5/2 17: opening of tristan perich (US)

on february 5th tristan perich (NYC) is opening his exhibit “interval studies” in mikrogalleriet.

talkaoke is back for COP15

this week mikrogallery is hosting london art collective the people speak, who will be running the planet’s first diy democratic decision-making climate summit this friday the 18th december, 7pm during the grand finale of klimaforum09 at dgi-byen.

expect an evening of inspired ideas, dynamic discussion and decision-making live in copenhagen, and world-wide via the web stream.

people from all over the world have sent in some genius ideas, from olivia the climate scientist’s achievable and proven plan for an inner-city composting education scheme, to 6 year-old ashton’s scheme for a 300 mile-long sanctuary for 12000 cobras! this friday, it will be up to each of you to  discuss the ideas and then decide where your money goes.

6/9′09: talkaoke time!

saul albert of theps is back in nørrebro. and this time he brought his talkaoke table with him. come past nørrebroparken today to join the fun. starting now, and going until 4pm.

what is talkaoke then? well, it’s the ufo of chat

talkaoke is a live, television-style talk show, where people can grab the microphone and air their views around the table of chat. the format is simple but powerful: the host sits in the middle, and everyone else sits around the outside and talks about whatever they want to talk about.

click this link to learn about talkaoke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lthH2eZugQ8

mikro residency: saul albert

all through june and some of july, we have the pleasure of having saul albert working in mikrogalleriet. saul albert is a former dorkbot organizer of dorkbot london, and a we’re thrilled to have him around. his current work is fun and eco-friendly too. check out his elevator pitch:

“i am recruiting you to join a world-wide people’s pyramid scheme to save the planet from environmental catastrophe, and have fun doing it.

if you recruit 5 people this week, and they recruit 5 next week, by december the entire population of the world will be on board. and if everyone who can afford to pledges 5 euros each, and commits to a shared goal, the pyramid scheme will have the ability to change anything.

and what happens to all the money and power?

that is up to the pyramid. along with your pledge, the pyramid invites your ideas, suggestions, hopes, and inspiration. if you could ask *everyone* to do something to save the planet, what would it be?

at the cop15 climate summit in copenhagen in december 2009, all the ideas will be discussed by the public around the talkaoke table on street corners, in shopping centres, parks, and schools, and spread around the world via social networking sites and news media.

finally, people will gather in a copenhagen theatre for a dramatic, democratic, decision-making game-show where they will be able to share ideas, consult internet participants, and vote on the collective action.”

more info here: http://wiki.theps.net/index.php/Planetary_Pledge_Pyramid

saul is giving a talk tonight at dorkbot, this time hosted by our friends at illutron.

mikrogalleriet: 1 year!

yes, mikrogalleriet has come of age. today it is exactly 1 year ago, since the opening of our first exhibit “49cm”. and what a crazy year it has been! i am truly overwhelmed by the positive reception we have gotten, and by all the wonderful people we have met through our work with the gallery.

and it doesn’t stop here: we can proudly annouce that we will host tristan perich and zach layton for a residency in mikrogalleriet / cph:air in january and february 2010. this is crazy cool - watch this space! also, do note that tristan perich is coming to copenhagen with loud objects in a week already, playing at the festival of endless gratitude. yay!

ps: if you want to give us a gift, look into something like this

17/4′09: Standing on The Shoulders of Giants

This friday Jacob Sikker Remin, founder and curator of Mikrogalleriet, is opening his exhibition “STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS” in gallery MACHWERKET in århus. The exhibit will show the BIGGEST pixel ever, a networked cube of fluorescent light tubes, 2D mobile barcodes and 4bit music. Not to be missed. Exhibit is running until end of May.

MACHWERKET
Vestergade 62, 8000 Århus C
www.machwerket.dk

7/3′09: copenhagen is small, but the scene is spread out

mikrogalleriet has been invited to a super nice and friendly event: copenhagen is small, but the scene is spread out, part ii - nørrebro. driven by the want to get to know each other: copenhagen is a small city, yet we don’t know each other very well on the art scene. so drop by to get a toured guide to some of the smaller and alternative art spaces in copenhagen.

the program is as follows:

14:00 cmyk, basement, jægersborggade 51
14:45 spark, jægersborggade 48
15:30 mikrogalleriet, gormsgade 9
16:15 momentan, guldbergsgade 41
16:45 gudrun’s salon, sjællandsgade 37

initiated by our friends at koh-i-noor

an article about many of the galleries (including mikrogalleriet) can be found on politiken.dk

5-7/12: “interference” solo exhibition with carlos katastrofsky

[update: interview with carlos katastrofsky on kopenhagen.dk]

opening: friday 5/12 19.00 [pictures from the opening and CIID open lecture here]

performance “on translation”: sunday 7/12 15.00 [video here]

in  physics the concept of interference applies to when two or more harmonic electronic signals or waves of light or sound, overlap and a new wave emerges on a different frequency. the title of this exhibition series describes the interaction between curator and artist, our communication across long distance, and between the three galleries involved: between off and online, the transformation and movement of the immaterial between the virtual sphere and physical space and our public discussion forum on the internet. we could also use the term interference to describe the frequencies created in the encounter between the public and the art.

the austrian media artist carlos katastrofsky describes his online artworks as harmonies based on the interference of the cultural waves in the online world, e.g. the development in file sharing, the copyright debate, surveillance and pornography.      

6/10 kl19: joanne richardson talk on d media

d media is an organisation in cluj, romania exploring the intersections between digital culture and social activism. since 2002 the group’s activities have included a tactical media festival, an eclectic tech festival for women, running a net radio, hands on workshops (streaming media, acoustic interventions in public space, free software), and several video production projects.

joanne richardson will present some of the group’s activities, focusing on the most recent video project, commonplaces of transition, and on the relation between art and activism, free production and distribution, and the need to break the enclosures of intellectual property.