Preliminary programme (continuously updated):

Welcome to the K3 Monster Month! The topic is Foul Play and for four weeks we’ll explore the interconnections between monsters and (foul) play through game nights, film nights, seminars, readings, performances, exhibitions and much more. Do join the games!

Monday 20 October

Time: 14:00 – 15:00

Place: K3 Open Space (NI: B0E22)

Organizer: Pille Pruulmann Vengerfeldt

Monster Lab Halloween event: Monsters in Museums

As the Monster Lab is gearing up to this year’s spooky season Monster exhibition at K3 Open Studio (Niagara Foyer) themed “Foul Play” we join the forces with K3 Heritage Research group. You are all invited for a monstrous hour between 14-15 where I share the monsters I have encountered in the museums.

The session gives a brief overview of the 3-4 years of monster method experimentations in different museums, where I have been looking for digitalisation monsters in Tartu, democracy monsters in Warsaw, data work monsters in Falun, sustainability monsters in Malmö and the Flower Monster of LAMs across the Öresund area. Using the treasure-bringer Kratt from Estonian folklore, the monster methods that I have used in these explorations have been primarily  focused on co-creation and collage making. Talking about these monsters has allowed the participants to explore the borders of desirable, understand the boundaries of being human in the face of challenging societal changes, and become a way to talk about future and look towards future in a creative way. This seminar will be in person only and you are welcome to drop by even if you can’t spare the whole hour to be around.

Friday 24 October

Time: 15:00 – 17:00

Place: K3 Open Space (NI: B0E22)

Organizers: Linda Paxling and Josefin Waldenström

Death Café

A Death Cafe is an event where we  — often strangers — meet to eat cake, drink tea and coffee, and talk about death in a safe space. The goal is to breathe life into conversations about death in order to help people live more fully. (The event is not intended to be morbid or depressing and it is not a grief support group or a counseling session)

”We live knowing that everything dies. Like the sun, it’s a fact of life. And like the sun, we tend not to look right at it. Unless you’ve experienced a recent death, it’s probably not something you discuss. But a new movement is trying to change that, with a serving of tea and cake” – Deena Prichep

For more information about what a Death Cafe is: https://deathcafe.com/what/

Wednesday 5 November

Time: 15:00 – 16:00

Place: K3 Open Space (NI: B0E22)

Organizer: Carolina Jonsson-Malm

Archaeopoetry – Writing the Haunted Past of Sandby borg

Step into the shadows of Sandby borg, a 1,500-year-old Iron Age ring fort on the island of Öland, where a brutal massacre left traces that still echo through time. In this workshop, we will explore how poetry can serve as a vessel for memory, trauma, and transformation. Using archaeological images and texts as our starting point, we’ll examine how violence and monstrous acts shape our understanding of the past. Participants will be guided in crafting their own archaeopoems—creative responses that give voice to the silenced, the spectral, and the uncanny.