Presentation of VIS ”History Now” in the Baroque Hall

Inger Stray Lien, Chair of the VIS Steering Committee, introduced the evening by discussing VIS's background, purpose and goals – and hopes for future collaborations with further Nordic countries in addition to Sweden and Norway.

Magnus Bärtås, Editor of History Now, gave a short presentation of each project and showed us how the digital journal works. The eight contributions that were presented, have all various ways of recreating and re-read the past. Read the full issue here: VIS # 3 History Now.

Behzad Khosravi Noori, one of the contributing artists in the issue, brought life to his exposition The Life of an Itinerant Through a Pinhole through pictures, examples and performance. His research is based on his grandfather's abandoned archive of photographic material taken in working-class neighbourhoods in Tehran with a pinhole (a precursor to a polaroid camera). He also presented the very camera (also called "the soul cathcer") all photos were taken with and eventually took a picture of many of the participants ready to give away their souls.

At the end of the evening, visitors could take a guided tour of the exhibition History unfolds – a reflection that was open in connection to the History Now-event.

Many thanks to everyone who came and contributed to a successful event! Thanks also to the Swedish History Museum for fine cooperation.

Olof Halldin, Inger Stray Lien, Geir Strøm, Cecilia Roos, Ellen Røed and Lin-Christin Berentzen. Background photo: Avdelningsdirektör Stig Nyborg Vapenfrinämnden 1987-09-11, photo by Carl Johan Erikson, Refuse to Kill 2019.

In the photo: Magnus Bärtås, Johan Scott, Stacey Sacks and Katt Hernandez.

History Now-folder. Image by Marianna Christofides, contributor in History Now with the exposition Days in Between.

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Photos by: Monica Engdahl, Lin-Christin Berentzen, Heidi Lene Möller