The lecture introduces the idea of self-branding and self-exotification to debates about identity politics and specifically formation of national identities.

Monday 29 November, 7pm
Nordic Reputation in The World: A Passpartout
Jeuno JE Kim
The lecture introduces the idea of self-branding and self-exotification to debates about identity politics and specifically formation of national identities. It investigates Nordic and Scandinavian representations of itself to the rest of the world, and what are prevailing ideas and discourses produced by others onto this region. The lecture examines how Scandinavia has branded itself since the Cold War, and how Scandinavian “specialness” and Nordic “exceptionalism” are challenged and altered since the post-Cold War period until now. A passepartout has two meanings, first as something that passes everywhere and second as a method of framing where a cutout cardboard is placed between the glass and the picture. The lecture asks how narrated histories and handling of historical documents determine the nation and its representation, and how points of comical tension and chance are strategies within an artistic research that can address issues of pertinence in our societies. Nordic Reputation in The World: A Passepartout is part of the collaborative project Everything for Everyone by artists Ewa Einhorn and Jeuno JE Kim.
In English.

Friday 3 December, 6pm
We are the good ones: The public debate on the Swedish Democrats and their politics
Anders Hellstr__
In his book We are the good ones, political scientist Anders Hellstr__ examines the role of the Swedish Democrats in swedish politics and public debate, and puts them in relation to the currents of populism and xenophobia in the rest of Europe.
In Swedish.

Tuesday 14 December, 7pm
Metod talk
Johan Tir__
Johan Tir__ will talk about his practice starting from the poster series Notes in connection with the celebration of a National Day, which is currently on view in the exhibition !? at Signal.
In Swedish.

Signal - Center for Contemporary Art
S__ra Skolgatan 31, entrance: Barkmansgatan
SE 214 22 Malm__br> +46 (0)40 979210
info@signalsignal.org
www.signalsignal.org

Opening hours: Thursday-Friday 2-6pm, Saturday-Sunday 1-5pm

Signal is run by Carl Lindh, Emma Reichert and Elena Tzotzi