Filed under: Kunst / Art
While preparing for the Documenta document-posts I was doing some google-searching. I found this article from 2006 on the art scene in Scandinavia and Airplay is mentioned:
Und in Nörrebro nordwestlich des Zentrums – einem einstigen Arbeiterviertel Kopenhagens, das sich längst zu einem der vielfältigsten Viertel der Stadt gewandelt hat – installierten junge Kulturwissenschaftlerinnen im Frühjahr einen Videobeamer auf einen haushohen Pfosten und eröffneten mit “Airplay” Kopenhagens erste Open-Air-Galerie. Viermal in der Woche projizieren sie Videokunst auf eine Hauswand.
When I read the article a year ago I didn’t notice the potential in the word Kulturwissenschaftlerinnen. From now on, I will present myself as “Sisi. Die Kulturwissenschaftlerin”. Sounds good.
(The article is written by Clemens Bomsdorf and printed in Art. Das Kunstmagazin)
Filed under: Kunst / Art
There are two ways of going to Documenta; one is to go during the opening and another is to go during the exhibition along with the ‘normal’ people. For several reasons I was not able to go during the opening, why the trip got postponed to the very last weekend of the 100 days long Documenta 12. I had imagined that all the fuss accompanying the opening of such a major event would be long gone at the 99th and 100th day. Nevertheless, the small town of Kassel was buzzing with people resulting in looong queues and fights against tour groups and excited photographers. The nightmare had its ups and downs all though the overall impression was fairly good. So why mention the big crowd of people? Because the ups reached higher than expected and the downs fell lower than normal as one’s mood was constantly put to the test by the masses.
In the following posts I will jump from peak to peak of Documenta 12. You can expect reflections on Trisha Brown, a fountain, the tapestry museum, soundpieces, a collapsed sculpture and …
In these days it is exactly one year ago I wrote the first post on this blog. It sounded as follows:
Denne første besked er en velkommen til både læseren og undertegnede. Hvad du ser her, er mine første spæde skridt ud i den digitale kommunikationsteknologis fagre verden.
Fremover vil siden indeholde kommentarer om og refleksioner over kunst, lyd og livet i London. Her er jeg bosat og her skal jeg læse en MA in Aural and Visual Cultures. Noget som vil udvide min horisont inden for netop de tre nævnte emner. Så du kan forvente dig mange forskellige ting, inden du hver gang kommer forbi denne blog. Jeg er selv spændt på, hvad indholdet vil blive – håber du vil følge med og kommentere.
Sidsel Nelund, 27/09/06
(In short: welcome to this blog, it will contain comments and reflections on art, sound and London – in spite of my criterias, I am myself curious about the future content of this blog. I hope you will visit often and make comments)
Since then I have changed my language to English to accomplish the desire from new friends, and the themes and frequency of the posts have become more diverse. People haven’t made that many comments – you’re still more than welcome to think with or against me.
Next year I will write from Beirut and Denmark. This year I’m even more curious to know about the content of the blog, as the future seems fairly open right now.
Bon voyage!
(For an account of the phenomenological relation between the writer and the table see Sara Ahmed: Queer Phenomenology. Orientations, Objects, Others. Durham and London : Duke University Press, 2006)
Filed under: Dagens ord / Word(s) of the day
12.15. Email from my father:
Det er lidt som et Sisyfos-arbejde med den forskel, at man gør en forskel.
(It’s a little bit as Sisyfos with that difference that one makes a difference)
Filed under: Dagens ord / Word(s) of the day
Victoria Park, 9.15.
Passing jogger: Sorry, don’t mean to be rude … just noticed … you have really beautiful energies, very strong … have a nice day, enjoy the sun!
