Contemporary Culture: Copenhagen Podcast

Where do we define the line between sexuality, nudity and pornography? We review the current exhibition, 'Art and Porn' at Aros museum (coming soon Kunsthal Charlottenborg in the fall). Also, what roll does social media have to play in it all? Mathilde Helnæs guest hosts.

Copenhagen Photo Festival Review: The 'new' face of White Extremists as seen by Espen Rasmussen; an open dialog between the rich and poor through their living rooms by Jana Sophia Nolle. Also, major museums say no to Big Pharma money and what happened to the Hip Hop at Distortion?

This one is dedicated to discovering new music during Distortion 2019. Mathilde Helnæs and I guess what is good, talk about what we already love, and give you tips and tricks to find good music during the festival.

Mathilde Helnæs and I talk about our experiences during Copenhagen Art Week 2019. "Contemporary Cultures of Display" how have exhibition spaces evolved over the last 100 years? What are we tired of, challenged by and moving towards; including our critique of the Axel Tower's "The Final Exhibition", Brønshøj Water Tower's bachelor degree show and Copenhagen Contemporary's opening night, with music from Distortion 2019.

"Back 2 Back" with guest co-host Mathilde Helnæs! Caution: Where have all the art jobs gone? How much does a museum cost? Olafur Eliasson's newest million dollar installation is coming state side. New EU laws enforce copyright law on social media.

It's spring and we're back with a new format with guest co-host Mathilde Helnæs from Sorø Museum. What's next for Notre-Dame? Where do block chain and fine art overlap? What was it like to date Warhol? Dea Trier Mørch's Linographs at Louisiana explained.

We were invited to the home of Ole Faarup of the Ole Faarup Kunstfond. Ole is a Danish Art collector with 40 years experience. He began in the 80s in New York with Basquiat and Warhol and believes strongly in supporting new young artists. We talked about his collection, collecting and how it will go on living after he is gone.

Also on this episode, we talked with Mattis Curth of Art Land. Art Land is a phone and tablet app focused on servicing young collectors. The company believes in making information available to potential buyers to improve their art buying experience. Mattis and his brother got the idea for the app during their masters when they became art enthusiasts.

The music included in this episode is Chynna, who will be performing at Vega December 3rd 2018.

This episode, we asked a simple question to two complex progressive thinkers. What is curating? It features Mette Woller, (www.mettewoller.com) who just resigned as head curator for @roskildefestival, and Irene Campolmi, (www.irenecampolmi.com) whose recent projects include #whatif @kunsthalcharlottenborg, as well as, the performance and talk programs @codeartfair. We talked about their practice, their agendas, the purpose of art institutions, art fairs and financing, among a lot of other things. The music in this episode is Master Chic "Nake Penda Piya" and "Student Night" by Sandy B. Don't forget to find us on social, if you haven't already, @cc_copenhagen.

It's Art Fair weekend in Copenhagen! Code Art Fair 2018 will take place at the Bella Center from August 30th until September 2nd. Code Art Fair brings over 60 international galleries to Denmark, all hoping to introduce their artists to the Scandinavian market. This episode includes;Tristian Koenig (Melbourne), Bernak Kharabi from Zilberman Gallery (Berlin/ Instanbul), Alise Careva from Careva Contemporary (Riga) and Josee Bienvenue (New York) with music by FAKA. The gallerists explain the importance of Code Art Fair and why they're traveling all the way to Denmark.

Exhibited Artists:

Seth Diego Birchall (Tristian Koenig)

Pedro Gómez-Egaña (Zilberman Gallery)
Heba Y. Amin(Zilberman Gallery)
Guido Casaretto(Zilberman Gallery)
Alpin Arda Bagcik(Zilberman Gallery)

Kaspars Zarins (Careva Contemporary)
Kristaps Ancans(Careva Contemporary)

Fernanda Fragateiro (Josee Beinvenu Gallery)
Marco Maggi(Josee Beinvenu Gallery)
Marti Cormand(Josee Beinvenu Gallery)

Links:
https://www.tristiankoenig.com/index.html
http://zilbermangallery.com/
https://www.carevacontemporary.com/
http://www.joseebienvenugallery.com/

http://www.siyakaka.com/about-1/

This episode previews gallerists participating in Chart Art Fair 2018 in Copenhagen at Kunsthal Charlottenborg from August 31st to September 2nd. It featuresMagnus Karlsson (Sweden), SaraBerner Bengtsson fromGalerie Forsblom (Finland/ Sweden) and Timothy Persons from Gallery Taik Persons (Berlin); with music by Ravi Kumar. Chart Art Fair is made up of 32 of the most influential galleries in The Scandinavian and Nordic regions. Brandon talked to the gallerists about the artists they will show at the fair, their galleries program and what patrons should expect at such a young and prestigious fair.

Galleri Magnus Karlsson will have a solo exhibition of Peter Köhler's water color drawings from his "Crepuscular Tales" series. Magnus explained where he believes drawing as a medium is placed in relation to the current art ecosystem.

Galerie Forsblumwill exhibit works byMatthias van Arkeland a semi-documentary, titled "HEAVY," directed byTheo Bat Schandorff about the gallery's artist,Toni R. Toivonen’s life and work. Sara defines semi-documentary and why art fairs are necessary in the current art market.

Timothy Persons and his gallery will exhibit photographic works from his Helsinki School Artists. The Helsinki School is an educational approach dating back over 20 years to Aalto University and is currently in its 5th generation. He believes The Helsinki School methodology has been able to raise the standard of artistic practice for Finnish artists.

Links:
https://chartartfair.com/
http://www.gallerimagnuskarlsson.com/
http://www.galerieforsblom.com/exhibitions
http://gallerytaikpersons.com/

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