In a way, the Silent Reading Party is every introvert’s dream. You’re surrounded by people, but no one is allowed to talk to each other.

Bring your current book or one you want to start (or find one in the CC Shop). We’ll read together in the exhibition from 18:00 and for the not-so-introverts, there will be an hour-long conversation between authors Shëkufe Tadayoni Heiberg, Sabitha Söderholm and Sidsel Ana Welden led by Filip Vest.

It will also be an evening exploring alternative ways of connecting to nature and each other through literature, discussing magical realism, grief work, inventing new languages, and using plants as a starting point to discuss gender, colonialism, and the climate crisis.

Nice to know:

Some of the evening takes place within the artwork Soft Gallery – an entire room covered with mattresses – an installation created by Argentine pop artist Marta Minujín in the 1970s, originally used for performances and poetry readings and now reconstructed as part of Minujín’s solo exhibition at CC.

You are welcome even if you do not speak Danish. We do not translate the reading or conversation, but you still have the opportunity to experience Soft Gallery in use on the artistic premise the work was originally intended.

Minujín describes her “love affair” with mattresses: “We spend half of our lives on mattresses. We are born on one and one day we will most likely die on one.”

We’ll begin with a collective conversation and readings, concluding with mingling at the bar and silent reading in Soft Gallery or other places within Intensify Life, where attendees can lie down and read their own or books purchased in CC Shop.

Filip Vest is a prominent new voice in the Danish art scene, exploring queer love, gender, and identity through performances, installations, films, and texts, examining how both small and significant crises in our lives are interconnected.

18:00 Check-in and pick-up at CC Foyer/counter – we will proceed to the installation where you can find a comfortable place to lie down and read.

19:00 Talk

20:00 Bar + Silent Reading in Marta Minujín’s Intensify Life

21:00 CC closes

Tickets

You must present your ticket + membership at the entrance or non-member ticket, which includes entrance if you are not a member of CC.

Your ticket grants access to CC on the day from 11 AM. We recommend arriving a few hours before the event starts to explore our other exhibitions.

You can become a member starting from kr. 25/month. As a member, you also receive a 10% discount at the bar + shop.