100 years since the passing of Edith Södergran – an interview with the artist Josef Ka about I AM EDITH SÖDERGRAN project >>

The Finnish modernist author Edith Södergran has through her poetry touched, inspired and affected generations of people and writers, not only in the Nordic countries, but also around the world. Södergran’s poetry has been translated to over 40 languages and the 24th of June 2023 marked 100 years since the passing of Södergran.

As a tribute to Södergran, Nordic Culture Point wants to highlight the multidisciplinary and multidimensional project I AM EDITH SÖDERGRAN by the performance and media artist Josef Ka. This art project is fully dedicated to the life and art of Edith Södergran and was also granted Mobility Funding from Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture.

Josef Ka’s interest and admiration for Södergran’s poetry blossomed into the the beginning of I AM EDITH SÖDERGRAN during winter 2021:

“It’s like falling in love; it defies description through mere words. It surpasses linguistic expression and embodies something greater. It’s pure magic.”

READ A TEXT ABOUT MY PROJECT – >> ON nkk.org https://www.nkk.org/en/100-years-since-the-passing-of-edith-sodergran-an-interview-with-the-artist-josef-ka-about-i-am-edith-sodergran/