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The Immigrant Files |
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| Democracy
Is Not Dead, It Just Smells Funny, 2009 |
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| Commissioned
by Konsthall C and produced during a IASPIS residency, Stockholm |
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| Installation
view at Konsthall C, Stockholm |
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| Description |
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What
happens when democracy is taken for granted?
For
several decades the "Swedish Model" has had the reputation of
being ideal, but what is the state of democracy in Sweden today? The
Immigrant Files: Democracy is Not Dead, It Just Smells Funny, approaches
this and other challenging questions in a two-part project composed of
a book and a video installation based on interviews with 8 Latin American
immigrants residing in Sweden, who through their work actively fight discrimination
and xenophobia based on ethnicity, race, religious beliefs gender and/or
sexual orientation within contemporary Swedish society.
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| The
Book (To
download a free PDF Copy (4.6MB) click here) |
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The
fully illustrated 192-page, bilingual (Swedish/English) book The Immigrant
Files: Democracy is Not Dead, It Just Smells Funny contains an introduction
by University of Lund sociologist Diana Mulinari and
interviews with Miguel Benito (The
Immigrant Institute, Borås), Joanna Castro
(Information Officer at Zenit, Stockholm), Luis Adolfo Conde Costas
(Sociologist), Carlos Díaz (The Swedish Federation
for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights), Tigran Feiler
(http://www.colombianatverket.se),
Juan Fonseca (former M.P. for Social Democracy and director,
Diskrimineringsbyrån, Stockholm), Pablo Leiva (The
Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights)
and Karla López (former M.P. for the Green Party).
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| The
Installation |
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The
video installation is a spatial presentation composed of several narrative
sequences drawn from the interviews and from images filmed throughout
Stockholm, Borås, Gothemburg, Visby, and Fåro Island. |
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| The
Videos |
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Please
click on the names of the interviewees in red below to watch edited versions
of the video interviews as they are presented within the installation. |
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Miguel
Benito, The
Immigrant Institute, Borås |
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Juan
Fonseca, former M.P. for Social Democracy and director, Diskrimineringsbyrån,
Stockholm. |
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Karla
López, former M.P. for the Green Party. |
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Luis
Adolfo Conde Costas, Sociologist. |
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Carlos
Díaz, The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender Rights. |
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Joanna
Castro, Information Officer at Zenit, Stockholm. |
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Tigran
Feiler, www.colombianatverket.se |
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| Carlos
Motta på Konsthall C, Stockholm, Dagens
Nyheter, February 20, 2009 by Milou Allerholm |
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| Demokrati
på riktigt, Svenska
Dagbladet, February 20, 2009 |
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| Mörk
bild av den svenska modellen, Aftonbladet,
January 27, 2009 by Petter Lindgren |
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| Närkemp
med demokratin, Pastan.nu,
January 22 by Calle Paulia |
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| Carlos
Motta undersöker den svenska demokratin, kulturstan.se,
January 28, 2009 |
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The
Immigrant Files: Democracy is Not Dead, it Just Smells Funny was
produced with the support of Iaspis and the Swedish Arts Council, in collaboration
with Bokförlaget Atlas. It is part of the program of Konsthall C,
which focuses on the Swedish welfare state and how it is changing. |
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