Ny kunst til væggen? Tag med til Fotomarked i Absalon
English below 👇🏼
“Vi ønsker at fejre det, der findes allerede og opfordrer til i bæredygtighedens navn at puste liv i alle de skønne fotoprint, der ligger i skufferne og fortjener at blive vist frem – og måske endda komme op på væggen derhjemme” - Maja Dyrehauge Gregersen
Er du vild med samtidkunst og fotografi? Eller har du en forkærlighed for fotografi fra alle tider? Så tag med på Fotomarkedet den 11. november. Copenhagen Photo Festival og Absalon har slået sig sammen om at lave et fælles fotomarked i Absalons skønne rammer på Sønder Boulevard på Vesterbro – et af de mest livlige og farverige kultur- og eventsteder i byen.
Salen i Absalon vil være fyldt med boder med alt fra ‘fundne fotografier’ til kunst- og dokumentarfotografi af både etablerede og spirende fotografer, og der vil være rig lejlighed til at møde fotograferne og få en snak om værkerne og historierne bag.
Få ny fotokunst med hjem til væggen eller samlingen
Det er første gang Absalon og Copenhagen Photo Festival samarbejder om et fotomarked. Markedsgæsterne vil få rig mulighed til at købe lækre prints i næsten alle genrer og prisklasser fra ca. 50-1500 kr.
“Vi ønsker at fremhæve de mange dygtige fotografer herhjemme ved at få deres fotografi bredt ud til alle os, som værdsætter kunst og fotografi uden at betragte os selv som samlere. På fotomarkedet får du mulighed for at købe et værk med en personlig historie til en fair pris, og hvor du tilmed støtter fotografens arbejde,” fortæller Maja Dyrehauge Gregersen, festivaldirektør. “Vi ønsker at fejre det, der findes allerede og opfordrer til i bæredygtighedens navn at puste liv i alle de skønne fotoprint, der ligger i skufferne og fortjener at blive vist frem – og måske endda komme op at hænge på væggen derhjemme.”
Det er gratis at komme ind og gå på opdagelse i de mange skønne fotos.
Markedet er åbent fra kl. 10-15 lørdag den 11. november.
Find vej her: Absalon, Sønderboulevard 73, Vesterbro
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"We want to celebrate what already exists and encourage, in the name of sustainability, to breathe life into all the beautiful photo prints that are in the drawers and deserve to be shown." – Maja Dyrehauge Gregersen, festival director
No matter if you are a newbie art collector, a photo connoisseur or a curious enthusiast, the Photo Print Market on 11 november will be something for you. Copenhagen Photo Festival and Absalon at Vesterbro have teamed up to create our first joint photo market in Absalon's beautiful house on Sønder Boulevard in Vesterbro – one of the most colourful and vibrant venues in Copenhagen.
The hall in Absalon will be filled with stalls with everything from 'found photographs' to art and documentary photography by both established and emerging photographers, and there will be ample opportunity to meet the photographers and have a chat about the works and the stories behind them.
Bring new life to your photo prints
"We want to highlight the many talented photographers by making their photography widely available to all of us who appreciate art and photography without considering ourselves collectors. At the photo market you get the opportunity to buy a work with a personal story at a fair price, and where you also support the photographer's work," says Maja Dyrehauge Gregersen, festival director. "We want to celebrate what already exists and encourage, in the name of sustainability, to breathe life into all the beautiful photo prints that are in the drawers and deserve to be shown."
It is free to visit the Photo Print Market and it will be open from 10 am to 3 pm on 11 november.
How to find it: Absalon, Sønderboulevard 73, Vesterbro
We look forward to seeing you there!
Berglin’s bird homage to Audubon
Image credit: Erik Berglin from The Bird Project
The Swedish photographer artist Erik Berglin, who is one of the headliners at the festival center, is giving a very special birdwatching tour in collaboration with Dansk Ornitologisk Forening (Danish Ornithology Association) on Vesterbro 2 June. The artist will take us scouting for exotic birds on the urban walls of Vesterbro. The tour and urban bird exhibition is part of the artist's 12 year long The Bird Project that has rewilded cities across the globe with life size exotic birds.
Join us for a unique and exotic birdwatching tour of Vesterbro Friday 2 June when one of the festival headliners is taking us for a rewilding tour of Vesterbro spotting exotic birds on the city walls.
Over a period of twelve years the Swedish photographer artist Erik Berglin wheat-pasted hand cut photographs of birds in cities all around the world and now in connection with his exhibition at Copenhagen Photo Festival he has done the same thing in Vesterbro.
Rewilding cities across the globe with life size birds
For The Bird Project each bird is made in natural size and placed in a carefully selected location and then documented by the artist. In total Berglin placed no less than 4982 photographs of birds that were wheat-pasted in twelve cities all around the world.
“I sourced ornithology books in antiquarian bookshops and libraries. Suitable images were scanned, edited and reprinted. A few years into the project I learned about the American ornithologist John James Audubon’s monumental book Birds of America, from 1838,” Erik Berglin explains.
Inspired by Audubon’s Birds of America
“I was fascinated to learn that Audubon had also worked with bird illustrations in scale 1:1 (just like I had been doing on facades). It had taken Audubon 12 years to complete his book, so I decided to turn my project into an homage to Audubon and keep it going for 12 years and then I made a book with the same dimensions as Birds of America (100x 70 cm).”
“Remember to bring binoculars”
For the 2 June tour Eric Berglin will take us through the streets of Vesterbro to spot out the more than 20 exotic birds in life size around Vesterbro. During the tour he will talk about the species we find, about their natural habitat and his project rewilding the cities around the world. The project combines ornithology, storytelling and street art/street photography the photographer explains and for the tour he reminds participants: “Remember to bring binoculars”.
The Bird Project is supported by Vesterbro Lokaludvalg and Dansk Ornitologisk Forening.
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What: Art tour in Vesterbro with photographer Erik Berglin
Where: The tour takes off from Naturbutikken, Vesterbrogade 138, 1620 København V (home of Dansk Ornitologisk Forening)
When: 2 June 4.30-5.15