Magnus Bärtås

Magnus Bärtås is an artist, writer and Professor at Konstfack, the University College of Arts, Craft and Design in Stockholm. In his work he has mainly focused on biographies, storytelling and architecture. He presented his dissertation You Told Me – Work stories and video essays at Gothenburg University 2010. His film Madame & Little Boy won the first prize at Oberhausen International Film Festival 2010. Magnus Bärtås is represented at Moderna Museet, Stockholm, among other institutions and his work has been shown at international filmfestivals and exhibitions, such as the 9:th Gwangju Biennale 2012 and ABCDEFGHI at Marabouparken 2013. Together with Fredrik Ekman he has published three volumes of essays. Their latest book, Alla monster måste dö (“All monsters must die”), was nominated to the Swedish August prize.