Art Hub Residency : Performance & conversation: Bartek Arobal Kociemba : Rehearsals of Belonging
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On a summer evening in the end of June, AHC resident Bartek Arobal Kociemba invited the public to a performance followed by a conversation with curator Rebekka Elisabeth Anker-Møller at Containerakademiet in Nordhavn.
The performance was developed in collaboration with musician and composer Stefan Węglowski, who created live sound scaping, while Bartek invited the audience to participate in a ritual in interaction with a wood and textile installation, which was created in collaboration with architect and designer Mikkel Nielsen.
The performance explored the feeling of being inside and outside, guiding the audience’s interaction with the installation. A journey in sync and against the current. A group ritual, a guided movement that aimed to dissolve the audience into the work and thus further explore the sense of belonging and cohesion.
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BARTEK AROBAL KOCIEMBA
Bartek Arobal Kociemba is Copenhagen-based Polish visual artist, spiritual teacher, and co-founder of artist-run VLP Gallery. Studied Political Science and Philosophy. Self-taught, he works with drawing, mixed media, installation, performance, and ritual. Mentee of a renown curator Aneta Szyłak. He recently exhibited at the MOMA Warsaw and Supermarket Art Fair.
In his work, he seeks a common root for botanical, animalistic, and sensual motifs of otherness from the perspective of an uprooted migrant and a meditating seeker, where what’s visible and invisible are equal. His initiatives, including Queer Meditations, supported by LGBT+ Denmark, showcase spiritual and communal influences. At the VLP Gallery, he cultivates diverse dialogues, uniting creators from varied backgrounds, reclaiming and redefining the old saying “At leve på polsk” into a manifesto of mutual support beyond privilege.
STEFAN WEGLOWSKI
Stefan Węgłowski is a composer, producer and live performer. He graduated from the F. Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in the 2011 class of classical guitar. Węgłowski lectures at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw at the Faculty of Media Art. Since 2022, he’s been leading the Studio of Sound Engineering and Editing. Currently, he is also a doctoral student at the 3D2 and Virtual Events Studio.
His work mainly includes compositions for small ensembles and solo instruments. In his works he uses minimalist and spectral techniques, combining them with the broader area of electronic music. such as sampling, field recording, granural synthesis and spatial design. He oscillates between genres such as ambient, noize, drone and experimental music. In his work he seeks connections between timbre, sound intensity, and its processing through new technologies and actions in space.
MIKKEL NIELSEN
Mikkel Nielsen is a Danish architect who graduated from the Danish School of Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in 2011. He has practiced architecture professionally in Denmark, Japan, Norway, and Poland. His portfolio spans a wide range of projects, including residential and office buildings, industrial facilities, infrastructure, and urban planning.
Mikkel Nielsen has developed a distinctive style that merges digital techniques with organic elements, employing new production methods to achieve both aesthetic excellence and sustainability. His recent designs have been showcased at prestigious events such as the Biennale of Crafts and Design at the Copenhagen Contemporary and the Salone del Mobile in Milan. One of his most renowned creations, a three-meter-tall installation titled ‘Soft Structure,’ is currently exhibited at the Design Museum Denmark as the centerpiece of the ‘Future is Present’ exhibition.
