THE FLESH REMEMBERS is an intervention taking place in the staircase of Accelerator and stems from a collaboration between the International Master’s Programme in Curating Art at Stockholm University and Accelerator. The intervention unites the artistic practices of Sofie Alm Nordsveen, Aron Dahl, and Lilian Steiner.

For four days, THE FLESH REMEMBERS will transform the staircase into a swampy, slimy, and fleshy site to explore the skin and its intricate connection to identity, memory, and time. The event creates a conceptual bridge to Sin Wai Kin’s ongoing exhibition The Time of Our Lives, where transforming identity and the shedding of skin are intimately bound, each caught in a process of change.

The skin is the largest organ of the human body. It encapsulates our inner selves: our guts, blood, flesh, and bones, as well as our identities. Skin is porous, soft and flexible. At the same time, it is armour, an enfleshed barrier between the inner and outer world. It ages with us, wrinkles up, and loosens around our bones. Through the skin, we can trace the trajectory of our lives, from birth to death. Each year is marked by a new bruise, scar, wrinkle, rash or memory of a lover’s touch; skin holds memories of pleasure and pain. 

Our skin is in a continuous flux of shedding and renewing. It’s new and old, dead and alive, armour-like and soft. The skin is a liminal matter, filled with ambiguity. Our skin teaches us that the strongest border is permeable and soft; what moves in you also enters me. 

Opening: Thursday, 30 January
Time: 17:00 – 20:00
Free entry

The opening takes place on Thursday, 30 January, and includes a one-time durational performance by Lilian Steiner. The performance will commence at 17:00 and end at 20:00. The artworks by Sofie Alm Nordsveen and Aron Dahl will be exhibited throughout the intervention period in the staircase of Accelerator. One of the curators will be present daily to engage in conversations and answer any questions the audience might have.

On this occasion, a publication has been created in collaboration with Elina Ulén, offering an archival and material interpretation of the curatorial concept of THE FLESH REMEMBERS. It serves as an extension for further exploration – an enduring body of work that lives on.

THE FLESH REMEMBERS is curated by Elvira K. Wikman, Isa Van den Wouwer, and Unn Faleide. We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our mentor, Nina Øverli, and the team at Accelerator for their support and collaboration. Additionally, we are grateful to graphic designer Elina Ulén for her contributions.

Artworks

Durational performance (2024) by Lilian Steiner

Center of the flesh (2018) directed by Aron Dahl and Barbara Bohr, video and sound, 7 min 12 seconds 
Music: Aron Dahl
Vocals, EWI, synths: Aron Dahl
Text: Allen Ginsberg
Mix and master: Andreas Pallisgaard
Music production by: Andreas Pallisgaard and Aron Dahl
Snail: Frances
Carpet: Freya Sif Hestnes

Kjøttet minnes alt jeg ikke vil huske (2022) by Sofie Alm Nordsveen
Silk, cotton, nylon, beads, meat hook, chain, various dimensions

Participants 

Artists
Aron Dahl 
Lilian Steiner
Sofie Alm Nordsveen

Curators 
Elvira K. Wikman
Isa Van den Wouwer
Unn Faleide