Art has the capacity to provoke and inspire through artistic expression and to engage our senses. It can enhance critical thinking and create a deeper understanding of ourselves and our societal context. Art Initiative recognizes art as a valid knowledge base in its own right.
About us
Since 2013, Art Initiative has integrated contemporary art and literature into the academic environment at SSE to support the School’s educational mission FREE: fact-based and scientific, reflective, empathetic, and entrepreneurial.
About Art Initiative
Collaborations with the art world and academia
Projects include collaborations with leading art institutions in Sweden, such as Moderna Museet and Bonniers Konsthall; academic institutions such as the Royal Institute of Art; as well as a network of local galleries and artists.
Art Initiative also collaborates with the student association Art Division.
Short films: What is Art Initiative?
The films are made by Sprice. Script by Tinni Ernsjöö Rappe and Tom Stigson.
Thank you Tom Stigson and Saku Rantamaula at Sprice.
The films were made possible thanks to The Hamrin Foundation and Lars Bane.
SSE Art Initiative - EP 1 - Expression
First episode starring: Emma S Johnson, bachelor student, Oscar Hope, bachelor student, Tinni Ernsjöö Rappe, director Art Initiative And: Lycke Einberg Eriksson, Clara Prander, Pierre Guillet de Monthoux, Jacob Åkesson and Lisa Elliot Sennfält
SSE Art Initiative - EP 2 - Impression
Second episode starring: Emma S Johnson, bachelor student, Lycke Einberg Eriksson, bachelor student, Tinni Ernsjöö Rappe, director Art Initiative And: Jakob Åkesson, Oscar Hope, Flora Öhd, Lisa Elliot Sennfält, Amirhossein Karimi and Oskar Ekblom
SSE Art Initiative - EP 3 - Impact
Third episode starring: Emma S Johnson, bachelor student, Jessica Backsell, post doc researcher, Lars Strannegård, SSE President And: Pierre Guillet de Monthoux, Flora Öhd, Amirhossein Karimi, Lisa Elliot Sennfält and Oscar Hope, Oskar Ekblom and Clara Prander.
The team behind the Art Initiative
Tinni Ernsjöö Rappe, director.
Pierre Guillet du Monthoux, scientific director.
Roberto Verganti, Professor at the House of Innovation of the Stockholm School of Economics, holding the Josefsson Family Chair in Art and Innovation and directing the Center for Art and Innovation.
SSE Art Initiative Advisory Board
Per Josefsson, Chairperson
Daniel Birnbaum
Gitte Ørskou
Sara Arrhenius
Bella Rune
Emma Stenström
Lars Strannegård
