Friday
2 Jun

Exhibition Opening, Book Launch, and Record Release: Coastal Imaginaries – Currents from Venice to Copenhagen

Get a taste of Venice in Vesterbro when CAFx puts up a satellite exhibition of the Danish contribution to this year’s Architecture Biennial. Join us for a 3-in-1 celebration, meet the contributors, and toast to a more empathic relationship with our coastal landscapes.

Rasmus Hjortshøj

Get a taste of Venice in Vesterbro when CAFx puts up a satellite exhibition of the Danish contribution to this year’s Venice Architecture Bienniale.

At the opening event we will have talks, music and readings. Meet the people behind the exhibition Coastal Imaginaries, publication Critical Coast and record Mermaid Bay and toast to a more intimate coastal acquaintance.

Credits

The team behind the Danish Pavilion during the 18th International Venice Architecture Biennale, Josephine Michau, Alexandra Wedderkopp Emelianov, Valeria Granillo, Søren Nørkjær Bang, Ida Willadsen Bang Kjeldsen, Office Alexis Mark.

The Exhibition Project is Supported by

The Ministry of Culture owns the Danish Pavilion in Venice and has appointed Danish Architecture Center (DAC) as commissioner for the official Danish contribution to the 18th International Architecture Exhibition. The project is realised with support from among others The Ministry of Culture Denmark, The Danish Arts Foundation’s Committee for Architecture and the philanthropic association Realdania.

Opening Hours and Admission

The opening of the exhibition is free of charge. Free drinks will be served.

The window exhibition can be experienced 24/7, free of charge.

If you want to know more about the exhibition, you are welcome to drop by our space at Halmtorvet 27. It is open to the public every Friday from 13:00 to 17:00, granting full access to the archive.

Admission to the space is 30 DKK; it is free for members of CAFx Community.

Coastal Imaginaries Event Series

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.

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.

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