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.