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Welcome to Runo Lagomarsino’s 25% Doctoral Seminar on 28 September.

Runo Lagomarsino is a PhD candidate in the research field of Artistic Living Environment at Kungl. Konsthögskolan/Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm. His research is based at Of Public Interest (OPI) Lab in Gröndal, Stockholm.

Runo Lagomarsino’s PhD project investigates the (im)possibilities of sculptural practice within the public realm, exploring how materiality, history and memory are embedded in objects and places.

Discussant: Övül O. Durmuşoğlu, curator, writer, educator and Director of Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation.

When: Monday 28 September 2026, 17:00–20:00

Where: Of Public Interest (OPI) Lab, Gröndalsvägen 1, Stockholm
(Metro: Liljeholmen/Tram: Trekanten. Please note the space is not accessible, there are several steps.)

Places are limited. Please RSVP to asa.andersson@kkh.se by Friday 25 September.

More information on the Royal Institute of Art’s website.

Image: ”Violence is Harder than a Stone” (process image), 2026
Image credit: Runo Lagomarsino

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New collaboration between Botkyrka konsthall and Of Public Interest (OPI) Lab

Botkyrka konsthall and Of Public Interest (OPI) Lab are pleased to announce their collaboration from fall 2026, including hosting two international OPI Lab participants.

Of Public Interest (OPI) Lab is a yearly advanced course for professional practitioners in art, architecture and related fields, held at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm (Kungl. Konsthögskolan), situated in a practice-based research environment in Gröndal. The group of 16 professional practitioners meets ten times over the course of the year, each time for a week-long intensive session in Stockholm.

Botkyrka konsthall, a contemporary municipal run art institution located southwest of central Stockholm, has had an active residency program during the last 15 years in an apartment unit, sponsored by the municipal housing company Botkyrkabyggen. The apartment is located in the neighborhood community of Fittja, with invited contemporary artists participating in a variety of projects. Botkyrka konsthall is now offering the residency accommodation to two international participants of OPI Lab, for use during their monthly intensive sessions. With this collaboration, Botkyrka konsthall and its curator, Maria Elena Guerra Aredal, hope to open up fruitful conversations with the OPI Lab team and its course participants through Fittja’s local fabric.

Artist and professor Jonas Dahlberg, who initiated OPI Lab, and curator Jasmine Hinks, with whom Dahlberg runs the program, are excited about the possibility to foster exchange as well as offer support, in the hope that this brings new practices, approaches and site-responsive projects into dialogue with Fittja and Botkyrka konsthall’s program.

Image credit: Botkyrka konsthall and Johnny Chang

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A Day in Lövholmen – explore Lövholmen through 11 (spatial) sketches of public interest
Saturday 6th June, 10:00-17:00
Throughout Lövholmen*

Produced by OPI Lab 2025/2026:
Kenza Benbouchaïb, Alessandra De Mitri, Elise Jensen, Lauren Johnson, Carl Jonsson, Sara Lalmi, Rebecca Mielonen Rothenborg, Kristina Sahleström, Susana Santa-Marta, Francesca Savio, Abbas Sbeity, Bogusława Szlachciak, Claudia Vetrano

*A map of the works will be updated at A Day in Lövholmen’s website (link in bio) and on the day at OPI Lab’s storefront, Gröndalsvägen 1, 117 66.
Metro: Liljeholmen / Tram: Trekanten. Please note there are several steps.

Lövholmen is one of Stockholm’s last remaining industrial areas – a landscape of old paint factories, cement depots, parking lots, construction materials in a moment of pause, fenced off areas of the waterfront, studios for artists and cultural production – all now facing large-scale urban transformation.

A Day in Lövholmen is a one-day event where participants of OPI Lab, a practice-based course in art, architecture and related fields, led by Jonas Dahlberg and Jasmine Hinks through the Royal Institute of Art, present works that engage with this contested site.

A Day in Lövholmen asks: How might what we do now affect what one day will come? Can experimental spatial sketches, prototypes, propositions, and negotiations based on artistic values — taking place in Lövholmen, Gröndal and the surrounding area — become part of rehearsing a reimagined future neighborhood here, or of changing a city somewhere else? 
What does it mean to exist and work in a place in a state of pause? Is it possible to grieve the loss of a neighborhood? How much history is it healthy to live with? How can materials from a site can carry information into its future? Where and how is it safe to have a private conversation in public space? What role can beauty or humor play in times of struggle and uncertainty?

Graphic design: Elise Jensen & Bogusława Szlachciak

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5 months ago

Open Door Session, MONDAY 4th May, 17:00 – 20:00

As spring arrives, over in Gröndal we are having a bit of a change. We are switching our monthly Open Door Session to take place on Mondays. A different day but a familiar format: conversations about what we are working with, a drink and some simple food we have prepared in the space.

We hope you will join us for OPI Lab’s first Monday evening Open Door Session, Monday 4th May, 17:00-20:00 at the storefront in Gröndal. This time, you’ll get a sneak peek into what we are planning for A Day in Lövholmen on Saturday 6th June, as OPI Lab participants work on developing their sketches, propositions and prototypes for the future of Lövholmen.

No RSVP is needed, just drop by.
Location: OPI Lab, Gröndalsvägen 1, 117 66 Stockholm (Metro: Liljeholmen / Tram: Trekanten. Please note the space is not accessible, there are several steps).

Welcome!

Image / poster design: Carl CZ Jonsson @carl.brink

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6 months ago

This Thursday 9 April, 17:00-20:00, welcome to OPI Lab’s Open Door Session with guest voice Mariam Elnozahy, curator and director of Konsthall C.

At 18:00, Mariam will give a short public lecture about her practice. Welcome!
 The Open Door Session is a recurring format where we share food, drinks, and ongoing artistic and architectural explorations by the current OPI Lab cohort – a group of practitioners who spend ten months experimenting through multidisciplinary work with a focus on the changing neighborhood of Gröndal and the site of Lövholmen, under development into a new residential area.
 Location: OPI Lab, Gröndalsvägen 1, 117 66 Stockholm (Metro: Liljeholmen / Tram: Trekanten. Please note the space is not accessible, there are several steps).
 Interested in being part of OPI Lab 2026/2027? The Open Call is now live! Apply latest 15 April. See link in bio for how to apply!

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6 months ago

Guest voices at OPI Lab: Mariam Elnozahy and Carlos Mínguez Carrasco join OPI Lab’s April Session!

Mariam and Carlos join us in Gröndal as guest critics and dialogue partners for two days of presentations, as OPI Lab participants share their sketches, ideas and research on how to implement artistic values into our living environment.

On Thursday 9 April, Mariam Elnozahy gives an open lecture at OPI Lab’s Open Door Session (17:00-20:00, the talk starts at 18:00, in which she shares more about her practice and work at the intersection of fields, and program at Konsthall C.

All are welcome from 17:00 for food, drinks and conversation, and to see what OPI Lab participants are working on. Welcome!

Mariam Elnozahy is a curator, researcher, and writer, currently Artistic Director of Konsthall C in Stockholm, where her program “Sacred Spaces” (2024-2026) invites artists to address questions of religion and society. Elnozahy is also co-curator of the 2025 MUNCH Triennale, Almost Unreal (2025-2026). 2016-2020 she ran programs and exhibitions at the Townhouse Gallery for Contemporary Art in Cairo. Her work often addresses histories of globalization, development, and resource extraction. A core focus is supporting artists at various stages of conceptualization and production of artistic works.

Carlos Mínguez Carrasco is an architect and curator, currently Chief Curator at ArkDes. 2012-2017 he was Associate Curator at Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York. In 2016 he organized the Oslo Architecture Triennale with the After Belonging Agency. Since 2018, Mínguez Carrasco has overseen ArkDes’ content production and worked to redefine the museum’s vision prior to its re-opening in September 2024 with a new exhibition program and approach to the collection and research. He has taught at Columbia University GSAPP and lectured in universities and cultural centers in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the US.

Images: Mariam Elnozahy, credit: Louise Helmfrid; Carlos Míngues Carrsacso, credit: Knut Åserud

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7 months ago

This Thursday 12 March, 17:00-20:00, join our Open Door Session with guest and former OPI Lab participant, architect and urban planner Carlos Pena. At 18:00, Carlos will give a short guest lecture titled ‘queer constellations’. Welcome!
 The Open Door Session is a recurring format where we share food, drinks, and ongoing artistic and architectural explorations by the current OPI Lab cohort – a group of practitioners who spend ten months experimenting through multidisciplinary work with a focus on the changing neighborhood of Gröndal and the site of Lövholmen, under development into a new residential area.
 At 18:00 Carlos Pena will speak about his practice, methodology and ongoing work centering queer experience and bodies in the perception and design of public space.
 Location: OPI Lab, Gröndalsvägen 1, 117 66 Stockholm (Metro: Liljeholmen / Tram: Trekanten. Please note the space is not accessible, there are several steps).
 Image: Carlos Pena’s consellation, public bench near OPI Lab, part of OPI Lab’s festival, June 2025
Image courtesy of OPI Lab
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7 months ago

Applications for OPI Lab 2026/2027 are open 4 March – 15 April (link in bio)

How can practitioners working in art, architecture and related fields create their own conditions, define their own roles, initiate their own projects, and negotiate values that might be overlooked – or even unwelcome – in contexts where they are often not even invited?

Of Public Interest (OPI) Lab is a yearly advanced course at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, situated in a practice-based research environment. The course is open to international applications from a diverse group of practices: visual artists, architects, landscape architects, curators, cultural producers, policy makers, and other associated fields. The group of 16 professional practitioners meets ten times during the year, each time for a week-long intensive session in Stockholm.

Central to OPI Lab is an interest in our shared living environment and in navigating how to initiate and realize projects where imagination meets critical thought and a genuine interest in how one’s practice meets a place, its context, histories, and publics.

The setting for the ten sessions is a storefront in a residential area in Gröndal, Stockholm. Together with a zoning plan to transform the industrial area on the nearby waterfront into new housing, the neighborhood forms a context and case study – functioning as a container for experimentation. This locality and its proximity to different public(s) form a foundation to develop methodologies and projects in relation to place – applicable to future projects, methods, and practices beyond this specific location.

OPI Lab is developed and directed by artist and professor Jonas Dahlberg and led together with curator and writer Jasmine Hinks as adjunct lecturer. Visit OPI Lab’s storefront at Gröndalsvägen 1, 117 66 Stockholm.

Applications are submitted via the Royal Institute of Art’s website. Link in bio for how to apply!

Image: Båtbron (Boatbridge) by OPI Lab 2024/25 participants Lodewijk Heylen & Ingrid Agathe Bay-Larsen in collaboration with TSSM & HBK, for OPI Lab Festival in June 2025. Credit: Jonas Dahlberg

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8 months ago

Welcome to OPI Lab’s Open Door Session this Thursday 12 February, 17:00-20:00!

Join us for an evening where we share food, drinks, and artistic and architectural explorations by the current OPI Lab cohort – a group of practitioners who spend ten months experimenting through multidisciplinary work with a focus on the changing neighborhood of Gröndal and the site of Lövholmen, under development into a new residential area.

This Thursday, join us for a foray to the frozen lake at Trekanten, an invitation to taste from the lake, a poetry workshop that uses the language of the city planning documents for Lövholmen as material for creative re-configuring – and more.

Welcome! Please dress warmly as guests are invited to be outside for part of the evening. Warm food will be served.

Location: OPI Lab, Gröndalsvägen 1, 117 66 Stockholm (Metro: Liljeholmen / Tram: Trekanten. Please note the space is not accessible, there are several steps).

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8 months ago

Hamrin Foundation, som sedan 1985 delat ut mer än 350 miljoner kronor till individer, forskargrupper, institutioner och projekt, har valt att ekonomiskt stödja nödvändig forskningsinfrastruktur kopplad till plattformen Of Public Interest (OPI).

Plattformen, som grundades och leds av KKH-professorn och bildkonstnären Jonas Dahlberg, syftar till att initiera och realisera projekt med konstnärliga värden som grund i vår livsmiljö.

Of Public Interest (OPI) har sin verksamhet i en butikslokal i Gröndal – ett bostadsområde i Stockholm. Grannskapet, tillsammans med en pågående detaljplanprocess som syftar till att omvandla det närliggande industriområdet vid vattnet till bostäder, utgör det sammanhang där forskningen utvecklas.

Jonas Dahlberg:

– Butikslokalen som vi verkar i är helt nödvändig och fungerar som en form av rumslig ”publication”, en ”public(loc)ation”, där vi kan testa, utveckla och experimentera genom skissande och prototypframställning i skala 1:1. Samarbetet med Hamrin Foundation ger oss fantastiska möjligheter att utveckla och fortsätta driva vår forskning.

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The Hamrin Foundation, which has distributed more than SEK 350 million to individuals, research groups, institutions and projects since 1985, has chosen to provide financial support for research infrastructure linked to the Of Public Interest (OPI) platform.

The platform, founded and led by KKH professor and visual artist Jonas Dahlberg, aims to initiate and realize projects grounded in artistic values within our living environment.

Read more at kkh.se

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9 months ago

Welcome to OPI Lab’s Open Door Session this Thursday 15 January, 17:00-20:00.

Join us for an evening where we share food, drinks, and artistic and architectural explorations by the current OPI Lab cohort – a group of practitioners who spend ten months experimenting through multidisciplinary work with a focus on the changing neighborhood of Gröndal and the site of Lövholmen, under development into a new residential area.

At 18:30 OPI Lab participant Lauren Johnson has curated a performance by Jaana-Kristiina Alakoski, Cornelia Isaksson, and Runa Alakoski, titled Bang Up My Life. This performative moment in three acts engages guests in the space through two sister-voices, staging multiple positions of overlapping disagreement and dissensus.

Location: OPI Lab, Gröndalsvägen 1, 117 66 Stockholm (Metro: Liljeholmen / Tram: Trekanten. Please note the space is not accessible, there are several steps).

Welcome!

Image 1: From the Open Door Session in December 2025. Credit Jonas Dahlberg.
Image 2: From Bang Up My Life, courtesy the artists.

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9 months ago

Open Door Session
Thursday 4 December, 17:00-20:00

How many conversations can an object hold? How many languages can it speak?

Join us for an evening where we put something on the table.

Food. Drinks. And something we are calling a boundary object. A conversation piece. A container? Something to talk about, around, with, through?
Perhaps in relation to?

As part of ongoing research at OPI Lab, we have been unravelling and reworking the notion of a “boundary object” as a tool for multidisciplinary collaborations – or maybe as a Trojan horse, or a spatial double agent. What use is it to us?

Join us for a festive Open Door Session with mulled drinks, singing by candlelight and more and find out what we are talking about, and how.

OPI Lab, Gröndalsvägen 1, 117 66 Stockholm. Please note the space is accessed by several steps.

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