This year’s edition of Textival’s literature festival turns its focus toward the hand, the text, and the thread. It highlights the labor and language that emerge at the intersection of body and material. The program explores how writing and craft overlap, how words and threads intertwine, and how embodied experiences connect the personal with the collective. How does language affect material? What memories, voices, and stories are embedded in the work of the hand?
The festival’s opening program takes place within Slobodan Živić’s ongoing exhibition Stargazing Through Barbed Wire.
Program
• 18:00–18:30 Mingling in the exhibition Stargazing Through Barbed Wire
• 18:30–18:45 Opening & release of the anthology Stygn för stygn
• 18:45–19:00 Reading: Anna Nygren
• 19:20–19:30 Introduction: Oscar Ramos on Stargazing Through Barbed Wire
• 19:45–20:00 Reading: Mohamed Yussuf
• 20:15–20:30 Reading: Jila Mossaed
• 20:30–20:45 Live music by Trio Segah
Welcome!
NSFW & TEXTIVAL
Textival’s literature festival takes place once a year and is held at various locations in Gothenburg and Västra Götaland. The program is developed around a chosen theme and includes readings, talks, workshops, art events, and other performances featuring invited Swedish and international authors, poets, critics, artists, and performers. The festival also includes book sales in collaboration with small publishers and bookstores.