SPORE OP!
Solo exhibition at Rum46, Aarhus.
Showcased from the 19th of February to the 8th of March
2025
Credit: Jonas Koefoed Wagner
Credit: Jonas Koefoed Wagner
Credit: Jonas Koefoed Wagner
- SPORE OP! is an installation comprising five artworks:
Lørdag d. 05.12.2020, 55.67378,12.57888–55.676618,12.581201.
Lørdag d. 27.02.2022, 55.68272,12.59346–55.69428,12.58591.
Søndag d. 30.10.2022, 55.67315,12.57271–55.676618,12.581201.
Søndag d. 22.10.2023, 55.69977,12.54247–55.676618,12.581201
- The titles reference specific dates and coordinates along routes walked during
- Denmark’s five largest demonstrations since 2020. The artworks are created
- from stones collected along these protest paths. Mounted on the exhibition walls
- alongside the corresponding dates and coordinates, the stones serve as both
- memory and evidence.
- The project explores the power of collective action and how it has
- shifted over time. While demonstrations were once pivotal moments
- of civil resistance, their impact in Denmark has waned. Fewer people
- take to the streets, and protests no longer carry the same historical
- weight. This work highlights the importance of protest as a democratic
- right and a form of resistance that deserves renewed attention and appreciation.
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The stones, gathered from these routes, embody both memory and evidence.
- They map not the protests themselves but the cityscapes that hold the imprint
- of resistance. They are silent witnesses to the struggles that shape a state and
- its people.
With help from Jonas Koefoed Wagner and Det Lilla Rum