WHEN: 

01 October 2022 – 29 January 2023. 

WHERE: 

Liljevalchs Konsthall -Djurgårdsvägen 60, Stockholm (SWEDEN).

A cura di MAGNUS AF PETERSENS

Presented in collaboration with the Nobel Prize Museum, Life Eternal explores crucial issues of our era and offers hope for the future.

Can we outwit death? That question has been asked for as long as humans have roamed the earth, but modern research shows that the question of eternal life should be viewed not only from as a religious and philosophical matter, but also as a biological possibility. But while we humans are developing more and more advanced methods to prolong life, for the first time in history we ourselves have the capacity to extinguish all life on earth. Nuclear weapons are not the only threat. Our way of life is destroying the climate and diminishing the chances of future life, day by day. The aim of the exhibition Life Eternal is to reflect on issues related to eternity, and thus also the future. It is more urgent than ever to find new ways of talking about how we should continue our journey. In these discussions, the Nobel Prize can play a key role.

Bringing together science, art, and cultural history, Life Eternal highlights various issues and shows different approaches to eternity. Visitors will be challenged to think about what happens as we get older and whether it is possible to stop aging. How our lives and societies are being affected by Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. Whether there may be a life after this one, or whether parallel worlds exist. In one of the halls, the exhibition will take an in-depth look at why some people put their own lives at risk for a higher purpose.

Featured artists: Mark Dion, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Christian Partos, Oscar Nilsson, Anna Dumitriu, Andrea Galvani, Ann Lislegaard, Britta Marakatt-Labba, Christian Partos, Dana Sederowsky, Éva Mag, Fredrik Paulsen, Jillian Edelstein, Jone Kvie, Julian Charrière, Laura Splan, Mark Dion, Mats Hjelm, Moa Israelsson, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Petra Lindholm, Rineke Dijkstra, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Ulla Wiggen, William Kentridge, Ylva Carlgren, and a joint work by John Wynne and Tim Wainwright.