Solastalgia Pangolin is a sculpture, cabin and field hospital for the mind on the front lines of climate crises. In this project Signe Johannessen and Erik Rören have created a vessel to live in a changing nature – one that is intended to outlive the short-term project economy aggravating the climate crisis. The simple hut Solastalgia Pangolin is made to, with maintenance, outlive us all. For this purpose, it will be owned by itself and easily transportable to the next place that invites it.
Its early itinerary is already taking shape – it has, for example, been invited to Open Art in Örebro in the summer of 2026 and as a work in progress it was shown and used in connection to the conference for the European Society for Environmental History in Uppsala 2025.
Students and staff at the two institutions where CAPIm is based: HDK-Valand and KKH are now welcome to apply for a residency at Solastalgia Pangolin in Mölnbo in May, 2026.
Where is it: Solastalgia Pangolin will in May 2026 be placed in Mölnbo. It can be reached by a short walk from Mölnbo commuter train station.
Who can apply: Students and staff at the two institutions where CAPIm is based: HDK-Valand and KKH as well as researchers connected to the fifteen centres of excellence of the Swedish Research Council.
How to apply: Send a short letter of motivation to contact@capim.se no later than 10th of April.
Residency periods: From one day to one week. Indicate your preferred dates of arrival in May and we will try to organize based on a first come first served principle.
How does the Solastalgia Pangolin work: It is a simple hut for staying in nature with basic amenities to sleep, cook, think and read (it has a library – a pharmacy for the mind created by CAPIm researcher Axel Andersson). It can house maximum two people at a time, but mostly suitable for a sole occupant.
Conditions: It is free to use the residency, but residents finance their own travels to and from Solastalgia Pangolin as well as food and other material they use. Students from HDK-Valand get their travels to and from Solastalgia Pangolin covered by CAPIm.
Expectations: Residents are expected to contribute their reflections to the logg books in the library of the Solastalgia Pangolin. A short symposium will be organised at the close of the period with voluntary participation (live or remote) by those who have held residencies.
Residents are expected to care for the space while using it and to ensure that all basic safety standards are respected. Each resident shares responsibility for maintaining the structure in good condition and for using it in a safe and considerate way.
More about the Solastalgia Pangolin: https://solastalgiapangolin.se
More about the artists: https://rorenjohannessen.se
The Centre for Art and the Political Imaginary (CAPIm) is committed to interdisciplinary practice and research in the meeting between contemporary art and the future of politics. Based at two institutions of higher education in art: HDK-Valand and Kungl. Konsthögskolan, the Centre’s aim is to facilitate connections between research and education through an engagement with experimental approaches. It is the first Swedish Centre of Excellence in the field of Artistic Research.
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