Let contemporary art open up to you as Senior Curator Aukje Lepoutre Ravn, together with Senior Researcher Helle Malmvig, takes you behind the artwork.

At Cocktails & Curator, we dive into the newly opened solo exhibition by Alia Farid. Senior Curator Aukje Lepoutre Ravn shares stories from the collaboration with the artist and provides a unique insight into the many layers of research, aesthetics, and political reflection behind the creation of the exhibition.

Alia Farid (b. 1985) is an artist and architect based in Kuwait and Puerto Rico. Her practice moves between art, film, and social issues, focusing on the structures, power relations, and environmental changes shaping landscapes and lives in the Gulf region. She works with installation, film, and architectural elements, creating poetic narratives about belonging, migration, and repressed history – giving voice to what is often overlooked in narratives about the region’s economic development.

As a special feature this evening, Senior Researcher Helle Malmvig from DIIS, who studies international politics in the Middle East with a particular interest in aesthetic expressions as cultural forms of resistance, will participate. After the guided tour, we invite you to a shared reflection in an informal atmosphere.

We round off the evening with cocktails and conversations in CC’s café.

Program:

• 18:00 – Arrival and check-in at the foyer – please arrive early if you purchased a discounted membership ticket and are not a member, or sign up in advance here: CC MEMBER

• 18:30 – Exhibition tour – the curator will meet you in the foyer

• 19:30 – Cocktail and informal conversation at Café Connie & Darcy’s. The ticket includes a drink.

• 21:00 – Thank you for the evening

Your ticket is valid for CC throughout the day, and we recommend arriving in good time so you don’t miss out on all the fantastic art that the curator won’t cover during the tour.

The talk will be in Danish.

Hungry? Book a table at the café at: events@darcys.coffee

Tickets are non-refundable and cannot be exchanged for another date.

Photo: Alia Farid, Chibayish 2022. Film still.