creative matters and debris by artist jeanette sollén
FINALLY THE DAY HAS ARRIVED! THE EXHIBITION OF MY pROJECT 50/50 IS OPENING june 17TH and running through JULY 15th 2022 AT pROJEKTRUM hjÄRNE, hELSINGBORG, sWEDEN. -Images from the exhibition and description of exhibition in Swedish -Article/Interview in Swedish about the exhibition here. 50 years - 50 women - 50 pictures. Based on a comprehensive [...]
The Frog Wall Project was created during the covid-19 pandemic for the Ingress Enlightened Faction*, to celebrate and inspire the co-creativity of the global community. A seam-less background image was created and offered to the community. Each participant then created their own part of the wall, adding image elements of their own choice that would [...]
Due to the Corona pandemic the planned exhibition is now on hold. I will return with more information as soon as possible. Thank you. Stay safe.
The Project 50/50 survey is now closed! Thank you to all of the 49 ladies who took their time to share about their lives. I'm now working with the texts to complete the material for the exhibition/performance, and I am very thrilled! This is such a rich and inspiring material. I'm planning for the show [...]
An article (in Swedish) on art and culture, it's situation, conditions and functions in a comtemporary society characterized by political agendas. Featured in the Culture Magazine Kulturimperiet, Dec. 2019.
ENKÄTEN ÖPPEN NU! LÄS NEDAN HUR DU GÖR FÖR ATT DELTA! 50/50 ÄR ETT PROJEKT SOM BYGGER PÅ LIKA DELAR KULTUR OCH KONST. KULTUR I BEMÄRKELSEN ATT UTGÅNGSPUNKTEN ÄR EN FORM AV FOLKLIVSSTUDIE AV HELSINGBORG DÄR PROJEKTET UTGÅR FRÅN 50 KVINNOR SOM UNDER PROJEKTPERIODEN ÄR, ELLER FYLLER, 50 ÅR. KONST I BEMÄRKELSEN DÅ PRIMÄRMATERIALET BEARBETAS [...]
Made this little holiday game for you all where you can win a signed copy of my vinyl album "Ripe when yields to gentle pressure". (should be working on both computer and phone.. lets see ) UPDATE! The game is now over and WINNER OF MY ALBUM HAS BEEN NOTIFIED! THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING! [...]
Dagens HD om mitt projekt 50/50!Sprid gärna till de kvinnor du känner i Helsingborg som är 50, roligt och bra om jag kan nå ut till många olika! Och är du själv 50 och kvinna så är du varmt välkommen att vara med! Tack! Läs artikeln på HD's web här! Artikel av Linn Dupont,Helsingborgs dagblad [...]
(IN ENGLISH BELOW) Idag 30 november 2018 startar mitt senaste projekt - 50/50! Ett projekt som pågår under ett år. Från den dag jag fyller 50 tills jag fyller 51 år. 50/50 är ett projekt som bygger på lika delar kultur och konst. Kultur i bemärkelsen att utgångspunkten är en form av folklivsstudie av Helsingborg [...]
Very pleased to read the positive review (7/8!) for the album in Blow up Magazine Italy. Thanks to Gino Dal Soler and my company Dark Companion for the love and support!
Record label Dark Companion releases a new full lenght album with various staged music by Jeanette Sollén. Lovely green transparent vinyl with high quality print (listen and order here). PRESENTATION TEXT FROM THE RECORD COMPANY: "My first recordings were on an old tape recorder in my childhood bedroom. I spent a lot of time with [...]
English summation: “Every year the Swedish Musicians' Union (Musikerförbundet) award scholarships for further musical development. We now proudly announce the recipients of 2018, who together reflect the wide genre width amongst our members; Agnes Kofoed Christianson, Jeanette Sollén and Petter Eriksson. Three artists who all share a deep quality and a strong driving force to [...]
Text about Dunker's Kulturhus (Swedish) Online link
Ge kulturen en chans “Kulturförvaltningen har de båda senaste veckorna hållit kulturdialog med den fria kulturen. Två onsdagskvällar lånade man sitt öra till talträngda kulturarbetare. Men medan jag satt där och lyssnade till de försiktiga förhoppningarna från ett luttrat kulturliv saknade jag den allra tydligaste rösten. Var var Jeanette Sollén som startade Salongen och var [...]
Länk till reportage Lyssningslänk Bosse Johansson/Sveriges Radio "Kulturföreningen Salongen skapade under ett och ett halvt år en levande scen för fri kultur i Folkets Hus på Söder i Helsingborg. Något som hade saknats helt i stan. Ändå lades Salongen ned - och den saknas av projektledaren. Men i början av det här året lades Salongen [...]
: Ge kulturen en chans Fälldes av reglerna, när det är försent ändras de Ingen akuthjälp till Salongen Salongen får inga pengar till kulturen Sveriges Radio Höjda röster för Salongens överlevnad Ge det fria kulturlivet en chans Salongen kan räddas fem i tolv Sveriges Radio Pengar på väg till Salongen Visionen lever Sveriges Radio [...]
Bredade och djupare än mittfåran Kulturimperiets kulturpris 2014 går till Jeanette Sollén "När du tänker på Helsingborg och kultur, vad är det första som dyker upp i din hjärna? Oavsett vad du svarar, högt eller bara i tanken, kommer kanske efter att du läst den här artikeln ha namnet Jeanette Sollén i bakhuvudet. Jeanette är [...]
Read full article here (Swedish only) Publicerad 23 augusti 2014 04.00 · Uppdaterad 23 augusti 2014 04.00 Text: Birgitta Lööf Hon har lekt med virtuella fantasifigurer Hon har precis avslutat Sommarsalongen på stan som varit fylld av aktiviteter för alla åldrar. Och planerar just nu dygnet runt för HX. Jeanette Sollén har blivit Helsingborgs bredaste kulturaktör. [...]
I en annan del av staden Salongen vaknar till liv "På Söder i Helsingborg finns en drygt hundraårig scen som legat i träda. Med allt från sluttande scengolv till biutrymmen är den idag både funktionell och full av potential till att bli något unikt i Helsingborgs annars ganska institutionaliserade kulturliv – ett komplement som breddar utbudet [...]
24 h hackaton for electronic music. A project I cocreated with the amazing composer and soundartist Stefan Klaverdal. Know more by clicking image above (swedish only)
2013/2014 design jeanette sollén
Excellent music site Meadow Music February 2013 The Artist’s Story: Jeanette Sollén and Stuart Dahlquist Today we continue with the series The Artist’s Story, which was started in the end of last year. It’s Jeanette Sollén who grabs the relay baton Jon Rinneby left her in his post. Jeanette is now right in the middle [...]
Mix/Master by Jon Rinneby / sound of wool I've given birth to a new genre, Font Pop, through a new stimulating collaboration with the the great visual Italian splendors Simone Massoni and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, in a project we call Love Letters. The project is inspired by the first year of Simone Massoni's lovely calendar project called Chicks [...]
Here's an article about the great musician and producer Jon Rinneby who I'm collaborating with on the Chicks & Types project, and you can listen to his music there too. There's also a mentioning of me and the chance to listen to Jon's mix of Yves in there 🙂 Meadow Music started in Summer 2008 [...]
Mix & Master by Jon Rinneby / sound of wool I've given birth to a new genre, Font Pop, through a new stimulating collaboration with the the great visual Italian splendors Simone Massoni and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, in a project we call Love Letters. The project is inspired by the first year of Simone Massoni's lovely calendar project called [...]
I've given birth to a new genre, Font Pop, through a new stimulating collaboration with the the great visual Italian splendors Simone Massoni and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, in a project we call Love Letters. The project is inspired by the first year of Simone Massoni's lovely calendar project called Chicks & Types, an ongoing project where Simone each [...]
INTRODUCING FONT POP! I've given birth to a new genre, Font Pop, through a new stimulating collaboration with the the great visual Italian splendors Simone Massoni and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, in a project we call Love Letters. The project is inspired by the first year of Simone Massoni's lovely calendar project called Chicks & Types, an ongoing project [...]
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"The visual aspect has always been an important part of both my music, performances and lately also in my films. Sometimes I like to spend a little time just creating images, either as a starting point for a piece of music or just as a joy to myself." New series of images comming up called [...]
Intet nytt under solen (Nothing new under the sun) will be premiered at the Pixel short film festical in Lund, Sweden, 28th of April. Director: Klas Karterud Original music: Jeanette Sollén For full program in swedish: Pixel 2012
Listen to the piece Ripe when yields to gentle pressure here. Recording availeble to download from any major sites like: Itunes Spotify CD can be ordered from CD BABY
"sometimes I just need to scratch heaven abit..." Jeanette Sollén
SCARLET ARCH Lovely band I used to play with in the 80's... Featuring: Niklas Eriksson, Tom Ljungquist, Ola Linfeldt Fredrik Olsson, Jeanette Sollén, Torkel Stålhand Photo: Frederik Lieberath See the Sound Budapest Highway Wales (orginially 15 minuts long)
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