Nils Claesson

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Nils Claesson
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Nils Claesson. Photo by Jann Lipka 2016
Born
Nils Taki Claesson

6th September 1958
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)artist, filmmaker, author and artistic researcher
Notable workBlåbärsmaskinen (novel), Peering Intoo the Black Box,

Biography

Nils Taki Claesson (born 6 September 1958) is a Swedish artist, director, author and artistic researcher. He is currently assistant professor at the Stockholm University of the Arts.

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Selected works (2019–2025)

Claesson has produced a wide range of works in recent years, including films, books, and exhibitions, often exploring themes of memory, social change, and urban space.

Curatorial work

Claesson has curated several exhibitions at **Galleri TEGEN2** in Stockholm and developed the visual arts program at **ETC Solar Park** in Katrineholm, including four summer exhibitions and a student project.

ETC Solar Park (Katrineholm)

Galleri TEGEN2 (Stockholm)

Academic publications

A selection of Claesson’s academic publications are available in the DiVA research portal:


Life

Claesson received his PhD in fine arts from the Film and Media Department at Stockholm University of the Arts with the dissertation The Ghost Machine: Seven changes and transitions – animation processes in animated film. [1] [2]

Claesson joined the newspaper ETC [3] 1979–1984, where he was a co-owner for a while. [4] [5] He had acting roles in two films in the 1980s, among other things in Stig Larsson's film Ängel, [6] but he has mainly directed, written manuscript and worked with animated films and radio documentaries. He has been working with digital media since the mid-1990s, and has played a central role in the development of Swedish digital art through his work for the artistic creative space for art and computing (CRAC), where he was chairman from 2002 to 2005. [7] [8] In connection with this, he established a broad international network, and organized international exhibitions such as "Money, a comment on the new economy”, [9] [10] as well as seminars and exchange projects with other media labs in Europe. He also led the network for media labs in Norway, Pnek 2001–2002, and was one of the artists behind the Association for Temporary Art [a: t] a platform for art online (1997–2007). [11] [12] He has also been active in the artist-driven galleries Tegen2 and ID:I gallery. [13] Claesson has exhibited extensively in Sweden and Europe.

The book The Blueberry Machine, [14] published 2009, is about his father Stig Claesson.

Radio and film

Directing
Manuscripts
Roles

Books, book chapters and articles

Art projects

References

  1. "LIBRIS - Spökmaskinen". libris.kb.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. Konstnärliga forskarskolan 2010-2015. 2016. ISBN   978-91-639-0019-8.
  3. ETC. – Stockholm. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://libris.kb.se/bib/8261711
  4. ""Vi tyckte att många inom vänstern var tråkiga"". Dagens ETC (in Swedish). 25 April 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  5. Claesson, N. (1996). Sommar. Sweden: Sveriges Radio.
  6. "Ängel (1989) - SFdb" . Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  7. Cyberculture en Europe Inventaire Sélectif Des Structure Spécialisées Dans L'art Et Les Nouvelles Technologies. Council of Europe. 1 January 1999. ISBN   978-92-871-3873-6.
  8. "Nätkonstnärer tvingas till neddragningar". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 8 February 2005. ISSN   1101-2447 . Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  9. "Pengar speglas i konst". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 16 June 2001. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  10. "pengar". www.temporaryart.org. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  11. Association for Temporary Art. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.temporaryart.org/
  12. Hansson, K. (2015). Accommodating differences: Power, belonging, and representation online. Stockholm University.
  13. "Nils Claesson | ID:I" (in Swedish). 20 November 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  14. Claesson, N. (2009). Blåbärsmaskinen. Ruin.
  15. Claesson, N. (2006). Snö – ur det vita man minns. Retrieved from http://libris.kb.se/bib/11371956
  16. Claesson, N., Du Rées, G., Hansson, K., Östlind, N., & Stockholms konstnärliga högskola. Institutionen för film och media. (2017). Sju Förändringar och Förflyttningar – gestaltningsprocesser i animerad film. Stockholms konstnärliga högskola. Retrieved from http://libris.kb.se/bib/21145951
  17. Claesson, N. (2016). Vi ser ännu inte resultatet av konstnärlig forskning. (S. Slöör, Ed.)dialogen : Tema Konst- och arkitekturundervisning. Stockholm: Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna.
  18. "Omkonst - Dialogen- Nils Claesson: Konstnärlig forskning". www.omkonst.se. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  19. Claesson, N. (2014). När fotografi var bild och inte konst / When photographs were pictures, not art. Mellan verkligheter fotografi i Sverige 1970–2000, 100–105. Retrieved from http://libris.kb.se/bib/21518379
  20. Claesson, Nils, et al. (2013). Labbtanken : 12 röster om laboratorium och bibliotek. (N. Claesson & M. Lempert, Eds.). Stockholm: Stockholms dramatiska högskola. Retrieved from http://libris.kb.se/bib/14703766
  21. Claesson, Nils (2015). sliN, book chapter in Hansson, K. (Ed) Performing the common. Revolver publishing. Retrieved from http://libris.kb.se/bib/20136754
  22. Claesson, N. (n.d.). Introduktion till den animerade rörliga bilden. Retrieved from http://libris.kb.se/bib/20844913?vw=full
  23. Claesson, N. (2009). Blåbärsmaskinen. Ruin.
  24. Hansson, K., & Claesson, N. (2002). Money. (K. Hansson & N. Claesson, Eds.). Stockholm: Swedish Institute. Retrieved from http://libris.kb.se/bib/11558754
  25. Claesson, N., Julén, Y., Gedin, M., & Elander Berling). (1998). Familjen och allt om meningen med livet : en antologi för ungdomar i alla åldrar. Almqvist & Wiksell.
  26. Claesson, N. (1985). Jag och Angela Davis. Fotograficentrums bildtidning, 1985 (8:2–3), [43]-[46] : ill.
  27. A Train to Spain. (n.d.). Retrieved 12 September 2018, from http://www.atraintospain.com/
  28. Hansson, K., & Claesson, N. (2002). Money. (K. Hansson & N. Claesson, Eds.). Stockholm: Swedish Institute. Retrieved from http://libris.kb.se/bib/11558754
  29. Claesson, N., & Hansson, K. (2007). Kroppen i nätet [The body in the Net]. Retrieved 13 September 2018, from http://temporaryart.org/xxxpressen/
  30. Hansson et al. (2006). re.produktion. Retrieved 13 September 2018, from http://www.temporaryart.org/re.produktion/
  31. "Nedslag/ID:I galleri: Vill du hungerstrejka Pudaslådan tjänar både som bild och som plats för aktion". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 30 September 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  32. "Pengar speglas i konst". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 16 June 2001. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  33. "Vem är medelmedborgaren". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 23 August 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  34. "Konst: Konstens betraktare står mitt i". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 16 September 2000. Retrieved 6 December 2023.