GUIDED TOUR • FUTURES Nordic Talents • CPF
GUIDED TOUR • FUTURES Nordic Talents • CPF
Join us at our VÆKST exhibition park for an engaging Walk & Talk session with this year’s selected FUTURES Nordic talents.
This event provides the opportunity to directly connect with this year’s selected artists from the FUTURES program and hear about the projects firsthand from the artist. FUTURES is a platform supporting emerging artists through professional development, networking, and collaboration with leading art institutions.
This year’s selected artists are Andreas Hopfgarten, Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø, Marcus Gustafsson, and Maria Høy Hansen.
This guided tour led by the 2025 FUTURES Nordic talents and the CPF team will offer a unique opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions relating to the themes of their work. Participants will gain insight from the artists about their projects and creative processes, and connect with the next generation of Nordic photographers.
About VÆKST
VÆKST functions as Copenhagen Photography Festival new venue (and former festival center) focusing specifically on young talent, experimentation, and interdisciplinary exchange. VÆKST brings together exhibitions, performances, installations, and concerts by emerging Nordic artists working across photography, sound, movement, and visual art. Through programmes like VÆKST Creatives, FUTURES, and exhibitions by leading Nordic photography schools, the venue becomes a platform for artistic growth and dialogue. With free entry and an open, playful atmosphere, it invites you to explore new narratives, encounter fresh perspectives, and be part of an inspiring and ever-evolving creative community.
Opening days
12-18 June · 11 am to 8 pm
EXHIBITION · Filling in the Gaps · FUTURES Talent Marcus Gustafsson · CPF
EXHIBITION · Filling in the Gaps · FUTURES Talent Marcus Gustafsson · CPF
Visit our VÆKST exhibition park to experience the solo exhibitions of the 2025 FUTURES Nordic Talents, including Andreas Hopfgarten, Frida Jersø, Marcus Gustafsson, and Maria Høy Hansen.
Filling in the Gaps is a deeply personal project by Swedish photographer, Marcus Gustafsson, focused on familial history, memory, and human connection. The series brings together Gustafsson’s own photographs with archival photographs taken by members of his family, incorporating mixed-media manipulations, such as painting, drawing, and taping.
The project offers a visual dialogue that engages with themes of family, trauma, and reconciliation, encouraging the viewer to consider how we can use archival material to reconstruct memories and navigate the spaces between the remembered, imagined, and unknown. By weaving together the past and present, Filling in the Gaps reflects on the ways in which personal narratives are constructed, altered, and reinterpreted over time.
About VÆKST
VÆKST functions as Copenhagen Photography Festival new venue (and former festival center) focusing specifically on young talent, experimentation, and interdisciplinary exchange. VÆKST brings together exhibitions, performances, installations, and concerts by emerging Nordic artists working across photography, sound, movement, and visual art. Through programmes like VÆKST Creatives, FUTURES, and exhibitions by leading Nordic photography schools, the venue becomes a platform for artistic growth and dialogue. With free entry and an open, playful atmosphere, it invites you to explore new narratives, encounter fresh perspectives, and be part of an inspiring and ever-evolving creative community.
Opening days
12-18 June · 11 am to 8 pm