Opening party at the Container Academy
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María Peña Coto , Bartek Arobal Kociemba , Bjørn Nørgaard , Jacob Fabricius , Kristoffer Raasted
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On Friday 17 May 2024, we celebrated the inauguration of Containerakademiet – the city’s new studio community for professional visual artist with speeches by Mia Nyegaard, Mayor of Culture and Leisure Administration, Municipality of Copenhagen, Henrik Steenstrup, CPH City & Port Development, Bjørn Nørgaard, initiator of Containerakademiet and Jacob Fabricius, AHC. In addition, we experienced Anna Walther and Lotte Bækgaard’s performance Anna & Lotte Skillset Bingo, dance performance Weird birds by María Peña and Efi Farmaki and went exploring in the artists’ studios. We drank bubbles, ate cake, danced to music, and enjoyed food at Odds and Ends. Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated with us!
ABOUT CONTAINERAKADEMIET
Containerakademiet is a studio community for visual artists at Oceanvej 1 in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn. The place was created to secure more studio spaces for visual artists in the capital and at the same time form the framework for conversations and discussions about art.
The “Academy” in Containerakademiet thus refers to the “School in Athens” and the Socratic way of thinking about equal conversation between free people. The studio community at Oceanvej 1 will therefore not only be a place where artists can work, but also a community where you can meet for the exploratory conversation.
Containerakademiet was initiated by sculptor and professor Bjørn Nørgaard and was developed and built in collaboration with CPH City & Port Development and Unionkul v. Klaus Kastbjerg. The architect on the project is Arcgency, the engineer is Erik Pedersen, and the contractor is WR Enterprise.
The developer and operator is Fonden Containerakademiet, the land has been made available by CPH City & Port Development, and the project is generously supported by A.P. The Møller Foundation, the Obel Family Foundation and the Augustinus Foundation. AHC manages the studio spaces and takes care of the day-to-day operations as well as the artistic program.
