Kom med på en gående samtale, hvor vi bliver klogere på visionen om at skabe en ny type bynatur med afsæt Jernbanebyens særlige kultur- og banenatur - vi stiller spørgsmålet om hvordan kan vi integrere stedets selvgroede natur, historie og kultur med fremtidens behov for en bynatur der også skal rumme tekniske løsninger på de hyppigere vandmængder, manglende insekter mm. og samtidig skabe grønne åndehuller med fokus på den sociale merværdi.  

Bynatur er en fælles betegnelse, der dækker over alle levende væsner og vækster i byen. Bynaturen findes over alt i byen - i naturområder, søer og vandløb, havne, parker, kirkegårde, på vores tage og i vores by- og gaderum.  

Bynaturen bliver ofte fremhævet som løftestang og løsning på mange af de foruroligende billeder FN’s klimapanel tegner i disse år. Men bynatur er andet og mere end tekniske løsninger på de hyppigere vandmængder, manglende insekter og dalende biodiversitet. Bynaturen bidrager også til social inklusion, møder på tværs og generel livskvalitet. Vores oplevelse af lykke og velvære stiger for hver meter kortere der er til både park og kyst.

Bynaturen er også kunst, stressreducerende og skal opfordre til en sund og aktiv livsstil. Med andre ord, er der er mange forventninger til bynaturen også den der skal opstå i fremtidens Jernbaneby.

Gæster:

Morten Leicht Jeppsen, Urban Horticulturalister og indehaver af Metropolitan Metaculture. Leicht er landskabsarkitekten for Jernbanebyens helhedsplan og vil fortælle om det store forarbejde og kortlægningen af den eksisterende natur, samt hvordan dette skal udvikles og tilpasses side om side med at en ny bydel skyder op.

Camilla Berner arbejder inden for det tværfaglige kunst- og naturvidenskabelige felt og væver sin viden om og interesse for planter, landskaber og natur ind i sin kunstneriske praksis. Berner undersøger det komplekse forhold mellem natur og kultur og udfordrer vores opfattelse af de to: Hvor går grænsen, hvis der er en? Er det muligt, og er det klogt at se på natur og kultur som to adskilte kategorier, når de er spundet ind og forbundne med hinanden?

Mødested: Otto Busses Vej 90, for enden af tunnelen inde i Jernbanebyen på hjørnet af Den Gule By og portnerboligen.

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Før Jacques-Yves Cousteau var der Jean Painlevé, en banebrydende fransk naturfilmskaber og ekspert i undervandsfauna med et surrealistisk blik. Med et godt øje for det mystiske og uventede fangede Painlevé og hans assistent Geneviève Hamon en drømmeagtig blæksprutte, metamorfe krebsdyr, erotiske søheste, mytiske vampyrflagermus og umættelige rovdyrinsekter. Det blev til mere end to hundrede filmstudier af de langt-mere-end-menneskelige dyr og deres forundrende livsverdener. Det bliver en eftermiddag om den kunstneriske omfavnelse af naturens fremmedartethed og dens kuriøse ufattelighed. 

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The Octopus / Jean Painlevé / 1927 / France / Silent film / 13'

Sea Urchins / Jean Painlevé / 1928 / France / Silent film / 10'

Daphnia / Jean Painlevé / 1928 / France / Silent film / 9'

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Coastal Imaginaries event-series
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Exhibition Opening, Book Launch, and Record Release: Coastal Imaginaries – Currents from Venice to Copenhagen (DA/EN)

Meet the people behind the exhibition 'Coastal Imaginaries', publication 'Critical Coast' and record 'Mermaid Bay' and toast to a more intimate coastal acquaintance.

02.06
17.00-19.00
Free - just show up
CAFx Halmtorvet 27

Det underliggende landskab: Vesterbro strandenge og oversvømmede fremtider (DA)

Hvordan sikrer vi bydelen i forhold til et ændret klima med havvandstigninger og hyppigere oversvømmelser? Og hvordan skal vi leve med vandet på Vesterbro i fremtiden? Kom forbi Halmtorvet 27 og tag del i diskussionen.

04.06
14.00-15.30
30 kr / Gratis for CAFx Community-medlemmer
CAFx Halmtorvet 27

Nature based solution in practice: Learning from Køge Bay (EN)

The event is a debate on nature-based solutions and coastal landscapes, taking its point of departure in the project The Beach Park in Køge Bay. Discover how this remarkable project from 1980 serves as a thriving recreational landscape while also supporting biodiversity, bird life, and various habitats.

06.07
17.15-18.30
30 kr / Free for CAFx Community members
CAFx Halmtorvet 27

BLUE HORIZONS

A film program developed by Art Hub Copenhagen and CAFx. The modern, static, and linear frameworks of geography are disrupted, giving way to a world of impermanence, immanence, and interconnectivity, emphasising the role of the ocean in shaping, and destabilising our perspectives and theories of the world.

Life With Water I: Over og under vandet (DA/EN)

The first chapter of a short film event series exploring water systems, aqueous landscapes, and wet infrastructures, curated and introduced by Jacob Lillemose.

03.06
16.45-18.45
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

Life With Water II: Vandets musik (DA/EN)

The second chapter of a short film events series exploring water systems, aqueous landscapes, and wet infrastructures, curated and introduced by Jacob Lillemose.

03.06
19.00-21.00
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

Terrestrial Bias (EN)

Through dreamlike sequences and hauntingly beautiful imagery, Helena Whitman’s drift invites us to surrender to the ebb and flow of the sea and to find new modes of being in its timeless rhythms. Experience a lecture/film event that explores how the sea subverts our solid, stable spatial and temporal orientation, and how architecture can adopt spatiotemporal schemes from the oceanic realm.

Drift / Helena Wittmann / 2017 / Germany / German with english subtitles / 98'

03.06
21.15-23.00
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

Containerization of Space with an introductory lecture by Alexander Klose (EN)

Explore the intricate constellation of oil, container logistics, and coastal zones with Allan Sekula's acclaimed work, The Forgotten Space, and an introductory lecture by the Berlin-based cultural theorist Alexander Klose.

The Forgotten Space / Noël Burch and Allan Sekula / 2010 / Germany / English with english subtitles / 112'

05.06
19.45-22.15
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

Blue Diversity (EN)

Copenhagen Architecture Festival and the Mies Pavilion in Barcelona are holding a parallel screening of John Huston's Moby Dick, accompanied by discussions on the current status of blue biodiversity.

Moby Dick / John Huston / 1956 / United States / English with english subtitles / 116'

03.07
21.30-23.45
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

Æren af at være hele verdens arkitekturhovedstad tilfalder i år København. Der findes næppe en bedre lejlighed til at opføre et af komponisten, arkitekten, matematikeren, musikteoretikeren og computermusikpioneren Iannis Xenakis' allermest arkitektoniske værker: Det epokegørende og sjældent opførte slagtøjsværk Persephassa (1969), der hermed uropføres i København. Og der findes næppe et bedre sted at gøre det ind i foyeren til Henning Larsens ikoniske, neo-futuristiske Operahus. 

Her vil den Taiwanesiske slagtøjsvirtuos Ying-Hsueh Chen, der står bag koncertprojektet Ancestral Modernism, og perkussionister fra Det Kongelige Teater opfører Xenakis' værk – et værk, der, ved at bygge bro mellem musikken og arkitekturen, bliver til et pludseligt aktuelt gesamtkunstwerk.

Permaculture is a holistic design philosophy that seeks to create regenerative human habitats by integrating natural systems and human cultivation. By adopting permaculture principles, designers, and architects can create complex and evolving systems that prioritise ecological health, diversity, and resilience.

In the third chapter of the seminar series, we will delve into the ways in which permaculture principles can inspire innovative approaches to architecture. Our discussion will cover topics such as upcycling resources, circular systems, self-regulation, and transformation, as well as the principle of the smallest possible intervention.

For this we have assembled a diverse panel of experts, including the acclaimed Brussels-based research and architecture collective, Rotor, renowned architect Søren Pihlmann, and visual artist and permaculture designer, Skye Jin. Through this exploration, we hope to showcase the potential of permaculture to shape the future of architectural design.

We will finish the day off with drinks sur l ́herbe.

Guests:

• Maarten Gielen, partner in Rotor, a Belgian office known for their radically regenerative practice and research of architecture (BE)
• Søren Pihlmann, architect and founding partner in the architectural office Søren Pihlmann specialised in upcycling and experimental transformation.
• Skye Jin is a multimedia artist MFA and permaculture designer and educator. Founder of Art+Science+Permaculture and GardeningisActivism.com working with the the role of aesthetics in the climate crisis and community co-creation. Co-editor of the magazine PERMAKULTUR.
• Kristoffer Weiss, philosopher, director of The Danish Architectural Press, former partner in EFFEKT

The event is supported by Hub Brussels and Velux.

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'The Gleaners and I' is a captivating documentary that takes us on a profound exploration of gleaning, ranging from those who collect leftover crops in fields after harvest to individuals who meticulously search through the dumpsters of Paris.

Through this film, we delve into the fascinating phenomenon of gleaning, which embraces a rich tapestry of interests, diverse life forms, and cultural situations. This intimate and adventurous documentary sheds light on the experiences of both those who engage in gleaning out of necessity and a Michelin chef who derives aesthetic pleasure from this practice.

The screening of the film will be preceded by an introduction from the esteemed architect and researcher, Sandra Bartoli.

As a member of CAFx Community you get a reduction on the ticket price.

Films in the 'Trivial Matters' programme:

Trivial Matters I: CLAY
with an introductory lecture by Amalie Smith

04.06
19.00-20.45

The first chapter of a film-and-lecture-series exploring the metaphysical, political, and aesthetic dimensions of architectural materials. Immerse yourself in Mani Kaul's iconic documentary, 'The Mind of Clay', followed by a lecture by Amalie Smith on her artistic exploration of clay theories.

100 kr / 70 kr (reduced price for members of CAFx Community and Cinemateket)

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Trivial Matters II: LIGHT
with an introduction by Carlo Volf

06.06
19.00-21.00
Experience a stunning artistic exploration of light, resonance and visual perception with three algorithm-based works by Austrian artist Rainer Kohlberger.

100 kr / 70 kr (reduced price for members of CAFx Community and Cinemateket)

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Trivial Matters III: FOLDS

11.06
12.00-13.30

Everything that develops and changes in nature is folded: mountains, blossoms, brains. Join us for an exploration into the architecture, biology, cosmology, and metaphysics of origami with François-Xavier Vives' 'The Origami Code'.

100 kr / 70 kr (reduced price for members of CAFx Community and Cinemateket)

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Trivial Matters V: DUST
with an introductory lecture by Jussi Parikka

11.06
19.00-21.00

The fifth chapter in a film & lecture-series with media theorist and curator Jussi Parikka on the political theory of dust and its relation to architecture.

100 kr / 70 kr (reduced price for members of CAFx Community and Cinemateket)

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The architecture of the 1990s and 2000s was arguably characterised by a severe subordination with architects relenting to the needs of the client, turning architecture into a nonpartisan servant of market forces. Yet, as architecture seems to be in the process of developing a clearer understanding of its normative foundation, one can discern a distinct schism from this instrumentalist paradigm among the new generations of architects.

The second chapter of the seminar series will focus on this re-politicisation of architecture with a particular focus on identifying the responsibilities of architects and exploring pathways towards a more climate-conscious architectural paradigm. We will examine how practitioners in the field can take significant measures to facilitate a renewed equilibrium and solidarity between humans and more-than-human species, while also considering how a renewed engagement with ethical reasoning might reshape the relationship between architecture and climate activism.

Guests:

• Les Marneurs, a French architectural office with a high consciousness of environmental issues
• Esther Kjeldahl, philosopher, activist and initiator of Den Grønne Studenterbevægelse (the Green Student Movement)
• Mette Juhl Jessen, landscape architect, researcher, and member of the editorial board for the magazine Landskab
• Kristoffer Weiss, philosopher, director of The Danish Architectural Press, former partner in EFFEKT

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The event is a collaboration between CAFx, L’Institut Francais and Velux.

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Vi skal besøge fire gallerier som under Art Week præsenterer kunstnere, der alle arbejder med foto eller arkitektur i deres værker. Lige fra hollandske Peggy Franck til danske Per Kirkeby.

Turen ender hos Martin Asbæk Gallery, hvor vi ser fotokunst som er knyttet til arkitektur og rum.

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4til1 planet afholder sammen med Arkitekter Uden Grænser et åbningsevent af deres pavilloner på Søren Kierkegaards Plads og BLOX.

Programstart 1:
12:00 Introduktion til indsatsen 4til1 planet og til Arkitekter Uden Grænser.
12:30 Break-out session - besøgende får mulighed for at gå rundt og besøge alle 4 pavilloner samt at møde arkitekterne bag, som vil afholde en kort præsentation om deres pavilloner.

Præsentationerne afholdes hvert 15. minut fra klokken 12.30 frem til 13.30.

Programstart 2:
14:00 Introduktion til 4til1 planet-indsatsen og til Arkitekter Uden Grænser.
14:30 Break-out session - besøgende får mulighed for at gå rundt og besøge alle 4 pavilloner samt at møde arkitekterne bag, som vil afholde en kort præsentation om deres pavilloner.

Præsentationerne afholdes hvert 15. minut fra klokken 14.30 frem til 15.30.

Om indsatsen 4til1 planet

Om indsatsen 4til1 planet

4til1 planet har med konkurrencen “Next Generation Architecture” udpeget 3 vinderforslag, som i pavillonform fremviser klimavenligt boligbyggeri med ressourceforbrug i respekt for planetens planetære grænser.

Udstillingsområdet og de tre pavilloner baserer sig på innovative byggeløsninger og fremviser koncepter og tilgange til at reducerer klimaaftrykket fra nybyggede boliger med 75%. En grøn park af bl.a. upcyclede materialer binder området sammen, og danner ramme om en udstilling om klimavenlige byggematerialer og metoder gennem tiden samt baggrundsinfo om indsatsen ”Boligbyggeri fra 4 til 1 planet”.

Målet med initiativet Boligbyggeri fra 4 til 1 planet er at skabe bæredygtige nye boliger med respekt for de ressourcer, vi har til rådighed på vores planet. Initiativet er sat i værk af Realdania og VILLUM FONDEN, som i alle dele af processen vil aktivere bygherrer, arkitekter, ingeniører, entreprenører, forskere og ideudviklere med det absolutte fælles mål at reducere byggeriets CO2-aftryk.

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Om Arkitekter Uden Grænser

Med udgangspunkt i et biocenter, der skal øge sundheden i slumkvarteret Kinawataka i Uganda, har Arkitekter uden Grænser designet en pavillon med et usædvanligt omdrejningspunkt – nemlig toilettet.

Arkitekter Uden Grænser er en humanitær organisation, der arbejder for at skabe udvikling med arkitektur og planlægning som redskaber. Formålet er at støtte udsatte og fattige befolkningsgrupper ved at skabe arkitektfaglige udviklingsprojekter, samt arbejde med at forbedre jordrettigheder i slumkvarterer og uformelle bosættelser. Organisationen arbejder for at give alle mennesker adgang til anstændige boligforhold og levevilkår.

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BEMÆRK: ARRANGEMENTET ER UDSKUDT - DATO PÅ VEJ

Oplev Rural Agency, en NGO og tegnestue, der arbejder med det rurale rum og fremtidens livsformer på landet.

Rural Agency er baseret på et landsted på midtsjælland, der også fungerer som biodynamisk landbrug og skole/bosted for unge med særlige behov.

Rural Agency blev startet I 2019 af Anna Sofie Hvid og har siden arbejdet dedikeret med det rurale rum i fysisk planlægning, arkitektur og vidensudvikling.

Både som fysisk landskab og mentalt terræn har “landet” præget udviklingen i Europa på godt og ondt. I dag står vi i midlertid overfor et ruralt paradigmeskifte, for fremtidens landdistrikter skal rumme radikalt anderledes livs- og produktionsformer, hvis vi skal løse samfundets polykriser.

Fra biodiversitetskrise til klimaudfordringer og trivselskrise rummer det rurale rum mange af de efterspurgte løsninger. Men det kræver at vores tilgang til den fysiske planlægning og rumlige opfattelse af landet ændres grundlæggende. Og det kræver at arkitekter og planlæggere vender blikket væk fra byen og det urbane bias, der har præget årtiers fejlslåede tilgang til landdistrikterne.

Som NGO arbejder Rural Agency med afsæt i arkitekturen for en mere divers og symbiotisk fremtid på landet på tværs af humane og non-humane entiteter. I forbindelse med Copenhagen Architecture Festival 2023 inviterer tegnestuen til gårdvandring og diskussionsrunde omkring fremtidens livsformer på landet. Prisen inkluderer transport og traktement fra gårdens produktion.

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Arrangeres i samarbejde med ARENA, Architectural Research Network

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PROGRAM:

10.00 Valgfri busafgang fra København med bus

11.00 Hjemmebagt brød af Østagergårds mel

11.15 Velkommen

11.30 Rural Agency introduktion

12.00 Talk: Bæredygtige livsformer i en rural kontekst

12.30 Præsentation: Østagergård  + Gårdvandring [+ høst af måltidets ingredienser]

13.30 Madlavning + borddækning

14.30 (Sen) frokost

16.00 Valgfri busafgang til København

17.00 Ankomst til København

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Sprog: Både engelsk og dansk

Language: Both English and Danish

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Architecture has unwittingly provided stable habitats for solitary bees over thousands of years with the use of thatched roofs, mud walls and mortar, but how can architecture provide habitat in the absence of these materials?  With a thorough understanding of the biology of solitary bees, Habeetats provides an architectural solution that fosters biodiversity in the most urban and industrial of landscapes: a landfill. On this tour of the largest urban landfill in Greater Copenhagen you will learn what solitary bees are, the architecture of their nests and how details are important for implementing effective and long term biodiversity solutions.

The tour begins and finishes at CAFx Halmtorvet 27 from where you will be driven in bus to the site and come back to CAFx Halmtorvet 27.

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The talk is part II of a “Next Gen” concept, developed by CAFx and VELUX, where architects of younger offices each select a dogma within mainstream architecture practice and thinking that they want to challenge. This selection motivates them to tell about why and how they are challenging the so-called dogma and why it is necessary to renew the architecture profession. Over the year, we will invite ten younger Danish and international architectural studios challenging the status quo in architecture practice and pushing the boundaries towards a more regenerative methodology.

Based in Brussels, Rotor is a cooperative design practice that investigates the organisation of the material environment. They develop critical positions through research and design and have among others done the exhibition and book project “Behind the Green Door Architecture and the Desire for Sustainability”. Besides projects in architecture and interior design, Rotor also produces exhibitions, books, economic models and policy proposals and runs Rotor Deconstruction, a cooperative that organises the reuse of construction materials, dismantling, processing and trading salvaged building components.

Rotor will be represented by architect Maarten Gielen, co-founder and partner of Rotor in 2006, where he currently works as a designer, researcher and manager. In the dogma talk Maarten Gielen will address the following question: What if it was as easy for architects to reuse materials as getting new materials?

Rotor’s participation is kindly supported by Hub Brussels.  

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Cisternerne, Art Week, Copenhagen Architecture Festival and Art Hub Copenhagen invite you to a special screening of the film work Liquid Light by visual artists Javier Tapia (Chile/Denmark) and Camilo Ontiveros (Mexico/USA). Javier Tapia is currently part of Art Hub Copenhagen’s residency program.

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For 30 minutes Liquid Light takes the audience on a journey along the Colorado River to the US-Mexico border wall. Through images and music, the story is told in a poetic imagery that crumbles along the way creating an insight into the human and climatic consequences that the geopolitics between the USA and South America entails.

The screening takes place in Cisternerne – the special athmosphere, the architecture and climate here creates a unique setting for the viewing and echos the film’s narrative and the message about the importance of water and, not least, access to water.


For the screening including an artist talk in Danish on 9 June at 19.00, you can buy your ticket here
For the screening on 9 June at 20.00, you can buy your ticket here
For the screening on 10 June at 19.00, you can buy your ticket here
For the screening on 10 June at 19.45, you can buy your ticket here

The Ticket gives you access to both the event and the current exhibition at Cisternerne Kimsooja’s Weaving the Light.‍

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Water and its beauty plays the main part in the film work; water is a necessary source of life, but this necessity also constitutes a fragility. The cinematic journey along the river  shows how the water and the river are exploited politically and commercially with major consequences for nature and the people who inhabit it.

Join us on this both wondrous and unsettling journey along the Colorado River and experience the architecture and history of Cisternerne brought to life during the screening of Liquid Light.

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MORE ON LIQUID LIGHT

The Liquid Light project is originally an installation consisting of both film and sculptures.

The main element in the project is the film work produced in 2019/2020 on a longer research trip to the USA and Mexico. All elements of the installation are intended as direct references to water as a theme, water consumption, climate crisis and geopolitical aspects. Liquid Light was presented for the first time in 2021/22 at the Vincent Price Art Museum and is currently on display at the 2022/23 Mexicali Biennial, Cheech Museum in Riverside, California.

Liquid Light is supported by among others Statens Kunstfond Ford Foundation og Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond.

ABOUT JAVIER TAPIA

Javier Tapia (b. Chile, 1976) lives and works in Copenhagen. Tapia’s work can be described as a chain of events in continuous expansion. Some aspects of his work comments on problems associated to geopolitics and the function of art in the local and global culture, where identity plays a central role. The use of video, photography, drawing and collage are complementary to each other in the construction of the works. The results are different installation outlooks, where social interaction and materiality are an open destination.

Anima Urbis:

This film program explores how human-animal relations can breathe new life into the analysis of the city, encompassing a range of themes including homelessness, zoos, colonialism, sanitation, nationalism, racial identity formation, and urban human-wildlife interactions.

Introductory lecture, TBA

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State of Dogs / Peter Brosens and Dorjkhandyn Turmunkh / 1998 / Belgium / Mongolian with English subtitles / 87’

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The film and photographs of the exhibition “From Harvest to House” in TN16 document a cross-disciplinary workshop and seminar of the same name that took place in November 2022.

The project is a collaboration between Djernes & Bell architects, Local Works Studio, Agronomist Janne Dinesen (Høst Skole) and artist Nicholas Brooks, this workshop was the first step into a larger investigation of the relation between agriculture and the built environment. The project was underpinned by a desire for a much closer cross-disciplinary connection between those who work with the land, and those who build on the land and with materials from the land with hopes for a regenerative future. During the workshop farmers, materials specialists, geographers, architects and thatchers partook in an immersive weekend seeking to increase the connection between architecture and agriculture.
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Based on this experience and examination, the agronomist Janne Dinesen and architect Justine Bell will give an informal talk about the project and the process with its learnings. The talk will be moderated by the researcher, author and activist Emmy Perez Fjalland. Additionally, a film by artist Nicholas Brooks will be screened as well as photographs by Hampus Berndtson.
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The project Harvest to House was generously supported by Statens Kunstfond and hosted by Forening Orbi Vrå (Dinesen x KADK)

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The event is part of CAFx’ seminar series, 'The Ecological Turn', examining the gradual paradigm shift from a more pragmatic, market-driven architecture towards a more holistic and ‘green’ ecological impulse.

In the first chapter, we will investigate the organic, raw, and metabolic impulse in the contemporary analysis of buildings and cities: the smooth passage of energy, the seamless circulation of waste, and the dynamic operations of microbial colonies. For if modern architecture was recognisable by its austere skin and slender bones, it might indeed be said that the eco- logical turn is distinguishable by its visceral, anatomical language, evoking cell membranes, bowels, and metabolic systems.

To set the stage for this discussion, the architect Sandra Bartoli and the artist Silvan Linden will unfold the modern history of self-sufficient urban gardening, ecological agriculture, and models of waste recycling through a presentation of their collaborative research project “Licht Luft Scheisse”. Subsequently, TUSCA7 will challenge traditional waste management practices through the presentation of local and decentralised composting systems like the one they have built for Banegaarden.

Finally, there will be a joint conversation, offering an opportunity for the audience to engage in the discussion.

Guests:

• Sandra Bartoli, professor, architect and landscape architect (D) and Silvan Linden, artist and researcher (D) who has done the joint exhibition and book project “Licht Luft Scheisse”.
• TUSCA7, Berlin-based artist, architecture, and research collective who is doing a site-specific compost installation in Jernbanebyen during the festival.
• Moderator Kristoffer Weiss, philosopher, director of the Danish Architectural Press, former partner in EFFEKT and co-author of “The New Wave in Danish Architecture”.

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The event is kindly supported by Velux and Goethe Institut Dänemark

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Byen vågner på Søren Kirkegaards Plads i København til en samtale om nye materialer, livs- og boformer.

Hvordan kan vi tænke fremtidens boligbyggeri, så vi ikke bruger flere ressourcer, end kloden kan bære? Og hvordan kan fremtidige krav til boformer og materialer samtidig åbne for nye boligkvaliteter?

Tre pavilloner på Søren Kierkegaards Plads illustrerer, hvordan klimaaftrykket fra nybyggede boliger kan reduceres med 75 procent. Vi bliver klogere på hvordan, når vi besøger pavillonerne, der er vindere af konkurrencen “Next Generation Architecture” under indsatsen Boligbyggeri fra 4 til 1 planet.

Glæd dig til at opleve fremtidens arkitektur i pavillon-udstillingen og møde de tre vinderteams til en samtale om nye visioner for klimavenligt boligbyggeri, boformer og et ressourceforbrug med respekt for planeten.

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Join us for the opening night of the compost installation made by the Berlin-based collective Tusca7. Drink a glass of Georgian wine while learn about compost, reuse and architecture.

Regardless of whether one considers the digestion happening in the biogas plants, in our stomachs, or everywhere in nature, we depend on invisible microbes capable of converting and releasing the energy that we need to survive. It is about time that we recognize these diligent little creatures and show them our gratitude. That is why we are opening a restaurant for our microscopic co-citizens at Banegaarden in Jernbanebyen; a place where human Copenhageners already are enjoying the work of bacteria and fungi in the form of well-nourished, organic vegetables and fermented foods.

Throughout June, we will provide facilities so that visitors can participate in preparing a microbial feast from their own leftovers. The recipe and additional ingredients are supplied so come around and show your microbes that you care for them by cooking up the perfect compost.

Supported by:
The Embassy of Georgia to the Kingdom of Denmark and the Republic of Iceland
The Berlin University Alliance
Chair for Urban Design and Urbanization, Prof. Jörg Stollmann, Institute of Architecture TU Berlin
Heiko Rehage M.Sc. arch TUB, CNC-Fräsen/Modell- und Prototypenbau
The NADIA GmbH – Dynamic Professional
Michelberger Hotel, Berlin
Pralle Sonne - Media Company
Heimspiel Berlin

Funded by:
The European Union, implemented by the Goethe Institut.
Vesterbropuljen
Københavns Kommune

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Kunstnerisk pre-talk om porøsitet og symbiose mellem menneske, svampehybrid og rum. Oplev derefter teaterhybriden DET PORØSE MENNESKE.

Er bevidsthedsforandring en reel mulighed for oprør mod en verden, der er løbet løbsk i forbrug, konkurrence og oplevelsesindustri?

Teaterhybriden “Det Porøse Menneske” er en opdagelsesrejse ind i hovedpersonen, Alex, bevidsthed. Alex har den særhed, at hun oplever sig selv som halvt menneske, halvt træ. Hun er biolog og iværksætter en laboratorieundersøgelse af sig selv og sin vegetabilske natur.

Gennem lyd og animation synker vi ind i de paralleluniverser hovedpersonen Alex indeholder. Et lydbad skaber er et kontemplativt rum, hvor publikum inviteres til udånding og ro.

Animationerne er en iboende kraft i Alex, en kosmisk civilisationskritik der kommer ud som en spirituel vrede.

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Building Diversity questions the status quo by unfolding the role of the architect, highlighting the importance of diversity, and examining the changing nature of the profession and our responsibilities. The event starts with a set of presentations, followed by a panel debate with contributors from Building Diversity's publication 'Who is the Architect?', ending with an active discussion with the audience.

The panelists are:
- Kathryn Larsen (Studio Kathryn Larsen)
- Dominique Hauderowicz (dominique + serena)
- Elin Ferm (Anthropologist and founder of Norm Consulting)
- Lovisa Volmarsson (Advisor and Futurist at Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies)
- Lawrence Ebelle (Architect and Director of Curated Works)
- Soo Ryu (PhD at Arkitektskolen Aarhus / part of Equality Collaborative)

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Through Anthony's extensive archival research, a complex historical dynamic is revealed that not only summarises rat control, eugenics and urban development plans, but also draws connections to current racial inequalities and tensions. The film will be introduced by Paul Dobraszczyk, lecturer at The Bartlett School of Architecture and author of the recently published 'Animal Architecture: Beasts, Buildings and Us'.

The event is the third chapter of the 'Anima Urbis' programme, which explores the relationship between animals and humans in the city and perception of the so-called 'trash animals': pigeon, fox, rat and wild dog.

Rat Film / Theo Anthony / 2016 / United States / English with English subtitles / 100’

Experience the products and prototypes of physical entrepreneurs working to interpret the theme “The Community Approach: Cities as circular and symbiotic micro factories” in the member-based workshop Maker V-10 in Jernbanebyen.

The exhibition demonstrates how a powerful community, open workshop facilities, and a group of physical entrepreneurs can collaborate to create and innovate solutions for urban environments.

Maker is offering you an opportunity to witness how the fusion of technology and traditional craftsmanship can revolutionize our perception, comprehension, and emotions towards the future.

"The Community Approach" is the outcome of a month-long residency program in V-10, as a part of the EU-funded project - Distributed Design Platform. The exhibition showcases works by both the members of Maker and the residency participants.

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This unique seminar examines architectural and design approaches where interior space acts as an outstanding experience of the phenomenon of Nature. It combines contemporary design practice with scientific perspectives. In line with the implementation of UN's 17 SDG's, the purpose of the course is two fold: to illuminate and enrich the understanding of architectural biophilic design and to stimulate an interdisciplinary dialogue/debate and interest in Nature-inclusive architectural design.

Besides the strong will to improve collaboration between the actors the main goal is not only to disseminate knowledge but to influence architects and designers to phase in nature-connected design and enhance the health and wellbeing of communities through interaction with Nature (Nature Based Solutions).

The program of the seminar is addressed to architects, designers, and BA and MA students who share an interest in the theme of the course as a starting point for critical reflection. The proposed seminar will help attendees to consciously and critically engage with an emergent and relevant theme. It is a timely moment not only due to the relevancy of the topic, its urgent need and its appealing character, but because 2023 Copenhagen will have a leading role in the international architecture and building forum.

Practical Information:

The course will be held at The Royal Danish Academy Architecture Design Conservation, in Holmen on June 8th. It will start at 10.00 and will end by 19.30 at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. The course fee is 350DKK. Coffee and a group dinner will be provided as the seminar programme describes. Participants must cover their own transport and entrance ticket to Louisiana Museum. The course is structured as a dynamic set of activities. It includes a shared learning group workshop - tailored to the interests of the participants - discussions, a lecture and an architectural visit that also includes an immersion in nature.

For one day, the participants will be briefly introduced to relevant literature on the theme of the course and the principles of biophilic design, including different approaches to the understanding of 'nature' and presentation of exemplary nature-connected architectural cases. The participants will articulate their understanding of the texts selected, a lecture and a building visited and will reflect on the different questions that may arise.

Seminar program:

• 10:00-10:30: Presentation of all the participants: motivation, background and expectations. Introduction by Postdoc Carmen García Sánchez to the theme and their motivation and expectations (сoffee will be provided)
• 10:30-12:00: Groups workshop in which participants will read and be introduced to text on the theme and the benefit of being in contact with nature for human beings
• 12:00: Lunch break at KADK
• 13:00: Group discussion
• 13:45: Lecture on connecting nature and interiors by Carmen García
• 14:45-15:15: Questions
• 15:30: Trip to visit an exemplary biophilic design building Louisiana Museum  (transport and entrance ticket not included)
• 16:30: Experiencing Louisiana Museum (visit and short class)
• 18:00: Discussion by the sea
• 19:00: Group dinner (dinner included)

Requirements:

Please send an abstract, explaining motivation, background, and expectations, to the course convener, no later than 31 May:

E-mail address: cgar@kglakademi.dk, Subject: Nature by Design
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Participants' approval is based on an individual assessment of how the seminar is relevant to the candidates´ expectations and background.

Payment 350DKK after participants approval.
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Hosted at The Royal Academy Architecture Design Conservation, Institute of Architecture and Design

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‍In collaboration with the The Royal Academy of Architecture

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(EN)      Join us for the fourth instalment in a film-and-lecture-series on garden cultures, exploring their materiality, politics, eroticism, and mythology.

Experience Douglas Trumbull’s biophilic cli-fi 'Silent Running', followed by a lecture from New York-based architect and historian Lydia Kallipoliti on the architecture of closed worlds and the ecological (re)turn in architecture.

As a member of CAFx Community you get a reduction on the ticket price.

(DA)      På et rumskib ved navn Valley Forge arbejder fire mænd på at bevare en række store geodomer med plante- og dyreliv, som ikke længere har levedygtige betingelser på Jorden. Men kun botanikeren Lowell er virkelig dedikeret til projektet, og da han får besked om dets forestående nedlukning, myrder han de øvrige besætningsmedlemmer i en egenhændig kamp for at holde naturen i live.

Selvom 'Verden sidste Have' netop er fyldte 51 år, synes den næsten mere relevant end nogen sinde før; en film til en tid, der med etableringen af globale frøbanker allerede forestiller sig et liv efter et fremtidigt økosystemkollaps.

Verden sidste Have er en film for dig, der savner en sci-fi, hvor helten ikke er en frygtløs kriger, men en stille biofil gartner, der kultiverer symbiotiske relationer med både dronerobotter og planteliv.

Som medlem af CAFx Community får du rabat på billetprisen.

SCREENING IS CANCELLED

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Learn about the architectural power dynamics of the zoo through a lecture by the political theorist Lars Tønder and experience the Danish premiere of Patrick Goddard's 'Animal Antics', a surreal and black-comic critique of the anthropomorphic logic that shapes our present relationship with the natural world beyond humans.

Animal Antics / Patrick Goddard / 2021 / United Kingdom / English / 38’

'Anima Urbis' Film Program:

This film program explores how human-animal relations can breathe new life into the analysis of the city, encompassing a range of themes including homelessness, zoos, colonialism, sanitation, nationalism, racial identity formation, and urban human-wildlife interactions.

(DA)     Dette filmprogram undersøger, hvordan mennesker og dyrs relationer kan skabe en anderledes tilgang til vores forståelse af byen på tværs af et meget bredt spektrum af temaer såsom hjemløshed, zoologiske haver, kolonialisme, hygiejne, nationalisme, racemæssig identitetsdannelse og interaktion mellem mennesker og dyr i byen.

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How might designers and architects use AI to challenge past practices and work towards planet-positive living? Generative AI tools allow anyone to visualise their ideal homes, products, and cities. By experimenting with these technologies as creative collaborators in the design process, we can collectively and contextually use them to build more sustainable and circular daily lives. To dig deeper into AI's design potential, SPACE10 will host a conversation that challenges past design practices and parameters. We will explore how designers and architects can integrate these tools into their own work, and share recent experiments with oio and Panter&Tourron.

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Hvad får man ud af den kontemporære arkitekturrepræsentation, når Jesper Rasmussen skildrer bygninger og steder renset for menneskets adfærd og funktioner, så den fremstår unheimlich og utopisk. Kan den bidrage til den aktuelle arkitekturdebat, hvor man diskuterer hvordan arkitekturen skal se ud, og hvordan den eventuelt er i færd med at umenneskeliggøre det offentlige rum? 

Med udgangspunkt i Jesper Rasmussens aktuelle udstilling Ny Topografi hos Galerie MøllerWitt diskuteres spørgsmålet, hvorvidt arkitektoner er en ideel forestilling om en ny arkitektur eller om de blot er kunstneriske fantasier hinsides det realistiske.

Begrebet arkitektoner blev skabt af den russiske billedkunstner Kazimir Malevitj, da han i 1920'erne fremstillede en række formalistiske gipsfigurer, der angiveligt skulle pege på en ny tids arkitektur. Arkitektonerne er karakteriseret ved, at man ikke entydigt kan kategorisere dem som skulpturer i deres egen ret eller som modeller af noget andet, som for eksempel bygninger. De befinder sig i gråzonen mellem skulptur og arkitektur, mellem æstetik og funktion.

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In this series of short films, we take a journey from Jean Painlevé's famous study of Parisian urban pigeons to Anne Linke's recent film essay on anonymous pigeon feeding in Hamburg. We delve into knowledge and fantasies that surround urban pigeons and architecture built to counteract their resting in urban space: grids, wires and spikes. It will be a celebration of cross-species solidarity, a paean to the feathered architects among us and a short film tryptic that challenges our view of city's symbioses, life forms and life worlds.

'Pigeon' is the first chapter in the series of lecture & film events 'Anima Urbis', exploring the interplay between architecture, urbanisation, and so-called 'trash animals'. The program features a thoughtfully curated collection of short films and an introductory lecture by Anne Linke, the director of 'Pigeons and Architecture'.  

Pigeons and Architecture / Anne Linke / 2020 / Germany / English / 11’
Pigeons of the Square / Jean Painlevé / 1982 / France / French with English subtitles / 26’
Man with Pigeons / Lina Mannheimer / 2021 / Sweden / English / 15’

'Anima Urbis' Film Program:

(EN)     This film program explores how human-animal relations can breathe new life into the analysis of the city, encompassing a range of themes including homelessness, zoos, colonialism, sanitation, nationalism, racial identity formation, and urban human-wildlife interactions.

(DA)      Dette filmprogram undersøger, hvordan mennesker og dyrs relationer kan skabe en anderledes tilgang til vores forståelse af byen på tværs af et bredt spektrum af temaer såsom hjemløshed, zoologiske haver, kolonialisme, hygiejne, nationalisme, racemæssig identitetsdannelse og interaktion mellem mennesker og dyr i byen.

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‍The two architecture and art collectives Raumlabor (Berlin) and Collectif ETC (Marseille) work at the intersection of architecture, urban development, art and design. Both collectives are interested in the conceptual design and concrete realisation of architectural interventions in public space. Based on citizen involvement and local participation, the collectives ask what constitutes the character of a given place? What creates quality - for the individual and for society? How do you create spaces for dialogue and togetherness in the local community, where people feel safe and part of the community, while at the same time taking climate and resources into account?

In 2022, Raumlabor and Collectif ETC were invited to Copenhagen by Goethe-Institut Dänemark and Institut français du Danemark with support by the Franco-German Cultural Fund. Inspired by the urban space around Skjolds Plads and Bispebjerg Bakke, they developed various sketches for new architectural and social initiatives in the area. Some of these drawings will be included in the exhibition at Arkitektforeningen. The exhibition consists of an installation created especially for the occasion, and it contains various artefacts and objects that associate with selected projects from Raumlabor and Collectif ETC. There is a special focus on the collectives' joint projects.

The exhibition will be on display from 7-13 June at the Architects' Association. On Wednesday 7 June there will be a special opening event from 16:00 to 18:00: Axel Timm and Jan Helge Theiler from Raumlabor and Théo Mouzard and Maxence Bohn from Collectif ETC will present their working practices and selected projects. There will be a special focus on the projects jointly developed by the two collectives. The audience is invited to actively participate in the conversation.

The event will be held in English and is organised in collaboration with the Copenhagen Architecture Festival and the Danish Architects' Association. It is supported by the Franco-German Cultural Fund.

Historian and sociologist PhD René Karpantschof guides us through the streets of Nørrebro, which historically has been Denmark's 'red stronghold' and the battlefield for numerous major conflicts between the authorities and resident movements.

The tour uncovers the history of urban spaces as political battlegrounds, from the story of the BZ movement's challenge to the legal framework of housing politics, to the current housing struggles and new Danish “ghetto law”.

René Karpantschof shares insights from his personal engagement in the Copenhagen squatter movements of the 1980s, providing a unique perspective on the ongoing fight for urban justice.

Meeting point at Sankt Hans Torv.

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The event is organised in collaboration with re:arc institute

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Den bæredygtige livsform leves i storbyen – ikke på landet. Verdens store byer bærer nemlig på nøglen til en mere bæredygtig fremtid. I en samtale med Simon Kjær Hansen, forfatter til bogen ”Et Forsvar for Storbyen”, og Peter Aalbæk Jensen, medstifter af filmselskabet Zentropa samt initiativtager og drivkraft i udviklingen af en ny bæredygtig bydel, Herfølge Bjergby​, tager vi på opdagelse i storbyen og landsbyen med en forventning om at blive klogere på, hvad vi overhovedet kan betegne som en bæredygtig livsform. 

På en travl hverdagsmorgen er det svært at se, at København skulle være et grønt forbillede. Trafik, støj og os præger myldretidstrafikken. Men billedet snyder, for københavnerne kører mindre i bil, lever mere småt og med mindre CO2-belastning fra bygninger, energi og affald end den gennemsnitlige dansker. Og i modsætning til de små pionersamfund i landområdernes økokollektiver, er byerne for de mange. Omtrent hver 10. dansker bor i København og har glæde af en livsform, som er høj, tæt og fælles, og som gør det nemmere at leve grønnere.

Men er storbyens fællesskab inkluderende? Og er stordrift og mange individer på et lille areal det optimale? Den bæredygtige livsform starter da ved det menneskelige velbefindende. Deraf udspringer det mentale overskud til innovation og virkelyst. Det sker naturligt i et samspil mellem landbrug og små samfund. Her kan skabes perfekte afsætningsforhold for produktion af fødevarer, opvarmning og byggematerialer. Her kan man arbejde, hvor man bor, sende børnene ud af hoveddøren og se dem gå til skole selv, de gamle hjælper med pasning af børnene mod at selv at blive hjulpet rundt i kørestolen og få familien på besøg, når alderdommen driller. Simon Kjær Hansen og Peter Aalbæk Jensen repræsenterer forskellige syn på, hvor den bæredygtige livsform lever bedst - på landet eller i byen?

The two architecture and art collectives Raumlabor (Berlin) and Collectif ETC (Marseille) work at the intersection of architecture, urban development, art and design. Both collectives are interested in the conceptual design and concrete realisation of architectural interventions in public space. Based on citizen involvement and local participation, the collectives ask what constitutes the character of a given place? What creates quality - for the individual and for society? How do you create spaces for dialogue and togetherness in the local community, where people feel safe and part of the community, while at the same time taking climate and resources into account

In 2022, Raumlabor and Collectif ETC were invited to Copenhagen by Goethe-Institut Dänemark and Institut français du Danemark with support by the Franco-German Cultural Fund. Inspired by the urban space around Skjolds Plads and Bispebjerg Bakke, they developed various sketches for new architectural and social initiatives in the area. Some of these drawings will be included in the exhibition at Arkitektforeningen. The exhibition consists of an installation created especially for the occasion, and it contains various artefacts and objects that associate with selected projects from Raumlabor and Collectif ETC. There is a special focus on the collectives' joint projects.

The exhibition will be on display from 7-13 June at the Architects' Association. On Wednesday 7 June there will be a special opening event from 16-18: Axel Timm and Jan Helge Theiler from Raumlabor and Théo Mouzard and Maxence Bohn from Collectif ETC will present their working practices and selected projects. There will be a special focus on the projects jointly developed by the two collectives. The audience is invited to actively participate in the conversation.

The event will be held in English and is organised in collaboration with the Copenhagen Architecture Festival and the Danish Architects' Association. It is supported by the Franco-German Cultural Fund.

With their mathematical precision and overwhelming complexity, the three cinematic abstractions will draw the audience into a hypnotic and swirling stimulation that challenges the ear's ability to navigate and the eye's ability to focus.

The screening of the films will be introduced by the architect and researcher Carlo Volf, who will talk about solar architecture, heliophobia and the impact of light on human behavior. The event is part of the 'Trivial Matters' program, exploring the aesthetics, politics and metaphysics of architectural materials.

Moon Blink / Rainer Kohlberger / 2015 / Without dialog / 10 min 

Humming, fast and slow /Rainer Kohlberger / 2013 / Without dialog / 11 min

Not Even Nothing Can Be Free of Ghosts / Rainer Kohlberger / 2016 / Without dialog / 9 min

Films in the 'Trivial Matters' programme:

Trivial Matters I: CLAY
with an introductory lecture by Amalie Smith

04.06
19.00-20.45

The first chapter of a film-and-lecture-series exploring the metaphysical, political, and aesthetic dimensions of architectural materials. Immerse yourself in Mani Kaul's iconic documentary, 'The Mind of Clay', followed by a lecture by Amalie Smith on her artistic exploration of clay theories.

100 kr / 70 kr (reduced price for members of CAFx Community and Cinemateket)

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Trivial Matters III: FOLDS

11.06
12.00-13.30

Everything that develops and changes in nature is folded: mountains, blossoms, brains. Join us for an exploration into the architecture, biology, cosmology, and metaphysics of origami with François-Xavier Vives' 'The Origami Code'.

100 kr / 70 kr (reduced price for members of CAFx Community and Cinemateket)

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Trivial Matters IV: WASTE
with an introductory lecture by Sandra Bartoli

10.06
13.00-15.00

Join us for the fourth instalment of a film-and-lecture-series on the metaphysics, politics, and aesthetics of architecture-related materials, featuring Agnès Varda's documentary The Gleaners and I and a talk by architect Sandra Bartoli on the intricate history of waste management practices.

100 kr / 70 kr (reduced price for members of CAFx Community and Cinemateket)

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Trivial Matters V: DUST
with an introductory lecture by Jussi Parikka

11.06
19.00-21.00

The fifth chapter in a film & lecture-series with media theorist and curator Jussi Parikka on the political theory of dust and its relation to architecture.

100 kr / 70 kr (reduced price for members of CAFx Community and Cinemateket)

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According to Chauncey, there are “no queer space, (…) only spaces put to queer uses.” But can we identify common traits across the spaces queer people inhabit and produce? And could we in a Danish context even imagine a queer typology?

Join us for a conversation at Den Anden Side, the nightclub in the basement of Palads, on Tuesday 6 June, where we will talk about the party, the clinic and the refuge as three examples of queer spaces.

Simen Sorthe, queer-feminist architect and researcher, will be joined by Carlo Molino, DJ and co-founder of Group Therapy, Ditte Maria Bjerno Holst, head of Checkpoint Copenhagen, and Yanaba Mompremier Rymark Sankoh, secretary general of LGBT Asylum.

Doors and bar open at 18:00.

Event starts at 18:30.

The essays covering these spaces can be read online on CAFx Journal leading up to the festival.

This event is generously sponsored by Gehl.

All revenue from the ticket sale will be donated to AIDS-Fondet and LGBT Asylum.

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As some global cities implement urban rewilding methods, human-to-nature interaction remains inaccessible for many people living in urban environments. With an opening discussion followed by a 90-minute workshop, social enterprise Nowadays On Earth will introduce the concept of ecosomatics — the relationship between the body, its sensations and systems with the more-than-human environment. Focusing on city living, it will encourage people to imagine an alternative urban future by transforming unused spaces into green pockets of life for people, plants, and planet. Participants will receive radical tools for guerrilla gardening, including low-tech mushroom-growing techniques and seed bomb starter kits.

Join us for a guided tour in Christiania with Ole Lykke Andersen, archivist and manager of Christiania’s historical collections. The tour will delve into the rich history of Christiania, showcasing its transformation from military buildings into vibrant living spaces, workshops, and social and cultural hubs. We will explore the unique homemade houses that adorn this unique part of Copenhagen, where the residents themselves have taken charge of the renewal and renovation, making it a community-driven endeavor. Ole Lykke Andersen will uncover the complex story of Christiania through its built environment, with an unparalleled insight into its remarkable evolution.

Meeting point at Christiania main entrance

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Event organised in collaboration with re:arc institute

På denne havevandring går billedkunstner Camilla Nørgård og arkitekt Erik Brandt Dam i dialog om deres arbejde med og tanker bag henholdsvis udsmykningen af det fremtidige hospital og renoveringen af de Helende Haver. De diskuterer forskelle og ligheder i hver deres måde at arbejde på og kommer ind på, hvordan man bygger videre på historien i kunst og arkitektur og hylder den unikke kulturarv, mens man skaber fornyelse.

Undervejs bliver der rig mulighed for at opleve hospitalets og havernes særlige kultur- og naturhistorie alt i mens Brandt og Nørgård giver et indblik i visionerne for fornyelsen og sammenhængene mellem arbejdet med anlægningen af haverne, deres tilblivelse og planerne for udsmykningen af det fremtidige hospital. Der vil både under og efter vandringen være god mulighed for at forholde sig til kunsten, arkitekturen og dagens oplevelser i fællesskab.

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Mødested: Bispebjerg Hospitals Helende Haver - 1. Tværvej, nord for porten ved Bispebjerg Bakke 23C, 2400 København NV

Projektet The Study of plants and music tager udgangspunkt i Vilhelm Lauritzens Radiohus, særligt husets taghaver. Jonas Handskemager og Ebbe Stub Wittrup vil skabe kunstneriske interventioner som inkorporeres i husets arkitektur. De vil skærpe en nysgerrighed omkring de synergier der opstår i mødet mellem musik og planter.

Forskellige steder i taghaverne er der placeret lysskakter, som vil blive omdannet til Camera Obscura. Således vil der blive projiceret et fotografiske levende billede af havernes liv. Den simple og forunderlige teknik vil desuden understøtte husets funktionalistiske ide; at funktionen og konstruktionerne bliver bestemmende for husets form og plan.

Kunstnerne vil yderligere skabe et auditiv landskab på baggrund af husets musikalske aktiviter. Det vil blive transmittere op i haverne, for at understøtte arkitekten grundlæggende interesser for planter. 

UNESCO har udnævnt København til at være arkitekturhovedstad. Det vil betyde at et stort internationalt publikum vil besøge byen.Så det er derfor en oplagt mulighed for at eksponerer Radiohuset ved at kaste et nyt og kunstnerisk blik på huset.

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Drawing on a wealth of unseen archival material, including sound recordings, film rushes, offcuts and unpublished notebooks, Luke Fowler’s new feature film focuses on Margaret Tait, one of Scotland’s most enigmatic filmmakers. The film takes one of Tait’s unrealised scripts for Channel 4, entitled Heartlandscape: Visions of Ephemerality and Permanence, as its starting point and considers Tait's life and work grounded within the landscape of Orkney. Tait was not interested in filming the scenery but instead looked at the precise details that constitute a place, the small things that are often overlooked. Exploring the process of filmmaking itself from the perspective of a fellow artist sensitive to Tait’s understanding of film as a poetic medium, Being in a Place pays tribute to the strengths in her method, the importance of fragmented bodies of work, and the intrinsic value in failure.

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Mathias Ruthner from Øjets bibliotek, a publishers collective specializing in film criticism, will introduce the film. Recently, Øjets bibliotek has published an anthology of Margaret Tait's writings, which will serve as the basis for the introduction. The focus of the introduction will revolve around Tait's garden motif in her writings and films.

In collaboration with re:arc institute, we present this audio walk that examines material traces from the colonial era embedded in buildings and monuments in the centre of Copenhagen. The walk takes you from Christianshavns Torv to Kongens Nytorv, creating a polyphonic soundscape. The artists Jupiter J. Child (MZ/DK), La Vaughn Belle (USVI), Sirí Paulsen (GL/DK), Sabitha Söderholm (DK/IN), Oceana James (USVI), Julie Edel Hardenberg (GL) and Bernard Akoi-Jackson (GH) create narratives that intertwine different geographies and times: past and present interweave and testify to how colonialism is not a closed chapter, but still has strong reverberations in the present.

Please bring a pair of headphones and a tablet / smartphone from which you can play the audio.

Meeting point at Lagkagehuset, Torvegade 45
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Voices in the Shadows of Monuments was created in 2022 by Barly Tshibanda, Nanna Hansen and Katrine Dirckinck-Holmfeld
Event organised in collaboration with re:arc institute

(DA) Kom med på en sanselig rejse ind i det enorme Ignalina Atomkraftværk (INPP) i Litauen, som i øjeblikket gennemgår en nedlukningsproces. Energistrukturer fra den kolde krig påvirker nyere geopolitiske processer og efterlader trusler mod planeten over lange tidsperioder. Burial er en unik undersøgelse af sammenvævningen mellem menneskelig identitet, rumlig praksis, energiinfrastrukturer og geologiske ressourcer omkring atomkraftværket. Efter filmen vil der være en diskussion med filminstruktøren Michael Madsen, forsker og landskabsarkitekt Rikke Munck Petersen og landskabsarkitekt Hanne Bat Finke. Eventet er organiseret af FAOD, DL og CAFx.

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(EN) Burial invites viewer for an immersive sensorial trip into the unique and vast Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) in Lithuania, now undergoing a decommissioning process. Cold War energy structures impact recent geopolitical processes and leave planetary threats over long periods of time. The project takes a geological approach – it reads things that compose this flat landscape as a stack of stratigraphic layers. Burial is an intertwined section through the current entanglement of identities, spatial practices, infrastructures and geological resources. After the film, there will be a discussion with the film director Michael Madsen, researcher and landscpe architect Rikke Munck Petersen and landscape architect Hanne Bat Finke. The panel discussion will be held in Danish and is jointly organized by FAOD, DL, and CAFx

Det våde ler, røgen fra den varme ovn og hænderne, der blødt omformer den roterende materie til krukker, amforaer og mytologiske dyreskikkelser. ‘The Mind of Clay’ er den indiske mesterinstruktør Mani Kauls hovedværk og en æstetisk undersøgelse af indisk mytologi, mentalhistorie og filosofi anskuet gennem traditionel pottemagerkunst; en poetisk refleksion over jorden som moder og kilde til både liv og kunst.

"Jeg ville kende pottemagerens anstrengelser gennem min egen anstrengelser som filmskaber", sagde Mani Kaul efter at være hjemvendt fra de mange strabadserende ugers feltoptagelser i det nordlige Indien. Vi mener, at Kauls anstrengelser gav pote: Aldrig er leret blevet besunget så dybtfølt, rørende og sanseligt.

Filmen introduceres af den danske forfatter og billedkunstner Amalie Smith (f. 1985) og er en del af programmet ‘Trivial Matters’, der undersøger arkitektoniske materialers æstetik, politik og metafysik.

The Mind of Clay / Mani Kaul / 1985 / Indien / Hindi med engelske undertekster / 92’

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(EN)     Join us for the first chapter of a film-and-lecture-series exploring the metaphysical, political, and aesthetic dimensions of architectural materials, beginning with "CLAY". Immerse yourself in Mani Kaul's iconic documentary, "The Mind of Clay", followed by a lecture by Amalie Smith on her artistic exploration of clay theories.

The Mind of Clay / Mani Kaul / 1985 / India / Hindi with English subtitles / 92’

Films in the 'Trivial Matters' programme:

Trivial Matters II: LIGHT
with an introduction by Carlo Volf

06.06
19.00-21.00
Experience a stunning artistic exploration of light, resonance and visual perception with three algorithm-based works by Austrian artist Rainer Kohlberger.

100 kr / 70 kr (reduced price for members of CAFx Community and Cinemateket)

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Trivial Matters III: FOLDS

11.06
12.00-13.30

Everything that develops and changes in nature is folded: mountains, blossoms, brains. Join us for an exploration into the architecture, biology, cosmology, and metaphysics of origami with François-Xavier Vives' 'The Origami Code'.

100 kr / 70 kr (reduced price for members of CAFx Community and Cinemateket)

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Trivial Matters IV: WASTE
with an introductory lecture by Sandra Bartoli

10.06
13.00-15.00

Join us for the fourth instalment of a film-and-lecture-series on the metaphysics, politics, and aesthetics of architecture-related materials, featuring Agnès Varda's documentary The Gleaners and I and a talk by architect Sandra Bartoli on the intricate history of waste management practices.

100 kr / 70 kr (reduced price for members of CAFx Community and Cinemateket)

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Trivial Matters V: DUST
with an introductory lecture by Jussi Parikka

11.06
19.00-21.00

The fifth chapter in a film & lecture-series with media theorist and curator Jussi Parikka on the political theory of dust and its relation to architecture.

100 kr / 70 kr (reduced price for members of CAFx Community and Cinemateket)

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Tag med Morgens Ulderup fra Prospekt på en byvandring på sporet af de markante forandringer, Vesterbro har undergået gennem de sidste årtier.

Vesterbros gennemgribende byfornyelse og gentrificering har sat sit præg. Turen tager udgangspunkt i Jens Markus Lindhe udstilling af aktuelle værker og arbejder fra hans arkiv om erindringen og bevaringen af den forsvundne by på Prospekt udstillingssted for arkitektur og fotografi.

Som både øjenvidne og arkitekturfotograf har Jens Markus Lindhe rettet sin linse mod kvarterets forvandlinger siden 1980erne. Bevarede og forsvundne dele af byen og deres liv og efterliv i fotografiet bliver belyst i denne udstilling og på den perspektiverende byvandring. Udstillingen stiller desuden skarpt på tidsskriftet 'Skala' for nordisk arkitektur, der udkom 1985-1994. Heri udkom nogle af Jens Markus Lindhes tidlige arbejder.

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(DA)     I samarbejde med Artweek, Copenhagen Photo Festival og Copenhagen Architecture Festival præsenter Simian en talk med kuratorduoen Elisa R. Linn og Lennart Wolff / 'km temporaer', samt en screening af filmen Twilight City (1989) af Black Audio Film Collective.

I forbindelse med Simians nuværende udstillinger Planned City Cinema og Irma Hünerfauth – Speaking Boxes, vil Linn og Wolff præsentere en talk og introduktion til udstillingerne, der er skabt i dialog med hinanden.

Læs mere om udstillingerne på ssiimmiiaann.org

Program:

14:00 Bar med drikkevarer og snacks
14:15 Talk og introduktion til udstillingerne
15:00 Screening af filmen Twilight City (1989) af Black Audio Film Collective
16:00 Baren er åben

Black Audio Film Collective (BAFC), der blev oprettet i 1982 og opløst i 1998, bestod af sorte britiske multimediekunstnere og filmskabere. John Akomfrah, Lina Gopaul, Avril Johnson, Reece Auguiste, Trevor Mathison, David Lawson og Edward George producerede prisbelønnede film, fotografier, lysbånd, video, installationer, plakater og interventioner. I løbet af deres karriere arbejdede BAFC inden for og mellem medierne kunst, film og tv og har deltaget i udstillinger som From Two Worlds (Whitechapel Gallery, 1986), The British Art Show (Hayward Gallery, 1990), Documenta X (1997) og Documenta XI (2002). Dannelsen af Black Audio Film Collective var en reaktion på den sociale uro i Storbritannien i 1980'erne: Under indflydelse af den samtidige debat om postkolonialisme og sociale teoretikere som Homi Bhabha og Stuart Hall fokuserede de på undersøgelser af sort identitet og kultur og omarbejdede dokumentarfilmen for at artikulere nye stemmer i britisk film.

Skabt tre år inde i Thatcher-vældet, indfanger Black Audio Film Collectives Twilight City (1989) genopbygningen af London, hvor havne og boliger for arbejdere og indvandrere må vige for tårnene i det nye finansielle knudepunkt Canary Wharf. Fundne optagelser, panoreringer over byen, interviews med folk som Homi Bhabha samt breve og beretninger fra den fiktive journalist Olivia, der forsker i 'The New London and the Creation of Wealth', væves sammen i et tæt visuelt og lydmæssigt værk, der fungerer som en 'udgravning af psykiske og historiske lag'.

Elisa R. Linn er forfatter, kurator og underviser, og er bosiddende i Berlin. Hun er med-direktør for Halle für Kunst Lüneburg og underviser på Leuphana Universitet. Linn er uddannet på Whitney Independent Study Curatorial Program og er i gang med en ph.d. i filosofi under ledelse af Marina Gržinić på Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Hun har blandt andre bidraget til publikationer og tidsskrifter som Starship, Artforum, Texte zur Kunst, BOMB, Jacobin og Journal for the History of Knowledge.

Lennart Wolff er arkitekt, kurator og underviser bosiddende i Berlin, og er uddannet fra Architectural Association i London. Siden 2018 har han været med til at lede AA Visiting School Zurich 'Exhibiting Architecture"' Hans arbejde omfatter kuraterede udstillinger, offentlige kunstprojekter, arkitekturkommissioner og udstillingsarkitekturer, nyligst til en udstilling af LaToya Ruby Frazier på Kunstverein Hamburg. Siden 2012 har Linn og Wolff drevet det kuratoriske og kunstneriske projekt 'km temporaer'. Seneste udstillinger, performances, screeninger og foredrag har fundet sted på Petzel Gallery og Maxwell Graham Gallery, New York (2023), Architecture Museum at the Technical University of Berlin (2022), Barnard College/Columbia University, New York (2022), Museo Nivola, Sardinien (2020), National Gallery Prague (2018), Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York (2018), South London Gallery (2018) og Royal Academy of Arts, London (2018).

Irma Hünerfauth – Speaking Boxes
Planned City Cinema
Kurateret af Elisa R. Linn og Lennart Wolff
Udstillingsperiode: 19. maj – 9. juli, 2023
Åbningstider: fredag, lørdag og søndag: 12:00 – 17:00

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(EN)     In collaboration with Artweek, Copenhagen Photo Festival and Copenhagen Architecture Festival, Simian presents a talk with the curatorial duo Elisa R. Linn and Lennart Wolff / 'km temporaer', as well as a screening of the film Twilight City (1989) by Black Audio Film Collective.

In connection with Simian's current exhibitions Planned City Cinema and Irma Hünerfauth - Speaking Boxes (link: https://fb.me/e/KIntjTle), Linn and Wolff will present a talk and introduction to the exhibitions, which are created in dialogue with each other.

Read more about the exhibitions at ssiimmiiaann.org

Program:

14:00 Bar with drinks and snacks
14:15 Talk and introduction to the exhibitions
15:00 Screening of the movie Twilight City (1989) by Black Audio Film Collective
16:00 The bar is open

Inaugurated in 1982 and dissolved in 1998, Black Audio Film Collective (BAFC) was comprised of black British multimedia artists and film makers. John Akomfrah, Lina Gopaul, Avril Johnson, Reece Auguiste, Trevor Mathison, David Lawson and Edward George produced award winning film, photography, slide tape, video, installation, posters and interventions. Throughout their career, the BAFC worked within and between the media of art, film and television, participating in exhibitions such as From Two Worlds (Whitechapel Gallery, 1986), The British Art Show (Hayward Gallery, 1990), Documenta X (1997) and Documenta XI (2002).’ The formation of the Black Audio Film Collective, was a response to the social unrest in Britain in the 1980s: Influenced by contemporary debate on post-colonialism and social theorists such as Homi Bhabha and Stuart Hall, they centered around investigations of black identity and culture and reworked the documentary to articulate new voices in British cinema.

Made three years into Thatcherite rule, Black Audio Film Collective’s Twilight City (1989) captures the redevelopment of London, where docks and housing for workers and immigrants gave way to the towers of the new financial hub Canary Wharf. Found footage, city vistas, interviews with the likes of Homi Bhabha as well as letters and accounts of the fictional journalist Olivia, who is researching the creation of wealth in the new London, are interwoven into a dense visual and audio fabric of psychic and historical layers.

Elisa R. Linn is a writer, curator, and educator based in Berlin. She is the co-director of the Halle für Kunst Lüneburg, and teaches at Leuphana University. Linn is a graduate of the Whitney Independent Study Curatorial Program and pursuing a PhD in Philosophy under the supervision of Marina Gržinić at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Her writing appears in publications and magazines such as Starship, artforum, Texte zur Kunst, BOMB, Jacobin, and the Journal for the History of Knowledge, among others. Lennart Wolff is an architect, curator, and educator based in Berlin and a graduate of the Architectural Association, London. Since 2018, he has been co-running the AA Visiting School Zurich “Exhibiting Architecture.” His work encompasses curated exhibitions, public art projects, architecture commissions, and exhibition architectures, such as recently for a show by LaToya Ruby Frazier at Kunstverein Hamburg. Since 2012, Linn and Wolff have run the curatorial and artistic project km temporaer. Recent exhibitions, performances, screenings, and lectures have taken place at Petzel Gallery and Maxwell Graham Gallery, New York (2023), Architecture Museum at the Technical University of Berlin (2022), Barnard College/Columbia University, New York (2022), Museo Nivola, Sardinia (2020), National Gallery Prague (2018), Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York (2018), South London Gallery (2018), and Royal Academy of Arts, London (2018).

Irma Hünerfauth – Speaking Boxes
Planned City Cinema
Curated by Elisa R. Linn and Lennart Wolff
Exhibition duration: May 19 – July 9, 2023
Opening hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 12:00 – 17:00

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Udstillingen Industrious Youth er centreret omkring Sara Annsofidotters hjemby Degerfors i den centrale del af Sverige. Et sted, hvor byens hjerte er den stålproduktion, der voksede frem i 1600-tallet. Stål, granitklipper, mørkt vand og dyb granskov blander sig med beboernes døgnrytme og økonomi. Annsofidotter viser, hvordan bløde værdier gemt  i personlige historier, poesi og kærlighed væver sig ind og ud af industrialiseringen og det senkapitalistiske samfunds kolde og hårde udtryk. Industrious youth udspiller sig imellem stålfabrikken og de dybe grønne skove med en melankolsk længsel efter fordums tid og det håbefulde potentiale hos de nye generationer.

Pink Journal is a flea market concept that emerged during Covid-19 with a will to create a sustainable fashion ecosystem and help change the ways of consuming. At 'The Mending Station' visitors can get inspired to think about reinventing their clothes instead of throwing them away, once they are worn out, boring or out of fashion.

The station will present already up-cycled clothes by the fashion designer Ellen Vinje Sandvik & visual artist Dorota Briestenska, who got into mending out of the will to re-design their own and friend's clothes into unique pieces, with a love for craftsmanship and experimentation.

Bring your garment to the station to discuss its future with the creative duo. Your favourite piece that is damaged but made of quality material, or a piece that is just not exciting to wear anymore can be brought back to life by becoming a garment that feels unique and beautiful again.

Furthermore, the station will offer custom-made patches by both artists, which can easily be placed on any garment, and small embroidery done right on the spot.

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The market will take place on the alley in front of the Meatpacking district, on Halmtorvet 46.

About the artists:

Ellen Vinje Sandvik is a fashion designer focusing on revisioning of old techniques and crafts such as decorative embroidery and knitting, heavily inspired by her Norwegian roots. She is a graduate from Scandinavian Academy of Fashion Design in Copenhagen.

Dorota Briestenska is a visual artist and illustrator focusing on the intersection of politics and arts. She is a graduate from the Art and Technology program at Aalborg University.

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Tag med på en byvandring, der undersøger vores medskabninger i byen, træerne, fra forskellige vinkler. Geografisk koncentrerer turen sig om Kødbyen og omegn, hvor vi ser nærmere på træer som en del af Vesterbros natur- og kulturhistorie. I deres langsomhed og rodfæstethed har træerne som mere-end-menneskelige væsener en anden tidslighed end menneskets. Dog er de af stor vigtighed for byens trivsel, økosystem og grønne omstilling. Plantningen af flere træer er fx med til at indfri hovedstadens målsætning om CO2-neutralitet. Desuden medvirker de til at forankre et sted med de minder og relationer, der knytter sig til det.

På turen vil arkitekt Henriette Berggreen Nguessan og beplantningstekniker Lars Christensen, begge fra Teknik- og Miljøforvaltningen, først fortælle om Københavns Kommunes træpolitik og udpegningen af ikoniske træer i kvarteret. Dernæst læser den lokale billedkunstner og forfatter C. Y. Frostholm op fra sin bog 'Træmuseet', der bl.a. handler om erindringer og kulturhistorie omkring træer - heriblandt på Vesterbro.

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Arrangementet er et samarbejde mellem CAFx og Art Week.

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Through dreamlike sequences and hauntingly beautiful imagery, Helena Whitman’s ‘Drift’ invites us to surrender to the ebb and flow of the sea and to find new modes of being in its timeless rhythms. Experience an event that explores how the sea subverts our solid, stable spatial and temporal orientation, and how architecture can adopt spatiotemporal schemes from the oceanic realm.

The film is introduced by architecture historian and programme associate at Copenhagen Architecture Festival, Søren Nørkjær Bang, and is part of a broader festival focus on coasts, water systems and aquatic landscapes.

Drift / Helena Wittmann / 2017 / Germany / German with English subtitles / 98'

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Coastal Imaginaries event-series
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Exhibition Opening, Book Launch, and Record Release: Coastal Imaginaries – Currents from Venice to Copenhagen (DA/EN)

Meet the people behind the exhibition 'Coastal Imaginaries', publication 'Critical Coast' and record 'Mermaid Bay' and toast to a more intimate coastal acquaintance.

02.06
17.00-19.00
Free - just show up
CAFx Halmtorvet 27

Det underliggende landskab: Vesterbro strandenge og oversvømmede fremtider (DA)

Hvordan sikrer vi bydelen i forhold til et ændret klima med havvandstigninger og hyppigere oversvømmelser? Og hvordan skal vi leve med vandet på Vesterbro i fremtiden? Kom forbi Halmtorvet 27 og tag del i diskussionen.

04.06
14.00-15.30
30 kr / Gratis for CAFx Community-medlemmer
CAFx Halmtorvet 27

Nature based solution in practice: Learning from Køge Bay (EN)

The event is a debate on nature-based solutions and coastal landscapes, taking its point of departure in the project The Beach Park in Køge Bay. Discover how this remarkable project from 1980 serves as a thriving recreational landscape while also supporting biodiversity, bird life, and various habitats.

06.07
17.15-18.30
30 kr / Free for CAFx Community members
CAFx Halmtorvet 27

BLUE HORIZONS

A film program developed by Art Hub Copenhagen and CAFx. The modern, static, and linear frameworks of geography are disrupted, giving way to a world of impermanence, immanence, and interconnectivity, emphasising the role of the ocean in shaping, and destabilising our perspectives and theories of the world.

Life With Water I: Over og under vandet (DA/EN)

The first chapter of a short film event series exploring water systems, aqueous landscapes, and wet infrastructures, curated and introduced by Jacob Lillemose.

03.06
16.45-18.45
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

Life With Water II: Vandets musik (DA/EN)

The second chapter of a short film events series exploring water systems, aqueous landscapes, and wet infrastructures, curated and introduced by Jacob Lillemose.

03.06
19.00-21.00
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

Containerization of Space with an introductory lecture by Alexander Klose (EN)

Explore the intricate constellation of oil, container logistics, and coastal zones with Allan Sekula's acclaimed work, The Forgotten Space, and an introductory lecture by the Berlin-based cultural theorist Alexander Klose.

The Forgotten Space / Noël Burch and Allan Sekula / 2010 / Germany / English with english subtitles / 112'

05.06
19.45-22.15
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

The Aquatic Surreal: a Silent Film Concert with Felia Gram-Hanssen

Jean Painlevé's zoological surrealism comes to life with three silent films, now complemented by the live musical accompaniment of Felia Gram-Hanssen, a percussionist and artist exploring how to integrate more-than-human actors into musical competitions.

The Octopus / Jean Painlevé / 1927 / France / Silent film / 13'
Sea Urchins / Jean Painlevé / 1928 / France / Silent film / 10'
Daphnia / Jean Painlevé / 1928 / France / Silent film / 9'

10.06
16.30-17.30
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

Blue Diversity (EN)

Copenhagen Architecture Festival and the Mies Pavilion in Barcelona are holding a parallel screening of John Huston's Moby Dick, accompanied by discussions on the current status of blue biodiversity.

Moby Dick / John Huston / 1956 / United States / English with english subtitles / 116'

03.07
21.30-23.45
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

As part of CAFx’ focus on the theme Life Form we are investigating symbioses between architecture and agriculture, human settlements and food production/consumption. Historically, the relationship between the two have been much more integrated than the present-day green deserts of giant grain fields and dense urban developments. What can we learn from history when we are imagining future scenarios in the wake of nature crises?

In this conversation, philosopher Sébastien Marot (F) and permaculture designer Skye Jin will share insights and thoughts based on their different research on this topic: both more from a historical perspective and as visions of future scenarios guiding how we live, eat, build, produce, consume and coexist. Marot will speak from his book “Taking the Country’s Side” where he examines 10.000 years of the relationship between architecture and agriculture, while Jin will elaborate on her project on permaculture in Scandinavia.  

Sébastien Marot, Philosopher, teaches the history of architecture, landscape and the environment at the École d’Architecture de la Ville & des Territoires Paris-Est and at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. He is the author of several books including ‘Sub-Urbanism and the Art of Memory’ (AA Publications 2003), and ‘Taking the Country’s Side: Agriculture and Architecture’ (Poligrafa 2019).
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Skye Jin is a multimedia artist MFA and permaculture designer and educator. Founder of Art+Science+Permaculture and GardeningisActivism.com working with the the role of aesthetics in the climate crisis and community co-creation. Co-editor of the magazine PERMAKULTUR where she has researched the history of permaculture in Scandinavia and the regenerative potentials of the city.

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The event is free for members of CAFx Community. Register through the ticket link.

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Mere end 50% af menneskets krop består af vand. Mennesket er med andre ord mere vand end noget andet. Man kunne sige, at mennesket er et vanddyr, der godt nok lever på landjorden, men hvis tilværelse på denne blå planet, Jorden, er dybt forbundet til vand. Vand har på utallige måder og igennem årtusinder formet menneskets tilværelse. Ikke bare fysiologisk, men også socialt, politisk, økonomisk og eksistentielt. Den aktuelle klimakrise med oversvømmelser og smeltende poler er det seneste dramatiske kapitel i den fortælling.

Dette todelte program præsenterer en række videoværker af internationalt anerkendte samtidskunstnere, der fra to overordnede perspektiver – over og under vandet – undersøger vandet som et omdrejningspunkt for menneskets tilværelse, på en gang et element, en kraft, en horisont og et vilkår.

Programmet introduceres på dansk af kurator Jacob Lillemose og er en del af projektet Life with Water, som han tidligere har udviklet i regi af Art Hub Copenhagen. Life with Water er et tværfagligt projekt, der sætter fokus på forhold mellem mennesker og vand.

DEL I: Over vandet

Europium / Lisa Rave / 2014 / Germany / without dialogue / 21:00’

Tsunami Architecture / The Maldives Chapter Redux / Heidrun Holzfeind and Christoph Draeger / 2013 / Austria / without dialogue / 26’

Iroojrilik / Julian Charriere / 2016 / Germany / 21’

BREAKER: På vandet

Den Himmel muss man sich wegdenken / Julius von Bismarck / 2014 / Germany / Without dialogue / 9'

DEL II: Under vandet‍

Raumfisch / Julius von Bismarck / 2017 / Germany / Without dialogue / 18’

Diving Through Europe / Klara Hobza / 2009 / Germany / Without dialogue / 18’

Aphotic Zone / Emilja Skarnulyte / 2022 / Lithuania / Without dialogue / 5’

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Coastal Imaginaries event-series
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Exhibition Opening, Book Launch, and Record Release: Coastal Imaginaries – Currents from Venice to Copenhagen (DA/EN)

Meet the people behind the exhibition 'Coastal Imaginaries', publication 'Critical Coast' and record 'Mermaid Bay' and toast to a more intimate coastal acquaintance.

02.06
17.00-19.00
Free - just show up
CAFx Halmtorvet 27

Det underliggende landskab: Vesterbro strandenge og oversvømmede fremtider (DA)

Hvordan sikrer vi bydelen i forhold til et ændret klima med havvandstigninger og hyppigere oversvømmelser? Og hvordan skal vi leve med vandet på Vesterbro i fremtiden? Kom forbi Halmtorvet 27 og tag del i diskussionen.

04.06
14.00-15.30
30 kr / Gratis for CAFx Community-medlemmer
CAFx Halmtorvet 27

Nature based solution in practice: Learning from Køge Bay (EN)

The event is a debate on nature-based solutions and coastal landscapes, taking its point of departure in the project The Beach Park in Køge Bay. Discover how this remarkable project from 1980 serves as a thriving recreational landscape while also supporting biodiversity, bird life, and various habitats.

06.07
17.15-18.30
30 kr / Free for CAFx Community members
CAFx Halmtorvet 27

BLUE HORIZONS

A film program developed by Art Hub Copenhagen and CAFx. The modern, static, and linear frameworks of geography are disrupted, giving way to a world of impermanence, immanence, and interconnectivity, emphasising the role of the ocean in shaping, and destabilising our perspectives and theories of the world.

Life With Water II: Vandets musik (DA/EN)

The second chapter of a short film events series exploring water systems, aqueous landscapes, and wet infrastructures, curated and introduced by Jacob Lillemose.

03.06
19.00-21.00
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

Terrestrial Bias (EN)

Through dreamlike sequences and hauntingly beautiful imagery, Helena Whitman’s drift invites us to surrender to the ebb and flow of the sea and to find new modes of being in its timeless rhythms. Experience a lecture/film event that explores how the sea subverts our solid, stable spatial and temporal orientation, and how architecture can adopt spatiotemporal schemes from the oceanic realm.

Drift / Helena Wittmann / 2017 / Germany / German with english subtitles / 98'

03.06
21.15-23.00
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

Containerization of Space with an introductory lecture by Alexander Klose (EN)

Explore the intricate constellation of oil, container logistics, and coastal zones with Allan Sekula's acclaimed work, The Forgotten Space, and an introductory lecture by the Berlin-based cultural theorist Alexander Klose.

The Forgotten Space / Noël Burch and Allan Sekula / 2010 / Germany / English with english subtitles / 112'

05.06
19.45-22.15
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

The Aquatic Surreal: a Silent Film Concert with Felia Gram-Hanssen

Jean Painlevé's zoological surrealism comes to life with three silent films, now complemented by the live musical accompaniment of Felia Gram-Hanssen, a percussionist and artist exploring how to integrate more-than-human actors into musical competitions.

The Octopus / Jean Painlevé / 1927 / France / Silent film / 13'
Sea Urchins / Jean Painlevé / 1928 / France / Silent film / 10'
Daphnia / Jean Painlevé / 1928 / France / Silent film / 9'

10.06
16.30-17.30
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

Blue Diversity (EN)

Copenhagen Architecture Festival and the Mies Pavilion in Barcelona are holding a parallel screening of John Huston's Moby Dick, accompanied by discussions on the current status of blue biodiversity.

Moby Dick / John Huston / 1956 / United States / English with english subtitles / 116'

03.07
21.30-23.45
Cinemateket
100 kr. / 70 kr.

Eskildsen arbejder i krydsfeltet mellem kunst og dokumentarisme med en unik sans for lys, farve og komposition, der ofte fremkalder en malerisk stemning i hans værker, og som har gjort hans værkpraksis kendt internationalt. Han har ofte skildret mennesker og deres levevilkår, som han har lært at kende igennem længere ophold og rejser til Cuba, USA og en lang række lande i Europa. Gennem syv år rejste Eskildsen og forfatteren Cia Rinne rundt i verden og skildrede romaernes levevilkår og kultur, der blev til det omfattende værk The Roma Journeys (2000-2006), som på intim og poetisk vis skildrer den største minoritet i Europa.

Efter Eskildsen fik børn vendte han kameralinsen mod sit eget liv med projektet Home Works, hvor han har skildret familiens forskellige hjem, hans børns opvækst samt årstiderne og tidens gang. Home Works berører og udforsker på sanselig vis almene og universelle spørgsmål om hjem, menneskets eksistens og om livets skønhed og forgængelighed. Udstillingen vil udfolde Home Workskronologisk gennem forskellige kapitler baseret på familiens forskellige hjem og vil berøre tematikker og nedslag i det omfattende værk, som fx årstider og barndom. Herigennem vil udstillingen belyse projektets mangefacetterede karakter og den særlige tidslighed, som er forbundet med menneskets udvikling samt livet og naturens cyklus.

Om kunstneren
Joakim Eskildsen (født 1971) er udlært hos hoffotograf Rigmor Mydtskov og er uddannet fra Aalto Universitetet i Helsinki. Eskildsen har udstillet bredt nationalt og internationalt, bl.a. i Den Sorte Diamant, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, i 2016 og senest i 2022 på National Museum of Contemporary Art Lisbon og Abbaye de Jumièges, Frankrig. Han har desuden udført opgaver for bl.a. The New Yorker, The New York Times og Time Magazine.

Udstillingen er støttet af Statens Kunstfond, Politiken-Fonden, Grosserer L. F. Foghts Fond og Augustinus Fonden.