Koboji-templet, Tsugaru, Japan, 2024
Exhibition with The Mountain of Sadness: Return of The Souls. Part of "Tsugaru art from the temple" exhibition
01.09.2024 – 04.11.2024 from 09:00 to 16:00
Venue: 1-244 Byobusan, Kizukurifukihara, Tsugaru, Aomori, Japan
Production team:
Koboji Temple, https://nishinokouyasan.com/
Shochan Dance / by Shoichi Fukushi, Shoichi Fukushi
Art Design/ by Akeo Ishizawa, https://www.ai-sign.com/
Verdensrum/ by Birgit Kjærsgaard, https://www.verdensrum.com/
Tableaux, films and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Sound production: Oscar Balund Jespersen
Yuki Onna: Sophie Balund Jespersen
Photo credits: Koboji Temple and Kaneko Hirofumi
Program
Autumnal Equinox Festival (with temple rituals including firewalking): 22.09.24 - 23.09.24
Butohdance performance with live music: 22.09.24, 14:00 Shoichi Fukushi (butoh dancer) and Yokozuna Hiromasa (flutist )
Exhibition photos Koboji Temple and Birgit Kjærsgaard
Supported by: The Toyota Foundation, DK, The EU Japan Fest Japan Committee & CAVI.
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Koboji Temple (Koyasan in The West)
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verdensrum: https://www.verdensrum.com
Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori, Japan, 2023/24
Exhibition with The Mountain of Sadness: Return of The Souls
16.12.2023 – 21.12.2024 from 10:00 to 17:00
Aomori Museum of Art, Community Gallery B
185 Chikano, Yasuta, Aomori City, Aomori Pref. 038-0021, Japan
In cooperation with Gallery Hakusen, Tokyo
Tableaux, films and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Sound production: Oscar Balund Jespersen
Yuki Onna: Sophie Balund Jespersen
Program
Artist talk (06.01.2024) with Birgit Kjærsgaard
Poetry performance (06.01.2024 and 07.01.2014) with Yasuhiro Numata (mactor and writer),
Stringraphy and dance performance (06.01.2024 and 07.01.2014) with Minako Momo Suzuki (stringraphy sound artist) and Dakei (dancer and choreographer),
Exhibition photos Yota Hara and Shinjiro Saito
Supported by: The Toyota Foundation, DK, The EU Japan Fest Japan Committee, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation & CAVI.
Invitation/press
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Minako Momo Suzukis House, Tokyo, JP, 2024
Exhibition with The Mountain of Sadness: Return of The Souls
16.12.2023 – 21.12.2024 from 10:00 to 17:00
Minako Momo Suzukis House
4-2-35 Fujimi-cho Chofu-shi Tokyo, Japan
In cooperation with Gallery Hakusen, Tokyo
Tableaux, films and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Yuki Onna: Sophie Balund Jespersen
Program
Shootings and performance (10.01.2024) with Minako Momo Suzuki (stringraphy sound artist) and Dakei (dancer and choreographer),
Shootings Shinjiro Saito
Supported by: The Toyota Foundation, DK, The EU Japan Fest Japan Committee, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation & CAVI.
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A TRANS-Vitrine, U-Zoologischer, Berlin, DE, 2023
Exhibition with "The Mountain of Sadness" in A TRANS-Vitrine,
U–Zoologischer Garten, Platform U9, Hardenbergplatz , Berlin, De, curated by architect Isolde Nagel.
WITHIN 10TH EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY BERLIN 2023
In cooperation with Kultur Projekte Berlin
Birgit Kjærsgaard: Mountain of Sadness | Nordische Botschaften
Exhibition Review: Birgit Kjærsgaard | Mountain of Sadness — Musée Magazine (museemagazine.com)
Tableaux, films and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesø
Exhibition photos Florian von Ploetz, Bernd Kumar and Ernst Kallesøe
Supported by: The Danish Arts Foundation, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation & CAVI.
Invitation/press
Links
European Month of Photography Berlin 2020
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Gallery Hakusen, Asagaya, Tokyo, JP, 2022
Performance-exhibition in Gallery Hakusen, Asagaya, Tokyo, JP
3. 11. – 17.11 2022
Program
Performance by Dakei (05.11.2022) with Morio Tanimura (musician), and Ko.Do.Na. (musician) + Screening of The Verdensrum-series in Bar Tabasa.
Poetry Reading from Nishi-ni Mukau, JET Poets, (12.11.2022) with Shuhey Yamaguchi (musician), Nobuo Shiga (musician), Satoru Hirashima (musician), Nobunaga Ken (musician), Rie Goto (poet), Ura Ocb (poet), Yumiko Ichige (poet), Hiroshi Abe (musician and performer), Muu Kawashima (poet), Tomomi Sano (poet), Matthew Chozick (poet), Mari Yasuda (poet), Je t'aime Kitamura (poet), Yoshino Ike (poet), Tasuke (poet), Yuka Kato (poet), Momo Suzuk (Stringraphy), Birgit Kjærsgaard (guest-poet) .
Performance by Momo Suzuki (Stringraphy) and Birgit Kjærsgaard (poetry) (12.11.2022).
Performance by Asuka Itagaki (dance), Scott Jordan (shakuhachi) and Shuhey Yamaguchi (percussion)
Tableaux, films and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesø
Computer technical consultants: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Assistants: Oscar Balund Jespersen (sound production) and Sophie Balund Jespersen (Yuki Onna)
Supported by The EU Japan Fest Japan Committeé, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation, The Danish Art Foundation, The Danish Embassy in Japan and
CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus
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A trans, Vitrine, Kleistpark U-Bahn, Berlin, DE, 2020
Exhibition with "Verdensrum V, Japan: The Mountain of Sadness (Osorezan)" in A trans Vitrinen, Kleistpark U-Bahn, Berlin, De, curated by architect Isolde Nagel. IN PROGRESS.
WITHIN 9TH EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY BERLIN 2020
Opening
Performance by Yon Natalie Mik
Photos Bernd Kumar and Karsten Huth
Tableaux and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesø
Supported by: The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation , The Danish Embassy in Berlin, The European Cultural Region, Der Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa and CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction.
Invitation/press
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European Month of Photography Berlin 2020
Dänische Botschaft in Deutschland:
"Künstlerisches Licht in dunklen Tagen: Die Künstlerin Birgit Kjærsgaard bespielt eine Vitrine im U-Bahnhof Kleistpark in Berlin-Schöneberg mit einer poetischen 3D-Reflexion über Trauerrituale und Vorstellungen von Tod.
Die Arbeit hat die Künstlerin unter anderem zu einem Pilgrimsort nach Japan geführt.
„Mountain of Sadness“, so der Werktitel – ist von der Landschaft am Berg inspiriert und zeigt ein flimmerndes Bild des möglichen Tores zur Unterwelt.
Das Werk ist Teil der Serie „A Femmes City“ kuratiert von Isolde Nagel, die mit A Trans ein Galerieprojekt ohne festen Ort betreibt."
Gallery Hakusen, Asagaya, Tokyo, JP, 2018
Performance-exhibition in Gallery Hakusen, Asagaya, Tokyo, JP
19. 5. – 2. 6. 2018
Program
Kinya Tsuruyama (19.05.2018, opening performance) with Shuhey Yamaguchi (musician), and Hiroshi Abe (musician), Morio Tanimura (musician) and Akito Sutou (musician)
Kinya Tsuruyama, (27.05.2018, poet night) with Yasuhiro Numata (performer), Hiroshi Abe (performer and musician), Shuhey Yamaguchi (musician), and Morio Tanimura (musician)
Kinya Tsuruyama (2.06.2018, finissage performance), with Elizabeth Muñoz Castro (dancer), Satoru Hirashima (musician), Shuhey Yamaguchi (musician), and Hiroshi Abe (musician), Morio Tanimura (musician) and Akito Sutou (musician)
Idea and Animation: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultants: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Committee, The Sasakawa-Foundation, The Art Council in Aarhus, The Danish Embassy, Tokyo, SITNI SATI, THINKBOX,
CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus
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ギャラリー白線企画展
ビルギット・グラスゴー “Verdensrum IV,Japan : Ryōkai Resist”
3D ビデオインスタレーション + 舞踏
会期：5月19日（土）ー 6月2日（土） 水曜休廊
時間：17:00 – 22:00
【オープニング／クロージング レセプション, パフォーマンス】
5月19日（土） 19:00-
6月2日（土） 19:00-
舞踏：鶴山欣也
デンマークのアーティスト・建築家BirgitKjærsgaardは、アジアの文化の記号体系とメタファーについて、長年にわたり調査しています。 Verdensrum IV,Japan：RyōkaiResistは、日本の瞑想儀式と自然崇拝の概念に基づいたユニークな3Dインスタレーションです。アジアの精神的な教えと哲学を、表現力豊かな舞踏パフォーマンス、映像、サウンド、現代的な3D技術を用いて融合させます。 すべての文化には日常の経験や存在だけでなく神話や歴史にも関係する独自の時間感覚があります。 このインスタレーションは、思考過程に焦点を当てた東洋の伝統と哲学を、芸術的に解釈しています。 舞踏の場合、思考と運動は同じ平面に位置し、精神と肉体は調和しています。 この作品では、現代のコンテクストにおいて、高野山の修験者によって今も伝えられる古代の瞑想儀式と舞踏の力を結合させます。 意識の探検家として、鑑賞者は心と宇宙の景観を巡る旅に参加します。 ギャラリー白線 東京都杉並区阿佐谷南1-36-14 1F info@hakusen.jp
A TRANS c/o Architektur Gallerie Berlin, Berlin, DE 2018
Performance-exhibition with "Verdensrum, Japan: Ryōkai Resist" in A trans c/o Architektur Gallerie Berlin, Berlin, De, curated by architect Isolde Nagel.
Program
Performances every Saturday 4 – 6 pm during exhibition with:
Andy Ninvalle (10.02.2018)
Brigitte Westkemper (03.02.2018)
Momo Sanno (27.01.2018)
Kinya Tsuruyama (20.01.2018)
Kinya Tsuruyama with Junku Iwahashi, Yoshihiro Shimomura, Mishiyasu Furutan, Zam Johnson and Sebastian Quiroga Chand (19.01.2018)
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultants: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Photos Bernd Kumar and Karsten Huth
Supported by: Danish Art Foundation, Aarhus Art Council, EU Japan Fest Japan Committe, The Japanese and The Danish Embassies, Berlin, CAVI, UMA, Sitni Sati and Thinkbox.
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OPEN STAGE, AARHUS, DK 2017
Performance with "VERDENSRUM IV, Japan: Landscape/Portrait" Open Stage, Aarhus, DK
WITHIN THE PROGRAM FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE 150-YEARS ANNIVERSARY FOR JAPANESE/DANISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND WITHIN THE PROGRAM FOR AARHUS EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITY 2017
Idea and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe
Businessman: Kinya Tsuruyama
Urban woman: Sayoko Onishi
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultant: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Photos: Ernst Kallesøe.
Supported by: Danish Art Foundation, Aarhus Art Council, EU Japan Fest Japan Committe, CAVI, UMA, Sitni Sati and Thinkbox.
Invitation
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Aarhus Stiftstidende
A TRANS PAVILION, BERLIN, DE, 2010
Exhibition with The VERDENSRUM Series in A trans Pavilion, Berlin, De,
curated by architect Isolde Nagel.
WITHIN 4TH EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY BERLIN 2010
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultants: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Photos Carsten Huth, Ernst Kallesøe and Jens Balund Jespersen
Supported by: Danish Art Foundation, Royal Danish Embassy, Berlin,
Danish National Banks Jubilefoundation, City of Aarhus, CAVI and UMA.
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A TRANS C/O ZWEIGSTELLE, BERLIN, DE, 2014
Exhibition with "VERDENSRUM IV, Japan: Landscape/Portrait" in A trans c/o Gallery Zweigstelle, Berlin, De, curated by architect Isolde Nagel.
WITHIN 6TH EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY BERLIN 2014
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultants: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Photos Karsten Huth.
Supported by: Danish Art Foundation, Royal Danish Embassy, Berlin, CAVI, UMA, Sitni Sati and Thinkbox.
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6th Month of Photography
Baunetzwoche#388 20. November 2014
..."Eine 3D-Installation aus vier Elementen? Klingt etwas kompliziert, ist aber ziemlich spannend: Birgit Kjærsgaard möchte mittels Foto, Film, Sound und Geruch auf eine Pilgerreise durch die japanische Berglandschaft Koya-san, unweit der Millionenstadt Osaka, entführen. Diese Transformation eines Ortes in seine Bestandteile ist in der Ausstellung in der Berliner Plattform A TRANS – kuratiert von Frank Wagner - zu sehen und zu riechen. Die Dänischen Architektin und Künstlerin, die seit Jahren zur Rezeption kultureller Zeichensysteme und der Metaphorik von Weltkulturen forscht, kreiert sowohl mit realistischen Abbildungen als auch mit abstrakten Bildern einen Japanischen Raum mitten in Berlin. Zu sehen bis zum 20. Dezember 2014 in der Zweigstelle Berlin."...
NICOLAI, KOLDING, DK, 2014
Exhibition entitled SPACES with The VERDENSRUM Series in Nicolai, Kolding, DK, with artist Anja Christensen.
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultants: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Photos Ernst Kallesøe
Supported by: Danish Art Foundation, Danish National Bank Jubile foundation,
City of Aarhus, City of Kolding, CAVI and UMA.
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AARHUS SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, AARHUS, DK, 2014
Exhibition with "VERDENSRUM III, Mandala/Metropolis" and still images from VERDENSRUM I & II in Aarhus School of Architecture, curated by architect Karen Kærgaard, Aarhus, DK, 2014
Idea, Images and Animation: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultants: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Photos Ernst Kallesøe
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UNDER 64, AARHUS, DK, 2013
Exhibition entitled THROUGH CHARCOAL &PIXELS with The VERDENSRUM Series in Pakhus 64, Aarhus, DK with artist Anja Christensen.
Idea, Images and Animation: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultants: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Photos Ernst Kallesøe
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DAC, DANISH CENTRE OF ARCHITECTURE, COPENHAGEN, DK, 1992
Exhibition entitled ARCHITEXT with the installation "Monotonologer". An exhibition with young architects and young authors, DAC, Copenhagen, DK, 1992, curated by author Poul Borum, architect Svein Tønsager and architect Kirsten Birch.
Photos Birgit Kjærsgaard