Borderline Offensive @ Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg [SE]
Channel: Borderline Offensive
Date: 2019-09-03

The Swedish leg of the #BorderlineOffensive tour stopped at Röda Sten Konsthall for a pop-up exhibition from 9-18 august 2019, curated by Mariangela Mendez Prencke. 

The exhibition included 4 transdisciplinary projects that explore and confront issues of identity, community building, xenophobia, extremist discourses, mobility and migration between Middle East and Europe and the cultural conflicts that arise from it. To provoke a dialogue about such difficult issues, the projects turn to humour and playfulness. As Borderline Offensive states: “a real and equal interaction between people is not possible without sharing the absurdities of life that make us all laugh (together)”.
 
How can humour help us heal, criticize authoritarian voices, or create bonds? These are some of the questions the four projects seek to explore by engaging different audiences — both newcomers and long-time residents in Gothenburg and Västra Götaland — in participatory activities such as role-playing workshops, puppet theatre, performance lectures, storytelling and conversations).

Read more about Borderline Offensive on the project's website borderlineoffensive.eu. Film by Anna Hulth. Thank you to Creative Europe, Västra Götaland Region, Gothenburg Culture Festival, Timjan/Vänersborg Municipality, Grupp av Knoppar and Support Group Network.