NB: Due to new restrictions regarding COVID-19, we have had to make changes in the performance of Esben Weile Kjær’s HARDCORE FREEDOM. 

Standing tickets become seating tickets, and the performance lasts 50 min. If you have already bought a ticket, it is still valid for the same day and start time. Please note that it is not possible to stay in the exhibition when it is over.

Keep your distance, wear a face mask and follow the staff’s instructions. In this way, we can best ensure a safe experience for all of CC’s guests.
We look forward to seeing you!

If you have questions regarding your ticket, you can write to line@cphco.org

Experience the up-and-coming young artist Esben Weile Kjær in live performance at Copenhagen Contemporary until 17 December, where his exhibition HARDCORE FREEDOM transforms the room into a hybrid between a nightclub, a stage, an art institution and a fashion store.

About HARDCOREE FREEDOM

HARDCORE FREEDOM is activated continuously throughout the exhibition period by a number of performances. Here, the room is brought to life with contrasting dance styles from the nightclub guest’s uncontrolled dance over the pole dancer’s sexualized movements to the ballet dancer’s body discipline. The performance moves on the border between party and rebellion, where elements are moved, changed, built up or demolished, and the exhibition thus changes character with each performance.

Dates

Thursday 5 November at 18.30-19.20 [SOLD OUT] and 19.50-20.30 [SOLD OUT]

Thursday 19 November at 18.30-19.20 [SOLD OUT] and 19.50-20.30 [SOLD OUT]

Thursday 3 December at 18.30-19.20 [SOLD OUT] and 19.50-20.30 [SOLD OUT]

Thursday 17 December at 18.30-19.20 [SOLD OUT] and 19.50-20.30 [SOLD OUT]

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Read more about the exhibition here.

About Esben Weile Kjær

Esben Weile Kjær (b. 1992) lives and works in Copenhagen. He graduated from the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Music Management and is a student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, from which he will graduate in 2022. In his work, he deals with various media such as sculpture, video and performance, which revolve around themes such as experience economy, community , generational anxiety and the influence of pop culture on the individual. Esben Weile Kjær has performed in several places in Europe as well as at several recognized Danish art institutions and festivals.

HARDCORE FREEDOM is presented in a special partnership with GL STRAND, who, in the period from August to October this year, showed POWER PLAY by the same artist.

The exhibition is supported by

Anonymous Fund
The Obel Family Fund
Beckett Foundation
SOUNDBOX
Square
Ganni.

Thanks to 1664 Blanc for sponsoring the opening.

HARDCORE FREEDOM is part of Copenhagen Contemporary’s exhibition series Future First, which presents art created by renowned young, Danish talents with an international outlook. Future First is realized thanks to support from the Obel Family Fund.

Performers

Nathan Compiano
Aske Høier Olsen
Johan Bech Jespersen
Annah Ritah Nagadya
Camilla Lind
Anton Cornelius
Ezra Shami
Yudith Shyambala Heinemann
Thea Carla Schøtt
Kofi Møller
Esben Weile Kjær

With our 7000 sqm, we have plenty of space to keep our distance. Our hosts make sure to disinfect contact surfaces and handles every two hours to ensure good hygiene for children as well as adults. We have included flow in our halls and made hand sanitizer dispensers available at all entrances and exits, so you can safely take family and friends on visits to the current exhibitions.