Dato/tid
11.11.2022 – 13.11.2022
18:00
Sted
KoncertKirken
GÁTT – NORDIC ARTS FESTIVAL
11-13th November 2022
GÁTT Nordic Arts Festival is a new multidisciplinary art festival that happens for the first time at KoncertKirken in Copenhagen 11.-13.11.2022.
GÁTT is an artist-led festival presenting voices of young Nordic artists.
The program consists of nine events containing art installations, performances, experimental music as well as discussions and workshops.
The festival is done in co-production with Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere.
Friday 11/11
18:00 Kom Inn Um GÁTT:
Opening event of the GÁTT Nordic Arts Festival.
Vernissage of Frúgv-exhibition in Krypt and JÖRÐ-installation (28’) shown in Kirkesal at 18:20, 18:50, 19:20.
GÁTT (Icelandic) = portal; doorway; gateway
Artists: Anna Jarosz, Artist on the Moon, Lil Lacy, Lisen Pousette, Maria Tórgarð, Tiia Kasurinen, Vár Árting
20:00 Ruumis:
Ruumis is a performance event dealing with the body in many forms of expression. The pieces visit the themes of transformation, resilience and playfulness.
Ruumis (Finnish) = body; corpse; cadaver
Artists: Josuè Blanco Balaguer, Jacob Ridderberg, Mittens, Tiia Kasurinen, Tytti Arola, Yanina Aspenkjær
Musicians: Bendik Foss, Ensemble Slør (Anna Jalving, Malthe Volfing Højager and Frederik Sakham)
Saturday 12/11
An atmospheric concert that reflects contrasts of structures, belonging, darkness and light.
Spejling (Danish) = reflection; mirroring
Artists: Elina Ijäs, Josuè Blanco Balaguer, Lil Lacy, Martin Langerød, Yanina Aspenkjær
Musicians: August Shieldrop, Bendik Foss. Eirik Hellerdal Fosstveit, Ensemble Slør (Anna Jalving, Malthe Volfing Højager and Frederik Sakham)
16:00 Roots:
Panel discussion on cultural roots and international collaboration. After the panel discussion screening of JÖRÐ (28’) at 17:00.
Roots (English) = rætur; røtter; røtur; rødder; ruohttasat; rötter; juuret
21:00 Ruohttasat:
Electroacoustic performances with string instruments, voice and electronic club music.
Ruohttasat (North Sámi) = roots
Artists: Lil Lacy, Lisen Pousette, Tytti Arola, TØNDRA, virate.me
Musicians: Bendik Foss, Ensemble Slør (Anna Jalving, Malthe Volfing Højager and Frederik Sakham)
Sunday 13/11
An informal reading event accompanied with coffee and chats. The readings will be in the mother tongue of whomever is reading. Everyone is welcome to bring a book and take part or just listen.
13.00 Art+activism:
Art+activism is a workshop on artivism, a practice that combines art and activism. The workshop introduces two artistic tools Louhivuori and Halonen have developed in order to rethink how to plan and execute artivist actions.
16.00 Tillsammans:
Tillsammans is an event that facilitates the possibility to explore and test new ideas and work in progress in the presence of an audience. A space to collaborate and improvise to end the multidisciplinary festival GÁTT Nordic Arts Festival.
tillsammans (Swedish) = together; combined; with one another
Continuous program:
Friday 11.11. – Sunday 13.11.2022
Opening hours of installations in Krypt:
Friday 18:00 – 22:00
Saturday 17:00 – 23:00
Sunday 12:00 – 18:00
Screenings of JÖRÐ-installation (28’) in Kirkesal:
Friday 18:20, 18:50, 19:20
Saturday 17:00
Free entrance to all events!
The festival is supported by Nordic Culture Point, Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordic-Baltic Mobility Program for Culture, Nordisk Kulturfond, Koda, Norsk Komponistforening, Music Norway, AUT, KoncertKirken and Loftbrúgv.