public works is invited to take part in a workshop in the suburb of Copenhagen - as part of the preparation for a local festival in summer 2012.
Tingbjerg is a multicultural community and suburb in the
north-west part of Copenhagen. It is a small village and a
meltingpot of human experiences from all over the world meeting
Danish inhabitants in a condensed housing area builded in the 50's
as an ideal social housing project in a beautiful surrounding
landscape with approximately 6000 inhabitants.
Today, a stigmatized (and failed) version of the multicultural
society. At the same time Tingbjerg functions as a test site for
the multicultural society in its most condensed version. What we
learn in places like Tingbjerg will probably guide the future
decisionmaking of the Danish Welfare State e.g. Tingbjerg is
generally surrounded by a distorted, fear-based, prejudicial
mediation driven by ghetto terms with a public and political focus
on conflicts.
VISIT TINGBJERG – A COMMUNITY ART FESTIVAL
That's what VISIT TINGBJERG wants to discuss through an extensive
presentation of different experiences, images and stories based on
new recognitions fostered by a group of twenty contemporary artists
working in this public, socio-political art field. The title VISIT
TINGBJERG refers strongly to the Danish Official Travel Guide,
Visitdenmark (www.visitdenmark.com) and
VisitCopenhagen (www.visitcopenhagen.dk) –
official guides that focus on the good stories, the spectacular
sites, the prosporus city, the luxurious experiences. When you
arrive in the Copenhagen Airport the signs simply proclaim:
"Welcome to the land of luxury and passion".
Organised by Matthias Hvass Borello and Kenneth A. Balfelt