Strage Sessions: Anglophilia & Photography

Overview

In connection Martin Parr’s exhibition Short & Sweet at Fotografiska, this evening brings together a conversation on Anglophilia and photography. Fredrik Strage interviews three Swedes who spent considerable time in England in the 1990s: Pär Wiksten and Christina Bergmark, vocalist and keyboardist respectively in The Wannadies, and Stefania Malmsten, graphic designer and co-founder of the magazine Pop. Using Parr’s images as a starting point, they reflect on their own and others’ love affair with Britain.  The evening concludes with a bar hangout at Fotografiska, where Strage takes over as Britpop DJ.

Britpop & Martin Parr

Few photographers have shaped our perception of Britain as profoundly as Martin Parr. His raw colour images of beaches, tea parties, racecourses, social security offices and fish & chips cafés established him as a chronicler of English class society on par with Charles Dickens. Parr rose to international prominence in the 1990s, at the same time as Britpop and Cool Britannia took over the world, and in many ways became a photographic counterpart to that music scene. The connection was later reinforced when Blur used one of his images for the cover of their 2023 album The Ballad of Darren.

Details:

Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM 
Location: Annie and exhibition hall ground floor 
OBS! Your ticket is valid before the event starts - come early and enjoy the exhibitions as well as food and drink with the best view!

Tickets

General prize: 245 SEK
Senior/ Student : 195 SEK
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