Book launch: Belle Isle

On an island in Detroit stands a glass building where the climate is maintained through daily care. Nothing dramatic happens there. Doors are opened, vents are turned, hands return the next morning.

The plants are not separated from society. They make visible what society requires: attention, coordination, and responsibility carried over time. What appears to be an oasis is therefore not a retreat, but a proposal—that another way of inhabiting the world begins with learning how we care for it together.

18:15 Culture journalist Anna Tullberg in conversation with Annika Thörn Legzdins

Annika Thörn Legzdins is a photo author, artist, and gallerist. Educated at the Academy of Photography, the Department of Art, Konstfack (MFA), and the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. She has published five books, including Ephemera, published in 2022, which received the Svensk Bokkonst award. She has also carried out several public art commissions and exhibits both in Sweden and internationally.

Belle Isle is published by Skavank Publications.

Photo: Annika Thörn Legzdins