

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Curating Art: The Strangest Longing in a Lover 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: --- Swedish below---
In a site-specific sculptural intervention, artist Matilda Lövgren makes her mark on shiny surfaces with two new artworks that seep into the architecture of Accelerator. The Strangest Longing in a Lover is presented in collaboration with the International Master’s Programme in Curating Art and is curated by Tyra Wihl. 

To leave an imprint is to mark a surface by pressing something hard into it, leaving a lasting impression. There are physical imprints, those that indicate the previous presence of a body, such as footsteps, fingerprints, bruises, or wrinkled sheets in an unmade bed. An imprint can also be psychological, the process of fixing something firmly in someone’s memory. It is in this vein that Lövgren’s artworks interfere with the cloakroom and public bathroom at Accelerator; an attempt to connect with herself and with you.  

Lövgren’s practice involves an ongoing process of sourcing and collecting materials from her own body, including hair, saliva and sebum. Here, her fascination with self-referentiality is intertwined with the myth of Narcissus, who pined for and desperately pursued his own image as it appeared before him in the reflective surface of a spring. As Narcissus leans over the pond, refusing to break eye contact, Lövgren’s artworks speak of a similar need to examine what appears in the reflection. 

This project is curated in relation to Accelerator’s ongoing exhibition Vera Was Here, and the conceptual bridge to it is twofold. Lövgren experiments with the theme of indexical representation in her own visceral way, rendering the artworks a material trace of her DNA. Additionally, like Bitsy Knox’s series of artworks referencing the veil of Saint Veronica, this project is grounded in a myth that, in turn, explores the difficult relationship between the subject and his image. 

Exhibition: 21 January – 29 January
Opening: Wednesday, 21 January 
Time: 17:30 – 20:00 

Free entry, no registration necessary 

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I en platsspecifik skulptural intervention sätter konstnären Matilda Lövgren sina spår på blanka ytor med två nya verk som sipprar in i Accelerators arkitektur. The Strangest Longing in a Lover presenteras i samarbete med internationella masterprogrammet i Curating Art vid Stockholms universitet och är curerad av Tyra Wihl.

Att lämna ett avtryck innebär att markera en yta genom att pressa något hårt mot den, så att ett bestående intryck uppstår. Det finns fysiska avtryck, sådana som visar en kropps tidigare närvaro, som fotspår, fingeravtryck, blåmärken eller skrynkliga lakan i en obäddad säng. Ett avtryck kan också vara psykologiskt, som processen att fästa något tydligt i någons minne. Det är i denna anda som Lövgrens verk tar plats i förvaringsskåpen och toaletterna på Accelerator; ett försök att knyta an till sig själv och till dig.

Lövgrens praktik innebär en pågående process av att hämta och samla material från sin egen kropp, inklusive hår, saliv och talg. Här sammanflätas hennes fascination för självreferentialitet med myten om Narcissus, som trånade efter och desperat jagade sin egen spegelbild när den uppenbarade sig för honom i den blanka vattenytan. Som när Narcissus lutar sig över dammen och vägrar bryta ögonkontakten, talar Lövgrens verk om ett liknande behov av att undersöka det som framträder i speglingen.

Detta projekt är curerat i relation till Accelerators pågående utställning Vera Was Here, och den konceptuella kopplingen till den är tvåfaldig. Lövgren experimenterar med temat indexikal representation på sitt eget kroppsliga sätt, så att verken blir ett materiellt spår av hennes DNA. Dessutom, likt Bitsy Knoxs serie verk som refererar till Veronikas svetteduk, vilar detta projekt på en myt som i sin tur utforskar den svåra relationen mellan subjektet och hans avbild.

Utställning: 21 Januari – 29 Januari
Vernissage: Onsdag, 21 Januari 
Tid: kl. 17:30 – 20:00
Fri entré, ingen föranmälan krävs
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/stockholm/curating-art-the-strangest-longing-in-a-lover/200029281130914
- **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 107

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Stockholm
- **state**: ST
- **country**: Sweden
- **location**: Frescativägen 26A, Stockholm, Sweden
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- **full address**: Frescativägen 26A, Stockholm, Sweden

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Accelerator (https://allevents.in/org/accelerator/26195435)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Frescativägen 26A, Stockholm, Sweden
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Accelerator
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, exhibitions
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