On Ingela Ihrman and Maja Salomonsson
Ingela Ihrman (b. 1985) is an artist working with performance, installations and artistic writing. She graduated from the Master’s degree program Art in the Public Realm at Konstfack in 2012 and is currently based in Malmö. Ihrman is currently participating in the Nordic Pavilion’s exhibition Weather Report: Forecasting Futures at the 58th Venice Biennale and has previously participated in Modernauställningen 2018, With the future Behind us, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Luleåbiennal 2018, Tidjord/Tidal Ground, Luleå, The Eight Climate (What does art do?), 11th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju. Since 2009, she has been part of the performance group Hägersten botaniska trädgård (with Johan Eriksson and Sam Hultin) and has often worked with Art Lab Gnesta, for instance with the Träskbiennalen 2017 and a residence exchange for the Andaman people in India.
Maja Salomonsson is a director, playwright and radio maker who graduated from the Radio Production program at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2011. Since then, she has mainly directed theater and often approaches sound art and visual arts in her performances. Her latest work is På spaning efter den tid som flytt at the Orionteatern, the loop pedal concert Hamlet – en monolog där alla dör at the Ung scen/öst and the headphone work Plint – a gymnasium show at Riksteatern.