Press release -
Announcing the names of the artists and poets participating in the first Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale
Beginning next week, Kunsthal Charlottenborg’s first biennale Poet Slash Artist will be presented in streets, train stations and bus stops throughout Denmark. In these outdoor locations, works by 36 visual artists and poets will bring different cultures, continents, languages and generations together, forming a new sense of community.
Exhibition period: 15 November – 31 December 2021
Kunsthal Charlottenborg is proud to announce the names of the visual artists and poets taking part in the upcoming biennale. The participating artists are: Etel Adnan, Adonis, Jay Bernard, Anne Boyer, Julien Creuzet, Imtiaz Dharker, Jimmie Durham, Jeannette Ehlers, Inua Ellams, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Tracey Emin, Renee Gladman, Vivienne Griffin, Lubaina Himid, Sky Hopinka, Isaiah Hull, Jakob Jakobsen, Cassie Augusta Jørgensen, Miriam Kongstad, Tarek Lakhrissi, Lebogang Mashifane, Friederike Mayröcker, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang, Jota Mombaça, Precious Okoyomon, Heather Phillipson, Lea Porsager, Lea Guldditte Hestelund & Olga Ravn, Tabita Rezaire, Tiffany Sia, Amalie Smith, Cecilia Vicuña, Xu Bing, Gozo Yoshimasu.
To celebrate the opening of the exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg presents talks and readings on Saturday 20 November at 2pm – 5pm in the Festival Hall at Charlottenborg. Afterwards, a selection of the works will be on display in the courtyard at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
Program
2.00pm Opening speech by Michael Thouber, director of Kunsthal Charlottenborg
2.10pm Author reading by Lemn Sissay
2.20pm Curator talk with Hans Ulrich Obrist & Lemn Sissay
2.40pm Author reading by Amalie Smith
2.50pm Artist talk with Jeannette Ehlers, Miriam Kongstad, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang, Amalie Smith
3.15pm Author reading by Jakob Jakobsen
3.25pm Artist talk with Lea Porsager, Lea Guldditte Hestelund & Olga Ravn, Jakob Jakobsen
3.50pm Author reading by Olga Ravn
4pm Wine and display of works in the courtyard at Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Lemn Sissay, Poet Slash Artist constitutes an exploration of poets working with visual art and visual artists working with poetry. Poet Slash Artist was originally shown and produced by Manchester International Festival (MIF) and HOME in July 2021. The Danish version is supplemented with new works by Danish artists. Further info here.
The Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale is produced in collaboration with AFA JCDecaux and is shown on AFA JCDecaux’s outdoor advertising panels nationwide. This wide-ranging distribution means that 84% of the Danish population will be able to see and experience works from the exhibition.
Kunsthal Charlottenborg has previously entered into exhibition collaborations with AFA JCDecaux in 2017 (Yoko Ono –Transmission) and 2019 (It’s Urgent!). The collaborative relationship has now been formalised, meaning that in future an international biennial exhibition covering all of Denmark will be arranged every other year.
The Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale is supported by the Obel Family Foundation, the Augustinus Foundation and the Danish Arts Foundation.
Facts
Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale: Poet Slash Artist
15 November – 31 December 2021
Opening event: 20 November at 2-5pm, admission is free but requires booking in advance at Billetto.dk. The event can also be experienced live-streamed here, and can subsequently be seen on Youtube.
The exhibition takes place throughout Denmark on several hundred of AFA JCDecaux's advertising panels across the country. Thus, 3.5 million Danes will be exposed to the works.
The works will also be displayed in the courtyard at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Kongens Nytorv 1, 1050 Copenhagen K during the period 15 November – 31 December 2021 and at Nørreport Station from 27 December to 31 December 2021.
Poet Slash Artist is curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist & Lemn Sissay. The exhibition was originally commissioned and produced by the Manchester International Festival and HOME in July 2021.
Contact
Michael Thouber, director of Kunsthal Charlottenborg, mt@kunsthalcharlottenborg.dk, (+45) 2840 8050.
For further information, please contact
Jeannie Møller Haltrup
Head of Communications, Kunsthal Charlottenborg
jmh@kunsthalcharlottenborg.dk / (+45) 3374 4629
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Kunsthal Charlottenborg er et af de største og smukkeste udstillingssteder for samtidskunst i Nordeuropa. Kunsthallen præsenterer et ambitiøst udstillingsprogram med internationalt udsyn, der omfatter kunst af såvel talenter som etablerede stjerner fra både ind- og udland. Det toneangivende udstillingsprogram suppleres med en lang række aktiviteter som artist talks, performances, koncerter og filmvisninger.
