Pissing on Panum: The whimsical world of campus art

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Pissing on Panum: The whimsical world of campus art

22/01-10 kl. 14:52 Culture / Art

Most of us stick to the campus area where we have lectures or some other legitimate errand, leaving the rest of the university an unchartered territory teeming with undiscovered installations and quirky sculptures. Here, we take a quick look at some of the permanent fixtures and temporary student exhibits which comprise the alternately solemn and whimsical world of campus art.

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28/01-10 kl. 12:33 Kultur

Where the art is

Rushing to your lecture hall at 13 minutes past the hour with a steaming latte cup in hand, the rich variety of artistic offerings at the University of Copenhagen campuses may well have escaped your notice.

The works of art on display on campus a somewhat overlooked aspect of the University environment, blending into the background as, quite literally, part of the furniture.

20/01-10 kl. 10:11 Kultur / Nat

Art: Opening of Colliderscope

A new light sculpture transmits live signals from the Large Hadron Collider experiment in Switzerland to Nils Bohr Institute's facade on Blegdamsvej. Here, you can see pictures from the opening event which took place last week.

Hundreds of LED bulbs on the outside of Nils Bohr Institute (NBI) in Blegdamsvej will transmit live signals from particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider physics experiment in CERN, Switzerland.

See a longer article about the colliderscope here.

07/01-10 kl. 11:24 Kultur / Nat

Art and physics collide at Niels Bohr

See pictures from the Colliderscope opening event here.

The new art installation, called NBI Colliderscope, is the work of artists Christian Skeel and Morten Skriver, in collaboration with Niels Bohr researchers Clive Ellegaard and Troels C. Petersen.

15/09-09 kl. 05:00 Kultur

Von Trier: Antichrist »a kind of therapy«

In a recent interview, eccentric Danish film maker Lars Von Trier, the man behind the intense and macabre film Antichrist, revealed that a severe depression drove his creative process while writing the script.

The film was shown at a special screening at the Film House (Filmhuset) on Gothersgade on Friday, as part of a conference held by the Faculty of Humanities’ Department of Media, Cognition and Communication.

07/09-09 kl. 15:41 Kultur / Hum

Student art - now uncut

Budding artists at the University of Copenhagen can now express themselves in a new exhibition room at the Faculty of Humanities (KUA) in Amager.

The gallery, called The Students’ Gallery, will celebrate its opening Thursday 10 September between 16:00 and 17.30.

The opening celebration takes place at the faculty library, Njalsgade 112, and the afterparty at Roland Bar from 17:30. ‘Ricard’ and dates will be served.

Democratic and uncensored

09/03-10 kl. 06:00 Kultur

Copenhagen in the lens of student from Montreal

Sarah is an avid photographer and has worked for the McGill Daily as a contributing photographer back in Montreal, Canada. So far, she has taken published a selected photo every day on her blog, apart from the few days following the theft of her camera.

The University Post will publish Sarah's photos, which show Copenhagen through the eyes of an international student.

See the first pictures in the gallery here.

08/03-10 kl. 11:46 Kultur

Project 25x7

Sarah Mongeau-Birkett wants to show how Copenhagen looks through the eyes and lens of a Canadian exchange student. In her project '25x7, a Danish adventure through my lens', she take a photograph each day to document her stay

She takes pictures of anything from famous monuments such as the Round Tower, to danish specialities such as organic raspberry lemonade.

25/02-10 kl. 11:13 Kultur

Glitzy guerilla dining

During fashion week, international student Tiffany Ng’s company Silver Spoon took over a 400-year old two-floor house to stage a guerilla dining event. Showcasing upcoming models, designers, photographers and DJ’s, Tiffany pulled off 3 courses for a mere DKK 225 including cocktails.

As a guerrilla dining event maker, she takes over empty spaces such as a garage or a cultural centre and turns them into a restaurant for a single event.

See photos from the event here.

Photos by Malin Jansson unless otherwise specified.

25/02-10 kl. 06:16 Kultur / Jura

Fashion and fine dining on four hours sleep

While some international students struggle to meet even just a few Danes during their stay in Copenhagen, Tiffany Ng from San Francisco, USA, has managed to network her way into top fashion and entertainment circles.

But life for this full-degree student is not just a round of high-society cocktail parties.

Tiffany has found time to start her own dining and event business alongside full-time studies at the demanding elite Master’s programme in International Law, Economics and Management.

15/02-10 kl. 15:42 Kultur

´Whacking the barrel´ for Fastelavn

Students at the party on Sunday, February 14 had the chance to eat fastelavnsboller and make masks and branch bundles of fertility at the party's start. As the night went on, everyone took turns whacking the cat barrel full of candy until a Cat Queen and Cat King were crowned.

The event was put on by the Erasmus Student Network.

If you missed out on the fun, live vicariously through those who participated by going to our gallery here.

Photos by Heather Hoch.

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