onsdagsskolen 2017 - 2018 year 02 #01 body+building salon 01.12.17 #02 spring school in skagen week 15 #03 summer school in skagen week 35
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ONSDAGSSKOLEN er en forening, som siden 2016 har afholdt workshops, saloner og sommerskoler for studerende og nyuddannede kunstnere, designere og arkitekter. Skolen har ikke en fast adresse, men indtager tegnestuer, kontorer eller tomme bygninger i Danmark efter behov. Form og indhold varierer fra gang til gang - med et fælles fokus på arbejdsmetoder og teknikker gennem hands-on praktiske forløb. Medlemmer af foreningen og andre tilmelder sig fra gang til gang. ONSDAGSSKOLEN er arrangeret af arkitekt Susanne Eeg. ONSDAGSSKOLEN (the Wednesday School) is an association, which since 2016 have arranged workshops, salons and summer schools for students and newly educated artists, designers and architects. The school does not have a permanent address, but occupies studios, offices or empty buildings in Denmark as needed. The form and content vary from time to time - with a common focus on working methods and techniques through hands-on practical processes. Members of the association and others sign up from time to time. ONSDAGSSKOLEN is arranged by architect Susanne Eeg.
Space as body - body as space, what are the contemporary relations between body and space? Contemporary transformation of space and body. Relations between performance and the activated space. BODY+BUILDING SALON A salon curated by JAC Studios and ONSDAGSSKOLEN BODY+BUILDING SALON has invited a variety of speakers and performers to investigate issues on the topic of the performative interiority interiors that stage the body or bodies staging the interior. We wish for the salon to be an evening of food, drinks, good company and the exchange of thoughts on practice and theory related to performative interiors. Statements or questions such as the following could be staged, discussed and/or performed:
Creation of everyday illusions, the staged everyday objects in relation to function versus non function? Performance, fashion and the modern interior, the interior read as a stage upon which modern life and lifestyles are consciously fashioned and performed? New conditions of urban space, when interior is performed in public space, activism, public art performance, sports and play etc. Talks will be in Danish or English. ******ONLY 50 TICKETS FOR SALE****** Food, drink and brain massage included in the price.
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The workshop ’Architecture of Skagen – Before and Now’ is an international workshop with the aim of developing and executing an exhibition with one theme experienced through a variation of approaches. The town of Skagen is the northernmost town in Denmark and located on the top of the Jutland peninsula. It is widely known for the Scandinavian artist colony ‘Skagensmalerne’, who gathered and worked in Skagen from the late 1870s until the turn of the century. Skagen’s architecture history is popularly referred to as ”black, yellow, red” based on the color of the building mass over three periods of time. But the architecture in Skagen is far more than just the colors of the buildings, and the colors of the buildings are far more than just black, yellow and red. The architecture and history of Skagen is exciting, colorful and filled with clashes and meetings between people. For example, meetings between local fishermen and traveled artists. Two groups of people who together and in their own way have put their mark on the city and not least the physical frameworks, which today are an important and very visible part of Skagen. The workshop aims to illuminate the town’s architectural and historical development seen through the eyes of current architects, designers and artists.
The worldfamous architect Jørn Utzon created a unique architectural building in Skagen. The purpose was to house exhibitions about the distinctive landscape of the area. Now this building is transforming into a centre of nordic design and architecture. With an emphasis on collaboration and education. The participants will be expected to take part in a two day workshop with focus on the town, the exhibition space and the development of individual concepts. After the two days and the presentations of all developed concepts a space will be assigned to each project and there will be five days to execute and finalise all projects. Materials are included in the workshop – be it posters or bricks. International participants from the fields of art, design and architecture are welcome. This is a hands-on workshop for the student or professional, that enjoy both the fast process of developing a concept as well as the creation and build itself. The workshop takes place in Skagen during week 15, 2018 and is conducted by ”Onsdagsskolen”, a non-profit organisation and network of volunteer tutors, researchers and professionals that aim to create and offer different events to students and young professionals of subjects such as art, design and architecture. Accommodation, meals and materials are included.
The workshop “Architecture of Skagen – Before and Now“ from ONSDAGSSKOLEN was a very memorable workshop programme. I am an artist who is interested in occurring forms in different contexts. I had an intensive time there thinking about architectural facade forms in the historical context of a city. and how it related to my practice. The first two days were very intense, the participants were from many different backgrounds. We participated in a workshop from local experts about the history of Skagen architecture and heard private stories about individual buildings in Skagen. From that workshop I developed an idea about understanding a facade as a fluent form by time. The following days we worked on our projects for the exhibition. Susanne, who organised the programme took care of us and treated us very well. Finding materials and information about our own projects was always warmly helped by the local people. In between the intensive one week schedule, Susanne also organised a little sightseeing of the beautiful nature of Skagen and we visited the local museums. I met very good people there and I am still in contact with them. I am very grateful to ONSDAGSSKOLEN for giving me this chance. SHINAE KIM Artist Republic of Korea
‘FRONT-BACK’ MIMI RAVN & IDA BLICHFELD textile designers denmark
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Marie Hansen died in 1953 after having managed the guesthouse and hotel Strandly in Skagen from 1905. She expanded and improved the building on Østr Strandvej several times, and built a real hotel building in 1920 after design by architect Harry Hansen from Nykøbing Falster.
SHINAE KIM Artist Republic of Korea What is a line, what is a plane and what is a space? Using installations and sculptures as a stage, Korean artist Shinae Kim is interested in exploring the concept of ‘episodic space’. Asking fundamental questions about how we perceive the environment around us and how our spatial perception is defined and altered. Shinae Kim’s project is opening the extension to the Strandly Hotel building again but also keeping the elements. She took the extension parts of the facade and reconstructed them as individual elements on the glass walls of the exhibition space. Two dimensional facade elements are installed in a three dimensional space, giving time experience and movement between the elements.
‘NODE’
Juhee and I participated in a 1 week residency to create an exhibition about the architecture of Skagen with fellow 6 artists. Both of us were literally ecstatic during this experience, with so much amount of input - a space given with freedom and limitation, rich informations coming from excursions to sharings of personal archives and memories, geological factors we digested with our own bodies, etc.,- in relation to the fixed time to generate the output. During the process, we witnessed the transitions of Skagen that had taken in the past, and was happening in the present. The transformations were slow to be detected with our naked eyes compared to norm phenomenons we come across everyday, however, they were super fast regarding that it was a phenomenon of population, architecture, and landscapes.
As a result of all that and other inputs (e.g. constant consumption of pseudo-Danish breakfast and lunch, basic and heavy dinner, cycling against the wind of 22m/h, hunting for buoys and ropes, talking to fishing industry men), we produced few meaningless but productive, repetitive movements, a fishy scent inside the Odde Nature Centre, and with the help from the other 6 artists, managed to finish our installation, Node/Knudepunkt. HENNIE LEE & JUHEE HAHM scenographer & designer Republic of Korea
‘Kama’ is the name of a merchant vessel, which sailed regularly on voyages from Skagen to Langeland in the early 20th century. It is also the name that Marius August Oesen, a successful Fishmonger, gave to his home and is marked in true Skagen tradition with the vessel name plate hung above the front door ‘Kama’ inscribed in gold. With further success he remodelled and extended the house to grand effect. The most striking addition being two stark white Palladian columns that form an Aedicula. It is like the entrance to a temple and moving through it, a ritual.
‘KAMA’ SHAUN RYDER architect united kingdom
The installation is made as a response to the narratives I have uncovered during the week and my felt experience of Skagen as a place. It is an installation designed as a gesture, to invite people outside and experience the elements that cause the unique natural landscape of the area to be so radical, the wind and the light. The choice of materials are drawn from my fascination with the local vernacular architecture, especially the half-timber framed construction where the structures are often deformed and twisted from sinking foundations. The bell is a signature, turning the passage into a ritualistic act.
Iridescent light reflecting off large, low rectangular windows, a crisp wind, the relentless call and answer of a rusted bicycle chain disappearing with it’s owner, and stillness. I had arrived in Skagen.
‘THE IDEAL’
RHIANNON HUNTER artist united kingdom
On our first morning we mounted Danish bikes and peddled the town with local historian, Hans, absorbing his words and taking ample photos. The week continued to unfold with planned consideration for our exposure to knowledge and inspiration in order to respond to the brief. We saw the two seas meet on the peninsula, learnt about the local prison-turned archive center and were fuelled by traditional local dishes. Having the opportunity to create a shared space for exchange, learning and exploration with peers from different creative disciplines and countries was a unique and valuable experience which has had a lasting effect. These exchanges unlocked a greater depth of understanding about my practice and afforded me the freedom to take risks, discuss approaches and push myself in a concentrated arena to produce new work.
Der var en god balance mellem det sociale og faglige, og kombinationen af den unikke natur og den særprægede arkitektur var et inspirerende udgangspunkt til at fokusere og udvikle min praksis. Jeg nød særligt de imponerende omgivelser i Utzons Skage Odde Naturcenter, og den tværfaglige sparring fra de andre deltagere. Alt i alt, var det en god oplevelse, og et godt forløb fra ideudvikling til produktion af værkerne.
‘HAVNEPLADS 18’ ANDERS GERNING graphic designer denmark
The CAFx Summer School 2018 will focus on the architectural space as a tool for social integration in Skagen. The town of Skagen is the northernmost town in Denmark and located on the top of the Jutland peninsula. It is widely known for the Scandinavian artist colony ’Skagensmalerne’, who gathered and worked in Skagen from the late 1870s until the turn of the century. But it is also one of Denmark’s main fishing ports and both the unique nature in the area and the large number of architectural and cultural sights attract up to two million tourists annually. Making it what you might call a seasonal town. Since 1980 the population of Skagen has decreased with almost 50% to currently around 8.000 inhabitants – a sharp contrast to the vast number of tourists that fill the streets during the summer. Since the EU’s eastern enlargement in 2004, many Eastern Europeans have come to Denmark to work. Particularly the outskirts of Denmark are experiencing a big increase. Out of the 8.000 inhabitants in Skagen about 300 are Romanians. The majority share apartments in Mosegården and are minimally integrated in the community. They work in the factories, the hotels, restaurants and campsites.
Skagen has throughout history integrated foreign fishermen, alternative artists and other newcomers from near and far. So how is the town meeting and incorporating these newcomers into the social structure of Skagen in 2018? The participants will investigate the spaces of social integration, and work with documenting and/or staging in order to create short cinematic portraits of the architecture of meetings. Join the Summer School in Skagen and explore the architectural spaces of social integration under the guidance of filmmakers and architects. The summer school is a collaboration between Copenhagen Architecture Festival (CAFx) and the association Onsdagsskolen, headed by architect Susanne Eeg. During the week you will also meet renowned documentary filmmaker Lea Glob, scenographer Maja Ziska, filmmaker and photographer Sidsel Becker and anthropologist Tine Sønderby as well as local architects, cultural associations, businesses and citizens. Through the medium of film, they will all work with the participants to investigate and portrait the spaces of social integration in Skagen. Be it in the fish factories, restaurant kitchens, local halls, shared apartments or maybe even imaginary.
‘SPATIUL//DINTRE THE SPACE INBETWEEN’ LAVINIA GHIMBASAN romania 04:09
I SEE THE ONSDAGENSSKOLEN 2018 IN LAYERS ////////////////////////// Although lasting for a week only, it was for me an alternative way of multidisciplinary and multicultural education, to which I am still grateful for the number of learnings and connections I gathered. We talked about social integration from an architectural perspective; we searched the intersection between spatial and human, the dwelling, the cohabiting, the meeting, the presence and, the absence, simply ‘being’ in a place at a moment in time. Following the course of the events, I can highlight the layers that impacted me through the summer school: I see at the core of Onsdagensskolen the mentors from the fields of anthropology, architecture, photography, scenography, movie directing - people of beautiful character who inspired and shared their knowledge and visions in a caring manner. An opportunity which reassured me that is worth, and both a bliss and a constant challenge, pursuing a creative career. I see the city of Skagen and its inhabitants as the most stable elements of this summer school. I witnessed real history upon hearing stories about fishermen, painters, and water towers; I saw where the North Sea and Baltic Sea collide, I shook hands with the locals, I tasted the Danish cuisine, and so I understood why roughly two million tourists go to this place on an annual basis. I also see the layer of surprise, the participants - 10 people passionate about architecture coming from 9 different parts of the world to share their perceptions, cultures, and approaches to creation. For all the treasures I gathered in 7 days of summer school, I remain hopeful that the ordinary educational system will borrow some of the methods from the concept of Onsdagsskolen. Sincerely, Lavinia Ghimbasan
‘ROUTINE’ SARA PRESTINI italy 03:24 “Are you guys coming for the Summer School?” Yeah, we all were there for the same reason, but we did not know that. Until then. We met on the train, running from Aalborg to Skagen with a quick stop at the Fredrikshavn station, sharing the same compartment: from the outside we probaly looked like a diverse group of solo travellers, a little bit clumsy with all those luggages, and bags and backpacks. Funny though: none of us knew each other, until then. “Are you guys coming for the Summer School?” We were all coming from different places, that was easy to say: our profane English - clearly the second language for most of us - revealed different lilts on words and colors and rhythms, giving away the real passport of our belonging. “Are you guys coming for the Summer School?” A welltrained eye could have said that no, we were not locals: our noses were pressed against the windows to better see the landscape running outside, blurring fast shapes and light, whoo-ing and finger-pointing every now and then. We were not used to that views and our behaviours showed a kid-like attitude. “Are you guys coming for the Summer School?” Yes, and we started our experience together on that train to Skagen, in a sunny day of August.
‘ART TOURISTS’ SARA JURINCIC croatia 04:36
‘ENCOUNTER’ BAYAN MUJAHED jordan 04:26
To be able to understand the layers that shape a city through an exploratory approach is a fascinating experience, something not many of the people involved with a city –sometimes not even locals– get to experience. Filled with excitement and inspiration, leaving Skagen on the last day of the summer school felt like a difficult parting with something that I have grown closely acquainted with. A carefully structured program ensured that every day had a thorough plan that was followed to a high degree. Whether it be the quality lectures and films, group tours or informant meetings, the material offered was very enriching. We had discussions and received feedback from Susanne and the other tutors during dinner, while cooking, walking and biking around town, pretty much everywhere and all the time. It was an
enjoyable mix of creative engagement within a homelike atmosphere. For our final film project, we worked our way through, initially understanding chosen spaces within the context of social integration, carefully considering the city’s demographics, art, history and nature, then found a way of telling a story each in our own individual way. An international group meant a refreshing process and an interesting outcome. At the end of the week, there were 10 films, each one a reflection of a personal interpretation of a nearly similar experience. Skagen proved to be more than its beautiful yellow houses. For me, arriving there was not very easy, but for the amazing creative getaway it turned out to be, it was without a doubt worth every step of the way.
‘KUL-PETER & KRØL-HANS’
Sammensmeltning mellem menneske og sted ”Engaging Spaces” var overskiften på dette års sommerskole, som fandt sted i Danmarks nordligste by Skagen - byen hvor de to have, Kattegat og Skagerak mødes. Begrebet gagere”, esseret, volveret
”engaging” oversat til dansk, ”enbeskrives som dét at være interoptaget eller følelsesmæssigt ini noget eller nogen.
Under sommerskolen i Skagen kom dette til udtryk, da vi som udefrakommende arkitekter dykkede ned i Skagens arkitektur samt skagboernes traditioner og historier gennem film. Vi arbejdede specifikt med temaet ”Social Integration”. Social integration forstået som sociale processer, der forbinder enkelte personer og grupper. For at kick-starte denne visuelle undersøgelse var de første dage i Skagen en struktureret opdagelsesrejse i byen. Holdet bestod af ti internationale arkitekter, der hver især medbragte sin kultur og natur i mødet med Skagen. Udover at blive blæst omkuld af landskabets dynamik og besøge skagboernes arkitektur, havde vi input fra fem kvinder med professional baggrund i forskellige fag. Hver især præsenterede de sine arbejdsmetoder i forbindelse med forståelse og læsning af rum.
MATHILDE STUBMARK denmark 04:18
Tilsammen skabte det en fælles platform hvor den rummelige undersøgelse kunne udspringe fra. Forankret i min egen historie, opsøgte jeg de gamle fiskere, som ikke længere er en del af den enorme fiskeindustri. Dog er de stadig forbundet i et stærkt fælleskab, hvor de mødes i de røde havneskure. For en dag blev jeg inviteret indenfor hos Kul-Peter og Krøl-Hans til en snak om stedets betydning for Skagen og for dem. Ved at placere kameraet inden for disse røde skurrammer fortalte stedet og karaktererne naturligt sin historie. Det var for mig en oplevelse af sammensmeltning mellem menneske og sted, og hvordan disse repræsenterede hinanden både i form og fortælling. Dette års sommerskole ”Engaging Spaces” med social integration som fokus, blev for mig et intersant møde mellem de røde havneskure, de gamle fisker og jeg selv. Oplevelsen var lærerig, både i forhold til at åbne og forstå min arkitektpraksis med film som metode, men også personligt i forhold til at spejle mig i et stærkt fagligt kvindeledt undervisnings team. En international oplevelse jeg glædeligt vil gentage og varmt anbefalde til andre ”space” interessede fremover.
‘COLOUR AS A STATUS’ CHRISTINA ELLIOTT united kingdom 03:24
This collaborated journey met in Skagen, where nine countries connected through one force, architecture. Architecture was this universal language for us all - being communicated through English (phew). The week came and went in a blur of yellows, reds and black, as we learnt about the history and development of the Jutlandic town. As we gathered information and expanded upon individual interests the social aspect of the project became apparent. Being joined by the guest filmmakers and architects helped to further focus on creating a portrait for social integration and finishing with ten different outlooks of architecture as social integration. The experience was amazing and thought provoking. The ten applicants were made up of 1 male and 9 females, which was uplifting to see in an industry which is predominantly male orientated.
‘THE ARRIVAL’ CEMRE ÖNERTÜRK turkey 05:13 (Re)reading the relationship: Of the dialogue between space and people, From multiple perspectives, Through the lens. Experience in Skagen, which offers unique and mostly unexpected ways of ‘interactions’ of architecture and different social layers, provided me with a wide range of new encounters. Moreover, it was brilliant to see how architecture also serves as an object of unexpected correlations. It was possible to unfold these correlations thanks to Susanne Eeg and the strong network of hers within the town that enabled us to be guided by the real actors of the places. Otherwise, the possible site analysis would stay at a very superficial level. So, one of the most influencial part of the summer school was the brilliant instructors who lectured us about the basic concepts and assisted us very supportively until the end. On an individual basis, I found the process very productive for a quite short time and I think being in a collective environment during the whole process has a huge effect on that. Collective environment in this case corresponds to cooking, eating, thinking, visiting, and working together which I believe was very helpful although it was super upsetting to leave this ‘commune’ at the end. Thanks to this experience, I improved my knowledge on social integration and architecture, film-making process, and the beautiful Skagen, and got to know a lot of great and skillful people from different nations. Additionally, the most powerful part was when the end products transcended the screens of our laptops, and reached to the people of Skagen in the premiere at the movie theatre. By this way, our observations were transmitted to the locals to whom it is possible to take action, which happens to be another level of social integration.
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‘WINDOWSTILLS’ CHRISTINA VOUMVOURAKI greece 03:18
‘HULLET’ SALLY RUD denmark 05:26