Imago refers to the fully developed stage in a metamorphosis where an insect leaves its cocoon and transforms into its final lifeform. For HDK-Valand's graduating students in the Bachelor's programme in photography, the graduation exhibition Imago represents their final and fully developed stage of a three-year metamorphosis.
The exhibition, whose title also alludes to the word image, takes its starting point in the photographic projects that the students have been working on during the past year. The artworks in Imago touch upon several different themes on a socially critical spectrum, as well as more personal ones like cultural heritage, grief, and memories. With a rich variety of techniques and expressions, the artists challenge the boundaries of the photographic practice and explore society from different perspectives while exposing something intrinsically human.
This year, the graduation exhibition by the Bachelor students in photography, takes place in new venues in Gamlestaden, Gothenburg. An area that, like the graduating students themselves, also is undergoing a kind of metamorphosis with growing industries, increased attractiveness and visions of a thriving cultural life. The exhibition, showcases photography, sculptures, and experimental installations.
Official opening
Saturday 26 April at 12.00-18.00. No registration, all are welcome.
- 13.00: Opening speech by Pelle Kronestedt, Klara Källström, Julia Tedroff and Linda Sternö
- 14.30: Performance by Folke Högman and Eskil Högman
- 16.00: Performance by Folke Högman and Eskil Högman
Open program
- 29 April, at 17-18: Guided tour, no booking. The tour begins at floor 3
- 7 May, at 17-18: Guided tour, no booking. The tour begins at floor 3
- 11 May, at 14: talk with Per Magnus Johansson, docent in the History of Ideas and Science at the University of Gothenburg, psychoanalyst, author and editor of the cultural magazine Arche and Annika Von Hausswolff, visual artist and adjunct professor of photography at HDK-Valand.
Talk on the role of art in today's society (In Swedish) - 14 May FINISSAGE: Speech, performance and panel talk with exhibiting students. No registration, all are welcome.
- 17.15: Welcome speech
- 17.30: Panel talk with exhibiting students and artist and moderator Kerstin Hamilton, teacher and artistic researcher in photography at Hasselblad Foundation and HDK-Valand.
- 19.00: Music with Service
Exhibiting students
Walid Ali, Oscar Eklund, Malin Svensdotter Eriksson, Tom Hallgren, Janine Hamrin, Eskil Högman, Parinazz Iranmanesh Wennerholm, Ellen Ivarsson, Viola Jonsson, Pia Larsson, Camilla Lohmann, Viggo Lowe Cedertjärn, Linda Nybom, Magnus Nygaard, Clio Pavlidis Andersson, Mira Sjövall, Amanda Soeiro Nentis, Maie Wisur, Colin Wright.
Opening hours
- 27 April, at 12-16
- 28-29 April, 16-18
- 2-4 May, at 12-16
- 7-9 May, at 16-20
- 10-11 May: at 12-16
- 13 May: at 16-20
- Finissage 14 May: at 16-20
More information to come closer to the event.
GRADUATION 2025: other graduation events during the spring of 2025.
Bachelor's Programme in Photography
