THE MIGRANT SAUNA
In 2014, RAUMLABOR's allmänna bastun in Frihamnen opened a space that not only physically transformed the surroundings, but also brought the community together, acting as a symbol of change and refreshment in the city, in line with Gothenburg's upcoming urban transformation.
In 2023, allmänna bastun which once responded to the reality of the city is now temporarily closed for renovations.
Meanwhile, The Migrant Sauna is emerging parallel to this limbo as a participatory workshop in the context of a new development phase in the city of Gothenburg. Participants create characters that collectively shape the narrative of a mobile sauna pavilion, resulting in a collective fiction that migrates into the city. The project involves DIT and 'position-borrowing' methods to produce a space while discussing taboos and dismantling myths around the local and the foreign.
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