
M.O. Companion volume exhibition: a performative print release (2024).
On Sunday 13th of October 2024, the limited print edition of the companion volume to KVADRENNALEN: M.O., art at arm’s length,
was released at Weld, Norrtullsgatan 7, 113 29 Stockholm.
Two years after the Swedish Parliament approved Ulf Kristersson (M) as the new Prime Minister, with the support of 176 out of 349 members (October 17th, 2022), a limited print edition of 176 signed M.O. copies was made available to the public.
The companion volume to KVADRENNALEN, PLATFORM FOR CONTEMPORARY ART TO RESPOND TO POLITICAL THREAT (2022), presents an insider’s perspective of what KVADRENNALEN was all about, why it was thought necessary to set up, how the larger art scene in Sweden received it, and what it did and did not accomplish.
The printed edition was priced as per the consecutive sell-out of the Swedish democracy
and numbered as per the seats in parliament by the ruling government parties and their far-right shadow SD:
– 19 copies signed KD: 250kr + moms
– 68 copies signed M: 350kr + moms
– 16 copies signed L: 450kr + moms
and
– 73 copies signed SD: 1.000kr + moms
A digital version of the companion volume can be downloaded on www.kvadrennalen.se
For print copies contact mail@thierrymortier.com
Companion volume excerpts: