Cultural material gets new life in Ulvsunda

The initiative for this plan to reduce resource consumption in productions comes from Liljevalchs. In addition, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, the Royal Opera House, the Performing Arts Museum, the Nobel Prize Museum, the Nordic Museum and the City Museum will participate in the project, and several institutions will be involved.

It is expensive to build exhibitions and theatrical sets, and few cultural activities have the opportunity to save any of the material due to lack of space. Often material should be released at the same time as a new production takes shape – then it becomes more efficient to rent a container and throw away, even for those who want to be climate smart.

In the 600 square meter premises in Ulvsunda industrial area, all reusable materials will be collected, from practical items such as conventions and décor flowers to electronic products. The collection started in December and everything is to be inventoried and registered so not much is yet in place.

The institutions that support and pay for the project are allowed to submit and borrow for free, while external interested parties (art schools, theatre groups, individual artists) can become customers and be allowed to rent or buy materials at preferential prices. A first goal is that the things in the magazine should have at least doubled lifespan.

The management benefits smaller institutions and those with limited finances and gives other cultural actors in Stockholm the opportunity to access materials that would otherwise have been destroyed. Everything in the magazine can be booked in advance via the website.

The material magazine, located at Bryggerivägen 10-12, will be inaugurated on Thursday 21 January at 11 am by the Cultural Mayor Jonas Naddebo. 

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