Gullkistan is 4 years old on april 1st

On April 1st 2009 we launched the Gullkistan website, ready to go. We thank all our guests, 119,  for the trust and everything they have given us – and we look forward to an exciting future. Today a house full of creative people! Love Alda, Kristveig and...

Spring is all around

Katariina and behind her Mt. Hekla, shaking a little bit lately as she gets ready to let out some fire for us to watch at a comfortable distance. Easter time and spring is in the air. We have been working hard, cleaning out the studio to make it ready for all our new...

Farewell February

The guests in february enjoyed the mild winter weather, travelling and working hiking and socializing and whatever else came along. We wish to see them all again. For more photos click on read more here below.  

A new year!

2012 was eventful with 41 guests, some with attachments, from 14 countries. Among them our 100th guest since we started in june 2009. Amazing people that have filled their hearts with new feelings for the nature, new ideas and art work. The rest of the world will see...

Happy 2013

This year we celebrate new year with a guest for the first time. We welcome Ilsu Hwang from South Korea.

There is time in it

As the year comes to it’s end we recollect many of the incredible creations of our guests. Du Yun made a music peace and is so generous to share it with us. Du Yun’s song Gudrun von Maltzan made drawings. They are about 2 meters long each one, all made...

“L for Leisure”

A beautiful autumn has passed and winter has taken over. Kyle Williams survived it all for three months and we thank him for being with us. He had two friends over from San Francisco who worked on their new movie L for Leisure. See more about Lev Kalman and Whitney...

Gullkistan and CAMAC

Gullkistan is honored to have started to collaborate with the CAMAC International residency program for artists, writers, musicians and composers in Marney Sur Seine in France. It was sparked by interest of our guests in 2010 Raom & Loba who later cooperated with...

Autumn at Gullkistan

Autumn has been colorful and our guests have been working and travelling. Annie Kwakkel from Holland joined and then Baniprosonno and Putul from India. Click on read more here below to see photos of them working and travelling and to see the autumn settling in. The...

Guest number 98, 99, 100 and 101

August has passed with lots of work, travel and joy. There are some photos with this post, seems like the camera mostly blinks during mealtime but it is then that we all gather and many thoughts are shared. Click on READ MORE to see the photos. September started with...