Mathias Gullbrandson

Mathias Gullbrandson — initiator of The Borderland, instrumental at Alversjö, artistic director of Elysium. Gullbrandson's fingerprints are on three of the worlds Martin now inhabits. He was one of The Borderland's initiators poddtoppen-se ↗ — as far back as 2010, as CEO of The Story Lab, he was publicly describing the two-year feasibility study of "Gränslandet": a game-world whose culmination would be a Burning Man-inspired festival at Ravlunda, the idea that became Alversjö & The Borderland trelleborgsallehanda-se ↗. He was instrumental in the foundation of Alversjö Natur and the acquisition of the Alversjö farm. And he directed Elysium as its artistic leader elysiumlife.se ↗ — a veteran of Swedish immersive and site-specific performance (Blocks of Coral; Gylleboverket in Skåne; "Hamlet inifrån" 2000, "Virtual Galileo" 2002, "A Gathering in The Glade" 2023, the "Mutant" productions 2021–2022, per a research compilation) Research ↗.

Part of People & Partners — the recurring cast of Martin Källström's story.