SLEEPER - A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
An Exhibition by: Malin Neuman and Anette Kaplan
26 Feb - 15 March 2026
Detroit Stockholm
ENG
Inspired by the name European Sleeper, a night train that takes passengers to various destinations
across Europe, ‘Sleeper – a journey through time’ is the second exhibition in a two part
collaboration between visual artists Malin Neuman and Anette Kaplan.
Against the backdrop of technological upheaval, increasing automation, and persistent social inequalities, sleep is not understood here as a mere counterpoint to work, but as a space for reflection—a space in which time, productivity, and value can be renegotiated.
Anette Kaplan expands this space of reflection with an explicitly socio-political dimension. Her
installation “time fabric“ challenges linear models of time and counters them with an image of time
as an interwoven fabric in which past, present, and future are inseparably connected. Starting from
the continued high societal valuation of paid work – and the simultaneous invisibility of unpaid care work, predominantly carried out by women – Kaplan reveals how deeply patriarchal structures are embedded in prevailing concepts of time and labor.
In Malin Neuman’s textile works, sleep can be seen as a quiet form of resistance to an economy that defines time almost exclusively through its utility. Leisure time is often framed as non productive — a stretch of time where one doesn’t have to work in order to make money. One of the hallmarks of this time is the possibility of sleeping until waking up by oneself. By using fabrics associated with sleep and cross stitch embroidery, a technique often framed as a hobby, she seeks to explore connections between manual labor, artistic work and leisure time.
The first part of this collaboration was presented in October 2025 at EULENGASSE in Frankfurt
am Main – an artist-run space with a focus on contemporary and experimental practices.
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Anette Kaplan (1968, Ludwigshafen) explores gender discrimination and violence against women
in her interdisciplinary practice, focusing on objects and painting. She studied art history,
architectural history, and philosophy at the University of Karlsruhe before earning a degree in
graphic design from the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz in 1997. In 2012, she deepened
her artistic practice at the Städel Abendschule in Frankfurt am Main, followed by training as a
therapeutic art teacher at Campus Naturalis (2012–2014). In 2024, she gave lectures on social
sustainability, with a focus on discrimination against women.
Malin Neuman (b. 1981) is a visual artist based in Stockholm/Sweden. She has studied art at Byam
Shaw School of Art in London (Foundation Diploma Art & Design), Royal Institute of Art in
Stockholm (independent graduate course) and Zurich University of the Arts (MA Fine Arts). She
works with various materials and techniques, including but not limited to fiber art, sculpture and
installation. Topics often recurring in her works are language, gender, and how we understand and
relate to different types of spaces.
26 Feb - 15 March 2026
Vernissage: 26th February 17:00-21:00
Opening hours:
Thu 17:00 - 20:00
Sat-Sun 12:00 - 16:00
Also open by appointment.
Address:
Detroit Stockholm
Roslagsgatan 21
11355 Stockholm
Contact:
Malin Neuman
neuman.malin@gmail.com
www.malinneuman.com
+46 70 428 53 77
Anette Kaplan
anette_kaplan@yahoo.de
kaplan-heisst-der-tiger.de
Detroit Stockholm
mail@detroitstockholm.info
