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4/11/2004

Bosch & Fjord

Nikolaj Kunsthal - Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen

Turnover

Up, Down, Out, In, Forward, Backward, From within, From Outside, From the top

It will be an unusual, yet highly realistic exhibition which Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, presents. The artist duo Bosch & Fjord will move both furniture and the employees in flesh and blood, with their computers and their meetings, out into the exhibition area. They will turn deeply-rooted work patterns upside down and get a debate going about the living workplace among staff and visitors.

Constructive chaos at the Upper Gallery
The exhibition literally turns Nikolaj inside out. All furniture and equipment from the administrative offices, passageways and storage rooms will be removed to the Upper Gallery, where the staff will be stationed to work from temporarily set-up working places. The sections of the building which are usually off limits, on the other hand, will now be accessible. Starting at the entrance of the building, a guide in the floor leads the visitors through empty rooms, passageways and spiral staircases. The route has as its centre the Upper Gallery which not only functions as a workplace but also as a social area in which visitors and staff can meet and debate. Here the discussion about the living workplace will furthermore be visualized through spatial comments, pictograms, texts and photos.
The starting point for the artist duo is that social relations and behaviour are closely interconnected with the physical surroundings in which we move. Bosch & Fjord call for a new understanding of the workplace through an engaged debate which has room for diversity. They have therefore put forward 10 dogmas as a tool for discussion. In a humorous, challenging and impartial manner they present an invitation to everybody - high and low - to personally become a part of the discussion on how to create the best possible framework for one s working life.
In practical terms as well, the 10 dogmas will play a specific and active part in the exhibition Turnover, in which the employees will try out the dogmas in practice and through a critical process seek to relate to Nikolaj s position as both art centre and workplace. The exhibition is therefore both a site-specific installation and a vital example of the process of creating a living workplace.

Art as a free space in everyday life
The two artists Rosan Bosch and Rune Fjord work with projects which cut across visual art, architecture and design. In recent years, they have been focussing on the importance of art in everyday life - and particularly in the workplace. In a dialogue with the private sector and with public institutions such as the medical factory Coloplast and The Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs they have developed creative and different rooms in order to inspire new and innovative ideas and solutions among the employees. According to the two artists, art presents a free space which should be a more integrated element of social life - and not least working life. By giving us cause to discuss various matters, art can remove us from our normal everyday lives and in the process turn around the established patterns of how we think and act. Art can spark off creative processes - to be carried out by those who are directly involved themselves! And art can bring out in us the ability to see ourselves, our surroundings and our relations with other people in new ways - and thus help us improve our everyday lives.
As a part of the exhibition Turnover the booklet THE LIVING WORKPLACE - 10 dogmas will be published. Using the dogmas as a specific tool for discussion, the booklet is intended to serve as a catalyst to set off debates in the individual workplaces.

Guided tours and special arrangements
Guided tours for the public by Bosch & Fjord on Thursdays from 3 to 4 p.m. (except on December 2, 23 and 30). Companies and groups may also order special arrangements outside the opening hours. Daily at 3 p.m. it will be possible to participate in a tour of the Tower.

Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center
Nikolaj Plads 10, Copenhagen

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