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danish.global.culture.talks.

Culture and arts in the age of Covid-19. Live-streamed panel talks presented by Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg and NordicLA

danish.global.culture.talks is a new platform for debating art and culture. It has emerged out of an urgent need to debate the meaning and relevance of culture and art today in an ever-changing global context. This has become even more relevant as a result of the current global crisis caused by Covid-19. Culture and the arts have been ‘forgotten’, as if they were icing on the cake instead of the glue that keeps society together. 


Once the corona crisis has settled down, danish.global.culture.talks will be both an online and offline talks format at Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg. The intention is to debate and discuss the importance of art and culture and how they remain relevant and meaningful both locally and globally. Therefore, in the first online sessions, Kunsten has teamed up with our good friends at NordicLA to broaden the global and cultural perspective in panel sessions with leading artists, business people and thinkers from Denmark and the rest of the world. The key questions in the first online sessions look at how the arts and culture will, or can transform the way we perceive the world in times of crisis, and help us overcome, understand and move on from the Corona crisis. 


Every session will start with a piece of art or music performance. All artists performing or participating in talks will receive a fee. All sessions are co-curated by Lasse Andersson and Kristian Riis. The artist programme is co-curated by Kunsten, NordicLA and co-hosts.

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Talk sessions

All session are in English and will be streamed live at kunsten.dk/en/talks.

 

Thursday, April 30 2020, 3pm CET

The Role of Art in a Time of Crisis


Participants:
– Gitte Ørskou. Director, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
– Bjørnstjerne Christiansen. Artist, Superflex
– Anders Byriel. CEO, Kvadrat

 

Performance by:
– Bjørnstjerne Christiansen. Artist, Superflex


Host:
– Lasse Andersson. Director of Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg and Utzon Center

Co-hosted by: Moderna Museet

 

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Thursday, May 7 2020, 4pm CET

What Happens Online?


Participants:

– Troy Conrad Therrien. Curator, Architecture and digital initiatives, The Guggenheim Museum
– Marc-Christoph Wagner. Editor, Louisiana Channel
– Christiane Vejlø, Futurist and digital analyst, Elektronista Media

 

Performance by:
– Kwamie Liv. Musician

 

Host:

– Kristian Riis, NordicLA 

 

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Thursday, May 14 2020, 8pm CET

Art, Creativity and Play in Learning 


Participants:

– Bo Stjerne Thomsen. Vice President, LEGO Foundation

– Ryan Gander. Artist

– Karen Wilkinson. Director, The Tinkering Studio, Exploratorium, the museum of science, art and human perception in San Francisco

 

Artist presentation:
– Ryan Gander. Artist

 

Host:
– Lasse Andersson. Director of Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg and Utzon Center

 

Co-hosted by: LEGO Foundation

 

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Tuesday, May 19 2020, 8pm CET

New Culture Industries in a Time of Change

 

Participants:
– Nikolaj Nyholm. Founder & Chairman, Astralis Group
– Simon Kvamm. Musician
– Janne Villadsen. Development & Communications Director, Heartland Festival 

 

Performance by:
– Simon Kvamm. Musician

 

Host:

– Lasse Andersson. Director of Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg and Utzon Center

 

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Wednesday, March 3 2021, 10am CET

What’s the Role of Major Cultural Institutions in the 21st Century?

 

Participants:

– Louise Herron. CEO of Sydney Opera House

– Poul Erik Tøjner. Director at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
– Kasper Holten. Director at The Royal Danish Theatre

 

Performance by:
– Kh Marie. Musician

 

Host:

– Lasse Andersson. Director of Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg and Utzon Center

 

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March 2021

Did the Pandemic Kill Our Communities?

 

Participants:

– Harley Dubois. Co-founder of Burning Man Project

– Jeppe Hein. Artist
– Kristian Riis. NordicLA

 

Artist presentation:

– Studio visit in Berlin at Jeppe Hein Studio

 

Host:

– Lasse Andersson. Director of Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg and Utzon Center

 

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danish.global.culture.talks has been made possible with support from the Spar Nord Foundation, the Region of North Jutland, the Augustinus Foundation and the Louis-Hansen Foundation