Monica Sjöö
in ‘The Great Noise’, The Contemporary Art Festival Triennale, Västeernorrland, Sweden
14 June – 21 September 2025
Installation images from Monica Sjöö at Västernorrlands Museum. The Great Noise - Triennale 2025; photo: © Jessica Arneback, 2025.
Installation images from Monica Sjöö at Västernorrlands Museum. The Great Noise - Triennale 2025; photo: © Jessica Arneback, 2025.
Installation images from Monica Sjöö at Västernorrlands Museum. The Great Noise - Triennale 2025; photo: © Jessica Arneback, 2025.
The 2025 Triennial takes its starting point from the most fatal witch trials in Sweden’s history, which took place in 1675 at Häxberget (The Witch Mountain) in Ångermanland, which oversaw the killing of 700 invidiously, almost all of them women. 350 years later, this contemporary art festival brings together works by around 30 artists under the artistic direction of Karolina Aastrup and Helena Byström.
The triennial title, ‘The Great Noise’ highlights a local and historical dimension of the witch trials, and signals to societal changes and power structures that enabled these horrific events can be found globally and throughout history. Monica Sjöö is exhibited alongside 31 artists, including: Afrang Nordlöf, Björn Ola Lind, Joanna Lombard, Katarina Pirak Sikku, Linnéa Falck, Maja Daniels, Rebecca Sharpe, Sigrid Holmwood, Ylva Westerlund and Zafira Vrba Woodski.