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UP!

An Uplifting Exhibition in City Space
​August 5th - September 30th

UP! is an exhibition in public space in Aarhus consisting of a series of site-specific artworks that urge us to lift our gaze and look up.

The exhibition presents a unique opportunity to experience exciting artworks developed in interplay with their surrounding environments. Each work of art relates to the specific space it is created for and contains references to the place’s use, history, cultural value and other relevant elements.

The 15 works of art urge us in each their own way to look up. And in different ways they try to uplift our minds, hearts and our consciousness.

UP! puts art in the centre and makes it the sensational element, that challenges, broadens and rethinks the way we experience art and culture in the city space. The works contribute to contextualizing the city’s newfound bubbly energy, spurred by the title as European Capital of Culture 2017.

UP! is curated by Jeanett Tagara and Adria Florea, and is realised in collaboration with the German curator Carsten Rabe along with several Hamburg-based artists who were invited to contribute with artworks that express their fresh perspective on the city of Aarhus.

UP! is the last in a series of five exhibition projects and thereby the culmination of ProKK’s year-long exhibition series OUT OF THE BOX, which is a part of Aarhus ECoC 2017. The project offers a rich variation of artistic production aiming to appeal to the businessman, the homeless person and the tourist alike. The artworks aim to inspire, pique the viewer’s curiosity and consolidate cultural consciousness.

OUT OF THE BOX draws attention to the fact that art is alive and more than capable of instigating reflection and enter into dialogue with the world even outside the four walls of the art institution.

ProKK artists
Allison Barry Rosenlund, Berit Jansson, Marianne Schneider, Annette Hornskov Mørk, Marianne Tønnesen, Mette Tønder, Anne Østergaard, Jan Agerbo, Mette Skriver, Katja Herrik, Lisbeth Thingholm, Elsa Tolstrup Andersen, Annette Fausø, Hanne Munk, Inge-Lise Ravn, Inger Bruhn, Karen Ette, Ulla Bloch, Birgitte Skallgaard, Sanne Grauengaard, Anja Christensen, Birgitte Munk, Katrine Hvid, Bodil Porse, Dorte Kyhn

International artists
Anna Myga Kasten, Rayka Kobiella, Melissa Holey, Josephin Böttger, Rupprecht Matthies, Petra Schoenewald, Michael Baltzer, Carsten Rabe, Per Schumann, Jomar Statkun, Nadja Frank

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Events & Happenings

The exhibition UP! Is made up of more than just works of art. We’ve planned a series of exciting events throughout August and September.

If you find yourself missing information on dates, times and places it means that these have not been established yet. Keep an eye on this page or find more information through the following channels:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProKK2017

​Get the UP! app:

www.up2017.dk
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The Ritual Tree, work opening
July 29th

Kl. 15
Facebook Event
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“The Ritual Tree”, Botanical Gardens

Exhibition Opening
August 5th

Nomad exhibition opening 15:00-21:00
Facebook event

Guided tour to the exhibited works:
We start off at 15:00 with “ROOM”, Ålesundsvej 10, 8200 Aarhus N.

The tour will end with a mingle over a glass of wine and a bite from 18:45 to 21:00 by the work “TSM / Light & Bench” located at Frederiksbjerg Torv.

The guided tour schedule:
15.00-15.30: ROOM, Ålesundsvej 10, 8200 Aarhus N
15.50-16.15: MenstørstafalterKærligheden, Aarhus University park by Natural History Museum
16.30-17.00: The Ritual Tree, Botanical Garden
17.25-17.45: Speak Up, Åboulevarden, Europaplads
18.10-18.30: Bang du er sød!, Aarhus Stiftstidende newsticker, Banegårdspladsen
18.45-21.00: TSM/ Light & Bench, Frederiksbjerg Torv

ProKK, the association for professional artists and artisans hereby invites you to the opening of the exhibition UP! - an uplifting exhibition in public space.

UP! is an exhibition in Aarhus city space consisting of site-specific works intended to make us lift our gaze and look up. Each of the artworks reveals an uplifting element relating to the space they are created for. The artists play with the concept of ‘upliftment’ and interpret it both literally and figuratively. Some works are philosophical and challenge our thought, others appeal to our emotive capacity and others yet integrate quite literally in the city space intending to lift our physical gaze.

See a Google Maps overview of the locations of the works here.

SE OP (Look Up) Installation Opening
August 17th

At 17:00
Facebook event

Place: Snevringen, Passage mellem Mejlgade og Studsgade, Latinerkvarteret, Aarhus C
Udstillingsperiode: 17. August - 6. September
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Exhibition Opening
September 9th

Day-long opening with guided tour to the exhibited works, performance with ‘Killing Letters’, joint cooking session with ‘This Red Door’ at Institute for (X) and mobile video projections on building facades with ‘Tour de Topia’ by Josephin Böttger.

Guided tour 14:00-18:00 (more info coming up soon)
Soil I, Natural History Museum, Outdoor area
UDBYTNING (Exchange), Snevringen, Passage between Mejlgade and Studsgade, Latin Quarter
Rethink, sculpture on gable, Vester Allé 7
Havfruegrisen (the Mermaid Pig), Ceres fountain, City Hall square
Bang - du er sød! (Bang - You're Sweet!), Stiftstidende’s newsticker, Banegårdspladsen, Aarhus C

19:00 Killing Letters, performance, Mejlgade 35, Aarhus C
20:00 This Red Door, Institut for (X)
21:30 Tour de Topia, video projections on buildings:
Start: Dokk1 - DLG/de fem søstre (the five sisters) – Comwell/Aarhus Tower – Spanien19c

Keep an eye out for quick updates on the Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/325079681237905

See a Google Maps overview of the locations of the works here.
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Performances, talks & guided tours

August 28th - September 16th
“This Red Door.”
Open, participatory talks, events and joint cooking sessions.
Facebook event

September 1st
17:00-19:00
UP! talks at Frederiksbjerg square.
The artists share their experiences and talk about their process with creating the works.  
Facebook Event

September 2nd, 8 pm
This Red Door is ready to pop!
An international project based on creating connections around the dinner table. 
NY-based artists Jomar Statkun and Nadja Frank and German artists Michael Baltzer & Per Schumann will give us an introduction to how This Red Door came to be, how it started, what it's all about, why the global reach and how we are a part of it. 
Adria Florea will also talk about the UP! exhibition, which This Red Door is a part of. 
Everyone is welcome and we'll end the evening connecting over a bite to eat.
See you there!
Facebook Event

September 2nd
UP! walk for Aarhus Fest Week 12:00-15:00
Guided tour through the exhibition. We start at Frederiksbjerg square at 12:00 noon.
Facebook Event

September 9th
UP! exhibition opening vol. 2
Day-long opening with guided tour to the artworks, performance with Killing Letters, joint cooking session with This Red Door at Institut for (X) and mobile video projections on building facades with Tour de Topia by Josephin Böttger.
Facebook event

September 9th
15:00 // 17:00 // 19:00
Performances: Killing Letters / The Uprising of ABC
Mejlgade 35, Aarhus C
Facebook Event

September 9th
21:30-23:30
Tour de Topia.
​Video performances on the city’s building facades. Start: Dokk1 at 21.30
Facebook Event

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UP! project team

Jeanett Tagara (art historian, producer, curator, coordinator)
frkenen(at)gmail.com
+45 31 88 80 38

Adria Florea (MA in Aesthetics & Culture, producer, curator, coordinator)
adriaya(at)gmail.com
+45 26 18 48 77

Carsten Rabe (art photographer, curator, Westwerk, Hamburg)

Ulrik Lund (artist, curator, project manager, ProKK)

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UP! Is supported by:
​Aarhus Kommune
Fonden 2017

Sponsors & Collaboration partners and a special thank you to:
Comwell Aarhus / Flemming Poulsen
Sinding Gruppen / Tor Sinding
DoKK1
DLG, Aarhus Havn / Carsten Fischer / Kim H. Meilstrup
Spanien 19c / Kim T. Grønborg
Naturhistorisk Museum / Henrik Sell
Børnenes Kontor, Frederiksbjerg Torv / Kenneth Hansen
Tækker Group / Jørn Tækker
Aarhus Kommune / Kristina Holm / Palle Schmidt
Tor Sinding / Sinding Group
Pappagallo
Mads Peter Laursen / Institut for (X)
Diana Dovgialo // Illustrator
Benjamin Major / BitPassion  
Mathieu Durand / JaFilm

PROJECTS

BANG - du er sød! (Bang - You're Sweet!)
The Ritual Tree
ROOM
TSM/ Light & Bench
SPEAK UP
MenstørstafalterKærligheden
This Red Door
HAVFRUEGRISEN (The Mermaid Pig)
SE OP (Look Up)
SOIL I
UDBYTNING (Exchange)
Tour de Topia
Rethink
Killing Letters / The Uprising of ABC​

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Se a map of all art-
works in Aarhus

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Get the UP!-app and read all about
artworks, guided tours, events etc.:

www.up2017.dk