A Sock In The Eye
May 4th - June 16th
2024
Park McArthur - Magda Mostafa
Jordan Whitewood-Neal - Andreas Angelidakis
Opening may 4
4 - 7 p.m.
A Sock In The Eye lends its title from the poem I Am Not One of The by the poet, performer and disability activist Cheryl Marie Wade.
This show is the second in a two part mini series at IFB showcasing the discourses produced by buildings included in the Danish Conservation Act of 1918. (Fredningsloven) The first one dealt with The Danner House Building (Man In House)
The building in question here is the Charlottenborg castle, erected during the 1670s and home to the Royal Danish Academy of Arts since 1754. The building is included in the Danish Conservation Act and has been since the legislation was passed in 1918. This, as a consequence has made education next to impossible for those with disabilities, as the Danish Conservation Act makes it incredibly difficult or more simply just expensive to alter the architecture in order to, for instance, implement an elevator.
The exhibition A Sock In the Eye consists of three architectural models that have been commissioned in collaboration with Chair of Architecture and Care at the Department of Architecture ETH Zürich. Alongside the work Carried and Held (2012 -) by American artist Park McArthur.
Thus A Sock In The Eye takes on the task of fantasizing about what The Royal Danish Academy of Arts in Copenhagen (1754) could look like, if the building was accessible.
It does so from three different perspectives on accessibility, Crip (Jordan Whitewood-Neal) Neurodivergence (Magda Mostafa) and Queer Aging (Andreas Angelidakis).
The combination of these three perspectives produces concrete proposals for the Academy, and more generally lends itself to an idea that moves architectural thinking away from compensation towards dreams beyond accommodation.
On Tuesday the 16th of April 2024, The Bourse Building (Børsen) - former home to the Copenhagen stock exchange, now owned by the Danish Chamber of Commerce and the first building in Denmark to be listed on the Conservation Act - burned to the ground.
The exhibition is produced in collaboration with the Copenhagen Kunsthal O—Overgaden. The three architectural models will travel and be on show at O—Overgaden from 20th June through 4th August. O—Overgaden is itself a venue included in the Danish Conservation Act, currently offering wheelchair access through its main entrance with a mobile stairlift, while working on obtaining permission for install a permanent stairlift
Institut Funder Bakke
Æbeløvej 20
8600 Silkeborg
Denmark
Institutfunderbakke.com
Open Saturdays and Sundays 12 - 6 pm and by appointment
IFB has step-free access. If you have questions please feel free to contact us institutfunderbakke@gmail.co
A Sock In The Eye
A Sock In The Eye is produced with support by:
The Danish Arts Foundation - June 15 Fund - The Augustinus Foundation - Knud Højgaards Foundation - The Municipality of Silkeborg - Bevica Foundation - William Demant Foundation.
This show is the second in a two part mini series at IFB showcasing the discourses produced by buildings included in the Danish Conservation Act of 1918. (Fredningsloven) The first one dealt with The Danner House Building (Man In House)
The building in question here is the Charlottenborg castle, erected during the 1670s and home to the Royal Danish Academy of Arts since 1754. The building is included in the Danish Conservation Act and has been since the legislation was passed in 1918. This, as a consequence has made education next to impossible for those with disabilities, as the Danish Conservation Act makes it incredibly difficult or more simply just expensive to alter the architecture in order to, for instance, implement an elevator.
The exhibition A Sock In the Eye consists of three architectural models that have been commissioned in collaboration with Chair of Architecture and Care at the Department of Architecture ETH Zürich. Alongside the work Carried and Held (2012 -) by American artist Park McArthur.
Thus A Sock In The Eye takes on the task of fantasizing about what The Royal Danish Academy of Arts in Copenhagen (1754) could look like, if the building was accessible.
It does so from three different perspectives on accessibility, Crip (Jordan Whitewood-Neal) Neurodivergence (Magda Mostafa) and Queer Aging (Andreas Angelidakis).
The combination of these three perspectives produces concrete proposals for the Academy, and more generally lends itself to an idea that moves architectural thinking away from compensation towards dreams beyond accommodation.
On Tuesday the 16th of April 2024, The Bourse Building (Børsen) - former home to the Copenhagen stock exchange, now owned by the Danish Chamber of Commerce and the first building in Denmark to be listed on the Conservation Act - burned to the ground.
The exhibition is produced in collaboration with the Copenhagen Kunsthal O—Overgaden. The three architectural models will travel and be on show at O—Overgaden from 20th June through 4th August. O—Overgaden is itself a venue included in the Danish Conservation Act, currently offering wheelchair access through its main entrance with a mobile stairlift, while working on obtaining permission for install a permanent stairlift
Institut Funder Bakke
Æbeløvej 20
8600 Silkeborg
Denmark
Institutfunderbakke.com
Open Saturdays and Sundays 12 - 6 pm and by appointment
IFB has step-free access. If you have questions please feel free to contact us institutfunderbakke@gmail.co
A Sock In The Eye
May 4th - June 16th 2024
Open Saturdays and Sundays 12 - 6 pm & by appointment
Free and open to all
A Sock In The Eye is produced with support by:
The Danish Arts Foundation - June 15 Fund - The Augustinus Foundation - Knud Højgaards Foundation - The Municipality of Silkeborg - Bevica Foundation - William Demant Foundation.
Refuge as Prospect: A Sensory Landscapeby Magda Mostafa | StudioTM
With production support from Kanzy Rammeya
History, beauty, art, heritage- all these powerful values dissolve, dissipate, become transparent in the absence of equitable access.
Art in its instruction, production and consumption is a deeply multi-sensory act- and within that act lies its power but also its challenge for the Neurodivergent mind. This mind- and its embodied relationship to the physical space of art- may pendulate between sensory seeking and sensory avoiding. Without, however, the senso-spatio-socio physical infrastructure to enact this pendulation, places of art may remain inaccessible to the neurodivergent experience. They may become islands of beauty and self-expression out of reach for the Neurodivergent experience by virtue of the very power they embody- the power of the deeply- and often overwhelming- multi-sensorality.
This piece explores this paradox by presenting the Neurodivergent experience as existing between two notions- that of the historical palace, represented as a transparent almost invisible vessel- falling from its position of importance as an artifact in and of itself, and only valuable in that it holds the prospect of space for the Neurodivergent experience with art. This is juxtaposed with a freeform spatial infrastructure inspired by the Autism ASPECTSS EscapeScape. As a white organic connected spatial canvas, it follows anticipatory desire lines through the palace, and expands into Sensory Escape Spaces- points strategically placed to provide the opportunity for sensory seeking and sensory avoidance- represented in a neutral white to take on future possibilities ranging along the spectrum of neutrality to sensory stimulation- from the absence of colour to the possibility of the full colour spectrum.
I see this as a canvas for possible futures- spaces that can be appropriated to escape and regulate the senses, but also spaces for sensory exploration through color, light, texture, movement and sound.
Magda Mostafa
Model by Jordan Whitewood-Neal
Inspired by the doll houses of MJ Long, and the desire to repurpose and reimagine the Charlottenborg building through a crip lens, this model opens up the building and its interior courtyard, providing a space for a speculative crip art collective to take route. Permeated by a sculptural ramp the space provides not only a provocation about heritage, disability, and the transformation of institutional space, but as an object, offers a backdrop for visitors and students to insert their own ideas for inhabitation. The model is imagined as a space for ongoing discussion, planning, and augmentation.
Jordan Whitewood-Neal
Model accompanied by the zine Sissy by Andreas Angelidakis
Park McArthur, Carried and Held2012 -
Photos by Mikkel Kaldal