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The Passion Flower Blooms

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  • Performance
Photograph of exhibition visitors looking at an installation representing a passion flower. In the background are hanging fabric artworks.
The Inner Ocean: The Passion Flower, Ingela Ihrman- 2017. © Artwork: Courtesy of Moderna Museet, Stockholm and the artist. Photo: David Sandison.

What you’ll do

Experience the spectacular blooming of Ingela Ihrman’s giant passion flower in this short performance that invites you to become part of the flower’s pollination. You can watch or take part by sucking ’nectar’ from the flower.  

You'll be standing to participate in the event but some chairs and cushions will be available in the room.

‘The Passion Flower’ is currently on display in the ‘Rooted Beings’ exhibition, on show at Wellcome Collection. It was part of the exhibition ‘The Inner Ocean’ at der TANK, Institut Kunst FHNW (Academy of Art and Design) in Basel in 2017.

Dates

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Past

Need to know

Location

We’ll be in the Forum. To get there, take the lift or stairs up to level 1 and then follow the signs through the ‘Being Human’ gallery.

Limited spaces available

Spaces are limited and may run out if we are busy so you may wish to arrive early.

For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at access@wellcomecollection.org or call

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About your performer

Ingela Ihrman

(she/her)

Ingela Ihrman lives and works in Malmö. Her work is sparked by the strong emotions of everyday life and a desire to understand, question or express certain aspects of being alive, social and human. It is particularly the pleasures and pain that come with co-existence, autonomy, loneliness and longing for belonging that intrigues her. She has a constant gaze towards the lifeforms and landscapes we refer to as Nature. Her practice includes sculpture, installation, performance, video and writing as well as collaborations within the fields of science, theatre and dance.