THE ART REACTOR

THE ART REACTOR

AN ARTISTIC PROJECT ABOUT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

10 AUGUST - 27 SEPTEMBER 2020

CONCEPT AND DIRECTION BY GIUSEPPE L. BONIFATI (I)

WITH

CHRISTIAN GADE BJERRUM, CÜNEYT PALA (DK), DINA ABU HAMDAN (JR/DK), ILZE RUDZITE (LV)

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF GIUSEPPE BONIFATI, CLAUDIO PASSILONGO (I), BRIAN BRUHN, SEFFE SQUILLACI (DK), LINDA SUGATAGHY (H)

PROJECT COORDINATORS

EMMA HOVMØLLER BUHRKAL, CÜNEYT PALA (DK)

VIDEO AND GRAPHIC

LINDA SUGATAGHY (H)

A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN

DOO PERFORMING ARTS GROUP (I), NORDISK TEATERLABORATORIUM (DK)

SUPPORTED BY

WEBSITE

KUNSTPARTIET.COM

SHOWREEL

VIDEO

IN COLLABORATION WITH (AMONG OTHERS) SCHOOLS, LOCAL ARTISTS, ART CENTERS, ART ASSOCIATIONS, GALLERIES, MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES

HOLSTEBRO

ORKESTEREFTERSKOLEN, KUNSTSKOLEN EMILIA. HOLSTEBRO

HANDELSSTANDSFORENING

VENØ

VENØSUND FÆRGELAUG, VENØBOEN, VENØ EFTERSKOLE, STRUER BIBLIOTEK

MORSØ

MORSØ KUNSTFORENING, MUSEUM MORS, DUEHOLM SKOLEN, HØJSKOLEN MORS

FUR

FUR FRISKOLE, FUR KUNST, FUR MUSEUM

LÆSØ

LÆSØ KUNSTFORENING, LÆSØ MUSEUM, LÆSØ SKOLE, LUDDES HUS

ÆRØ

ÆRØ FRISKOLE, ÆRØ KUNSTFORENING, KULTURINFO ÆRØ, MARSTAL SKOLE, VANDTÅRNET

BORNHOLM

BIRCA – BÆKKELUND INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY CENTER FOR ARTISTS, BORNHOLMS TEATER, KULTURSKOLEN, RØNNE BIBLIOTEK

REFSHALEØEN

DEN GRØNNE FRISKOLE, COPENAGHEN CONTEMPORARY, FOLKETINGET/PARTIER

INTRODUKTION

Conventionally, a mountain has a summit and a base, typically depicted as a triangle or a pyramid. Is it possible to put this hierarchical form upside-down, to dig a mountain and convert it into a source of renewal? We have promised in our past campaigns to build up to the sky, but we can actually build even underground… The invisible mountain is not just a dump, it is the result of a collective work with the participation of local communities, who will help us to create a special space and to fill it with degradable leftover materials. During our stay in different islands of Denmark, we will work closely with local schools, art museums and art associations, and we will realise workshops and activities together. A collection of debris will happen daily, from door to door and we will aim to produce heat and nutrients, from the collected materials, for a future alive plant installation, which will produce oxygen and nutrients to its environment, thus converting the “mountain” into a natural reactor. Or better into an ART REACTOR.

This project is for the citizens of today, at the same time it is also a message to the citizens of the future. We want to stimulate a dialogue in the communities about the impact of environmental issues on the everyday life, by creating an organic mountain made of biodegradable waste and materials. With an artistic and inclusive approach, we will focus on the necessity of being able to solve problems together. Environment and sustainability are therefore key concepts in the project. The goal of the project is as well to create a wave of activism, with good will and energy among the citizens during the days of Art Party's residence, especially after the recent months of general isolation.

Art Party’s manifesto, part 9

OVERVIEW

With the project KUNSTREAKTOREN, the Art Party will go from door to door and collect waste from the local population during their stay in the islands. We will make workshops for young people and together we will select and transform the collected rubbish into artworks. We will take the objets made from degradable materials to a parade and we will bury them in a biodegradable time capsule, and the artworks/debris will disappear and become part of the earth. We will also create artworks from the non-degradable materials, which we will enclose in a metal time capsule, to be exhibited in a local art institution, as warning and message to the local citizens of the future. Every time we arrive on a new island, we will begin our collection of waste at the town hall of the municipality. We do this to create visibility for the project and also to show that even there, there are things to be thrown out, others to be reused and one or two more which we need to transform into something new. In collaboration with local artists, museums and art associations, we will make workshops both for adults and children and together we will create artobjects from the scrap, to be buried or exhibited. The workshops will be held by Cuneyt Pala and Dina Abu Hamdan, in collaboration with the Emilia Art School from Holstebro. Emilia Kunstskolen took inspiration from the Italian educator Loris Malaguzzi and his method known as "Reggio Emilia" pedagogy. The art school has a special focus on the UN's world goals and on sustainable development. They use natural and recycled materials to a large extent. The parade of the pink vests and the burying the degradable time capsule will be the final acts in the realisation of the negative mountain, its transformation into an ART REACTOR and, by filling it up, the restoration of the original landscape. Through the building of the ART REACTOR, the public will be witness and also active part of the performance, and the result will become a reminder to the future generations about the necessity of creating a more sustainable world.

C ONCEPT 1

We will create artworks from the recyclable materials and part of these objects will be stored in a degradable time capsule, which will be placed inside of the mountain. On the last day of the stay, we will cover the organic mountain by some of the organic works as well as plants and seeds, which later will form a natural art installation, as a memorial on top of the buried mountain. As the installation will slowly wither and disappear under the sprouts from the seeds, its future existence will become part of the embracing soil. In this way, we will create a positive and beautiful memory for future generations.

C ONCEPT 2

We will make art objects from non-recyclable waste. On the last day of our residence, these non-recyclable artworks, with written messages and memories will be stored in the local art museum or institution, in a persistent time capsule, as a warning for the future generations.

Future generations will not be able to open the two capsules until 2030

The year is the deadline set to achieve the UN’s global sustainability goals.

TOUR PLAN

Holstebro: 10 - 15 August

Venø: 17 - 19 August

Fur: 24 - 25 August

Læsø: 26 - 28 August

Ærø: 31 August - 4 September

Morsø: 7 - 9 September

Bornholm: 16 - 20 September

Refshaleøen: 21 - 27 September

In August of 2020, Art Party sails from Holstebro to make a tour on 7 islands of Denmark with its new project focusing on environment and sustainability, the Art Reactor. We spend some nights at each location and follow the impact of our activities on the well-being of the local population. We will collect and treat waste material in teams formed by project members and local volunteers.

If you would like to be visited by our team, just prepare some debris for collection such as plastic, glass, or paper and write to us: kunstpartiet@gmail.com

10 - 15 August: HOLSTEBRO

11 August / Ciao, ciao… Bambini - concert-show in OrkesterEfterskolen

12 August 16.00 - 19.00 / Collection from home to home

13 and 15 August / Workshop with OrkesterEfterskolen

14 August / Action at the Town Hall

15 August 12.00 / Parade in Gågaden

17 - 19 August: VENØ

17 August / Collection from home to home

18 August / Workshop with Venø Efterskole

19 August 15.00 / Ferry-parade from Venø till Struer

19 August 16.00 / Installation ceremony in Struer Bibliotek

24 - 25 August: FUR

24 August 16.00 - 19.00 / Collection from home to home

24 and 25 August / Workshop with Fur Friskole

25 August 11.30 / Parade and installation ceremony, from Fur Friskole till Fur Museum

26 - 28 August: LÆSØ

26 August 16.00 - 19.00 / Collection from home to home

27 August 14.00 / Action at the Town Hall

27 and 28 August / Workshop with Læsø Skole

28 August 11.00 / Parade and installation ceremony, from Læsø Skole till Luddes Hus and Læsø Museum

31 August - 4 September: ÆRØ

1st September 16.00 - 19.00 / Collection from home to home

1st September 12.00 / Action at the Town Hall

2 and 3 September / Workshop with Ærø Friskole

4 September / Workshop with Marstal Skole

4 September 12.00 / Parade and installation ceremony, from Marstal Skole till Vandtårnet

7 - 9 September: MORSØ - festival Kulturmødet Mors “sammen igen”

7 September 16.15 / Ciao, ciao… Bambini - concert-show in Højskolen Mors

8 September 14.00 - 17.00 / Collection from home to home

8 September 17.00 - 19.00 / Workshop with Morsø Kunstforening

8 and 9 September / Workshop with Dueholm Skolen

9 September 12.00 / Parade and installation ceremony, from Dueholm Skolen till Morsø Kunstforening and Museum Mors

16 - 20 September: BORNHOLM - Cultural week Bornholm

17 September 11.00 - 13.00 / Collection from home to home in Klemensker

17 - 18 September 16.00 - 18.00 / Workshop with Kulturskolen in Rønne

19 September 12.00 / Parade and installation ceremony, from Kulturskolen till Rønne Bibliotek

19. September / Live streaming performance-talk from Bornholms Teater / BIRCA

21 - 27 September: REFSHALEØEN

22 September 16.00 - 19.00 / Collection from home to home

23 September / Workshop with Den Grønne Friskole

24 September / Aktion in the Danish Parlament

25 September 10.00 - 13.00 / Workshop with Copenhagen Contemporary

25 September 13.00 / Parade and installation ceremony at Copenhagen Contemporary

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza looking for plastic windmills…

7 - 9 September 2020, Nykøbing Mors, in collaboration with Kulturmødet Mors

Meanwhile getting deep into to the new project on Environment and Sustainability, the Art Party will once again fill the fantasies of the youth generation with politics, just like as it happened before, in the first edition of the School of Beauty in 2017 (by InvitationLab: a collaboration of Swinging Europe / Herning Library / Team Teatret / Kunstpartiet).

The team behind is composed by artists Giuseppe L. Bonifati (I) and Linda Sugataghy (HU), together with musician Claudio Passilongo (I), Brian Bruhn and Cüneyt Pala (DK) as hosts, and with special guests Christian Gade Bjerrum and Seffe Squillaci, in the roles of Don Chri-Hot and Sancho Panza. They animate together the audience and invite them to create different parties, using the leitmotif leading the last four years of the community project Art Party: “Striving for beauty above all”

In the “School of Beauty”, we want to give, both to young and to older generations, an inspiration for: how to madly follow your ideals without smearing your make-up. In this edition, we will show concrete examples and give suggestions about making our daily lives more sustainable. We will focus also on important issues in the democratic process. What is political work? How to form a party? How to get votes? How much politics and commitments are you able to make in 2 hours, and how can you do it on an entertaining way?

The Art Party invites you to a day full of art, theatre, involvement, workshops and surprises. Come and experience two artistically inspiring days, in the spirit of democracy, when anything can happen, and when you will see a very special version of Danish politics. When you too can have a word.

1. Ciao ciao bambini - a sustainable concert-show in Højskolen Mors with Giuseppe / alias Jeppe, Christian / Don Chri-HOT, Claudio, Linda, Brian, Cüneyt and with the participation of local citizen Seffe.

A show conference about Environment and Sustainable Topics involving local students and politicians

2. Don Chri-HOT - street-action, in the walking streets and squares of Nykøbing Mors.

Don Chri-HOT and Seffe fight against plastic windmills, going around with Rosinante, the electric donkey

3. The art Reactor - parade and installation ceremony, with Dueholm Skolen, Museum Mors and Morsø Kunstforening

Art and activism with involving local young people and citizens

THE TOTEM

The project's totem is created by Kunstskolen Emilia, and we will take it to the parades, on our journey from island to island in Denmark. We will fill it with the non-recyclable material collected during our residency and we will turn it into a plastic windmill; it should stand as a visual symbol of the ecological cause that we, modern Don Quixotes and Sancho Panzas, must fight against, for our future.

Art Party’s ecological tomato seeds, election-event, Rosinante the electric donkey

Christian Gade Bjerrum is an actor, climate activist and founder of the organisation Bæredygtig Scenekunst NU (Sustainable Performing Arts NOW).

He will be the ambassador of the Art Reactor project and the public face of Art Party between August and September 2020. He will lead the parade in Holstebro, participate in a discussion panel about Environment and Sustainability at Mors University College, together with Brian Bruhn and politicians, organised in collaboration with the national cultural festival Kulturmødet Mors. He will give a live stream performance talk addressed to the nation on Bornholm, during Bornholm's Culture Week, another national event in Denmark; he will also make actions at City Halls of the communities involved in the project and in the Danish Parlament, where the Art Party will pop up, and goes from office to office, to realise a significant action, by collecting non-recyclable materials from the various offices and grabbing focus on on sustainability. Christian, in his alter ego as DON CHRI-HOT, will show to people that it there is a reason to go crazy in fighting against the giants, if it is for a good cause and in the interest of a greener and more sustainable world.

“A new spirit hovers over Jutland: the spirit of the art party! We believe in this simple truth: Striving for beauty through art.”

From January 2016, the citizens of municipalities in the Danish Jutland region have been able to experience a special “Party”, founded by the Italian performer Giuseppe L. Bonifati, alias “Jeppe”, and his Hungarian “First Lady”, Linda Sugataghy, from the International DOO performing arts group. The aim of Kunstpartiet is to reach a dialogue and exchange with all layers of the society through Art. The Art Party realised interactive performance events in the region, in collaboration with Holstebro Municipality and other municipalities in Jutland, the Danish National Arts Foundation, Aarhus 2017 European Capital of Culture and the Nordic Theatre Laboratory.

AIMS

a) to use ART as a social catalyser for all citizens and to trigger a process of empathy and reciprocity;

b) to appreciate variety and diversity;

c) to generate cooperation between citizens, associations and institutions through artistic performances;

d) to approach "the unexpected”

MAYOR IN RESIDENCE (January 1, 2016 - June 18, 2017) was the longest performance project and "election campaign" ever made by a couple of artists. Giuseppe L. Bonifati (IT) and Linda Sugataghy (HU) played the role of Jeppe and Linda (Candidate and First Lady) in Holstebro for 18 months. They have been in contact with thousands of citizens In the Jutland region as well as cooperating with several cultural and artistic institutions, to realise their monthly programs of performances, actions, performances and events.

KUNST SOM FORSVAR (2018). In its second interdisciplinary project, along with several national and international artists, KUNSTPARTIET / ART PARTY acted regionally as well locally and transformed its headquarter, BomhusetMuseum for Miniature Arts, into a dreamlike video installation running 24/7. The group traveled from Hirtshals to Aabenraa, from Odder to Esbjerg and Odense, from the Art Museums to Cold War bunkers and from theatre scenes to the of asylum centers, all for the aim to spread the Arts Party’s messages to adults and youth: from kindergarten children to high school students and to politicians.

ART ON CALL (2019). The Art Party's experimental project in 2019 aimed to reach a larger part of society and also to RECONSIDER the potential influence that art may have on health. We researched this topic through artistic residencies in 7 cities of Central and Western Jutland. During this time, we drove a special ambulance and intimate performances took place inside the vehicle. We also delivered different activities, actions, performances and workshops, for prevention and revitalisation, in the homes of citizens, on the streets, in schools, offices, theatres, museums, etc.

Thanks to the Municipality of Holstebro (branch Arts and Culture), the Art Party has had its office and headquarter in Bomhuset - Museum for Miniature art between 2016 and 2019. The 32 m2 former toll house is the oldest house and smallest museum in Holstebro. The building is now closed from public, undergoing a renovation during 2019-2020.

PARTNERS

Since 2016, the Arts Party, together with the Nordic Theater Laboratory, collaborated with foundations, municipalities, institutions and associations as well as private partners both on local and national levels. For example: Holstebro Municipality, Struer Municipality, Skive Municipality, Kulturaftale for Central and Western Jutland, Ikast-Brande Municipality, Herning Municipality, Vesthimmerlands Municipality, Jammerbugt Municipality, Ringkøbing Municipality, Vejle Municipality, Silkeborg Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Skanderborg Municipality, Odder Municipality, Syddjurs Municipality; and funds such the Danish Art Fund, Aarhus 2017, Færch Foundation, OFF Road Festival, Kulturmødet, Herning Library, INVITATIONLab, Europæisk Kulturregion Festival, etc. Art Party has created a large network across the country. Art Party held interactive performance events and workshops throughout Jutland and enjoyed popularity among the population and the press in the last 4 years.

DOO PERFORMING ARTS GROUP

The DOO - Divano Occidentale Orientale performing arts group was born in January 2010 by Giuseppe L. Bonifati. Linda Sugataghy joined to the project in 2013. DOO artistic project started from the South (Italy) and the North of Europe (Denmark), and especially from a will to create and produce contemporary art through a deep research, offering it to youth and adults. In just 9 years of existence the group has produced a line of diverse works. They have been hosted in theatres, galleries, museums, art festivals of international significance in Italy, Denmark, France, Costa Rica, Poland, Bosnia Herzegovina, Hungary, Venezuela, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia, Iran, Brazil, Spain, India, Russia etc…. and they collected several prizes.

BIO

Christian Gade Bjerrum (1981), actor and environment-activist

Christian graduated in the actor school of Aarhus Teater in 2009 and in the Bikram Yoga College of India in 2010. He is active in the territory of theatre and film as well as an environment-activist and he initiated and organised several events related to sustainability-movements. Christian has been author of several theatre shows and performances about yoga. Christian has worked with some of the greatest directors, including Elisa Kragerup and Lars von Trier, and he participated in movies like Nymphomaniac (directed by Lars von Trier, 2013) or Itsi Bitsi (directed by Ole Chr. Madsen, 2014). In the recent years he worked, among others, with Aalborg Teater and Teater Momentum. In the present, Christian is one of the founders of “Bæredygtig Scenekunst NU” initiative (Sustainable Theatre art NOW).

Giuseppe L. Bonifati (1985), artistic director

Born in 1985. He’s an actor, playwright, poet and theatre director. He is based in Italy and Denmark. He attended acting courses at “Paolo Grassi” Civic School of Dramatic Art. He furthered his studies at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts “Silvio D’Amico” and at the International Theatre Workshops by Venice Biennale. He’s artist and director in residence at Odin Teatret – Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium (Holstebro, Denmark), a theatre with which he collaborates since 2008. He participated in several other program of residencies in Europe and America. He took part in plays directed by Eugenio Barba, Julia Varley, Motus, Renato Carpentieri, Remondi & Caporossi, Ruggero Cappuccio, Andrée Ruth Shammah, Roberto Cavosi, Emanuela Giordano, Giuseppe Maradei. He was awarded with the Crystal Microphone “Umberto Benedetto, 2006, RAI, New voices for radio. In 2011, he won the National Dramaturgy Award “Alessandro Fersen” and he has been chosen among the Young National Talents by Ministry of Youth in Italy. He has been granted in 2015 with DE.MO./ MOVIN’UP, by MIBACT Italian Culture Ministry. He is the artistic director of the performing arts group DOO – Divano Occidentale Orientale. For the poetry, he published Ritratto all’Ombra (2004) and 21:31 (mi sento morire) (2014) by Lietocolle Publishing company. The text “Pepe El Bastardo Impaziente e Innamorato” appeared in the theatrical series Percorsi by Editoria&Spettacolo publishing house. For the cinema, among other movies, he took part in the ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, directed by Ridley Scott (2017), alongside acclaimed international stars as Kevin Spacey, Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer and Timothy Hutton. He recently worked in the BBC mini TV series US (2019), with Sofie Gråbøl and Tom Hollander.

Brian Bruhn, eventmaker

Brian is a journalist and event manager, with extensive work experience in both sectors. Today he is an event maker in the Library in Herning and he takes active part in developing cultural life in regional level. He has experience from both private and public workplaces as well as from the territory of politics.

Emma Hovmøller Buhrkal (1993), project coordinator

Emma was born and raised in Holstebro, and graduated as a playwright, from Aarhus University in 2018. In 2016, she has collaborated first time with the Art Party, as playwright and assistant director intern. She coordinated the youth project "The Golden Apple", which was part of the larger performance project Mayor in Residence. Emma has worked as assistant director at a large number of performances at institutions across the country, including "Othello" at The Royal Theater and "Happy Nation" at Theater Catapult. Recently Emma has taught creative processes at Brenderup Højskole, directed a theatre performance at Onsild Idrætsefterskole, and she has been employed as a project coordinator in “Center for Væredygtighed” in Aarhus; where she has, among other things, been responsible for the conducting of a conference at Aarhus University.

Cuneyt Pala (1971), project coordinator

He has a BSc in Economics from Ankara Gazi University, Turkey and he is a trained KaosPilot with experience in art, sustainability and networking projects. He is also an animation teacher and he teaches animation art for children at Herning Film Workshop. Since 2013, he has been employed as project manager at DSI Swinging Europe, for projects such as: the multi-ethnic orchestra Grænseløs with Jazz Denmark, PLAY! GROUND LIVE and LIVE NORDIC with musician Bo Stief, the Nordic talent development band YOUNG NORDIC STARS with Kenneth Dahl Knudsen. He was also process manager for the inVITAtion Lab, in collaboration with 7 municipalities / libraries in the Mid-West Region of Denmark.

Dina Abu Hamdan (1973), workshop leader

She was born in Jordan. She is a theatre director and choreographer with a portfolio of both small and ensemble performances, as well as large-scale outdoor performances and events. Dina is a multidisciplinary artistic instructor, a cultural development consultant, producer and expert in community-focused interactive art projects, networking projects and events with extensive international work experience in all territories.

Claudio Passilongo (1984) componist and musician

Claudio Passilongo, has worked throughout his life with the atmosphere of he jazz and classical music. He has been educated as a pianist and composer at the Neapolitan Music Conservatory, and as an English teacher at the Istituto Universitario Orientale, in Italy. He studied also in Accademia Chigiana di Siena with Salvatore Sciarrino and Andrea Portera. Claudio has won international composition contests and his music has been played by DR radio, Radio RAI and Radio Swiss Jazz. The Vatican Radio chose his Sonata n.1 as the main theme of his program “I giochi dell’armonia”. He is also a film composer and his music has been played throughout Europe by Kuno Kjærbye, Mikkel Andersen, The Paradox Choir, Ensemble Bios, Trio Ismena, Musical Ensemble. Solisti del Teatro di Sancarlo, Chamber Orchestra Carmina, Trio Esperidi, Orchestra d’Archi Città di Pompei, by Future Blend Project (UK). His score is printed in Germany, Serbia, Estonia, and Italy. He is a member of the Danish Composer Association who wrote about him: “(...) In your music you display professional command of a great variety of compositional, editing and mastering techniques.

Ilze Rudzite, textile artist and art educator

Ilze moved to Denmark in 2008. She has a master's degree in art from the Academy of Fine Arts in Riga, Latvia and also a bachelor's degree in textile design, crafts and dissemination from VIA University College, Denmark. Among other things, she has previously taught adults and childrenin Holstebro Billedskole, worked as a performing artist and is a member of BKF. Currently she teaches art to children at Kunstskolen Emilia, which is based at the Royal Ballet School of Holstebro. The art school is a newly established institution, with the goal of teaching visual art for children in the age group from 0th to 7th grade.

Linda Sugataghy (1984), video and graphic design

She has a master degree of French linguistics and literature (2009) from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. Born in Hungary, she is now based in Hungary and Denmark. She joined DOO in 2013 by the project THE JUDGEMENT and taking part in the international and local activities of the organisation since. From 2016, she has been co-founder of the multidisciplinary artistic movement Kunstpartiet in Denmark, a high scale community project of DOO in collaboration with Nordisk Teater Laboratorium (Odin Teatret). As a start in filmmaking, in 2019, she followed the annual project Art on Call of Kunstpartiet and created a documentary film with the same title about the experience. She is in charge of the photo / video production, international communication and design for DOO.

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