Platform - Benjamin A. H. Harpsøe x Anna Clarisse Holck Wæhrens
We are excited to announce the final Platform exhibition of the season. The sixth in the series. Join us for visual artist Benjamin A. H. Harpsøe's exhibition, Dreams of a Childhood (Barndommens gade).
Benjamin A. H. Harpsøe's intention with the exhibition is to show an emotional and distraught insight in a difficult childhood on Christianias Pusherstreet, through 3D printed sculpture, collage, sound and moving picture. The show is curated by Anna Clarisse Holck Wæhrens.
Don't miss the opening of Dreams of a Childhood on Thursday 5 December 4-7 PM. To mark the occasion, jazz musician Jess Harpsøe, accompanied by his band Chairman of the Board, will perform. Jess is the head of the iconic jazz club Børneteatret at Christianias - and also Benjamin's father!
Free Admission. Come celebrate the opening with us!
Save the date! On January 16th, from 4-6 PM, we will be hosting a conversation between Benjamin A. H. Harpsøe and artist Joachim Koester. Both artists share a unique and complex connection to the freetown Christiania. More info later. Free Admission.
About Benjamin A. H. Harpsøe
Benjamin A. H. Harpsøe's (b. 1986) sculptures explore the agency and energy of objects, challenging the perceived opposition between subject and object. He uses present-day production tools such as 3D printing and scanning to create intricate sculptures that blur the boundaries between the natural and artificial. In his recent work Harpsøe engages with his upbringing in Christiania from a somewhat uncomfortable position between the community ‘s unseen hierarchy and the extraneous pressure from the Danish state. Benjamin A. H. Harpsøe Holds a MFA from Malmö Art Academy, a BFA from Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag and participated in a year-long residency at The Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm. He has exhibited with amongst others Kunsthal Charlottenborg (DK), Gallery Ron Mandos (NL), Ta·da (DK), pro tempore.art (DK), Indebt Gallery (NL), OK Corral (DK), OUTPOST Gallery (DK) and I would die for anything (DE).
About Anna Clarisse Holck Wæhrens
Anna Clarisse Holck Wæhrens (b. 1993) has a master’s degree in design, specialized in textile design, from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design (2022). She has a unique insight in curation and contemporary- and emerging art through the curator platform pro tempore.art which she co-founded in 2017. Wæhrens is the former Director of the gallery OUTPOST (2020-2023) in Copenhagen, Denmark, and has been working with renown galleries such as V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (2015-2023) and Etage Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark (2016-2017) along with institutions such as Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark (2019), Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark (2021) and Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark (2023). Wæhrens recently co-started the platform SMARCH WORLD, a platform for textile, wearables, installation and performance.