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Performing Arts Work Takes Shape at the Museum in 2026
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Nordiska Akvarellmuseet begins the year with an experimental collaboration with the local theatre group Teater Spera. In dialogue with the art on display and in relation to the museum’s exhibition halls, the group will develop ARV ("Heritage"), a performing arts work that explores how the past shapes the present.
Throughout 2026, the audience will be invited to work-in-progress presentations, including readings and performances. ARV creates temporary encounters between visual art, voice, body, and poetic text within the museum, in a project that traces its roots in ancestral experiences and examines how these echoes continue across generations.
The final production is scheduled to premiere at the performing arts festival Avtryck on Tjörn in October 2026.
Teater Spera is an independent theatre group consisting of two performing artists based on Tjörn. The group develops innovative performing arts works in which body, voice, and text emerge from process and concept. Previous productions include Tal till nationen (“Speech to the Nation”), Nya blickar/kropp (“New Gazes/Body”), and Sammanflätade element (“Intertwined Elements”).
Public presentations at the museum 2026:
12 & 13 April
Work in Progress Reading
5 & 6 September
Work in Progress Presentation
9 & 11 October (date and time will be updated)
Premiere of the scenic performance
The project is supported by The Nordic Watercolour Museum and the Municipality of Tjörn.
