Ellipsis is written by freelance art writer and curator Sidsel Nelund who lives and works in Santiago de Chile and Copenhagen. She holds a BA in Comparative Literature from University of Copenhagen and Université Paris Diderot, Paris 7 (BA thesis with distinction). Moreover, Sidsel Nelund holds two MA’s: one finished in 2009 in Moderne kultur og kulturformidling from University of Copenhagen (MA thesis with distinction), and another finished in 2007 in Aural and Visual Cultures from Goldsmiths University of London, Department of Visual Cultures (First Degree Honours).
Sidsel Nelund is currently co-founding Doble Espacio; a non-profit exhibition space for contemporary art in Casa Colorada in Santiago. She is a colaborator of and coming contributor to Galeria Movil de Video.
Since 2004, Sidsel Nelund has been a founding board member of AirPlay – street gallery, a non-profit outdoor exhibition space in Copenhagen, where she co-curated a series of events and exhibitions in 2006. She has worked with radio for a couple of years, latest as producer and art critic at Kunstmagasinet P2, a weekly art magazine at the Danish Broadcast Cooperation, DR.
Forthcoming:
2010-11:
Exhibition programme for Doble Espacio August-July
2009:
First exhibition of Doble Espacio programmed to take place in November/December.
Interview with Trinh T. Minh-ha for the book Disturbios Culturales published by Universidad Diego Portales.
Publications include:
2009:
“A Fairy Tail” in La Caja #2; on the exhibition Honesta Anatomia by Florencia Grisanti at Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago.
2008:
“Seven Songs” in SUM #3; on Seven Songs for Malcolm X by The Black Audio Film Collective.
“Fin de Copenhague 2008 – udkast til en filmroman” in Internationalistisk Ideale #1 in collaboration with artist Katrine Dirckinck-Holmfeld; performative reflections on Home Works IV in Beirut.
2005:
“Mallorca Open” in kopenhagen.dk; interview with Friederike Nymphius about the exhibition “Mallorca Open. Principles of Construction” at Centro Cultural Andratx
Selected radio programmes and projects:
2006:
“Byens Stolthed” in Kunstmagasinet P2; produced and hosted by Sidsel Nelund with Hanne-Louise Johannesen, Hans Peter Munk et al.
“Nye tendenser” in Kunstmagasinet P2; produced and hosted by Sidsel Nelund with Sanne Kofod Olsen, Kristoffer Akselbo, Nynne Haugaard et al.
“Drive-in Kunstguide” in Kunstmagasinet P2; in situ interviews with Eva Koch, Ingvar Cronhammar, and Alfio Bonnano.
2005-06:
Interviews with Ernesto Neto, Tal R, Janet Cardiff, Tony Oursler, Jeppe Hein, Eva Koch, Jakob Jakobsen, Katya Sander, Honey Biba Beckerlee, Katrine Dirckinck-Holmfeld, and many others.
Research papers:
2008:
“The Writer as Producer” at Art and Research: New Interfaces, Copenhagen, June 5-7, 2008. Held by the Copenhagen Doctoral School in Cultural Studies in collaboration with Goldsmiths College of London and Freie Universität, Berlin.
“The Unrehearsed Pas de Deux – a Gesture of Challenging art Criticism” at Practice-Based Research in the Performing Arts in Gothenburg, January 31 to February 3, 2008. Held by Nordiskt Sommaruniversitet.
Curatorial projects:
2006:
Inauguration of Airplay – street gallery with artists Sophie Hjerl, Camilla Bachiry, Sophia Burchardi, Vladimir Tomic and others, Copenhagen, April 8. In collaboration with Lotte Röhe, Karen Toftegaard and Kirsten-Marie Rasmussen.
“Stafet i Frit Rum” with artists Simone Aaberg Kærn, N55, Kenneth A. Balfelt and FOS at Airplay – street gallery in Copenhagen, April 14 – May 1. In collaboration with Lotte Röhe.
“Alt er blevet grønt” with artist Sebastian Schiørring at Airplay – street gallery in Copenhagen, September 1.
Panel participation:
2008:
Moderator of the panel debate “Om videokunst og nye medier i Mellemøsten” during the short film festival Libanon tur/retur in Copenhagen, January 27.
Appearance and participation in artworks:
2009:
Digital video in “borgona sobre tela, dimensiones variables,” performance by mmmmm in the ex-carcel (former prison) in Valparaiso, Chile, March 27.
2007:
Performer in “Good Feelings in Good Times,” performance by Roman Ondak at Tate Modern in London, March 10.
Model in “Episode,” a book by Jakob Hunosøe and Thomas Boström, Copenhagen.
2005:
Model in “The Runner #1-8,” a series of photographies by Jakob Hunosøe exhibited at Fotografisk Center in Copenhagen, January 15-March 13.
Residencies:
2007:
Self organised research stay with access to working space and the archive at Ashkal Alwan – The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts in Beirut, October-December.
Workshop participation:
2007:
Dance Criticism Workshop organised by DBM in relation to Mediterranean Dance Meeting in Beirut, November 8-11, 2007.
Contact: nelund@gmail.com
