Swedish artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén, the duo behind Anonymouse, have revealed their identities as a new exhibition in Lund celebrates the project’s end.
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In 2016, tiny mouse-themed shops and homes began mysteriously popping up on the streets of southern Sweden. The miniature scenes quickly went viral, even making an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden, and were signed only by an anonymous art collective known as Anonymouse.
Earlier this year, the mystery was solved when Swedish artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén revealed themselves as the duo behind the project. Both work in film and television prop design and said the idea came during a trip to Paris, inspired by childhood tales of mice living secret lives alongside humans.
Over the past nine years, Anonymouse installed whimsical miniature worlds across Sweden and beyond - from a castle on the Isle of Man to a radio studio in Canada.
Now, six of their creations are on show at the Skissernas Museum in Lund, alongside sketches and plans from the archives. The exhibition, which runs until late August, invites visitors on a treasure hunt around the museum, where the miniature installation are tucked away in the most unexpected corners.
Having revealed their identities and announcing the project’s end, Westerholm and Nensén say it’s time to move on. But as for whether they’ll build anything tiny in public again? “We never know,” says Westerholm.
Check out the video above for footage of Anonymouse and their tiny creations.