The Sober & Lonely Institute for Contemporary Art is a multidisciplinary artistduo, formed by Lauren von Gogh and Robyn Cook in 2011. The institute is currently mobile.
The artist duo had a residency during the late autumn of 2015, when they also presented an artist talk at IASPIS Kitchen Talk.
The following year, in 2016, they participated in the exhibition Övergångar / Transitions with a proposal of an interactive artists’ (and adventure) book.
Sober & Lonely: The Last Unstitute, Choose Your Own Adventure Book, 2016 in collaboration with Dina Segal and Kate Simpson, in the exhibition Övergångar / Transitions.
The Sober & Lonely Institute for Contemporary Art
Crinkle cut chip
Lonely Pomeranian
Graphic prints, 2015
The artworks came into being through a telepathic performance between the artists. For them, telepathy is a way to work aruond barriers of time and space. The drawings were created during the artists’ stay in Residence Botkyrka in 2015.
Installation image from the exhibition Matters of the heart – a journey through the art collection, 2023, Botkyrka konsthall.
The residency in 2015 was a collaboration between Residence Botkyrka and IASPIS. Residence Botkyrka is supported by Botkyrkabyggen.