Join us for a 2-day speculative mapping workshop at Temporary Stabilisations in Gothenburg!
During the workshop we will map the site of Bunkeberget in Gamlestaden by addressing the high security data centre being built inside the mountain and the history of the site, connecting the threads of the past and the future. Who makes the decisions about the places we inhabit? How can we interrogate and influence changes in the landscape? What connections can emerge through a collective mapping processes?
Bunkeberget is a historical site with roots as far back as the Old Stone Age when the hills around Gamlestaden was believed to be inhabited. During the Second World War a bunker was built inside the mountain as a bomb shelter and later it became a factory reservoir. In recent years the bunker has housed events from weddings to theme parties, a glass blowing studio, a skating park and currently, a data centre is under construction.
We invite participants to explore the conflicting interests of the landscape. Departing from Bunkeberget as a site, we will embark on speculative mapping excersises combining writing, archive images and materials from the site. Through a guided walk, conversations and exercises, we will raise questions of how to visualise the invisible – unpacking more-than-human and human underground actors. Participants will collectively create an interwoven map of their findings and visualisations, which will be exhibited in the gallery Temporary Stabilisations.
The workshop is run by Speculative Practices, initiated by artists Gloria López Cleries & Sive Hamilton Helle, in collaboration with Temporary Stabilisations. In addition, we will have the expert perspective of invited guests who will help us approach the site from a view of the past and towards the future.
We have space for 15 people and will facilitate for both English and Swedish speaking participants. The workshop is free of charge.
If you are interested in joining, please sign up with the following:
name, email, food preferences (allergies, vegan etc.) and motivation (1-2 sentences on why you wish to join) by the deadline 20th of August 2026.
Sign up here!
Date & Time:
Friday 28 August 13:00 – 16:00
Saturday 29 August 10:00 – 17:00 (Lunch will be served!)
Place:
Temporary Stabilisations
Harald Stakegatan 2, 415 15 Göteborg
SKF tram stop (Lines 6, 7, and 11)
Language:
English & Swedish
Organised and Facilitated by:
Gloria López Cleries and Sive Hamilton Helle
The activity is free of charge, and we have space for 15 participants.
Reserve your spot before the 20th of August!
For questions:
info@temporarystabilisations.se
This workshop is part of Speculative Practices, an artistic practice developed by Sive Hamilton Helle and Gloria López Cleries. It uses speculation as a critical and creative form to examine how language, metaphors, and narratives shape our understanding of technology, progress, and the environment. Through various activities and exercises (site visits, walking, conversations, writing etc.) participants explore the how storytelling and mapping can question dominant ideologies and imagine alternative futures through different materialities.
Combining their backgrounds in film and visual art they engage in art projects, write articles and facilitate workshops. Sive Hamilton Helle and Gloria López Cleries are both working at HDK-Valand as lecturers. Their ongoing artistic research practice interrogates the intersection between digital technology, dynamics of extractivism and language through ecological and decolonial narratives. Their work has been published and exhibited internationally, at venues such as; Luleå Konsthall, Malmö Konstmuseum, The Photographers Gallery, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Biennalsur, OFF Bratislava, ADAF, VRAL, CCCB Barcelona and many more.
Temporary Stabilisations
Harald Stakegatan 2, 415 15 Göteborg
SKF tram stop (Lines 6, 7, and 11)
Language:
English & Swedish
Organised and Facilitated by:
Gloria López Cleries and Sive Hamilton Helle
The activity is free of charge, and we have space for 15 participants.
Reserve your spot before the 20th of August!
For questions:
info@temporarystabilisations.se
This workshop is part of Speculative Practices, an artistic practice developed by Sive Hamilton Helle and Gloria López Cleries. It uses speculation as a critical and creative form to examine how language, metaphors, and narratives shape our understanding of technology, progress, and the environment. Through various activities and exercises (site visits, walking, conversations, writing etc.) participants explore the how storytelling and mapping can question dominant ideologies and imagine alternative futures through different materialities.
Combining their backgrounds in film and visual art they engage in art projects, write articles and facilitate workshops. Sive Hamilton Helle and Gloria López Cleries are both working at HDK-Valand as lecturers. Their ongoing artistic research practice interrogates the intersection between digital technology, dynamics of extractivism and language through ecological and decolonial narratives. Their work has been published and exhibited internationally, at venues such as; Luleå Konsthall, Malmö Konstmuseum, The Photographers Gallery, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Biennalsur, OFF Bratislava, ADAF, VRAL, CCCB Barcelona and many more.