læs bogen her - Den Frie

COFFEE TABLE PARTICIPANTS:
JENS AXEL BECK Visual Artist and member of Koh-i-noor
JACOB BORGES Visual Artist and member of Koh-i-noor
JESPER CARLSEN Visual Artist and member of Koh-i-noor
GUDRUN HASLE Visual Artist and member of Koh-i-noor
NIELS HENRIKSEN Art Historian
JONN HERSCHEND Visual Artist
HEIDI HOVE Visual Artist and member of Koh-i-noor
STINE MARIE JACOBSEN Visual Artist and member of Koh-i-noor
MERETE JANKOWSKI Rector at Funen Art Academy
KIRSE JUNGE-STEVNSBORG Artistic Director at Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art
PIND
LEA PORSAGER Visual Artist and member of Koh-i-noor
ACCUMULATION: CHAOS OR
COORDINATION?
Gudrun Hasle (GH): We got invited by Den Frie Centre
of Contemporary Art to do a show and we had a lot of
discussions about how we should do it, because we do
not see ourselves as an artist group. We see ourselves
more as running an alternative project where we give
lesser opportunities here in Copenhagen. So that is sort
of how we see ourselves. We are all very individual and
that was also how Koh-i-noor was made. The discussion
ended up with a concept where two members of Koh-
the idea about how Koh-i-noor is functioning. We each
invited two artists and they each invited one more
person to be in the show. So in total we were 40 artists
in the show and the members of Koh-i-noor were also
picture of our individual connections spread out wide.
The way we designed and curated the show was in the
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end with the idea of accumulation as a turning point, and
John Herschend (JH): Does the theme “accumulation”
encounter the selection of artists and the installation of
the exhibition, or is that different?
GH: It has been a problem, and we had a lot of problems in
curating the show, especially with concept development
and planning, because we wanted it to be free. One of
the most important things in the show and in Koh-i-noor
and not us as curators. It was important to create space
for the art and the artists, and not so much for the
curation of the show. When you go through the show the
Jesper Carlsen (JC): I am quite happy about this project
because the format is so free, and does not dictate the
artists, and thus we could all commit to the project in all
being curators. One member curates and has control over