Can we outwit death? That question has been asked for as long as humans have roamed the earth, but modern research shows that the question of eternal life should be viewed not only from as a religious and philosophical matter, but also as a biological possibility.

While we humans are developing more and more advanced methods to prolong life, for the first time in history we ourselves have the capacity to extinguish all life on earth. Nuclear weapons are not the only threat. Our way of life is destroying the climate and diminishing the chances of future life, day by day.

The aim of Life eternal was to reflect on issues related to eternity, and thus also the future. It is more urgent than ever to find new ways of talking about how we should continue our journey. In these discussions, the Nobel Prize can play a key role.

Various issues touching on consequences of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, a possible after live and the existence of parallel worlds, were explored through art, cultural history and science.

In one of the rooms at Liljevalchs, visitors were able to sit down at the desks of some Nobel Prize laureates to learn more about the creativity, work processes and fates of them.

Exhibition artworks

Artists Mark Dion, Niki Lindroth von Bahr and Christian Partos were commissioned to create new works for the exhibition. Sculptor Oscar Nilsson contributed a sculpture of the humanoid Josie, taken from the 2021 novel Klara and the sun, written by the 2017 Nobel Prize laureate in literature, Kazuo Ishiguro.

See all material from Life eternal on the exhibition page here: Life eternal