TIME*SOIL*STAR
Eight contemporary artists explore the climate crisis through everything from objects found in areas of Copenhagen, subterranean creatures and floral metaphors to a café in outer space, invasions from distant galaxies.
We belong to the world. The world does not belong to us. This is the starting point for the exhibition TIME*SOIL*STAR, which revolves around humanity’s impact on the planet.
The exhibition stems from what is currently shaking the ground beneath our feet – the global climate crisis and the future we are facing. The artists aim to contribute to a new perception of the world, based on an equality between and respect for all living things on the planet.
The relationship between humans and the planet is the common thread in TIME*SOIL*STAR, but the works range widely – from paintings and sculptures to installations and video, from dystopian sci-fi to botany and contemporary archaeology.
You enter the exhibition by quite literally stepping on delicate drawings of endangered insects. Later, you encounter earth beings from the underground and experience how the past shapes the near future through objects found at Amager Fælled in Copenhagen. You can explore the colonial history of botany and study the metaphors of flowers. From the familiar, the exhibition expands into wild narratives, including an invasion from distant galaxies and future memories from a café in outer space.
The exhibition takes you on a dizzying journey through both biological and historical time, connecting to the Round Tower’s long history as an astronomical observatory and a window to the mysteries of the universe.
Participating artists: Jeanette Land Schou, Nina Maria Kleivan, Karen Gabel Madsen, Bodil Brems, Henriette C. Hansen, Vicky Steptoe, Pernelle Maegaard og Nanna Gro Henningsen.
The exhibition is supported by
Statens Kunstfond
Rådet for Visuel Kunst, Københavns Kommune
Knud Højgaards Fond
