To celebrate this year’s Gothenburg Book Fair, which starts tomorrow, I’m running a mini theme of authors reading from their books. First out is Hans Hirschi, current chair of Egenutgivarna, the Swedish association of indie authors, who launched his fourth book, “The Fallen Angels of Karnataka”, at a party in Gothenburg’s Litteraturenshus (House of Literature) yesterday evening. … Continue readingHans Hirschi reading
Kettly Nöel and Koffi Kôkô
Above: Kettly Nöel (of Mali) looking cool and a little guarded directly after dancing the part of le Baron’s consort in the ballet “Un tango avec le baron” at the Gothenburg Dance and Theatre Festival. She was recieving an award (which the woman who was giving it kept assuring everyone was money).
Below: Koffi Kôkô (of Benin), not quite so cool, who danced the part of le Baron (Samedi).
The ballet seems to have toured Germany before coming to Sweden. The only English language link about it I can find is this on the website of the Hellarau European Centre for the Arts in Dresden. Here is a link to an article about Kettly Nöel from Huffington Post, and one about Koffi Kôkô from Culturebase.net. … Continue readingKettly Nöel and Koffi Kôkô
Sverker Eklund
Above: Sverker Eklund is an artist and sculptor working in wood. Photographed in his studio at Konstepidemi Saturday 10 May.
Below: One of Sverker’s sculptures of a boxer. This one is coloured by a combination of charring, weathering and red paint. On the shelves behind you can see a horse and the feet of several of Sverker’s angels.
Above: Wooden sculpture of a spotted horse, decorated with white paint and bored holes. On the wall to the right, over the sink, two small carved angels with gold leaf mouths.
Below: Sverker’s workbench in his studio at Konstepidemi. One of his angels taking shape. Behind on the stairs other figures stand guard.
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Photographer among the cactuses
A reflected image of the photographer among the cactuses in one of the glasshouses of the Botanical Gardens. I took this photo last year. … Continue readingPhotographer among the cactuses
Snow reflections
Part of the Trädgårdsföreneningen park (and photographer) under snow, reflected in one of the distorting mirrors by the canal.
One of last year’s most popular new words – and selected by Oxford Dictionaries as their Word of the Year – was “selfie”. Not sure whether this fully satisfies the selfie requirements… … Continue readingSnow reflections
Accordians to work
What can be better than one accordian playing on the tram when you’re on your way to work? Why, two accordians of course! Yesterday these two accordian players boarded the tram and entertained us (whether we wanted it or not) for two stops before going around with a mug and then hopping off. They were cheerful about me taking photos. … Continue readingAccordians to work
Reader
This reader I photographed on public transport somewhere in the city. I’ve tried, but I can’t make out the title of the book he’s reading. It’s clearly an older, probably Swedish paperback with deckle-edged pages. … Continue readingReader