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Freetown Christiania: Research Presentations and Debate
Individual Research Presentations followed by informal Dinner
for everyone, followed by
discussion and debate
Freetown Christiania (www.christiania.org)
The Freetown Christiania in Copenhagen has been in existence for
more than three decades. For just as long it has had to defend its
self-governed status against the Danish government’s attempt to
“normalize†it. Christiania is a unique community and place
that holds its own rules, and proves a successful model for
collective ownership and living.
The Christiania Researcher in Residence project (http://crir.homepage.dk)
The Christiania Researcher in Residence project was established in
regards to the fact that Christiania is part of Denmark's history
and poses questions of what Denmark's cultural memory is and how it
should be formed. These questions are extended to an international
context.
Friday Session 08
The evening will start with presentations by Christiania residents
involved in the current negotiation regarding Christiania’s
status and future, and members of the Christiania Researcher in
Residence Project. It will be followed by artists who have been
invited by CRIR to develop work in response to Christiania.
An informal dinner will allow everyone to gain energy for a more
general discussion on Christiania
as a social, cultural and legal model. The profit made from selling
drinks and food will go to CRIR.
Presentations and contributions by
Lise Autogena
London based artist, former Christiania resident and founding
member of CRIR.
(www.autogena.org)
Emmerik Warburg
Christinania based sound engineer and video artist, founding member
of CRIR and part of Christiania´s activistic society.
(http://home.christiania.org/~emmerik/)
(http://crir.homepage.dk)
Jens Brandt
Architect, activist and member of CRIR, based in Copenhagen and
Croatia.
(www.supertanker.info)
Asa Sonjasdotter
Artist and member of CRIR, based in Sweden, Denmark and Berlin.
(www.potatoperspective.org)
Nicoline van Harskamp
Amsterdam based visual artist; her video project “Christiania
Trias Politica†looks into the history of rules and governance in
Christiania.
(www.vanharskamp.net)
Jaime Stapleton
London based historian currently working for the World Intellectual
Property Organisation; his primary focus was the "sense of
ownership" that Christianites have developed in relation to their
homes and community and its relation to "legal" ownership of
property in Christiania.
(www.jaimestapleton.info)
Neil Chapman & Martin Wooster
UK based artists and writers, whose audio interviews trace an
invisible relationship between people and stories in Christiania.
(www.slashseconds.org/issues/001/003/articles/nchapmanmwooster/index.php)
Michael Baers
Berlin based artist, who is asking “What is the Mystery†in his
recent comic strip about Christiania, which appeared serially in
Ugspjelet, the Christiania community weekly paper
(http://crir.homepage.dk/michaelbaers/mystery_1.html)