Part Time Paradise & Frik collection | David Risley Gallery

Two storeys up in an appartment on Bredgade, Copenhagen, dutch artist Helen Frik exhibits twenty years of clay and ceramic works. The expression raw, sketchy & direct.

On ground floor: Henry Krokatsis mirror collages Part Time Paradise.
Both exhibitions at David Risley Gallery until January 21st.

Contribute? The DPP:s

DPP has an interesting issue coming up – Beyond ‘Progressive’ Designing – critically reflecting on contemporary progressive design practices eg social design; participatory design; design for social innovation; human-centred design.
Furthermore DPP is also looking for contributors for coming issues with themes as What comes after design?, Design and development, In love with things and Post-natural ecologies.

INSPIRATION: Sigríður Níelsdóttir

At the age of 70 Sigríður Níelsdóttir began making & recording her own music, using her kitchen as her studio, sampling the waterfall of her kitchen sink to old cassettes from the local library. 

The joy for sounds & music, the lust and the diligence of her work truly inspires and there is no wonder why she has influenced so many icelandic musicians. 

In seven years Sigríður Níelsdóttir recorded and released 59 records and over 600 songs.

The documentary film Grandma Lo-Fi invites you to her world & leave you utterly inspired. 

CDRW_111111: CREATIVE WARRIORS RAINBOW DESTRUCTION: Stills from video-session:

DFP @ Facebook: facebook.com/dancewithdfp

Malmö: Power & Women

For some time, the subject women & power, women in & out of power, and women empowerment has increasingly poked on my attention. 

Next week, coincidently it seems, this will be the subject to dig deeper into as 4 events takes place in Malmö, all with some different focuses.

On Tuesday 8th Nov, Doc Lounge screens the documentary film Women Art Revolution (2010). The film takes off in the 60s feminist art-movement when female artists and feminists begin to take action against discrimination within the art-establishment in the U.S.

"You can't be what you can't see"

Next, the day after, Wednesday 9th Nov, STPLN hosts the Swedish premiere of another american documentary – Miss Representation (2011).

Miss Representation raises the issue of growing up in a society increasingly shaped by & in the media. It focuses on the mediated image of women & the fact that women are under-represented in positions of power. 

The screening at STPLN will be followed by discussion for the audience to take part in.

3rdly the weekend 12-13 November Feministiskt Forum Malmö is arranged, with the purpose to create a venue for different feminist movements within the city.

And last but not least is the event Kvinna och partiledare – ett samtal om maktens strukturer i Sverige at Moriska Paviljongen. Invited to the panel discussion are three of the most well known swedish female politicians, all formerly leaders of different political partys. The topic is power structures in Sweden and will discuss power & gender in Sweden taking these politicians own experiences as examples.

The talk is initiated by FI, swedish political feminist party & moderator is the political editor of newspaper Sydsvenskan Heidi Avellan.

And a P.S.

 

Madeleine Albright in a TEDTalk on being a woman & a diplomat.

PLAY at CPH:DOX

Tomorrow is the first day of Copenhagen's 11 days long documentary film festival CPH:DOX 2011.

This weekend I am especially curious about Ruben Östlund's new film PLAY, that premiered earlier this year.

The format is called dramatised re-enactment & is based on a series of events of severe gang-bullying that happened in Gothenburg a couple of years ago.

Östlund is also coming for a masterclass on The National Film School of Denmark on Saturday to talk about his work-methods & the swedish welfare-reality.

CPH:DOX also features short films, audio-visual works, a collaboration with the National Gallery of Denmark as well as a special theme called Food on Film.

Documentary: We Were Here

The documentary We Were Here by David Weissman won the audience award at Mix Copenhagen Festival 2011 that ended yesterday. The story based in San Francisco & the renowned The Castro acts as a reminder of the immense AIDS-tragedy that struck the gay community in the 80s. But even more it becomes a homage to the people that have passed & all the people that engaged themselves, a community joining together, that struggled to create awareness, researching the disease & developing medication, as well as fighting for their civil rights.

Exhibition: FANTABULOUS COLOURING: Christoph Ruckhäberle – The Pervert

Yesterday was opening night for a range of exhibitions in Copenhagen.
One was Christoph Ruckhäberle's exhibition The Pervert at Galleri Nikolai Wallner.
It features paintings & drawings in oil, aquarelle & ink.
I especially fell for the color-work on the oil-paintings. (the web-photos don't at all give justice to the original art-work, needs to be experienced first-look)

TEDTalk: Chimamanda Adichiem

Some time ago I stumbled across this Ted-talk, where author Chimamanda Adichiem present some nuances on prejudice, how stereotype stories are repeated & the importance of diversity in literature & media-reports.

http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html          

Enjoy! 

Basquiat BASQUIAT!!

For a long time, the name Basquiat didn't mean much or anything special to me.
Until I watched the documentary The Radiant Child by Tamra Davis.

Now, and until January 11th 2012 Arken is exhibiting pieces from the Warhol | Basquiat collaboration.





Inspired & over-enthusiasmed.

Sense Pairs & Your Blind Passenger

In class a couple of weeks ago a project came up as an example of perspective-shifting design.

It was the game Sense Pairs, developed by Gizem Boyacioglu. One of the things she tried to explore was "to help make a change in sighted people's perceptions about blindness; what we think it is and what it actually is"

  

I have not yet had the opportunity to experience the Olafur Eliasson exhibition at Arken Your Blind Passenger, though it seems to be just as an perspective-altering experience as the one of the Sense Pairs. 

"The narrow tunnel was so dense with fog you were unable to see, yet you could navigate your way through without ever bumping into another visitor or the wall, trusting your other senses to guide you. It was intense & fascinating to feel how these other senses were enhanced." (As one visitor told me)

Revolver (2005)

Quoted from Revolver by Guy Ritchie

RADIORADIORADIO

2 of my favourite radio-shows Radiolab & Filosofiska rummet (in swedish) feature 2 diametrically different themes, both equally interesting. 

Women Reshaping the world

Another link to remember:

http://www.ted.com/themes/women_reshaping_the_world.html

Super Interesting Lectures!

on social sustainability. Lectures by:  Ramia mazé, Peter Nicholson & Hamid Arastoopour


http://www.vimeo.com/21176249


http://www.vimeo.com/21737702


http://www.vimeo.com/21761325


http://www.vimeo.com/22361030


http://www.vimeo.com/22532055


http://www.vimeo.com/22748494

book DESIGN ACT

interactive institute releases book: http://www.design-act.se/

länkar till självet

http://www.desphilosophy.com/dpp/home.html

http://www.desphilosophy.com/dpp/dpp_journal/journal.html

http://greenfutures.washington.edu/

Performance by dfp & Triumph-Adler at Hedmanska Gården on August 24th

On August 24th the creative destruction will detonate on Hedmanska Gården, Malmö.
Triumph-Adler makes the miraculous sounds!

Be there!
Performance starts at 8:30, just after sunset...

The performance is part of the Polish Connection on Malmöfestivalen.


View the video -trailer on youtube.

CASTING i Malmö 9 augusti // CASTING in MALMÖ 9th of August

C A S T I N G
9 AUGUSTI


Till tidernas show i Malmö under Malmöfestivalen (läs: Creative Destruction) 24 augusti söker vi fantastiska manliga statister & modeller.
(och ev kvinnor i drag)

Du behöver inte se ut på något särskilt sätt, ha modellat eller stått på scen innan men är peppad på att vara del av denna helhetsupplevelse.
Ålder : ca 20 - 65 år / Längd: ca 170 - 190 cm / Storlek: ca M

CASTING: 9 AUGUSTI i Malmö

Skicka en intresseanmälan, gärna med foto till: dinfavoritpolack(at)gmail.com så bokar vi in en tid.

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We're looking for models for an epic performance at Malmöfestivalen on August 24th

You don't have to have to be an experienced model as long as you're interested in being part of creating this experience.

Age: 20 - 65 years / Height: 170 - 190 / Size: ca M


E-mail: dinfavoritpolack(at)gmail.com & we'll book your casting.

COLLECTING JUNK! SAMLAR IN GREJOR!

Till ett konstprojekt söker vi grejor som kommer att samlas in i Malmöområdet perioden 25 juli - 3 augusti.


Vi söker:

- gamla cykelhjul: cykelslangar & nav
- reflexer, plexiglas, transparent plast

- SKUMPLAST / skumgummimadrasser

- elplaströr
- kabel
- rep (så långa som möjligt, olika tjocklekar)
- kedjor/ metallnät
- ståltråd
- metallrör/plaströr (typ gammal dammsugarrör/slang, bromsrör)

- träskivor/spånskivor ca 1.5m x 1.5-2m
- elektrisk skrivmaskin

ÖNSKAS / ÖNSKAS LÅNA:
- screen-ramar (ca A2 - A3-storlek)
- benbockar (helst höj/sänkbara)
- 2 projektorer (önskas låna ca 12 - 25 augusti)

Hör av er till dinfavoritpolack(at)gmail.com.
Det finns också ett event på facebook, där kan ni skriva på eventväggen:
JUNK IN YOUR TRUNK

Tack på förhand!
/dfp