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Available through Safarkhan Art Gallery The story of The Swedish export of pine to Egypt In Sweden we don’t notice the pine, it simply just exists next to us. Sweden is covered in forest and has for a long time been defined by forestry. Today, the international lumber trade makes a big part of the …
Available through Safarkhan Art Gallery A critique of The Swedish migration politics There once was a nineteen-year-old girl from Umeå who was very gifted in the natural sciences. Already in her high school years, she was offered employment in the University’s research group in biochemistry. When she started her university full-time studies in biochemistry in …
Available through Safarkhan Art Gallery The story of How Aida was created There is an opera by Verdi that a lot of people like. Its name is ‘Aida’ and provides everything an opera can provide. Khedive Ismail wanted Verdi to write a special opera for Cairo, but Verdi had no feelings at all about modern …
Available through Safarkhan Art Gallery A critique of Why the Egyptian economy is weaker than the Swedish economy There once was a Swedish artist who went to live in Egypt. Every summer she went back to Sweden to work as a cleaner at an energy company. This money enabled her to live in one of …
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Available through Safarkhan Art Gallery The story of The Swedish summer There once was a porch at an office in the north of Sweden. Some of the employees used to go there to make the most of Sweden’s few weeks of summer. Swedes have a problematic relationship with the sun during the summer. When you …
Available through Safarkhan Art Gallery The story of The community on the motorway There once was a big motorway that ran between two big cities. One day, a newly constructed museum was going to have a spectacular opening ceremony. Presidents and royalties were invited. Some roads were closed and it became difficult for the traffic …
Available through Safarkhan Art Gallery The story of The three bars in the small northern coastal town There once was a small coastal town in a northern country. On Friday and Saturday nights, the town residents would cycle down the mountains around the town to get to the bars. Bars were the only nightlife the …
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Available through Safarkhan Art Gallery A critique of The Swedish lunchroom. There once was a lunchroom in an office in a small northern town. Between eleven and one o’clock, the employees go to the lunchroom to heat their lunch boxes in one of the microwave ovens. If someone forgets their lunch box, then the others …
Available through Safarkhan Art Gallery A critique of The analytical philosopher. An analytical philosopher sits down to study in a café. She picks up an article to read. The article discusses properties, such as blueness. The analytical philosopher leans back in her chair, sighs, stares blankly at the street, and asks: What is blueness…?
Available through Safarkhan Art Gallery A critique of The corruption at the migration agency There once was a building in a big city where migrants go. From early morning until late evening, the halls of the building were filled with nervous people who hoped to leave the building with positive news as soon as possible. …