A regional collaboration with the municipalities of Vårgårda and Bollebygd

The photographic works of international artists Akinbode Akinbiyi, Nina Mangalanayagam, and Santiago Mostyn are presented in public spaces as part of Moving Out, a regional collaboration with the municipalities of Vårgårda and Bollebygd. In Bollebygd Boy Konsthall has an important role in the project as a hub for the city’s involvement and public activities. 

Images are ubiquitous in our cities, from advertising to fly posting of music posters. The artists presented as part of Moving Out present images that interrupt the ebb and flow of the city. Works can be encountered on the street and on the way to the supermarket. The artworks ask for a different type of looking and listening and depict spaces and places both in Sweden and beyond.

Nina Mangalanayagam’s series of photographs depicts nature and landscapes alongside portraits of herself and her mother, poetic explorations of belonging and rootedness.

Akinbode Akinbiyi regards hearing as a central aspect of his photographic process: “Our ears perceive more layers of an event than our eyes alone can see.” Akinbiyi presents a series of images that reveal the intimate spaces in sprawling megacities.

Santiago Mostyn’s series of images take us on different journeys of migration, from those who fled persecution to those who left to build a new utopian community.

Photo: Hendrik Zeitler