Skissernas Night

The biggest art celebration of the year

Skissernas Night is back – bigger and bolder than ever! Expect more daring art, experimental music, international performances, engaging talks, and creative workshops. Immerse yourself in a vibrant atmosphere with DJs, delicious food, and refreshing drinks. This year, the line between indoors and outdoors blurs with a new music stage, a food truck, and a large workshop area in the Sculpture park.

Skissernas Night welcomes art lovers of all ages who want to be surprised, entertained, and experience art in new ways – from early day until long after sunset.

Mark your calendar for May 10 – the biggest art celebration of the year!

Program

Performance Installation: Karoline H. Larsen – Collective Strings  (DK)

Dance and performance croquis: Lukas Lubisia (DE)

DJ: Okine (DK)

Talk: Artist Samaneh Reyhani

Music: Bella Leonette

Music: BITOI

Workshop: Glowing Threads

Quiz: Petrina Solange and Johannes Finnlaugsson

Music: Pidgins (MX)

Music: The Carling Sisters

Performance: Grebnellaw

Music: Sven Atterton (UK)

Music: Five o’clock Traffic

Performance: Poncili Creación (PR)

Installation: Utskottet

+ Guided tours

More program highlights to be announced

Skissernas Night is produced with support from Sparbanken Skåne

Thank you Heja Lund

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Performance Installation: Karoline H. Larsen – Collective Strings (DK)

In the performance installation Collective Strings, Danish artist Karoline H. Larsen invites collective artistic creation for a new temporary artwork. Using recycled cotton threads, a new space is woven into the Sculpture Park. Collective Strings has been installed in cities such as Rome, Copenhagen, Beijing, Helsinki, Cape Town, and New York.

Dance and Performance Drawing: Lukas Lubisia (DE)

Dancer and choreographer Lukas Lubisia, based in Hamburg, moves freely between street and contemporary styles. It will be a challenge for both the eye and the hand to capture him in constant motion.

DJ: Okine (DK)

Okine is a DJ, radio host, and musician from Copenhagen, driven by an infectious love of dance music. He moves seamlessly between genres, from highlife and old-school house to jazzy techno, futuristic broken beat, and warm, crackling disco.

Talk: Artist Samaneh Reyhani

Malmö-based artist Samaneh Reyhani holds a master’s degree from Malmö Art Academy and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Art in Tehran, Iran. Her inspiration is deeply rooted in Eastern literature and philosophy. Using materials such as wood and stone, her sculptures transcend their inherent materiality—like visual poetry!

Music: Bella Leonette

Bella Leonette creates music rooted in soul but effortlessly moves between jazz, spoken word, and R’n’B. This brilliant songwriter, born and raised in Lund, has published her lyrics in book form and won Nöjesguiden’s Malmö Prize in the music category.

Music: BITOI

Malmö-based band BITOI (Bass Is The Original Instrument) consists of Swedish-Ethiopian bassist Cassius Lambert and vocalists Alexandra Shabo, Lise Kroner, and Anja Tietze Lahrmann. BITOI explores the boundaries of what is possible with voices, electronics, handclaps, and an electric bass. Their singing is based on phonetic pronunciations of bird calls. The result is innovative and entirely unique.

Workshop: Glowing Threads

A luminous workshop where we collectively create an artwork using fluorescent-colored threads.

Quiz: Petrina Solange and Johannes Finnlaugsson

Let Petrina Solange and Johannes Finnlaugsson test your knowledge of art and culture! Petrina Solange is a multi-award-winning stand-up comedian from Skåne, known for her dark humor, always delivered with a twinkle in her eye. Johannes Finnlaugsson has been heard on radio and podcasts, written comedy for TV, run clubs, and created shows about everything from the murder of Olof Palme to his beloved hometown Malmö.

Music: Pidgins (MX)

Pidgins is an experimental duo from Mexico City exploring rhythm as language. With percussionist Milo Tamez’s polyrhythmic drumming and electroacoustician Aaron With’s hypnotic vocal mantras, they create an intense, almost ceremonial soundscape that might put you in a trance.

Music: The Carling Sisters

Dubbed “The traditional jazz Spice Girls,” their music is deeply rooted in the golden era of trad jazz from the 1920s and 30s. The quartet consists of Nanna Carling on soprano saxophone and vocals, Linnea Carling on banjo, Petronella Carling on trombone, and Sigrid Abrahamsson on double bass and keys. Besides acclaimed performances at numerous jazz festivals, they have also appeared on TV4’s talent show Talang.

Performance: Grebnellaw

GREBNELLAW is the cosmic seed sown early in spring, bringing life to new beings, forms, plants, animals, and humans. As a visual artist, performer, and musician, Stockholm-based Grebnellaw has showcased works everywhere from underground clubs and galleries to established institutions in Tokyo, Shanghai, Seoul, Paris, and New York.

Music: Sven Atterton (UK)

Sven Atterton is a British-born multi-instrumentalist specializing in slap bass and piccolo bass guitar. His music embraces influences from the 1980s, featuring sweeping synth pads, dreamy keyboards, and bubbling synth bass, all held together by analog drum machines.

Music: Five o’clock Traffic

Five o’clock Traffic creates post-techno pop and slow-power synthetica. With synthesizers, drum machines, and evocative soundscapes, this Malmö-based musician has carved out a distinct style in the electronic music scene.

Performance: Poncili Creación (PR)

The Puerto Rican collective Poncili Creación combines radical puppetry, performance, and sculpture and has been showcased at art museums and festivals worldwide. Their vibrant creations are an energetic celebration of life, imagination, and absurdity.

Installation: Utskottet

We loved the interactive light installation Utskottet presented in the Sculpture Park during Kulturnatten. Now, they have free rein in Birgit Rausings Hall. Utskottet merges art and technology in public spaces. With shapes and colors, sensors and electronics, they create urban playgrounds.