The intensive program that kicks off the art festival includes a performance by Cassie Augusta Jørgensen and dance choreographed by Lotte Sigh. There will also be speeches, music by Oladipo, a bar with beer from Depanneur and food from Poulette on Nikolaj Plads.
Under the name Art Bar Extravaganza, Nikolaj Kunsthal is the setting for the opening of Art Matter Festival 2025. The intensive program that kicks off the festival offers an eclectic mix of performance, dance and music - both outside on Nikolaj Plads and inside the galleries of Nikolaj Kunsthal.
Powerful performance about stereotypical representations of women in popular culture
Cassie Augusta Jørgensen is a Danish visual artist, dancer and choreographer who has made a name for herself in recent years with her intense and breathtaking performative works that break with popular culture's stereotypical representations of women. At Art Bar Extravaganza you can experience a new version of her performance The Rite of Nothing, which received great attention and praise at last year's Roskilde Festival.
Cassie Augusta Jørgensen is a Danish visual artist, dancer and choreographer who has made a name for herself in recent years with her intense and breathtaking performative works that break with popular culture's stereotypical representations of women. At Art Bar Extravaganza you can experience a new version of her performance The Rite of Nothing, which received great attention and praise at last year's Roskilde Festival.
The Rite of Nothing is a reinterpretation of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, a ballet where a young virgin is sacrificed to ensure a fertile spring. In this version, three virgins - played by Clara Dessau, Oskar Pawełko and Cassie Augusta Jørgensen - dance a Danse Macabre to percussive music composed by Isa Ryong. The music, with its static movements, supports the themes of masculinity versus femininity, death, sex and love.
The three performers are wearing costumes from Alectra Rothschild, the Danish fashion designer and artist known for her brand Alectra Rothschild / Masculina, which celebrates craftsmanship, femininity and glamor.
Born of chaos, driven by an invincible will to persevere
In connection with the opening of Art Matter Festival, you can also experience Lotte Sigh's performance By the Roots, which is inspired by the exhibition Breaking Darkness, currently on display in Nikolaj Kunsthal's high-ceilinged Lower Gallery. Lotte Sigh is a choreographer and dancer known for her work in contemporary dance. By the Roots is based on the work Don't Worry, It Will Grow on You, an exhibition contribution from the emerging design studio Solitude Studios.
In connection with the opening of Art Matter Festival, you can also experience Lotte Sigh's performance By the Roots, which is inspired by the exhibition Breaking Darkness, currently on display in Nikolaj Kunsthal's high-ceilinged Lower Gallery. Lotte Sigh is a choreographer and dancer known for her work in contemporary dance. By the Roots is based on the work Don't Worry, It Will Grow on You, an exhibition contribution from the emerging design studio Solitude Studios.
The performance is performed by dancer Erika Cucumazzo and the music is created by Mikkel Carlsen and Hildegard.
Malleable collaboration with contradictory movements
Infinite Contradictions: The Elastic Test is a performance by the artist collective Apparatus22, where three participants together maneuver a large leather flag around an area.
Infinite Contradictions: The Elastic Test is a performance by the artist collective Apparatus22, where three participants together maneuver a large leather flag around an area.
The flag is heavy, cumbersome and requires full coordination and collaboration to move. Without using words, participants find solutions that control the flag's movements.
Tower tours, eclectic music, free beer from Depanneur and Poulette Nuggets at Nikolaj Plads
The opening party extends both inside and out. At Nikolaj Plads you can get carried away by Oladipo's diverse soundtrack. Oladipo is a photographer and DJ based in both London and Copenhagen and can sometimes be heard as part of the radio channel Drift Radio.
The opening party extends both inside and out. At Nikolaj Plads you can get carried away by Oladipo's diverse soundtrack. Oladipo is a photographer and DJ based in both London and Copenhagen and can sometimes be heard as part of the radio channel Drift Radio.
There will also be speeches, free beer from Depanneur #bajeur and a Poulette pop-up at Nikolaj Plads serving Fried Chicken Nuggets with pickles and mayo.
In connection with the current exhibition Breaking Darkness at Nikolaj Kunsthal, you can experience Dogville (2003) staged side by side with the building's significant clockwork from the 1800s in Nikolaj Tower. There are guided tours up to the clockwork every half hour from 19:15.
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