RETHINK – Contemporary Art & Climate Change

October 31, 2009 – April, 5, 2010
Copenhagen, Denmark

RETHINK – Contemporary Art & Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark

INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION GIVING NEW PERSPECTIVES ON COP15 CLIMATE SUMMIT IN COPENHAGEN

The National Gallery of Denmark, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, and the Alexandra Institute join forces in an international contemporary art exhibition that puts a new perspective on the climate debate.

On 31 October the international art exhibition « RETHINK – Contemporary Art & Climate Change » opens in Copenhagen, Denmark, with great ambitions in both size and scope. While politicians will gather at the UN Climate Change Conference, 26 trendsetting Nordic and international artists display their work at some of Denmark’s finest art institutions, creating new ways for the public and politicians to grasp the complicated climate issues.

RETHINK is an exhibition with works created by Nordic and International contemporary artist who in different ways relate to the intersection between art, culture and climate change. The exhibition will present works by artists Tomas Saraceno (AR), Henrik Håkansson (SE), The Icelandic Love Corporation (IS), Superflex (DK), Bright Ugochukwu Eke (NG), Olafur Eliasson (IS/DK), and many others.

RETHINK is nominated the « Nordic Exhibition of the Year 2009-2010″ by the Nordic Culture Fund and will tour several cities in the Nordic countries in 2010. In addition, the exhibition is part of the official culture programme for the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP15 that will take place in Copenhagen from December 7th to 18th.
RETHINK Relations
National Gallery of Denmark, 31/10-5/4.
RETHINK Relations bids the audience to reconsider our social relations and how we live.

Featured artist: Tomas Saraceno (AR), Olafur Eliasson (IS/DK), Henrik Håkansson (SE), Allora & Calzadilla (US/CU).
RETHINK The Implicit
Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, 31/10-27/12.
RETHINK The Implicit brings to light the aspects of climate changes we take for granted or overlook.

Featured artist: Elin Hansdottir (IS), Thilo Frank (DE), Henrik Håkansson (SE), Bright Ugochukwu Eke (NG), Kerstin Ergenzinger (DE), Tove Storck (DK).
RETHINK Kakotopia
Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, 31/10-10/1.
RETHINK Kakotopia considers the possibility of a future with catastrophic climate changes.

Featured artist: Lise Autogena (DK) and Joshua Portway (UK), Bill Burns (CA), The Icelandic Love Corporation (IS), Eric Andersen (DK), Superflex (DK), Tea Mäkipää (FI), Haubitz + Zoche (DE), Tue Greenfort (DK), Cornelia Parker (UK), Ruri (IS), Superflex (DK), Fiona Tan (ID/NL).
RETHINK Information
Moesgaard Museum, http://www.rethinkclimate.org and in public spaces, from 10/31.

RETHINK Information deals with new technologies and how to use them to understand climate changes.

Featured artist: Jette Gejl (DK), Parfyme (DK), Janine Randerson (NZ), The People Speak (UK).

http://www.rethinkclimate.org