After months of preparations and research, TODAY is the day we present the Living Copenhagen projects in Public Works: An Urban Outdoor Exhibition. We hope you can make it, so grab your bike or walking shoes and head over to Tåsinge Plads to pick up a program and map. We are offering guided tours every hour from the Living Copenhagen crew, however if you feel like taking your own, here’s a suggested route:

At Tåsinge Plads, You will see the installation from This Space For Rent.  Tours and a workshop will be offered by One Bike a Day.  Also in development is the Instant Mødested headquarter space, that over the course of the weekend will resemble a built city.

Then head down Vennemindevej to see the Play for Signs headquarter and get the low-down on their signs strategically placed throughout the neighborhood.

Continue down Vennemindevej to the grassy space in front of Kildevælds Church where Child Researchers will be constructing a monumental dragon! They are looking for helping hands if you feel intrigued to build.

Next, go to Han Knudsens Plads to see Living Space. They will be talking about the forthcoming first bi-annual Skt. Kjelds Plant Swap taking place on May 19th: a time for exchanging seeds, DIY techniques, socializing, and meeting new friends. Also, Adopt-a-Plant will be open for residents looking for more responsibility in their lives.

Between the hours of 14.00-16.00, stop by Kallaallisut Naatsiivik, where there will be a challenge to come up with the longest name for the garden space.

We break from 18.00-21.00 and we will resume at Tåsinge Plads with film screening on public art, urban space and community by Fallen Fruit, Wooloo and others. Bring your own chair or blanket.

Thanks to everyone for all the help and support thus far! Its been a real journey living here in Copenhagen.
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Unfortunately, we had to cancel Brandon LaBelle’s talk on April 26 – we took the open time to schedule a fantastic film by Madhusree Dutta. Please, join us for the screening at PB43, the Tower at 20.00.

The Living Copenhagen Film Series hosts an international and local selection of film and video works, which approach the complexity of the contemporary city through different perspectives, methods, stories and optics.

TO THE SEVEN GODDESSES  WHO REIGN OVER BOM BAHIA / BOMBAY / MUMBAI, 

The multilingual Bombay, the Bombay of closed mills, of popular culture, sprawling slums and real estate onslaughts, the metropolis of numerous ghettos, the El Dorado. A tale of the city through a tapestry of fiction, cinema vérité, art objects, found footage, sound installation and literary texts.

The narrative is structured around imaginary debates between Ismat Chugtai and Sadat Hasan Manto over the art of chronicling these multi-layered overlapping cities. Shot mainly during the monsoon the film portrays some extremely beautiful yet ruthlessly violent features of Bombay which, generally, are not part of the popular narratives.

(Madhusree Dutta)