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BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone) marks the first large-scale presentation of Flo in Sweden. In the exhibition, Flo Kasearu explores everyday life when faced with change—and the fears that follow. With a distinctive blend of irony, humor, and absurd logic, Flo invites us to reflection upon humanity’s resistance to the unknown, while probing perspectives on safety, control and belonging.

What if a high-rise is planned in your neighborhood? What if all your friends move away? What if public space keeps shrinking? Should I put up a fence around what’s mine? What if my house is swept away or the internet cable is cut again? What if I no longer recognize my surroundings, and everything just feels completely BANANA?!

Flo raises questions about how urban development and green energy initiatives transform landscapes. The exhibition features both earlier works and new productions—paintings, drawings, installations and films—weaving together the personal and the societal. The tension between private life and the surrounding community has been central to Flo’s practice from the very beginning. She has worked across a wide range of materials and techniques, creating works for both exhibitions and public spaces, while also running the site-specific work Flo Kasearu House Museum in her own home in Tallinn.

At Färgfabriken, visitors are invited into an artistic exploration of the emotions that arise when the familiar is unsettled—when a new construction project is planned in the neighborhood, when old houses are demolished, or when wind turbines rise on the horizon. Symbols of the future, sustainability, and progress simultaneously become projections of anxiety, loss, and conflict.

The exhibition is presented in collaboration with Kai Art Center in Tallinn, with support from the Estonian Ministry of Culture.