Astrid Kruse Jensen's scenic dreams
When Martin Asbæk Gallery opens the exhibition Resonance by Astrid Kruse Jensen 20 May it will be with a number of new photographic works that seek to capture what is everchanging and goes beyond the tangible. The relationship between photography and remembrance is an important drive for the artist, who has worked with memory as a form of shifted reality in her entire oeuvre. During the photo festival in June the gallery invites you to two artist talks in the gallery.
Resonance is an interaction between cyanotypes and works created using expired polaroid film, and it is therefore not the concrete motives, which are in focus. Instead, the works circle around inner conditions and a search for resonance. The viewer gets the sense of standing across from an abstraction without reference to any specific time. Deconstructed dream images, rooms, and memories merge.
The relationship between photography and remembrance is an important drive for the artist, who has worked with memory as a form of shifted reality in her entire oeuvre. This is expressed through an exploration of the basics of photography. Using double exposure, backlight, chemical traces and the use of long shutter speed, Kruse Jensen generates, with strokes of light, traces of what has already passed, while simultaneously encapsulating traces of resonance.
Scenes of dreams
The title of the exhibition refers to the echo of reminiscences in the world: to sense the resonance of the past in the present. The cyanotypes of the exhibition are an example of a photographic technique, where motives are developed by placing objects on paper prepared with light-sensitive emulsion, which is then exposed to sunlight. However, Astrid Kruse Jensen’s cyanotypes do not work with the imprint of the object, but instead with the imprint of its shadow. Thereby giving the abstract a concrete form – and at the same time connecting with both the starting point of photography, light, as well as the shadows of the past. The works appear as scenes of dreams, in rooms created with the desire for a life in balance.
In the exhibition, Kruse Jensen also introduces a number of works on glass, where it is unclear, whether we are over or under the water surface. The concept of resonance is also known from physics, where it describes two systems that go in oscillations with each other, in harmony. Astrid Kruse Jensen's photographic works are an interpretation as well as an adaptation of this harmony.
About the artist
Astrid Kruse Jensen (b. 1975) has studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in the Netherlands and at the Glasgow School of Art. She has been nominated for several prizes, such as the Deutsche Börse Preis in 2014 and Anne Marie Telmányi’s prize for women artists in 2017. Kruse Jensen has had solo exhibitions in Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Iceland and India as well as several group exhibitions in Europe as well as The States, Canada and China. Kruse Jensen’s works are in several private and public collections, including at the George Eastman House, ARoS, The National Collection of Photography, Manchester City Gallery, Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum, Artotheque de Caen, the John Kobal Foundation and the Danish Arts Foundation.
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Astrid Kruse Jensens drømmekulisser
Når Martin Asbæk Gallery åbner udstillingen Resonance af Astrid Kruse Jensen fredag den 20. maj bliver det med række nye fotografiske værke, som forsøger at indfange dét, der er i evig forandring og som rækker udover det håndgribelige. Dekonstruerede drømmebilleder, rum og minder går i ét, og netop fotografiets relation til erindringen er en vigtig drivkraft hos kunstneren, der igennem hele sit virke har arbejdet med erindring som en forskudt virkelighed. I forbindelse med fotofestivalen i juni, kan du opleve kunstneren til hele to artist talks i galleriet.
Udstillingen er en vekselvirkning mellem blåtryk og værker skabt på forældet polaroid film, og det er således ikke de konkrete motiver, der er i fokus. I stedet kredser værkerne om tilstande, en søgen efter resonans. Som beskuer får man fornemmelsen af at stå overfor en abstraktion uden reference til nogen specifik tid. Dekonstruerede drømmebilleder, rum og minder går i ét, og netop fotografiets relation til erindringen er en vigtig drivkraft hos kunstneren, der igennem hele sit virke har arbejdet med erindring som en forskudt virkelighed. Dette kommer til udtryk gennem en udforskning af fotografiets grundmateriale. Gennem dobbelteksponeringer, modlys, kemiske spor og brugen af lange lukketider frembringer Kruse Jensen med strøg af lys, sporene fra det, som allerede har passeret, og indkapsler samtidigt spor af resonans.
Drømmekulisser
Udstillingens titel refererer til erindringens genklang i verden; at mærke resonans fra fortiden ind i nutiden. Udstillingens ’blåtryk’ er et eksempel på en fotografisk teknik, hvor motiver fremkaldes ved at placere objekter på papir klargjort med en lysfølsom emulsion, der efterfølgende udsættes for sollys. Særligt for Astrid Kruse Jensens blåtryk er, at der i værkerne ikke arbejdes med objektets aftryk, men i stedet med aftrykket fra dets skygge. Herved får det abstrakte konkret form – samtidig med at værkerne trækker tråde til både fotografiets udgangspunkt, lyset, såvel som fortidens skygger. I udstillingens værker fremstår rummene som kulisser for drømme, i rum som er skabt med ønsket om en tilstand i balance.
I udstillingen introducerer Kruse Jensen også en række værker på glas, hvor det ikke er klart, hvorvidt vi befinder os over eller under vandets overflade. Begrebet resonans kendes også fra fysikken, hvor det beskriver to systemer, der går i svingninger med hinanden, i samklang. Astrid Kruse Jensens fotografiske værker er en fortolkning såvel som bearbejdning af denne samklang.
Om kunstneren
Astrid Kruse Jensen (f. 1975) har studeret på Gerrit Rietveld Academy i Holland samt på Glasgow School of Art. Hun har været nomieret til adskillige priser, herunder Deutsche Börse Preis i 2014 og Anne Marie Telmányi’s pris for kvindelige kunstnere i 2017. Kruse Jensen har haft soloudstillinger i Danmark, Sverige, Frankrig, Tyskland, Holland, Island og Indien samt adskillige gruppeudstillinger i Europa samt USA, Canada og Kina. Kruse Jensens værker optræder endvidere i flere private og offentlige samlinger, herunder George Eastman House, ARoS, Den Nationale Fotosamling, Manchester City Gallery, Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum, Artotheque de Caen, John Kobal Foundation og Statens Kunstfond.
Trine Søndergaard Investigates Time and History
NB THE EVENT WITH TAPAS & TALK AT GREVE MUSEUM ON 3 JUNE IS CANCELLED!
HOWEVER, FESTIVAL GUEST CAN USE THEIR FESTIVAL PASS AND ENTER THE EXHIBITION FOR FREE UNTIL 12 JUNE.
Now you can experience world-class photography by Trine Søndergaard in the scenic surroundings at Greve Museum. Trine Søndergaard is currently presenting the exhibition "Faraway Nearby", which is the culmination of a multi-year collaboration between the photo artist and Greve Museum where she unites past and present in 25 new photographic works.
The internationally recognized photographic artist, Trine Søndergaard (b. 1972) has enriched the Danish and international art scene with her quiet and powerful imagery for decade. Søndergaard is known for curiously exploring spatial and human silence and stillness in her works.
New photographic meetings
The exhibition now showing at Greve Museum includes 25 new photographic works, where Søndergaard unites her photographic gaze, the museum's historical textiles and local young people who have been models for the new series of portraits. The exhibition explores what happens when historical textiles are used in a new context. It can open up new perspectives and interpretations of the meanings of museum objects and of history.
Talk and Tapas with Trine
In connection with the exhibition the museum invites you to experience the extraordinary works and a conversation between Trine Søndergaard and head of Greve Museum, Mette Tapdrup Mortensen 3 June. Here they will explore the unique meeting between the photograph and hidden objects in a cultural history museum. They talk about how the many layers of memory and women's experiences throughout history have become the focal point of the photo exhibition.
After the talk there will be plenty of opportunity to experience the exhibition "Faraway Nearby" on your own and the museum will serve homemade tapas with delicious organic ingredients in the museum's café.
Find out more about the exhibition and event
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Trine Søndergaard udforsker historien
Oplev fotokunst i verdensklasse i naturskønne omgivelser, når Greve Museum inviterer til tapas og talk med Trine Søndergaard den 3. juni. Trine Søndergaard er aktuel med udstillingen ”Faraway Nearby”, som er kulminationen på et flerårigt samarbejde mellem fotokunstneren og Greve Museum.
Trine Søndergaard (f. 1972) er en internationalt anerkendt fotokunstner, der igennem to årtier har beriget den danske og internationale kunstscene igennem sit tyste og kraftfulde billedsprog. Søndergaard er kendt for nysgerrigt at udforske rumlig og menneskelig stilhed og stilstand i sine værker.
Nye fotografiske møder
I udstillingen på Greve Museum indgår 25 nye fotografiske værker, hvor Søndergaard forener sit fotografiske blik, museets historiske tekstiler og lokale unge mennesker, der har været modeller til de nye portrætter. Udstillingen viser, hvad der sker, når man frigiver historiske tekstiler og lader dem blive brugt i en ny kontekst. Det kan åbne for nye blikke og tolkninger af museumsgenstandes betydninger.
Talk og tapas med Trine
Fredag den 3. juni kl. 17 kan du opleve en samtale mellem Trine Søndergaard og leder af Greve Museum, Mette Tapdrup Mortensen. Her fortæller de om, hvad der opstår i mødet mellem fotografiet og gemte genstande på et kulturhistorisk museum. De taler også om, hvordan erindringens mange lag og kvinders erfaringer gennem historien er blevet omdrejningspunktet i fotoudstillingen.
Efter samtalen serveres hjemmelavet tapas med lækre økologiske råvarer i museets café. Her kan tilkøbes bobler, vin, øl og vand. I løbet af aftenen er der rig mulighed for at opleve udstillingen ”Faraway Nearby” på egen hånd.
Fotoklubben: Look no further – just listen
Are you new to Copenhagen Photo Festival? And maybe curious about what how photography connects with festival? Or do you just want to get into that photo festival feeling? Then look no further – just listen!
The Danish podcast duo Christian Klintholm and Kim William Catton also known as fotoklubben.dk has a new episode out about their visit to last year's photo festival.
Fotoklubben on tour
The two podcasters who regularly produce podcasts where they interview established photographers and talk about photography went on a road trip to last year's festival. In the episode you can join Fotoklubben as they visit some of the exhibitions at our Festival Center at Refshaleøen, attend a workshop and visit one of the Festival Partner Venues, where they interview the artist Balder Olrik.
The podcast is available on Spotify, Podimo and other podcast platforms.
Stream Fotoklubben here
An Eye Opening Festival Experience!
Finally, we can present you with the first edit of the exhibition programme for this summer's Copenhagen Photo Festival - both at our Festival Center on Refshaleøen and among our Festival Partner Venues throughout the Copenhagen area and Skåne. It is going to be an eye-opening festival experience!
And how we have looked forward! There is so much good in store for all art and photography lovers! From Char Davies wild virtual world at Fotografisk Center and Astrid Kruse Jensen at Martin Asbæk Gallery to the curatorial collective TOFU Collective's exhibition of Chinese contemporary art photography presented in our exhibition park at our Festival Center on Refshaleøen.
In the Festival Center you can of course also experience the solo exhibitions with each of our three open call winners Hien Hoang, Alexandra Rose Howland and Krista Svalbonas as well as a Norwegian group exhibition about the female gaze, A Female Gaze, curated by Norwegian Charlotte Wiig.
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En øjenåbnende festivaloplevelse!
Endelig kan vi løfte sløret for den første stribe af udstillinger på programmet til sommerens Copenhagen Photo Festival – både i vores Festival Centrum på Refshaleøen og blandt vores Festival Partner Venues rundt om i hele Københavnsområdet og Skåne. Det bliver en øjenåbnende festivaloplevelse!
Og hvor har vi glædet os, for der er så meget godt i vente! Fra Char Davies vilde virtuelle verden på Fotografisk Center og Astrid Kruse Jensen på Martin Asbæk Gallery til kuratorkollektivet TOFU Collective’s udstilling af kinsesiske samtidsfotografer i vores udstillingspark ved Festival Centrum på Refshaleøen.
I Festival Centrum kan man naturligvis også opleve soloudstillingerne med hver af vores tre open call vindere Hien Hoang, Alexandra Rose Howland og Krista Svalbonas samt ikke mindst en norsk gruppeudstilling om det kvindelige blik, A Female Gaze, kurateret af norske Charlotte Wiig.
Hold dig festival-ajour
I de næste dage og uger løfter vi sløret for endnu flere af de mange fantastiske fotoudstillinger, events og talks, som du kan opleve på årets fotofestival. Hvis du vil holde dig helt ajour med alt, hvad festivalen kan tilbyde, anbefaler vi dig at følge med på vores sociale medier – eller tilmelde dig vores nyhedsbrev. Her får du alle de største festivalhighlights, invitationer til ferniseringer og special events serveret direkte i indbakken!