WORLD PREMIERE LESSONS OF THE HOUR BY ISAAC JULIEN
Mikael Olsson stars in Lessons of the Hour, a multi-screen film and video installation by pioneering global media artist Isaac Julien commission by Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York.
Isaac Julien's work will be freely inspired by the lives of two of the most iconic residents of Rochester, NY: the visionary African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass, a freed slave who became the most photographed man of his generation, as well as his friend, anti-slavery and women’s rights activist Susan B Anthony.
Working with a series of vignettes and tableaux, such as the reconstruction of the photographic studio and gallery of James Presley Ball, Julien will explore key aspects of their activities in Rochester, as well as Douglass’s speaking tours of England in 1845 and 1859. Through extensive use of Frederick Douglass’s ‘timely words’, intertwined with special visual effects, as well as music and poetry from that time, Julien will create a multiple screen film installation, to be presented in early 2019.
Premier at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester March 3, 2019 and Metro Pictures Gallery, New York early March 2019.
MARCH 3, 2019
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Mikael Olsson is noticed in The Magazine RUM Power List 2019.
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
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EXHIBITION: PUBLICERAT – FOTOBOKEN I SVERIGE
PUBLISHED is an exhibition that highlights the photo book in Sweden. The project spans from the 1860s, contains 200 titles and is based on three themes: Society, the Self and the Image. The exhibition has previously been exhibited at Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg.
The book; Mikael Olsson - Södrakull Frösakull, Steidl 2010, is exhibited.
Opening Friday 8 February at 17.00-20.00.
February 8 - March 10.
Centrum för Fotografi
Tjärhovsgatan 44
116 28 Stockholm
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
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JOSEF FRANK : VILLA CARLSTEN
Josef Frank: Villa Carlsten.
Mikael Bergquist. Photography: Mikael Olsson.
Park Books, Zürich.
Bound.
About 64 pages, 47 color and 15 sw illustrations, 9 plans.
27 x 22 cm.
Book design: Daniel Bjugård
ISBN 978-3-03860-136-4
Release March 2019
Between 1924 and 1936, the Austrian architect Josef Frank (1885-1967) built five summer houses in Falsterbo, in the extreme south of Sweden. The clients were relatives and friends of his Swedish wife. Today, the southern Swedish houses are among the most significant buildings in Frank's work.
The Villa Carlsten is the smallest building in the group, but just like the others it was designed in a careful relationship between indoor and outdoor space. Frank paid attention to the movement through the house as well as the way the daylight came in. Despite its modest scale, the house is surprisingly complex and varied - everything looks a bit smaller than usual. Josef Frank's Villa Carlsten unites modern living culture and refined everyday architecture.
The book is the first comprehensive documentation of the Villa Carlsten. New recordings by Mikael Olsson show the house in its unique relationship to the environment. An essay by architect Mikael Bergquist places the villa in Frank's complete works.
JANUARY 17, 2019
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BEST OF 2018 ARTFORUM
DINNER SCENE IN RUBEN ÖSTLUND’S THE SQUARE (2017)
If Östlund’s satirical drama is remembered for one thing, it should be the dinner scene—a gripping, eight-minute sequence that begins as amusing entertainment and spirals into a brutal altercation. The film’s swipes at Minimalist and Conceptual art, overzealous PR executives, smug artists, and self-important white male curators are predictable, but this episode, with Terry Notary’s star turn as a scowling and swaggering ape, cuts to the core of human/animal behavior and the pitfalls of art-world complacency.
Artforum critic Pauline J. Yao (lead curator of Visual Art/ M+ Hong Kong) pics best of year 2018. The dinner scene in The Square by Ruben Östlund is no 5. Mikael Olsson appears in the film as an artist friend of the main character Christian (Claes Bang). In the famous dinner scene he engages in a conflict with Oleg (Terry Notary).
Each December Artforum invites a group of distinguished critics, curators, and artists from around the world to consider the year in art. Ten contributors count down their top ten highlights of 2018, while three others select the single exhibition that, for them, rose above the rest.
DECEMBER 24, 2018
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SUSPIRIA SCREENING AT MOMA
Suspiria. 2018.
Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Friday, December 7, 7:00 p.m.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Suspiria. 2018. Italy/USA. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. 152 min.
Luca Guadagnino’s reimagining of Dario Argento’s iconic 1977 film is as fearless, bold, and lush as its predecessor. Amid unrest in a divided Berlin in the late 1970s, American Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson) is admitted to Helena Markos’s world-renowned dance company. Unbeknownst to Susie, a mysterious force appears to have taken hold of many dancers in the company, causing unexplained psychological trauma and grotesque physical ailments. Simultaneously lurid and gorgeous, Guadagnino’s approach is as artful and delicate as his previous work, but uniquely embraces the darkness of the original film.
Courtesy of Amazon Studios.
Mikael Olsson stars as Agent Glockner in Suspiria.
The screening is part of The Contenders 2018.
Through January 8, 2019.
Every year there are films that resonate far beyond a theatrical release—if they manage to find their way to a commercial screen at all—or film festival appearance. Their significance can be attributed to a variety of factors, from structure to subject matter to language, but these films are united in their lasting impact on the cinematic art form. For this annual series, the Department of Film combs through major studio releases and the top film festivals in the world, selecting influential, innovative films made in the past 12 months that we believe will stand the test of time. Whether bound for awards glory or destined to become a cult classic, each of these films is a contender for lasting historical significance, and any true cinephile will want to catch them on the big screen.
Organized by the Department of Film MoMA.
DECEMBER 7, 2018
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TIDSKRIFTEN ARKITEKTUR KIRUNA
When the city moves, Kiruna's town hall is replaced with a new one by Henning Larsen Architects.
Photographs from the old town hall by architects Artur von Schmalensee. 1964 years Kasper Salin winner.
Published in Arkitektur 8, 2018. Editor Julia Svensson.
DECEMBER 1, 2018
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ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
Suspiria was selected to receive the Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. The Altman Award was created in 2008 in honor of legendary director Robert Altman who was known for creating extraordinary ensemble casts.
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Casting Directors: Avy Kaufman, Stella Savino
Ensemble Cast: Malgosia Bela, Ingrid Caven, Lutz Ebersdorf, Elena Fokina, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper, Dakota Johnson, Gala Moody, Chloë Grace Moretz, Renée Soutendijk, Tilda Swinton, Sylvie Testud, Halla Thordardottir, Angela Winkler, Mikael Olsson, Fred Kelemen, Majon Van der Schot, Alek Wek, Clémentine Houdart, Olivia Ancona, Brigitte Cuvelier, Anne-Lise Brevers, Vanda Capriolo, Jessica Batut, Vincenza Modica, Marjolaine Uscotti, Charo Calvo, Sharon Campbell, Elfriede Hock, Iaia Ferri, Sara Sguotti, Stephanie McMann, Maria Bregianni, Navala 'Niko' Chaudhari, Greta Bohacek.
Mikael Olsson stars as Agent Glockner in Suspiria.
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom - Suspiria is nominated for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOVEMBER 18, 2018
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SUSPIRIA
Mikael Olsson as Agent Glockner and Fred Kelemen as Agent Albrecht star in Suspiria (2018) by Luca Guadagnino.
Starring Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ingrid Caven, Angela Winkler, Elena Fokina, Renée Soutendijk. Screenplay by David Kajganich.
Courtesy of Amazon Studios.
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
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PUBLISHED: PHOTOBOOKS IN SWEDEN
Book launch of PUBLISHED - the first survey of Swedish photobooks at Paris Photo Fair at Institute Suedois, Paris.
Author Niclas Östlind. Design: Greger Ulf Nilson. Cover image: Mikael Olsson.
Interviews with Anders Petersen, Carl Johan Erikson and Björn Larsson, Bruno Ehrs, Matilda Plöjel, Marie Lundquist, Klara Källström and Thobias Fäldt, Greger Ulf Nilson, Elsa Modin, Mikael Olsson, Helene Boström and Charlotte Ekbom.
The printing of the book is photographed by Mikael Olsson. It is also published in the inception and end of the book.
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
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Mikael Olsson stars in Lessons of the Hour, a multi-screen film and video installation by pioneering global media artist Isaac Julien commission by Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York.
Isaac Julien's work will be freely inspired by the lives of two of the most iconic residents of Rochester, NY: the visionary African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass, a freed slave who became the most photographed man of his generation, as well as his friend, anti-slavery and women’s rights activist Susan B Anthony.
Working with a series of vignettes and tableaux, such as the reconstruction of the photographic studio and gallery of James Presley Ball, Julien will explore key aspects of their activities in Rochester, as well as Douglass’s speaking tours of England in 1845 and 1859. Through extensive use of Frederick Douglass’s ‘timely words’, intertwined with special visual effects, as well as music and poetry from that time, Julien will create a multiple screen film installation, to be presented in early 2019.
Premier at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester March 3, 2019 and Metro Pictures Gallery, New York early March 2019.
MARCH 3, 2019
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RUM MAKTLISTAN
Mikael Olsson is noticed in The Magazine RUM Power List 2019.
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
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→ Maktlistan RUM
EXHIBITION: PUBLICERAT – FOTOBOKEN I SVERIGE
PUBLISHED is an exhibition that highlights the photo book in Sweden. The project spans from the 1860s, contains 200 titles and is based on three themes: Society, the Self and the Image. The exhibition has previously been exhibited at Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg.
The book; Mikael Olsson - Södrakull Frösakull, Steidl 2010, is exhibited.
Opening Friday 8 February at 17.00-20.00.
February 8 - March 10.
Centrum för Fotografi
Tjärhovsgatan 44
116 28 Stockholm
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
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→ Publicerat – fotoboken i Sverige
JOSEF FRANK : VILLA CARLSTEN
Josef Frank: Villa Carlsten.
Mikael Bergquist. Photography: Mikael Olsson.
Park Books, Zürich.
Bound.
About 64 pages, 47 color and 15 sw illustrations, 9 plans.
27 x 22 cm.
Book design: Daniel Bjugård
ISBN 978-3-03860-136-4
Release March 2019
Between 1924 and 1936, the Austrian architect Josef Frank (1885-1967) built five summer houses in Falsterbo, in the extreme south of Sweden. The clients were relatives and friends of his Swedish wife. Today, the southern Swedish houses are among the most significant buildings in Frank's work.
The Villa Carlsten is the smallest building in the group, but just like the others it was designed in a careful relationship between indoor and outdoor space. Frank paid attention to the movement through the house as well as the way the daylight came in. Despite its modest scale, the house is surprisingly complex and varied - everything looks a bit smaller than usual. Josef Frank's Villa Carlsten unites modern living culture and refined everyday architecture.
The book is the first comprehensive documentation of the Villa Carlsten. New recordings by Mikael Olsson show the house in its unique relationship to the environment. An essay by architect Mikael Bergquist places the villa in Frank's complete works.
JANUARY 17, 2019
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→ Park Book
BEST OF 2018 ARTFORUM
DINNER SCENE IN RUBEN ÖSTLUND’S THE SQUARE (2017)
If Östlund’s satirical drama is remembered for one thing, it should be the dinner scene—a gripping, eight-minute sequence that begins as amusing entertainment and spirals into a brutal altercation. The film’s swipes at Minimalist and Conceptual art, overzealous PR executives, smug artists, and self-important white male curators are predictable, but this episode, with Terry Notary’s star turn as a scowling and swaggering ape, cuts to the core of human/animal behavior and the pitfalls of art-world complacency.
Artforum critic Pauline J. Yao (lead curator of Visual Art/ M+ Hong Kong) pics best of year 2018. The dinner scene in The Square by Ruben Östlund is no 5. Mikael Olsson appears in the film as an artist friend of the main character Christian (Claes Bang). In the famous dinner scene he engages in a conflict with Oleg (Terry Notary).
Each December Artforum invites a group of distinguished critics, curators, and artists from around the world to consider the year in art. Ten contributors count down their top ten highlights of 2018, while three others select the single exhibition that, for them, rose above the rest.
DECEMBER 24, 2018
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SUSPIRIA SCREENING AT MOMA
Suspiria. 2018.
Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Friday, December 7, 7:00 p.m.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Suspiria. 2018. Italy/USA. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. 152 min.
Luca Guadagnino’s reimagining of Dario Argento’s iconic 1977 film is as fearless, bold, and lush as its predecessor. Amid unrest in a divided Berlin in the late 1970s, American Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson) is admitted to Helena Markos’s world-renowned dance company. Unbeknownst to Susie, a mysterious force appears to have taken hold of many dancers in the company, causing unexplained psychological trauma and grotesque physical ailments. Simultaneously lurid and gorgeous, Guadagnino’s approach is as artful and delicate as his previous work, but uniquely embraces the darkness of the original film.
Courtesy of Amazon Studios.
Mikael Olsson stars as Agent Glockner in Suspiria.
The screening is part of The Contenders 2018.
Through January 8, 2019.
Every year there are films that resonate far beyond a theatrical release—if they manage to find their way to a commercial screen at all—or film festival appearance. Their significance can be attributed to a variety of factors, from structure to subject matter to language, but these films are united in their lasting impact on the cinematic art form. For this annual series, the Department of Film combs through major studio releases and the top film festivals in the world, selecting influential, innovative films made in the past 12 months that we believe will stand the test of time. Whether bound for awards glory or destined to become a cult classic, each of these films is a contender for lasting historical significance, and any true cinephile will want to catch them on the big screen.
Organized by the Department of Film MoMA.
DECEMBER 7, 2018
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→ MoMa
TIDSKRIFTEN ARKITEKTUR KIRUNA
When the city moves, Kiruna's town hall is replaced with a new one by Henning Larsen Architects.
Photographs from the old town hall by architects Artur von Schmalensee. 1964 years Kasper Salin winner.
Published in Arkitektur 8, 2018. Editor Julia Svensson.
DECEMBER 1, 2018
Share on Facebook Twitter
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
Suspiria was selected to receive the Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. The Altman Award was created in 2008 in honor of legendary director Robert Altman who was known for creating extraordinary ensemble casts.
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Casting Directors: Avy Kaufman, Stella Savino
Ensemble Cast: Malgosia Bela, Ingrid Caven, Lutz Ebersdorf, Elena Fokina, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper, Dakota Johnson, Gala Moody, Chloë Grace Moretz, Renée Soutendijk, Tilda Swinton, Sylvie Testud, Halla Thordardottir, Angela Winkler, Mikael Olsson, Fred Kelemen, Majon Van der Schot, Alek Wek, Clémentine Houdart, Olivia Ancona, Brigitte Cuvelier, Anne-Lise Brevers, Vanda Capriolo, Jessica Batut, Vincenza Modica, Marjolaine Uscotti, Charo Calvo, Sharon Campbell, Elfriede Hock, Iaia Ferri, Sara Sguotti, Stephanie McMann, Maria Bregianni, Navala 'Niko' Chaudhari, Greta Bohacek.
Mikael Olsson stars as Agent Glockner in Suspiria.
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom - Suspiria is nominated for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOVEMBER 18, 2018
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→ 34 Film Independent Spirit Award
SUSPIRIA
Mikael Olsson as Agent Glockner and Fred Kelemen as Agent Albrecht star in Suspiria (2018) by Luca Guadagnino.
Starring Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ingrid Caven, Angela Winkler, Elena Fokina, Renée Soutendijk. Screenplay by David Kajganich.
Courtesy of Amazon Studios.
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
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PUBLISHED: PHOTOBOOKS IN SWEDEN
Book launch of PUBLISHED - the first survey of Swedish photobooks at Paris Photo Fair at Institute Suedois, Paris.
Author Niclas Östlind. Design: Greger Ulf Nilson. Cover image: Mikael Olsson.
Interviews with Anders Petersen, Carl Johan Erikson and Björn Larsson, Bruno Ehrs, Matilda Plöjel, Marie Lundquist, Klara Källström and Thobias Fäldt, Greger Ulf Nilson, Elsa Modin, Mikael Olsson, Helene Boström and Charlotte Ekbom.
The printing of the book is photographed by Mikael Olsson. It is also published in the inception and end of the book.
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
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→ Institute Suedois, Paris.
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