This weekend I went to the north of Copenhagen to see the current exhibitions of The World is Yours and Tro, Håb og Kærlighed (Faith, Hope, And Love) at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. The first an international arts and installations exhibition. The second a 40th jubilee exhibition by American Pictures photographer Jacob Holdt.
In The World is Yours many works compete for attention, one of which is Olafur Eliassons BMW H2R project of a BMW chassis encaged in metal and frozen in a room below 10 degrees celsius. The car of the future. Another mind boggler is this simple written statement without a title, black on white on the wall, by Norwegian artist Garder Eide Einarsson:
1) Those who agree with you are insane
2) Those who do not agree with you are in power
1) Some of those in power are insane
2) And they are right
Another installation that focused on interactivity with the viewers/audience was Frequency & Volume, created by Mexican-born, Canada-based artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. The work is composed of 48 radios, which can all be tuned to different channels simultaneously. The wall becomes a visual and sonic representation, constantly changing according to the physical position of its visitors. The participants’ shadows are cast on the wall. Monitored by a video tracking system, each shadow tunes in to a radio frequency, changing channels as it moves around the gallery. The World is Yours is on until 10th January 2010.
In Jacob Holdt's Tro, Håb og Kærlighed exhibition his photos of everyday life Americans are viewed in themes like working life, poverty, rich people, religion, etc. Pictures without filters on the reality they display, from beggars in the streets to nude play boys on 'dates'. From gangster shootings to Ku Klux Klan events. Holdt has spent an entire life time documenting American lives in his American Pictures book, and this exhibition marks his 40th jubilee. The exhibition is on until 7th February 2010.
For further information, please see:
http://www.louisiana.dk/dk
http://www.american-pictures.com/
In The World is Yours many works compete for attention, one of which is Olafur Eliassons BMW H2R project of a BMW chassis encaged in metal and frozen in a room below 10 degrees celsius. The car of the future. Another mind boggler is this simple written statement without a title, black on white on the wall, by Norwegian artist Garder Eide Einarsson:
1) Those who agree with you are insane
2) Those who do not agree with you are in power
1) Some of those in power are insane
2) And they are right
Another installation that focused on interactivity with the viewers/audience was Frequency & Volume, created by Mexican-born, Canada-based artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. The work is composed of 48 radios, which can all be tuned to different channels simultaneously. The wall becomes a visual and sonic representation, constantly changing according to the physical position of its visitors. The participants’ shadows are cast on the wall. Monitored by a video tracking system, each shadow tunes in to a radio frequency, changing channels as it moves around the gallery. The World is Yours is on until 10th January 2010.
In Jacob Holdt's Tro, Håb og Kærlighed exhibition his photos of everyday life Americans are viewed in themes like working life, poverty, rich people, religion, etc. Pictures without filters on the reality they display, from beggars in the streets to nude play boys on 'dates'. From gangster shootings to Ku Klux Klan events. Holdt has spent an entire life time documenting American lives in his American Pictures book, and this exhibition marks his 40th jubilee. The exhibition is on until 7th February 2010.
For further information, please see:
http://www.louisiana.dk/dk
http://www.american-pictures.com/