The Manifesto of KreaLab no 1

This manifesto is a result of ideas developed through the KreaLab no 1 at the Royal Swedish Academy of fine Arts in Stockholm in October 2013. It was produced by Atelier Slice, Stockholm on commission of Kreanord together with New Nordic Food.

KreaLab No 1 was inaugurated by Marita Ljung, State Secretary at the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications in Sweden, and high-lighted keynote-speakers such as Laura Raicovich from Creative Time, NYC; Magdalena Malm of Statens konstråd, Stockholm; Mia Hägg of Habiter Autrement, Paris; Reed Kram of KramWeisshaar, Sthlm/Munich; Per Eriksson of Studio Total, Malmö; Brent Richards of Creative Archipelago, London. A background was provided by Robert Nilsson of the Ministry of Culture, Sweden and of Rasmus Wiinstedt Tscherning of CKO, Copenhagen.

A special food insert was performed by Antto Melasniemi, Helsinki, in dialogue with Carsten Höller, Mia Hägg, Jan Åman, Fredrik Wretman and many others.

KreaLab No 1 was arranged at the Royal Swedish Academy of fine Arts in Stockholm in October 2013. It was produced by Atelier Slice, Stockholm on commission of KreaNord together with Ny Nordisk Mat , to be the first in a series of labs/conferences to investigate the future of the Cultural and Creative Industries in the Nordic region. It was moderated by Johan Jörgensen and Jan Åman.

The Manifesto interprets ideas from the two-day workshop with around 100 contributors. It is a document to be developed.

Read the Manifesto here 

Photo: Atelier Slice