Kunsthal Charlottenborg launches its first Biennale titled Poet Slash Artist. The international art exhibition is shown in the streets, train stations and bus stops all across Denmark. → See list of cities in week 1 here

Poet Slash Artist, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Lemn Sissay, is an exploration of poets who work with visual art and visual artists who work with poetry. The exhibition was originally commissioned and produced by the Manchester International Festival (MIF) and HOME in July 2021 and is now shown in a new version across Denmark bringing together cultures, continents, languages and generations with works by 35 Danish and international artists and poets.

The participating artists are: Etel Adnan, Adonis, Jay Bernard, Anne Boyer, Julien Creuzet, Imtiaz Dharker, Jimmie Durham, Jeannette Ehlers, Inua Ellams, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Tracey Emin, Renee Gladman, Vivienne Griffin, Lubaina Himid, Sky Hopinka, Isaiah Hull, Jakob Jakobsen, Cassie Augusta Jørgensen, Miriam Kongstad, Tarek Lakhrissi, Lebogang Mashifane, Friederike Mayröcker, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang, Jota Mombaça, Precious Okoyomon, Heather Phillipson, Lea Porsager, Lea Guldditte Hestelund & Olga Ravn, Tabita Rezaire, Tiffany Sia, Amalie Smith, Cecilia Vicuña, Xu Bing, Gozo Yoshimasu.

The works of art at this year’s Biennale can be seen in several hundred places on streets, bus stops and train stations throughout Denmark from 15 November to 31 December 2021. The large distribution means that 84% of the Danish population can experience works from the exhibition around the country. The works can also be experienced together from 27.-31. December 2021 at Nørreport Station and in the courtyard at Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen.

Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale Poet Slash Artist is produced in collaboration with AFA JCDecaux and shown on AFA JCDecaux’s nationwide advertising panels. Kunsthal Charlottenborg has previously had exhibition collaborations with AFA JCDecaux in both 2017 (Yoko Ono –Transmission) and 2019 (It’s Urgent!) and has now formalized the collaboration, so that in the future an international Biennale exhibition will be arranged all over Denmark every other year.

The exhibition in Denmark is supported by the Obel Family Foundation, Augustinus Foundation and the Danish Arts Council.

Photo collage: Tracey Emin, It’s a Crime to Live with the Person You Don’t Love, 2021. Poet Slash Artist, Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale. Copyright Tracey Emin. Photography: White Cube (Theo Christelis). Originally commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival and HOME in July 2021.

Kunsthal Charlottenborg lancerer sin første biennale med titlen Poet Slash Artist. Den internationale kunstudstilling vises på gader, togstationer og busstoppesteder i hele Danmark.  → Se listen over byer i uge 1 her

Poet Slash Artist er kurateret af Hans Ulrich Obrist og Lemn Sissay, og er en udforskning af digtere, der arbejder med billedkunst og billedkunstnere, der arbejder med poesi. Poet Slash Artist blev oprindeligt vist og produceret af Manchester International Festival (MIF) og HOME i juli 2021 og vises nu i en ny version på tværs af Danmark, der samler kulturer, kontinenter, sprog og generationer med værker af 36 danske og internationale kunstnere og digtere.

De deltagende kunstnere er: Etel Adnan, Adonis, Jay Bernard, Anne Boyer, Julien Creuzet, Imtiaz Dharker, Jimmie Durham, Jeannette Ehlers, Inua Ellams, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Tracey Emin, Renee Gladman, Vivienne Griffin, Lubaina Himid, Sky Hopinka, Isaiah Hull, Jakob Jakobsen, Cassie Augusta Jørgensen, Miriam Kongstad, Tarek Lakhrissi, Lebogang Mashifane, Friederike Mayröcker, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang, Jota Mombaça, Precious Okoyomon, Heather Phillipson, Lea Porsager, Lea Guldditte Hestelund & Olga Ravn, Tabita Rezaire, Tiffany Sia, Amalie Smith, Cecilia Vicuña, Xu Bing, Gozo Yoshimasu.

I forbindelse med åbningen af udstillingen inviteres der lørdag den 20. november kl. 14-17 til talks og oplæsninger i Festsalen på Charlottenborg. Efterfølgende vil et udvalg af værkerne kunne ses i gården på Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Læs mere her.

Kunstværkerne på årets biennale kan opleves flere hundrede steder på gader, busstoppesteder og togstationer over hele Danmark fra 15. november – 31. december 2021. Den store udbredelse gør, at 84% af den danske befolkning kunne opleve værker fra udstillingen rundt omkring i landet. Værkerne kan også opleves samlet fra 27.-31. december 2021 på Nørreport Station og i gården på Kunsthal Charlottenborg i København.

Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale Poet Slash Artist produceres i samarbejde med AFA JCDecaux og vises på AFA JCDecaux’s landsdækkende reklamepaneler. Kunsthal Charlottenborg har tidligere haft udstillingssamarbejder med AFA JCDecaux i både 2017 (Yoko Ono –Transmission) og 2019 (It’s Urgent!) og har nu formaliseret samarbejdet, så der i fremtiden arrangeres en international biennale udstilling over hele Danmark hvert andet år.

Udstillingen er støttet af Det Obelske Familiefond, Augustinus Fonden og Statens Kunstfond.