A conversation between HEIRLOOM's exhibiting artist Anne Haaning and critic Frida Sandström. Taking the exhibition as a starting point, the discussion will touch on Haaning's ongoing artistic research project in NASA's stardust archive, and the technological inventions that surround the discovery, reproduction, and traces of it.

Anne Haaning is a visual artist, researcher, and educator, currently working on her practice-based Marie Curie postdoc We Are Supernova at Goldsmiths College in London. Haaning primarily works with video installation, and in her practice she explores the potentials and challenges of technology. She often uses computer graphics and animation combined with archival research to explore these themes.

Frida Sandström is a critic and PhD fellow in Modern Culture at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Sandström teaches art history and critical theory at several Scandinavian universities and art academies. Her research particularly focuses on feminist collaborative practices.

Photo: Installation view from Tracer Object, 2025 HEIRLOOM. Photographer: Kevin Malcolm