FRICTION – INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL
MAY 31 – JUNE 3, 2012 IN UPPSALA
Uppsala Art Museum and SU-EN Butoh Company proudly present for the 4th time,
Uppsala’s greatest art event FRICTION!
THURSDAY MAY 31
12:00-12:45 Pre-opening of the festival: Water War. Concept: The Children of Guts (Sweden). Fluxus-inspired water war with citizens of Uppsala and Linné Quintet. Location: Celsiustorget/Celcius Square
18:00-18:40 Grand opening of the festival: Jag älskar dig – I Love You – F’in Dy Garu Di – Ha!Ha!Ha! Guest of Honour: André Stitt (Northern Ireland/UK) and Linné Quintet. Speeches and toast. Location: Castle yard (Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum)
19:00-19:40 De-Creation vs. Destruction: a Re-Telling of Apocalypse Now. Lecture: Per Nilsson (Umeå), Moderator: SU-EN. Location: Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum, first floor
19:40-20:10 Untitled (merge #5), Gustaf Broms (Vendel). Location: Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum, first floor
20:15-21:35 Acts of Clothing, Johanna Tuukkanen (Finland). Original and concept: Marcia Farquhar. Music and sound: Tatu Metsäpelto. Location: Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum, third floor
FRIDAY JUNE 1
13:00-13:25, 14:00-14:25, 15:00-15:25 and 16:00-16:25 Bergman Horror Show, Barbro Westling/Peter Johansson (Malmö). Location: Åhuset attic, Uppsala Konstnärsklubb/Uppsala Artists’ Club. Book your seat: friktion@uppsala.se or 018-727 24 82, max 10 people per performance.
14:00-ca 15:20 Love Me If You Can, Ko Siu Lan (China). Location: Domkyrkoplan/In front of the Cathedral
15:00- ca 16:30 Untitled (merge#6), Gustaf Broms (Vendel). Location: Somewhere in the city, along the main shopping street.
16:00 Opening of the exhibition 012:1 Construction + Breaking it Apart: The Cabinet by Åsa Cederqvist. Exhibition is shown 1-3/6 12.00-16.00. Location: Konsthuset/The Art House – Uppsala Art Hall. Free entrance
17:00-17:30 Performance by Åsa Cederqvist (Stockholm). Location: Konsthusets innergård/ The Art House’s yard
19:00-19:30 Feeling Red, Monika Günther & Ruedi Schill (Switzerland). Location: Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum, first floor
19:45-21:15 Lecture: Home Is Where The Art Is, André Stitt (Northern Ireland/UK). Moderator: Rebecka Wigh Abrahamsson. Location: Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum, first floor
21:15-21:45 Point Final, Clemente Padin (Uruguay). Location: Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum, first floor
SATURDAY JUNE 2
11:00-11:25, 12:00-12:25, 13:00-13:25, 14:00-14:25 and 15:00-15:25 Bergman Horror Show, Barbro Westling/Peter Johansson (Malmö). Location: Åhuset attic, Uppsala Konstnärsklubb/Uppsala Artists’ Club
Book your seat: friktion@uppsala.se or 018-727 24 82, max 10 people per performance
12:00-13:00 & 15:00-16:00 Amorphous Assemblage, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen (Denmark/Phillipines). With 9 students from Uppsala Dance Centre and Boland School. Location: Crossing Svartbäcksgatan/Klostergatan (near the Celciustorget)
16:00-16:30 We are you and you are us, Agnes Nedregard (Norway).
Location: Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum, third floor
16:30-17:00 Untitled, Shannon Cochrane (Canada). Location: Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum, third floor
17:15-18:15 Artist Talk: Ko Siu Lan (China) & Clemente Padin (Uruguay). Moderator Per Nilsson.
Location: Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum, first floor
18:30-19:00 Milk-Seeds-Bird-Voice, Imre Dénes (Hungary). Location: Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum, first floor
Friction by Night
c/o Uppsala Konsert & Kongress/Uppsala concert and congress
20:30 Bar opens
21:00-21:30 Sångare #3 ekosystem, Anna-Karin Brus and Thomas Bodén (Uppsala). Performance/installation
Location: At the entrance
21:30-22:00 Between Two Worlds, István Kovács (Hungary). Performance/video installation.
Location: Sal B/Room B
22:00-22:30 Children of Guts Re-sets the Table (Home styling version), Children of Guts + Johannes Blomqvist (Almunge/Hjärup/Luleå).
Location: Sal C/Room C
22:45-23:30 Sing My Body Electric, Tobias Bernstrup (Stockholm). Connected to Tobias exhibition Sing My Body Electric at Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum. Location: Sal B
01:00 Bar closes
SUNDAY JUNE 3
11:00-11:25, 12:00-12:25, 13:00-13:25 Dreaming of the Intimacy of Materia, Elisabet Yanagisawa Avén (Stockholm) Artistic dinner. Location: Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum, third floor Book your place: friktion@uppsala.se or 018-727 24 82, max 9 people per performance
12:00-12:20 Torture in Guamtanamo #2, Barthélémy Togou (Cameroon/Paris/New York). Plats: Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum, first floor
12:30-13:10 Something Told Me It Was Over, Chana Dubinski (UK).Plats: Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum, first floor
13:10-14:00 Closing of the festival. Drinks and toasts!
LOCATIONS
Uppsala konstmuseum (Uppsala Art Museum)
Uppsala Castle, entrance E.
Tel: 018 – 727 24 82
www.uppsala.se/konstmuseum
Uppsala Konsert & Kongress (Uppsala Concert and Congress Hall)
Vaksala torg 1
Tel: 018-727 90 00
www.ukk.se
Åhuset, Uppsala Konstnärsklubb (Uppsala Artists’ Club)
Sysslomansgatan 1
Tel: 018-10 54 10
www.uppsalakonstnarsklubb.se
Konsthuset – Uppsala konsthall (The Art House – Uppsala Art Hall)
Vretgränd 2.
Tel: 070 564 66 97
http://uppsalakonsthall.se
FESTIVAL PASS AND TICKETS
You need a ticket or festival pass to enter Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum (40 SEK) and Uppsala Konsert & Kongress (50 SEK). Free entrance to Konsthuset/”Art House” and Åhuset – Uppsala Konstnärsklubb/Uppsala Artists’ Club
Festival pass: 100 SEK
Buy festival pass at: Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum
UPPSALA KONSTMUSEUM/UPPSALA ART MUSEUM IS OPEN
Thursday 31/5 12:00 – 21:30
Friday 1/6 12:00 – 21:30
Saturday 2/6 12:00 – 19:00
Sunday 3/6 11:00 – 16:30
Video documentation of earlier Friction festivals 2006, 2008 and 2010 is shown at Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum during the festival.
ARRANGED BY
Uppsala konstmuseum/Uppsala Art Museum
SU-EN Butoh Company/Mon no Kai
Curator: SU-EN
Project Manager: Rebecka Wigh Abrahamsson
Curators assistant: Johannes Blomqvist
COLLABORATORS/FUNDERS
Statens Kulturråd
Konstnärsnämnden
Kultur i länet
Uppsala kommun
Studieförbundet Sensus
Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council
Kulturkontakt Nord
Danish Agency for Culture
Uppsala Danscenter
Uppsala Domkyrka
Film i Uppland
Musik i Uppland
Uppsala Konsert & Kongress
Konsthuset – Uppsala Konsthall
Uppsala Konstnärsklubb
FRIKTIONER Internationell performancekonstfestival 