Of Public Interest (OPI)'s mission is to develop experimental projects and methods that adds layers of artistic values into our shared living environment—values that could or should be of public interest.
Founded by Jonas Dahlberg in 2021 in Stockholm. We work often in collaborations or in teams, internationally with art and cultural institutions, organisations, property developers, municipalities and private clients.
We believe that there is no neutral mapping or understanding of a space or a city. It is always seen, understood and made from embodied lived experiences. And our living environment should be a place for the co-existance of a multitude of voices, experiences and intentions since that is the basis for any interesting context. Whether that context is a city, a landscape or a conversation over dinner.
OPI develop projects that strives to give artistic values and strategies a strong and important voice and become part of developing the space that is called public to be a host, that can care for, different intentions and disagreements.
OPI host, supports three co-existing OPI entities. OPI Lab, OPI Public and OPI Studio.
OPI Lab operates as a practice based mulitidiscplinary year-long advanced course at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm and serves as the research environment for other practitioners, including a PhD fellow
OPI Public is a platform for public engagement and discourse. We create public events where we share, discuss and test what we do as well as support and invite others to present things that could or should be of public interest.
OPI Studio develops projects, prototypes and propositions as well as curating and consulting in how to work with artistic strategies in larger city planning processes.
We also mentor and supports and can act as something close to an incubator.