S.O.U.P. (Showcasing Odd Unfiltered Perceptions) presents 24 degree projects which in various ways explore the potential of materials to communicate and convey meaning in a time marked by climate crisis, alienation and digitalisation.
The exhibition title is both an acronym and a playful metaphor for the exhibition as a whole. You are invited to explore a simmering and evolving meal where craft practices, materials, and design methods are the main ingredients. Here, themes such as human-nature relations, care of everyday objects, the essence of memory and the power of collective making can be found. The exhibition provides a space for reflection, challenges our perceptions and open up new possibilities for being— perhaps as another creature, material or human. The works reveal a longing to extend beyond the traditional gallery space, to activate objects in performances and to move effortlessly between materials and techniques.
Across all the works, the act of making emerges as a shared foundation—making that transforms both us and the world around us - with each hammer’s strike, needle’s stitch and chisel’s joint.
Curator, Helena Pernow
S.O.U.P. – Showcasing Odd Unfiltered Perceptions features degree projects by Bachelor and Master students in Metal Art, Wood Oriented Furniture Design, and Textile–Body–Space.
Official opening
10 May, at 12-16.
Free Buses from Dals Långed and Gothenburg
On 10 May, free buses will run from Gothenburg and Dals Långed to the exhibition and opening at Bohusläns Museum.
Dals Långed–Uddevalla and back
Departure from Dals Långed: bus stop at Stenebyskolan, by the library. Bus departs at 10:00, arriving in Uddevalla around 11:30.
Please be on time—seats cannot be reserved. If the bus is full, a regular public transport bus departs at 10:17.
Return from Uddevalla: from Bohusläns Museum at 19:00. Arrival back in Dals Långed around 20:30.
Gothenburg–Uddevalla and back
Departure from Gothenburg: outside Clarion Hotel Post, Drottningtorget.
Gathering at 10:30, bus departs at 10:45, arriving in Uddevalla around 12:00.
Return from Uddevalla: from Bohusläns Museum at 15:15. Arrival back in Gothenburg around 16:30.
SIGN UP BY 8 MAY to vast@svenskform.se to reserve a spot on the bus from Gothenburg.
The trip is a collaboration between Svensk Form Väst and Campus Steneby.
Exhibiting students
Bachelor's programme in Metal Art: Tobias Fransson, Emil Faisal Hasselberg, Rosa Aslaug Huusmann, Anders Sharad Kråkenes, Ben Schilderman, Michael Schoorl
Bachelor's programme in Textile–Body–Space: Emmy Bernhardsson, Maja Delborn, Liv Hansen, Amalie Christine Hette, Nora Larsson Hedenvind, Gabriela Rozanska, Johanna Salin, Janet Sjöström
Bachelor's programme in Wood Oriented Furniture Design: Leonie Baldus, Jeannette Endt, Jinho Kim, Kajsa Lagberg, Andrejs Sosenko
Master's programme in Applied Art and Design: Benjamin Kjellman-Chapin (Metal Art), Ana María Roa (Textile-Body-Space), Tomas Björk (Wood Oriented Furniture Design), Marwin Cowles (Wood Oriented Furniture Design), Felix Johannes Olofsson (Wood Oriented Furniture Design)
Opening hours
- 10-11 May, at 10.00–16.00
- 12 May: closed
- 13 May, at 10.00–16.00
- 14–15 May, at 10.00–20.00
- 16–18 May, at 10.00–16.00
Examinations
Welcome to the degree project examinations with the graduating students in April, attend either at Steneby Konsthall or via zoom.
Read more about the examinations
Thanks to Textile–Body–Space!
This year’s graduation show is the last to feature students from the Bachelor's and Master's programmes in Textile–Body–Space – a pioneering education that has been instrumental in pushing the boundaries of textile craft in Sweden. These programmes have encouraged an open-minded approach to textile practice and its expressive potential by working in relation to the body and space.
As we celebrate the final graduating students from Textile–Body–Space, we also mark the end of a chapter whose explorative and reflective perspectives have paved the way for a new programme to come.
In the autumn of 2025, we will welcome the first students to the new international Bachelor's programme Crafting Futures, a programme built on this legacy. While continuing to explore textiles, Crafting Futures will expand to incorporate a wider range of materials and techniques – a curious and open approach paving the way for the next generation of makers.
GRADUATION 2025: other graduation events during the spring of 2025.
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