Ifö Center: Zero Sum Residency
30 August 2024
The closed factory property, managed by the Ifö Center association, covers 43,000 m² and is being repurposed as a site for art manufacturing and more. Ifö Center, located in the small municipality of Bromölla in the Skåne Region of Sweden, aims to transform the property into a so-called ‘zero-sum’ building and initiate an energy cooperative with the building as its hub. In preparation for this, the pilot project investigates how to proceed and explores the property’s potential, such as housing battery packs to stabilize the grid and installing solar panels to produce energy.
Ifö Center will also host a residency focused on the Agenda 2030 goals, featuring artists, dancers, and an industrial designer. Participants will attend lectures, exchange experiences, and showcase their work in an exhibition, with a focus on interactive art and activism to enhance public motivation and knowledge. One artist plans to create new materials by reusing remnants from the closed factory, continuing their practice of transforming industrial waste into art.