Kabysser and Komfusenbo – room for solitude and imagination.
About the importance of solitude to Astrid Lindgren herself, but also about all the private spaces she wrote about in her stories. Lotta on Troublemaker Street creates her own ‘household’, Emil is left alone with his wooden figures in the woodshed, Britta and Anna in Noisy Village have their very own ‘spring place’ in a deep ditch, Barbro gets to spend time alone with her imaginary sister behind the rose bush in Most Beloved Sister, Pelle escapes unjust accusations to his own Komfusenbo, and Ronja and Birk live like Robinson Crusoe in the Bear Cave.
The theme of the exhibition is private spaces
The exhibition in the Vicarage will be about the importance of solitude for Astrid Lindgren herself but also about all the private spaces she wrote about in her stories. Over the spring, groups of children have been thinking about what their very own space would be like, based on discussions on solitude and the need to escape. What would a space of their own look like if they could dream or wish it into being? In this summer’s exhibition, we will tell you more about the process and you will hear the children’s thoughts, see their sketches and study miniature models of their own making.
“I know what the meaning of life isn’t. Collecting money and knicknacks and things, being famous and grinning from the pages of women’s glossy magazines, being so afraid of loneliness and quiet that you never get a calm moment to think: What am I doing with my short time here on earth?”
From The meaning of life; text from Astrid Lindgren’s archive
