The participants who created WITHIN AND AGAINST. were inspired by Nobel Prizes awarded to figures who took a radical leap into the unknown – challenging the status quo to create a dynamic meeting point for both the established and the new.
The exhibiting artists mimic this experimental nature by using existing light fixtures and adding new ones to discuss how old and new structures work together to create an innovative future.
The artworks intervening in public space, explore the contrasts of the brutal and the soft, the metallic and the organic. They transform the known into the unknown through the power of light, reflection and darkness.
NOBEL WEEK LIGHTS
6–14 December 2025
Discover all artworks in Nobel Week Lights 2025.
Konstfack, KTH, Stockholm University
This project combines complementary educations at Konstfack, KTH and Stockholm University, building on the individual practices of the students: artists, lighting designers and curators. Professors from the universities will guide the students in the creation of the event.
Konstfack students: Hedvig Bergman, Livia Prawitz, André Córdova Rudstedt, Caroline Nord, Charlotte Hedberg, Constance Michnik Fredriksson, Isabelle Sahba, Johan Pihlanen, Karin Askling, Ting Yu Shih
KTH Students: Carolina Borgia, David Santiago Pulla Alvarado, Diana Andrea Niño Bogoya, Evdoxia Iro Gkolompia, Ishita Madan, Maria Eleni Zapounidi
Stockholm University students: Charlotte Keegan, Ester d’Avossa, Clara Donadoni, Nathalie Viruly, Linnea Wästfelt, Hannah Ingvoldstad, Jonas van Kappel
Nobel Week Lights
Art lighting up Stockholm
Read about Nobel Week Lights, a free light festival taking place in Stockholm during the darkest time of the year.