'A million Gazes' is a participatory artist process as a result of my residency at the art gallery Blå Stället in Angered, Gothenburg (2022-2023). The work consists of a series of workshops, a table cast in concrete and an invitation to residents in the area to exhibit in the art gallery.

During the period, I investigated how we could create a space where we did not have to relate to the stereotypical image and gaze that dominates the narrative of the millionprogram area* As part of the process, I held a series of workshops based on the article: “Choosing the Margin as a Space of Radical Openness”. Author and social rights activist bell hooks invites us to occupy the space on the edge, the space of exclusion. A place of creativity, of radical honesty, a place of resistance and freedom.

In the middle I installed a table cast in concrete with the same decorative stone that adorns the high-rise facades in Hammarkullen. To create the same surface, the exposed aggregate method was used, which means that the decorative stone, in this case crushed marble, is sprinkled on the wet mold. An attempt to recreate the facades of high-rise buildings. On the table were placed small sculptures in acrylic plastic with questions for reflection and discussion connected to the suburbs such as place, identity, and strategies to free oneself from stereotypical images connected to one's identity.

The process culminated in an exhibition where artists and residents of Angered were invited to share their view of the area and themselves. Throughout the exhibition period, residents could contribute to the room with their own works of art.

Participants/artists: Sara Garib, Nabila Abdul Fattah, Eman Khalif,Carmen Jedrzejak, Bianco Casco, Mahmoud Obeid Ibrahim, Selma Ali Nour, Peter Nylund, Dastan Sharif, Faruq Omer, Raul Carrasco, Tesnim Abdurhman, Hazim Alla Tarik,Antoni Bahtiri, William Faraj, Iman Jama, Youth from youthcenter Mixgården, Naimelle janina, Kristoffer Lundberg

*Further reading on my paper about the Swedish Million programme and the concept of “million Gazes”