Anonymouse (collective)

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The mouse restaurant Il Topolino, December 2016
Amusement park in Malmö, April 2017

Anonymouse is an anonymous Swedish artists collective, notable for street installations in Sweden. They build mouse-themed miniatures and display them in public. The first work was the restaurant Il Topolino that appeared on Bergsgatan in Malmö.[1][2][3][4][5] It was vandalized a few weeks later.[6] In April 2017 they created an amusement park at Södra Förstadsgatan.[7] In September 2017 two shops and a gas station opened in Borås.[8][9]

The group also built exhibits in Bayonne[10] and on Isle of Man in 2018[11] and later the same year a miniature barber shop and a shelter for mice in Malmö.[12] In May 2019 a detective agency in Malmö and a website opened, where the public was invited to solve a fictitious case.[13]

Inspired by Anonymouse, Gothenburg artist Staffan Lindholm built and displayed on the streets of Haga, Gothenburg a mouse-themed cheese shop, a shoe shop, a motorcycle shop and a gym.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "These Tiny Shops for Mice on Real Streets Will Blow Your Mind". Time. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  2. ^ Planet, Lonely. "A tiny mouse café and shop has appeared on a street in Sweden". www.lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  3. ^ "Vem är musen som öppnat butik på Bergsgatan?". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  4. ^ "Skaparna av musrestaurangen: "Rackarns bra tålamod"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  5. ^ "Konstinstallation i musformat skapar uppståndelse i Malmö - DN.SE". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  6. ^ "Musrestaurangen på Bergsgatan vandaliserad". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  7. ^ "Tivoli för gnagare har öppnat i Malmö - DN.SE". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  8. ^ "Sweden's AnonyMouse packs up from Malmö to start afresh in Borås". 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  9. ^ "Anonymous artists are creating tiny shops for mice around Sweden". Metro. 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  10. ^ "Malmö mouse artists open 'Sacreblues' jazz club in Bayonne". www.thelocal.fr. 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  11. ^ "Miniature fairy homes spread Manx magic". 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  12. ^ "Nytt muskvarter i Malmö slår upp portarna". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  13. ^ Fridh, Linda (2019-05-17). "Mössen spärrar av i Malmö och efterlyser osttjuv" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  14. ^ "Gym för möss har öppnat i Haga". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-07-25.

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