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Copenhagen Art Festival brings together the works of more than 50
contemporary artists from around the world in an exploration of the notion
of communities in contemporary art and in society. Present conditions and
developments such as globalization, new communication technologies and
production practices, political upheaval, and environmental and economic
challenges all affect our sense of belonging and contribute to the
formation of new communities.
Opening programme
The
festival launches on August 24 with a ten-day opening programme of events,
including performances, artists' talks, film screenings, and much more. As
part of a major outdoor commission, Jeppe Hein will, in collaboration with
a number of other artists, explore the common, public space through a
transformation of one of Copenhagen's main squares into a dynamic space of
social interaction, drawing inspiration from traditional markets and fairs.
Elsewhere in the city, Jeanne van Heeswijk will offer a series of workshops
on behaviour in times of financial crisis, while Yuan Gong's fog
installation will change the perception of space when passing through the
city.
In a collaborative venture across disciplines,
Copenhagen Art Festival has developed new projects with The Danish Film
Institute, Danish Architecture Centre, Loppen, The Royal Danish Academy of
Fine Arts, SNYK, ALT_CPH, and Arken Museum of Modern Art.
Public space
Klas Eriksson (SE), Yuan Gong (CN), Jeanne Van
Heeswijk (NL), Jeppe Hein (DK), Invisible Playground (DE), J&K (DK/DE),
Magnús Logi Kristinsson (IS), les gens d'Uterpan (FR),
Marcello Maloberti (IT), Heike Mutter & Ulrich Genth (DE), Joanna
Rajkowska (PL), Raqs Media Collective (IN), Georg Weckwerth (DE),
Wooloo (DK), and more
Exhibitions
Den
Frie Centre of Contemporary Art
Beyond Good and Evil
24 August–30 September 2012
Jananne Al-Ani (IR),
Rejane Cantoni & Leonardo Crescenti (BR), Latifa Echakhch
(FR/MA), Søren Thilo Funder (DK), Ann Lislegaard (DK), Carsten
Nicolai (DE), Lea Porsager (DK), Arturas Raila (LT)
Kunstforeningen GL STRAND
Unfinished Journeys
24 August–11 November 2012
Yto Barrada (MA/FR), Song
Dong (CN), Sofie Hesselholdt & Vibeke Mejlvang (DK), Isaac Julien (UK),
Damián Ortega (MX), Kimsooja (KR), Pascale Marthine Tayou (CM),
Vladimir Tomić (BA/DK)
Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Joachim Koester (DK)
Ruth Ewan (GB)
24 August–30 December 2012
Nikolaj,
Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center
Conversations
24 August–21 October 2012
Kutlug Ataman (TR), Mohamed
Bourouissa (FR), Dias & Riedweg (BR/CH), Lise Harlev (DK), Otto
Karvonen (FI), Katarzyna Kozyra (PL), Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (MX/CA),
Manifest.AR (var. nationalities), Superflex (DK)
Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art
Yorgos
Sapountzis: DEUS EX MACHINA
Hito Steyerl: THE
KISS
24 August–21 October 2012
ARKEN
Museum of Modern Art
All together now.... Works from ARKEN's
collection
24 August 2012–mid-April 2013
Copenhagen Art Festival is an international festival for contemporary art
organised and curated by Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Den Frie Centre of
Contemporary Art, Kunstforeningen GL STRAND, Nikolaj, Copenhagen
Contemporary Art Center, and Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art,
together with the festival office.
Public Contributors:
the Danish Arts Council, the City of Copenhagen – the Culture and
Leisure Committee, the Capital Region of Denmark, and the Ministry of
Culture Denmark
Official Partners and Contributors:
Nordea-fonden, the Obel Family Foundation, the Danish Art Workshops,
the Pools and Lottery Funds of the Danish Ministry of Children and
Education, Skoletjenesten, Nykredit Foundation, the George Jorck and Emma
Jorck Foundation, Nordic Culture Point, Creative Scotland, the Beckett
Foundation, the International Press Initiative Denmark, the Danish
Composers' Society's Production Pool and KODA's Fund for Social and
Cultural Purposes, Ellen og Knud Dalhoff Larsens Fond, FRAME Visual Arts
Finland, SC Van Fonden, Knud Højgaards Fond, Billedhuggeren Gerhard
Hennings Legat, Cph Air, Goethe-Institut Denmark, British Council Denmark,
Institut Français Denmark, The Finnish Cultural Institute in
Denmark, The Danish Cultural Institute/Benelux, Istituto Italiano di
Cultura di Copenaghen, EUNIC European Union National Institutes for
Culture, Embassy of Brazil in Copenhagen, Mexican Embassy in Copenhagen,
and the Swedish Embassy in Copenhagen
*Image above:
Jeppe Hein, Ring of Fire, 2009. Courtesy Johan König, Berlin
and 303 Gallery New York. Photo by Esben Zøllner Olesen.
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