Globala Tanter

Globala Tanter, Gothenburg-based artists’ group Globala Tanter, in English ‘Global aunties’.

The group was formed in the 2016 by six women striving to create a platform and a community, collecting and presenting stories of being excluded but somewhat fighting against existing stereotypes, making artistic interventions in public spaces. We are all from different countries, mainly Asian, and have been living in Gothenburg for about 5-10 years. The group has deeply been sharing challenges and senses of exclusion living in between two worlds. We have a strong manifesto: Our main purpose is to lift up each other and provide a platform to make our voices heard. We have learned that we are stronger when we work together, and we are going to be bigger by including other women’s stories and experiences at the same time that we are networking and meeting and presenting ourselves in public spaces. We are cooks, theorists, mothers, artists, transnationalists, and not-yet-made-it-there immigrants. We want to combat the silently shrugged world through your stomachs and hearts.