Official opening
17 May, at 17:00
Nobody and nothing exists in isolation. Our understanding of ourselves is shaped through our relationships with others. These relationships are not fixed but form shifting constellations, continuously shaped by movement, dialogue, and changing contexts.
Throughout our time in the Master's programme in Fine Art at HDK-Valand, we have developed our individual artistic practices, while remaining in dialogue with one another. As we transition from this shared environment into new contexts, A Necessary Other reflects on the necessity of connection – whether with other people, creatures, sites, objects, or histories. It is through these shifting relationships that we come to understand who we are, both as artists and as participants in the wider world.
A Necessary Other explores artistic processes through media such as film, installation, performance, painting, sound, public talks, and sculpture. Whether it's the weight of carrying love, a persistent questioning of neurotypical norms, or the coexistence of humans and non-humans, the works aim to foster identification, awareness, allyship, and affective connections. This exhibition is both a culmination and a departure. It marks the end of one shared space and the beginning of new ones. As we move forward, we carry with us the understanding that to be an artist is not a solitary act – it is to exist in exchange, in relation, in dialogue.
Open programme
Alongside our individual artistic work presented at Skeppsbron 4, the graduation exhibition's public programme will extend the exhibition beyond the physical space, creating a discursive framework where themes explored in our works can be expanded, questioned, and reinterpreted through conversation and collaboration. Workshops, discussions, walks, screenings, and other participatory formats will take place across different sites in Gothenburg, from Skeppsbron 4 to institutions such as the Medical History Museum and the Natural History Museum.
Open program "A Necessary Other" (14 april-25 maj)
Programme during the exhibition period
17 May
Adoption Trauma – Contextualizing Transracial Adoption and
Attachment (Swe)
Organiser: Marie Bergqvist (a.k.a Sanktmarie).
Location: Spotify
22 May, at 17:00-20:00
A Necessary Other – Publication Launch (Eng)
Location: Kinesiska muren, Skeppsbron 4, floor 5
23 May, at 18:00-21:00
Our Brains are not Made to Be Here (Eng)
Organisers: Irma Beširević, Jakob Niedziela och Vanja Qvarfordt. Location: Kinesiska muren, Skeppsbron 4, floor 5
This event is carried out in collaboration with Göteborgs Konsthall and is in dialogue with the ongoing project Field Studies.
24 May, at 18:00-01:00
Eat, Love, Play – A Skeppsbron Slumber Party (Eng)
Register via email (info will come)
Organisers: Maria Antchougova, Irma Beširević, Rikke
Bogetoft, Ioulia Florentzi och Kinga Molinska.
Location: Kinesiska muren, Skeppsbron 4, floor 5
This event is carried out in collaboration with Göteborgs Konsthall and is in dialogue with the ongoing project Field Studies.
25 May, at 14:00-16:00
Making Space for Others - city walk and sit & talk (Eng)
with Anders Westerström, Daniel Terres and Maria S.
Organisatörer: Rikke Bogetoft och K Kent Grundberg.
Location: outside Skeppsbron + Kinesiska Muren, floor 1.
This event is carried out in collaboration with Göteborgs Konsthall and is in dialogue with the ongoing project Field Studies.
Exhibiting students
Vanja Qvarfordt, Kent Grundberg, Jakob Niedziela, Kinga Molinska, Ioulia Florentzi, Irma Besirevic, BUBBLES TABOO, Maria Antchougova, Marie Bergqvist (a.k.a Sanktmarie), Rikke Bogetoft
Opening hours
The exhibition is open at the following hours:
- 17 May, at 17.00-01.00
- 18 May, at 12.00-16.00
- 19-21 May, at 16.00-19.00
- 22 May, at 17.00-20.00
- 23 May, at 16.00-18.00
- 24-25 May, at 12.00-16.00
More information to come closer to the event.
GRADUATION 2025: other graduation events during the spring of 2025.
MFA programme in Fine Arts, 120 credits
