I suddenly get an email. It’s from Ann-Sofi, someone I don’t know.

She writes:

“I read about your project involving a new artwork on/around/about Götaplatsen. I think it sounds exciting and appealing. Human, somehow.

So I want to tell you about a family with a connection to that place. A man, a Spaniard, came to Sweden with his young wife about 50 years ago. He and his wife settled in a flat on Åvägen in old Gårda. The man worked for many years at the City Theatre. The wife and her sister, who had previously been professional flamenco dancers in Spain, cleaned at the City Library. The family stayed in old Gårda for several decades while their two children grew up there. The man passed away a few years ago. The wife, the flamenco dancer, is still alive but sadly ill.

Their daughter is in a relationship with my eldest son. They also lived in old Gårda, but now they live together—with their two little girls, the ageing mother, and the rabbit Limpan—in a small terraced house in Landvetter.

There must be so many stories like this connected to Götaplatsen. And I’m really looking forward to following this project and seeing it unfold.

Good luck!”

I replied with a question:

Can I come over for a coffee?

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Appearing in photos:
Mother: Maria Perez
Father: Eduardo de Dios
Aunt: Matilde Perez
Grandmother: Natividad Bravo

Sitting at the coffee table:
Sonia de Dios, Per Ekman,
Elisa Ekman de Dios,
Amanda Ekman de Dios
Ann-Sofi Ålund.