With the Traces exhibition, Amanda Almvide transforms the art gallery into a place of impressions, movement and joint image creation.  

The archaeological landscape of Bohuslän – its petroglyphs, maritime rock carvings and historical remains – are the starting point for her exploration of what it means to leave traces. She aims to encourage reflection about what importance the signs and objects of today will have in the future.  

The exhibition consists of several interrelated works. A collection of concrete reliefs bears the impressions of objects that pre-school children have chosen and pressed into clay – everyday items that are preserved here in a shared archive of memories. A monumental textile work collects symbols created by schoolchildren on the theme “together”. The figures they created range between personal marks and collective imagery, in dialogue with historical carvings and modern symbols.  

A circular sand installation, where visitors are invited to leave their own traces, fills much of the art gallery. Lines emerge and are erased. The gesture is temporary, but the action is participatory. 

By combining archaeological thinking with the investigative practice of play, Almvide creates a spatial unit where past, present and future meet. Traces spotlights the fundamental human impulse to leave a mark on their environment – and reminds us that every trace, no matter how small, has a history.  

Amanda Almvide is a multidisciplinary creator, artist and child culture designer with a master of fine arts degree in child culture design from HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design. In her role as an artist and creative practitioner, she focuses on places, children and teens in combination with her own interest in materials. Her works are often exploratory; the final form can’t be completely predicted and the methods of participation adapt and develop along the way. 

By inviting children and teens to be co-creators, Amanda wants to share her exploration and the creative process. The hope is both to inspire and to express gratitude for the opportunity to be inspired and influenced by the creativity and thinking of the young people.