A Day in Lövholmen – explore Lövholmen through 11 (spatial) sketches of public interest
When: Saturday 6th June, 10:00-17:00
Where: Throughout Lövholmen*
Produced by OPI Lab 2025/2026:
Kenza Benbouchaïb, Alessandra De Mitri, Elise Jensen, Lauren Johnson, Carl Jonsson, Sara Lalmi, Rebecca Mielonen Rothenborg, Kristina Sahleström, Susana Santa-Marta, Francesca Savio, Abbas Sbeity, Bogusława Szlachciak, Claudia Vetrano
*A map of the works will be available at www.adayinlovholmen.com and at OPI Lab’s storefront, Gröndalsvägen 1, 117 66 on 6th June.
Metro: Liljeholmen / Tram: Trekanten. Please note there are several steps.
Lövholmen is one of Stockholm’s last remaining industrial areas – a landscape of old paint factories, cement depots, parking lots, construction materials in a moment of pause, fenced off areas of the waterfront, studios for artists and cultural production – all now facing large-scale urban transformation. A Day in Lövholmen is a one-day event where participants of OPI Lab (Of Public Interest Lab), a practice-based course in art, architecture and related fields held by the Royal Institute of Art, present works that engage with this contested site.
A Day in Lövholmen asks the question: How might what we do now affect what one day will come? Can experimental spatial sketches, prototypes, propositions, and negotiations based on artistic values — taking place in Lövholmen, Gröndal and the surrounding area — become part of rehearsing a reimagined future neighborhood here, or of changing a city somewhere else?
Through 11 spatial sketches, A Day in Lövholmen frames questions, comments and alternative imaginaries for the future of the area:
What does it mean to exist and work in a place in a state of pause?
Is it possible to grieve the loss of a neighborhood? How much history is it healthy to live with? How can materials from a specific site can carry information into its future?
Where and how is it safe to have a private conversation in public space?
What role can beauty or humor play in times of struggle and uncertainty?
Of Public Interest (OPI) Lab is a practice-based research environment and advanced course for practitioners working in the fields of art and architecture, run through the Royal Institute of Art. OPI Lab’s headquarters are located in a storefront at Gröndalsvägen 1. This space and the surrounding neighborhood form a context and case study for experimentation and exploration for different interests, professional knowledges, creative approaches, and skills. OPI Lab is led by Jonas Dahlberg and Jasmine Hinks.
OPI Lab’s storefront will be open to the public on Saturday 6th June, 10:00-17:00.
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