Based in Umeå, the artist duo Björö/Brännström explores the intersection of textile, sculpture, dance, and sound. Hanna-Thea Björö, who has a background in architecture, explores textiles as a spatial material in relation to bodies. Andrèas Brännström, on the other hand, focuses on experimental and conceptual sound, often integrated with sculptural installations. Together, they have previously collaborated on performance costumes and compositions for dance. At Nonagon this year, they will present their first jointly created work.

”Daily we see reports from war and ongoing genocide, images of bodies that cannot be shown on TV wrapped in sheets. Textile topographies where, if you look closely, you can make out a silhouette of a nose, a valley between an arm and a torso – ridges over legs as fleeting as dunes. The fragile fabrics retain the last of what was, like a thin veil against the void.”