konsthall.
The biennial exhibition will open again on Thuseday 2 October.
Entrance fee
Thursdayt to Saturday 40 SEK per day. Free entrance on Sunday and for the outdoor activities on Saturday afternoon.
Supported by
Göteborg Arts and Cultural Affairs, Västra Götaland Arts and Cultural Affairs, Polish Institute in Stockholm, Estonian Ministry of Culture, Infr'Action
(The image is from a performance by Ewa Rybska and Wladislav Karzmeirczak.)