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  • Adna Bliek.

    Master Student from Umeå university receives Women's STEM Award

    Computing scientist Adna Bliek receives the Women's STEM Award in AI for her Master's thesis titled "Backchanneling in Human-Robot Communication" at Umeå University. “Our work pioneers backchanneling behavior by a human listener, triggered by a robot speaker. A robot with the capability of triggering backchanneling by humans and then reacting or adjusting to it will lead to human-centered and im

  • Zineb Sedira, Standing Here Wondering Which Way to Go, 2019. Courtesy of Jeu de Paume, Paris. Photo: Raphaël Chipault.

    Solo exhibition by Zineb Sedira at Bildmuseet

    Zineb Sedira will represent France at the Venice Biennale next year. However, those who want to experience her art already this Summer should go to Bildmuseet, Sweden. Sedira’s solo exhibition Standing Here Wondering Which Way to Go opens on Saturday, June 19.

  • Framlab, Glasir urban farming project, 2018–ongoing

    Opening at Bildmuseet: Architectures of Transition

    An upcoming exhibition brings together Nordic architects and projects that, in various ways, reveal a shift in contemporary architecture. Architectures of Transition opens at Bildmuseet, Sweden, on Saturday, June 19. Welcome to join a digital press preview on Thursday, June 17 at 10am and to experience the exhibition on-site from 11am the same day (RSVP).

  • Get a glimpse of tomorrow as the next generation of designers showcase their visionary grad projects. The selfdriving taxi boat is one of the projects. Photo: Lars Welten

    Self-driving taxi boats for a flooded future and a tasting box with edible insects at UID21

    Get a glimpse of tomorrow as the next generation of designers showcase their visionary grad projects. This year's degree show at Umeå Institute of Design offers up a unique collection of innovations - ranging from autonomous taxi boats in the year 2086, to a crisis device for producing your own electricity, to a culinary tasting box with edible insects.

  • Peter Öhrnell, En perfekt dag [A Perfect Day], 2020. Acrylic on canvas.

    Paintings by Peter Öhrnell at Bildmuseet

    On 24 April, Bildmuseet inaugurates an exhibition with paintings of Peter Öhrnell. The show includes about ten works from recent years, most of which are entirely new.

  • From the picture book Kom dagen, kom natten [Come Day, Come Night] by Åsa Lind and Emma Virke.

    New Exhibition at Bildmuseet – Swedish Picture Book of the Year

    Kom dagen, kom natten [Come Day, Come Night] by Åsa Lind and Emma Virke is named the best Swedish picture book in 2020 and honoured with the national award Snöbollen. In conjunction with the prize ceremony at Umeå International Literature Festival, Bildmuseet inaugurates an exhibition presenting the awarded book.

  • Not all major faunal transitions are related to abrupt global perturbations that triggered mass extinctions, a study at Umeå University and University of Florida shows. Photo: Pxhere

    Gradual changes triggered historical shift in marine fauna

    Large asteroids or comets hitting Earth, massive volcanic eruptions and other single, deadly events are usually the focus for scientists seeking to reconstruct Earth’s past mass extinctions. In a new study, researchers from Umeå University and the University of Florida instead uncovered a new major transition between past marine faunas that could not be explained by a single catastrophic event.

  • Naeem Mohaiemen, Jole Dobe Na (Those Who Do Not Drown), 2020. Still from the film

    Premiere in Europe for Naeem Mohaiemen’s new film about loss and care

    ​Naeem Mohaiemen’s film Jole Dobe Na (Those Wo Do Not Drown) was commissioned by the Yokohama Triennale and Bildmuseet, where it is now being shown for the first time following its premiere in Japan. In the exhibition at Bildmuseet, the new film is presented together with earlier works by the artist.

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