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Saskia Holmkvist

Professor of contemporary art
Lives and works in Oslo and Stockholm

EDUCATION:
Holmkvist holds an MFA from the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack), Stockholm and a BA in Art History, History of Ideas, Anthropology from the University of Stockholm.

Saskia Holmkvist work reflects professionalization of language and concerns of translatability within identity politics. In the process she explores the negotiation of undertaking roles and how present language structures affect the politics of these positions.

Saskia Holmkvist selects protagonists, unchains a situation, or situates us in a scenario giving the directors position away. The work involves, performative strategies, site-specific projects and film and video. She often draws on participation and performance in creating encounters and narratives between protagonists inspired from journalism, improvisational theatre and psychology to reflect the boundaries between language, representation and reality.

Website: http://saskiaholmkvist.com

Research results

  • Saskia Holmkvist: Collectif Jeune Cinéma, Festival des Cinémas Différents (2020).
    Other presentation. More information
  • Saskia Holmkvist: BIFPA 2020 - Belfast International Festival of Performance Art (2020).
    Other presentation. More information
  • Saskia Holmkvist: The Curatorial Incubator V.16: Living in Hope – Program #3 Curated by Sanjit Dhillon: Slow Unfurling (2020).
    Art exhibition. More information
  • Saskia Holmkvist: Canopy - Roundabout (2020).
    Art exhibition. More information
  • Saskia Holmkvist: Survival Kit - Annual Contemporary Art Festival (2020).
    Art exhibition. More information
  • Saskia Holmkvist: Scoring - a Workshop, text work and a film. (2020).
    Report (research archive). More information
  • Saskia Holmkvist: Procession Action Tour : a performative city tour (2019).
    Report (research archive). More information
  • Saskia Holmkvist: Dog is Dog - a performance (2019).
    Report (research archive). More information
  • Saskia Holmkvist: Art and Its Double: Creating embodied knowledge through arts (2019).
    Lecture. More information
  • Saskia Holmkvist: Momentum10: The Emotional Exhibition (2019).
    Art exhibition. More information

More research results at cristin.no