Some background

The rural real estate Vrångsholmen is situated in the west coast of Sweden, 140 km north of Gothenburg and about as far south of Oslo. The house was built 1907 as a reformatory, or a ”rescue institution" (räddningsinstitut), with the stated aim to rescue young children (boys) from alcohol and illegal practices in Gothenburg’s poorer neighborhoods. It consists of a 600 m² three-story wooden house with large dormitories, classrooms, canteen, kitchen, gymnasium and an old garden. Today Vrångsholmen is owned by a foundation and governed by a non-profit organization. The house has for some time functioned as a venue for artists to work and exhibit in.

Three Sisters is a naturalistic play written in 1900 by the Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov. It describes the dissatisfaction and frustration of the Prozorov family, the three sisters (Olga, Masha, and Irina) and their brother Andrei. The sisters are refined and cultivated young women who grew up in urban Moscow; however for the past eleven years they have been living in a provincial town. The play tells a story about the decay of the privileged class in Russia and the search for meaning in the modern world.

The project Three Sisters at Vrångholmen gathers artists from the fields of arts, performing arts and litterature around Chekhovs play and encourages them use it as a common source for inspiration. The idea is not to create a theater set of Three Sisters but to use both the play and the site Vrångsholmen as a material and starting point for each individual's interpretation and artistic approach.