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Minority Report: Challenging Intolerance in Contemporary Denmark is an interdisciplinary exhibition, which investigates the premises for the more outspoken intolerance towards and among ethnic minorities in Denmark during recent years. The show is the first in a series of recurring international art exhibitions, which the City Council of Aarhus has initiated under the heading Aarhus Festival of Contemporary Art.

Minority Report unfolds in different locations in Aarhus and environs, Denmark, during the period of September 25 – October 24, 2004 and presents 63 Danish-based and international visual artists and filmmakers as well as 53 theoreticians, politicians, musicians, performers, networks, and cultural organizations from Denmark and abroad. All of the 116 participants have, from very different social and political backgrounds, worked thoroughly with the question of intolerance. Through visual art, film, music, performance, lectures, debates, hearings, workshops, and text, the exhibition initiates an interdisciplinary and cross-national encirclement of intolerance in Denmark, which due to the diverse starting points of the participants is able to raise new kinds of questions that will hopefully invigorate the dominant discussion on foreigners in Denmark. For a month, the city of Aarhus is transformed into a vital platform for debate upon which the problematics of intolerance and co-existence are visualized, analyzed, and exchanged from the perspective of minority as well as majority groups in close dialogue with the audiences.

BACKGROUND

Intolerance towards ethnic minorities is not a new phenomenon in Denmark. In recent years, however, it seems to have manifested itself more powerfully and in wider circles. The gradual transformation of Denmark from a monoethnic to a multiethnic society has, similarly to a number of other European countries, been accompanied by an ever more outspoken hostility and doubt towards foreigners, both what concerns the question of refugees’ and immigrants’ access to Denmark as well as the presence of ethnic minorities in Danish society. Within recent years, it seems to have become more legitimate to express one’s feelings of xenophobia, both among majority- and minority groups.

Politically, the development has resulted in a series of tightenings of the immigration and asylum laws. Hence, the immigration, integration, and repatriation policies of Denmark are presently among the toughest in the world. Socially, the question of foreigners has contributed to an increased polarization between proponents of immigration stop, assimilation, and a homogeneous Denmark on the one side and proponents of immigration, pluralistic integration, and a multiethnic Denmark on the other side. The debate is characterized by stubborn and predictable outer positions and both wings present arguments designed to appeal to the feelings of the population – either those of compassion or those of fear – rather than democratic and ethical principles of equal rights. In spite of this development and the growing international critique, Denmark has officially repudiated all accusations of having grown more xenophobic, racist, and discriminatory.

INTENTION

Taking its starting point in the current situation of Denmark, Minority Report wishes to delve into the increasing legitimization of intolerance and further investigate its grounds and conditions, mechanisms and functions, directions and forms. The exhibition sets forth to explore what social and political developments have paved the way for the increasing xenophobia in Denmark; which ideological and psychological operations it rests on; and how it is practiced within the social, political, educational, cultural, and juridical fields.

In doing so, Minority Report distances itself from the conception of intolerance as a “natural,” “inherent,” “essential,” and hence “inevitable” characteristic of human beings, arguing that it is a construction produced by specific psychological, ideological, sociological, economical, and political conditions. Through the exposure of the construction of intolerance, the exhibition hopes to create greater insight into the ways it operates and thereby prepare the way for alternative models for meaningful co-existence.

In that sense, although Minority Report takes its starting point in Denmark, its scope goes well beyond the national, carrying relevance to the growing number of nations experiencing a similar development.

STRUCTURE

Physically, Minority Report unfolds in four Stations for permanent activities and on-going programs and a series of Satellites made up of site-specific activities and temporary interventions in specific environments. The diverse locations allow for different methodological approaches to the theme of the exhibition.

In Station 1: The Equestrian Hall – which constitutes the central nervous system of the exhibition featuring an Information & Communication Center, a Debate Zone, a Stage, a Café, and a Children’s Play Corner – a series of lectures, debates, hearings, concerts, and performances will be held. In addition, The Equestrian Hall will also present an art exhibition featuring, among other things, a movie theater, painting, photography, sound- and video installations as well as art works made specifically the exterior and interior of the building.

Station 2: Aarhus Art Building provides the setting for the presentation of a series of art historical key works and new projects created specifically for Minority Report by Danish-based and international artists and networks. The works and projects presented in Aarhus Art Building all share a deconstructive and/or representation critical approach to the question of intolerance and co-existence.

In Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, a film program consisting of fourteen documentaries, feature films, art videos, children’s, and youth films by Danish-based and international filmmakers and artists are screened. The films span from the early 1970s to the present and elaborate on various aspects of the theme of the exhibition. The children’s and youth films are screened in the daytime, while the remaining program is screened in the evening.

Station 4: The Book is a 152-pages long publication to be regarded as a two-dimensional exhibition space for participants working with text or montage specifically. The book presents essays, projects, and montages that put the question of intolerance and co-existence into a theoretical, historical, and cultural perspective.

Around the four Stations, a number of Satellites are in orbit: projects, interventions, and events created for specific communities and sites in the public spaces of Aarhus by artists, cultural organizations, and theoreticians in the attempt to reach a large number of different communities and actively engage them in the theme of the exhibition.

Together, the Stations and Satellites form a kaleidoscopic encirclement of the exhibition’s overall thematic, allowing the viewer to gradually develop a series of analytical tools to comprehend the conditions and operations of intolerance as s/he moves from location to location, from event to event.

PUBLICATIONS

Minority Report is accompanied by a User Guide with curatorial statement, participant biographies, and a full location and event program. A website listing information about the exhibition and its program can also be found at www.minority-report.dk.

ADMISSION & OPENING HOURS

A three-day ticket pass to all Minority Report locations and selected events is sold for DKK 100. An one-month ticket pass to all Minority Report locations and events is sold for DKK 250 (incl. the User Guide). Tickets to individual locations and events can also be purchased separately. Hours are Tuesday – Sunday, 10 am – 5 pm; Wednesday, 10 am – 9 pm; Monday closed. For evening events and satellite project hours, see the website or the Events Calendar below.

SUPPORT

Minority Report is realized with financial support and subsidies from: Aarhus Municipality; Provinspuljen – The Danish Ministry of Culture's Regional Cultural Project; The County of Aarhus: Committee for Children, Culture and Education; The Danish Art Council’s Committee for Visual Art; The Danish Art Council’s Committee for International Visual Art; The Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs; The Nordic Cultural Fund; Ege Carpets A/S; Calamus Danmark A/S; IKEA; Kemp & Lauritzen; EU’s Regional Fund & City On The Move – The Urban Program; The Municipality of Aarhus – General Economic Resources to Implement the Policy of Integration; SHARE YOUR COUNTRY; Danish Center for Culture and Development; Montana; The Plum Foundation; The Sonning Foundation; Totalproduktion; Engedal Fotografi; Vester Kopi; Nifca (Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art); Cab Inn Aarhus; Aarhus Town Hall; LO – The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions; Pressalit A/S; Nordic; V1 Flagindustri ApS; The Folmer Wisti Foundation for International Understanding; The Austrian Embassy Copenhagen; The Embassy of the Republic of Poland; Det Kongelige Grønlandsfond; Air Logistics ApS; Kulturfonden Danmark-Grønland; Aarhus Film Workshop; Aarhus Municipal Language Center; Brabrand Boligforening; Bruun’s Galleri; Børnekulturhuset; Damgaard-Jensen A/S; EnVision; Eurolines; Indvandrer TV; Kulturcenter Huset; Kulturhus Aarhus; Royal Arctic Line A/S; and Tourist Aarhus.

PARTICIPANTS

STATION 1: THE EQUESTRIAN HALL

Visual Art
Firoozeh Bazrafkan & Kræsten Ankerstjerne Aavang; Blank Rover Visual Project; Jan Falk Borup; Songül Boyraz & Peter Höll; Loulou Cherinet; Jan Danebod; Gustav Deutsch & Mostafa Tabbou; Esra Ersen; Joaquin Zaragoza Galindo; Ghazel; Morten Goll in collaboration with Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke; Astrid Winsløw Hammer; Heidrun Holzfeind; Martin Krenn & Oliver Ressler; Dagmar Krøyer; Iben Toft Nørgård; Jenny Perlin; Lisl Ponger; Tanja Nellemann Poulsen; Walid Ra’ad/The Atlas Group; SHARE YOUR COUNTRY; Åsa Sonjasdotter & 7.C, Rådmandsgades School; Birgitte Lyng Sørensen

Performance, Theater & Stand-up Comedy
aladin; Al-Bayader; Black Top Team; Shabana Rehman

Local Initiatives
Alt for Damerne; Pia Justesen

Music
Advance Patrol; Henrik Busk; Clemens; Damn!; Jomi Massage; Lago; Schwanzen Sänger Knaben; Timbuktu; Zaki

Lectures & Presentations
Rikke Andreassen; Kjeld Holm; Kim Su Rasmussen

Debates
aladin; Rabih Azad-Ahmad; Helle Merete Brix; Gillion Grantsaan; Farrokh Jafari; Pia Justesen; Anne-Marie Meldgaard; Libuse Müller; Søren Friis Møller; Ellen Nyman; Irene Simonsen; Peter Skaarup; Helle Stenum

Hearings
All Kinds; Ramanan Balasubramaniam; Hamayun Latif Butt; Ömer Faruk Ceran; Shiva Farahmand; Sørine Gotfredsen; Sherin Khankan; LO Ungdom Århus Amt; Ambara Hashii Nur; Point of View; Joana Ramos; Gunhild Riske

STATION 2: AARHUS ART BUILDING

Visual Art
Hamayun Latif Butt & SUPERFLEX; Thorbjørn Reuter Christiansen & Jimmie Durham; Destiny Deacon & Virginia Fraser; Julie Edel Hardenberg; Amel Ibrahimovic; Maryam Jafri; Runo Lagomarsino & Johan Tirén in collaboration with Komitéen Flygtninge Under Jorden; Nalini Malani; Tracey Moffatt (in collaboration with Gary Hillberg); Asif Mufeed; Lars Bent Petersen; Adrian Piper; Khaled D. Ramadan; Åsa Sonjasdotter & Asif Mufeed; SPACECAMPAIGN; Hito Steyerl; Wong, Hoy Cheong; Artur Zmijewski

Activism
Kein Mensch Ist Illegal

Local Initiatives
Alt for Damerne

STATION 3: THE MOVIE THEATER EAST OF EDEN

Feature films, Documentaries & Art Videos
Gisli Snaer Erlingsson; Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Ylva Floreman; Louise Glover; Amit Goren; Mona Hatoum; Isaac Julien; Ursula Meier; Erlend E. Mo; Kaywan Mohsen; Ngozi Onwurah; Udayan Prasad; TV Stop; Günther Wallraff

Talks
Ylva Floreman; Kaywan Mohsen

STATION 4: THE BOOK

Essays
Juli Carson & Lindi Emoungu; Bülent Diken & Carsten Bagge Laustsen; Paul Gilroy; Knud Goll; Stuart Hall; Karen Jespersen; Pablo Henrik Llambias; Sarat Maharaj; Chantal Mouffe; Mehmet Ümit Necef; Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen; Flemming Røgilds; Mona Sheikh; Hito Steyerl

Montages
Blank Rover Visual Project; Eric R. Fajardo; Maria Karlsson

SATELLITES

Site-Specific Art Projects
Thorbjørn Reuter Christiansen & Jimmie Durham; Andrea Creutz & Lise Skou; Joaquin Zaragoza Galindo; Morten Goll; Jens Haaning; Astrid Winsløw Hammer; Nynne Haugaard & Nikolaj Kilsmark; Martin Krenn & Oliver Ressler; Runo Lagomarsino & Johan Tirén in collaboration with Komitéen Flygtninge Under Jorden; Mixrice; Lars Bent Petersen; SHARE YOUR COUNTRY; Åsa Sonjasdotter & 7.C, Rådmandsgades Skole; SPACECAMPAIGN; YNKB – Outer Noerrebro Cultural Bureau featuring Finn Thybo Andersen & Gillion Grantsaan

Debate Workshops
Rabih Azad-Ahmad; Farrokh Jafari

CONSULTANTS
Rabih Azad-Ahmad; Ellen Nyman; Kim Su Rasmussen; Bünyamin Simsek

Minority Report Århus Festival for Samtidskunst 2004 • Officersbygningen, opg. C • Vester Allé 3 • 8000 Århus C • +45 86 19 02 54 • info@minority-report.dk

EVENTS CALENDAR

SEPTEMBER

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Press conference. 1 – 3 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

Opening reception and press conference. “The Roses from Bispehaven,” Arabic café with hookahs, tea, sweets, and music by Alt for Damerne (multiethnic women’s association in Bispehaven, Aarhus, Denmark, which works to break the at times isolated existence of immigrant women in Denmark). 5 – 7 pm, Station 2: Aarhus Art Building, Aarhus.

Opening party. 7 pm – 12 am, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

26
“What Is Danish Racism?,” a lecture by Kim Su Rasmussen (MA in Literature and History of Ideas, Ph.D. in History of Ideas, University of Aarhus, Denmark. Research Assistant Professor, Department for Cultural Studies and the Arts, Comparative Literature and Studies in Modern Culture, University of Copenhagen, Denmark). The lecture is conducted in Danish. 3 – 5 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

“Muhammed rapes, Fatima is oppressed, Peter is a good lover, and Louise is so very liberated: Mass media’s construction of gender and ethnicity,” a lecture by Rikke Andreassen (MA in History and Visual Communication, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto, Canada). The lecture is conducted in Danish. 5 – 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

28
Screening of the children’s film “Ikingut,” Iceland/Norway/Denmark 2001, directed by Gisli Snaer Erlingsson, 87 min., Icelandic-language with Danish subtitles. 10 – 11:30 am, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

Screening of “Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask,” United Kingdom 1996, directed by Isaac Julien, 72 min., English-language, and “Black Sheep,” Australia 1999, directed by Louise Glover, 26 min., English-language. 7:30 – 9:30 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

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Screening of “Made in Denmark,” Denmark 2002, directed by Kaywan Mohsen, 59 min., Danish-language. 10 – 11 am, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

Screening of “Vem bryr sig!” (Who Cares!), Sweden 2000, directed by Ylva Floreman, 58 min., Swedish-language with English subtitles, and “Dem der ikke hopper…10 Års Antifascisme” (Those Who Don’t Jump…Ten Years of Anti-Fascism), Denmark 2002, produced by TV Stop, 41 min., Danish-language. The screenings are followed by a talk by filmmaker, journalist, director, and writer Ylva Floreman. The talk is conducted in Swedish. 7 – 10 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

OKTOBER

1
Concert with Advance Patrol (latin hip-hop band from Malmoe, Sweden), and Damn! (rapper Timbuktu’s live band from Malmoe, Sweden). 9 pm – 12 am, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

2
“Ethnic Intolerance – A New Danish Epidemic?,” a debate between Helle Merete Brix (journalist, debater, and writer), Ellen Nyman (actress, performance artist, and writer), Peter Skaarup (Vice President of the Danish People’s Party and spokesman on foreign-policy, immigration, and defence), and Helle Stenum (Chairwoman of the anti-xenophobic organization miXeurope, Copenhagen, Denmark). Facilitated by Rabih Azad-Ahmad (Chairman of Multicultural Association, Aarhus, Denmark). The debate is conducted in Danish. 3 – 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

“Culture Jam,” a musical performance by artists Firoozeh Bazrafkan & Kræsten Ankerstjerne Aavang in collaboration with invited street musicians. Diverse styles, cultures, and personalities meet in a musical collaboration, which does not only address the issue of playing together, but the question of human interaction. 7 – 9 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

3
“Is Denmark a multiethnic society?,” a debate workshop with Rabih Azad-Ahmad (Chairman of Multicultural Association, Aarhus, Denmark). The workshop is conducted in Danish. 5 – 7 pm, Satellite: Multicultural Association, Brabrand.
5
Screening of the children’s film “Ikingut,” Iceland/Norway/Denmark 2001, directed by Gisli Snaer Erlingsson, 87 min., Icelandic-language with Danish subtitles.10 – 11:30 am, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

Screening of “Ganz unten” (The Lowest of the Low), Germany 1985, written by Günther Wallraff, directed by Jörg Gfrörer, 100 min., German-language with Danish subtitles. 7:30 – 9:15 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

6
Screening of “Made in Denmark,” Denmark 2002, directed by Kaywan Mohsen, 59 min., Danish-language. The screening is followed by a talk by filmmaker, writer, and musician Kaywan Mohsen. The talk is conducted in Danish. 10 am – 12 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

Screening of “Coffee Colored Children,” United Kingdom 1988, directed by Ngozi Onwurah, 15 min., English-language, and “Angst essen Seele auf” (Fear Eats the Soul), Germany 1973, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 93 min., German-language with English subtitles. 7:30 – 9:30 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

7
In conjunction with the display of the postcard correspondence project “with love from 7.C” by artist Åsa Sonjasdotter in collaboration with class 7.C from Rådmandsgade’s School in Copenhagen, Denmark, and various Aarhus-based school classes and youth clubs, a “Children’s Culture Day” is held. Different children’s initiatives, such as “with love from 7.C,” will meet, share their experiences, and perform for each other. 2 – 6 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

“Let us talk while we walk,” a seminar by the artist initiative 5 Million Peace March. 5 Million Peace March encourages to active interference in the Israel-Palestine conflict by inviting people from all over the world to meet at the borders of Israel on July 1, 2005, and from there march peacefully to Jerusalem. 5 Million Peace March has a homepage (www.5millionpeacemarch.org) and is rapidly developing with contacts in a large number of countries. During the seminar, the group will report on recent developments in the conflict and on various peace initiatives and show videos from its archive of art and documentary videos. The aim is to establish a 5 Million Peace March chapter in Aarhus. 7 – 11 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

8
Stand-up comedy with Shabana Rehman (stand-up comedian, writer, and lecturer based in Oslo, Norway), followed by an open mic-session. 8 – 11 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

10
“Back to Ghetto,” a debate workshop with Farrokh Jafari (founding member and Chairman of Progressive Platform for Ethnic Equality (PPEL), Copenhagen, Denmark). The workshop will investigate whether great concentrations of ethnic minorities are a problem or an advantage and who regards them as an advantage and a problem respectively. The workshop is conducted in Danish. 12 – 6 pm, Satellite: Beboerhuset LADEN, Brabrand.

12
Screening of the children’s film “Ikingut,” Iceland/Norway/Denmark 2001, directed by Gisli Snaer Erlingsson, 87 min., Icelandic-language with Danish subtitles.12 – 1:30 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

Screening of “My Son, the Fanatic,” United Kingdom 1997, directed by Udayan Prasad, 87 min., English-language with English subtitles. 7:30 – 9 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

13
Screening of “Measures of Distance,” United Kingdom 1988, directed by Mona Hatoum, 15 min., English-language, and “Made in Denmark,” Denmark 2002, directed by Kaywan Mohsen, 59 min., Danish-language. The screenings are followed by a talk by filmmaker, writer, and musician Kaywan Mohsen. The talk is conducted in Danish. 3:30 – 6 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

14
“The Danish Refugee Council’s Artist Award” is this year hosted by Minority Report. The Danish Refugee Council’s Artist Award of DKK 25,000 is annually given to an artist with exile background. This year’s recipient is a young Palestinian-Danish artist, whose work has challenged both “Old Danes” and “New Danes.” Secretary general Andreas Kamm will present the award and Mette Winge, chairwoman of the Danish Refugee Council’s Cultural Committee, will give a speech. 3 – 5 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

Interactive debate and hip-hop dance performance by Black Top Team (a group of teenagers with predominantly refugee or immigrant background from the Youth Clubs Bispehaven in Aarhus, Denmark). Black Top Team reflects on how it feels to be a young immigrant/refugee in contemporary Denmark. 5 – 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

15
My Homeland, an interactive play by the Copenhagen-based international folk dance- and theater group Al-Bayader. Based on the lives of the performers – who are all based in Denmark, but come from a number of different countries – the play investigates the relation between identity and nationality. It is composed as a mosaic of daily life experiences in Denmark and in the performers’ countries of origin as well as of personal stories about loss, division, and lack of acceptance. Human rights activist and Bishop in Aarhus, Kjeld Holm, will introduce the play. 7 – 9 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

16
“Take Off Your Veils, We Have Chosen Our Silicone Implants Ourselves!,” a women’s hearing with All Kinds (group of 13-21 years old girls with predominantly refugee or immigrant background from the Youth Clubs Bispehaven in Aarhus, Denmark, who contributes to and interferes with the debate on refugees and immigrants in Denmark through debate, dialogue, dance, drama, singing, and poetry readings), Sørine Gotfredsen (freelance journalist and MA in Theology from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Ambara Hashii Nur (BA in Political Science and coordinating contact person in the Somali Women Organization, Aarhus, Denmark), and Gunhild Riske (journalist and MA in Anthropology from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Initiator of KVINFO’s (The Danish Centre for Information on Women and Gender) mentor network for refugee- and immigrant women). Facilitated by Sherin Khankan (MA in Sociology of Religion and Philosophy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, lecturer, and co-founding Forewoman of Forum for Critical Muslims, Copenhagen, Denmark). The women’s hearing is conducted in Danish. 3 – 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

Alt for Damerne (a multiethnic women’s association in Bispehaven, Aarhus, Denmark, which works to break the at times isolated existence of immigrant women in Denmark) will cook and serve food in The Equestrian Hall’s Café. The profit will be applied towards the establishment of the project “Bicycles for women in Bispehaven.” 3 – 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

17
“Norms for Citizenship,” a conference on norms for citizenship in multiethnic Denmark, which considers differences in background as well as values. The goal is to develop a concluding document, which can subsequently be circulated nationally. The conference is organized by artist Morten Goll in collaboration with Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke (The Danish Association for International Co-operation) and will present norm proposals by, among others, ANTAST – Anti-Authoritarian Socialists, The Boxing Club Aarhus, The Association for a Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center in Aarhus, GLO – Gymnasieelevernes Landsorganisation, and Somali Women Organization. The conference is conducted in Danish and is concluded with a party. 10 am – 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

18
Posters designed by artists Martin Krenn & Oliver Ressler on the topic of racism are installed in 90 light boxes throughout downtown Aarhus. The posters will stay up until October 24, 2004.

19
Screening of the children’s film “Ikingut,” Iceland/Norway/Denmark 2001, directed by Gisli Snaer Erlingsson, 87 min., Icelandic-language with Danish subtitles. 10 – 11:30 am, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

Screening of “Velkommen til Danmark” (Welcome to Denmark), Denmark 2003, directed by Erlend E. Mo, 92 min., Danish-language with English subtitles. 7:30 – 9:15 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

20
Screening of “Made in Denmark,” Denmark 2002, directed by Kaywan Mohsen, 59 min., Danish-language. 10 – 11 am, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

“From: Aarhus W to: Aarhus C – parade for fast cars and loud music”, a project in two parts by SHARE YOUR COUNTRY in collaboration with Aarhus West Players (ÅVP) and car owners from the Gellerup area. All participants in the project will drive in cortege to Aarhus Town Hall Square, where ÅVP will give a concert, performing among other songs a song written to the Town Hall politicians. 3 – 4 pm, Satellite: Aarhus Town Hall Square, Aarhus.

Screening of “Your Nigger Talking,” Israel 1999, directed by Amit Goren, 29 min., English-language with partial English subtitles, and “Pas les flics, pas les noirs, pas les blancs” (Not the cops, not the blacks, not the whites), Switzerland 2001, directed by Ursula Meier, 74 min., French-language with English subtitles. 7:30 – 9:15 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.

21
“The Development of a Tight Danish Immigration and Integration Policy: What Characterizes the Legislation and Practice Surrounding Immigrants and Minorities in Denmark and Why Has It Become Tighter?,” a debate between Farrokh Jafari (founding member and Chairman of Progressive Platform for Ethnic Equality (PPEL), Copenhagen, Denmark), Anne-Marie Meldgaard (MP and Spokeswoman on Integration for the Danish Social Democrats), and Irene Simonsen (MP and Spokeswoman on Integration for the Danish party Venstre). Facilitated by Pia Justesen (Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Jurisprudence, School of Law, University of Aarhus, Denmark, and member of the Complaints Committee for Ethnic Equal Treatment at the Danish Institute for Human Rights). The debate is conducted in Danish. 7 – 10 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

23
“What Would You Do If You Became Minister of Integration?,” a youth hearing with Ramanan Balasubramaniam (Bachelor in Political Science and ethnic consultant. Member of Danish Tamil Youth Association, Copenhagen, Denmark, and co-founder of the magazine Brobyggeren (The Bridge Builder), which addresses young Tamils in Denmark), Hamayun Latif Butt (Copenhagen-based designer and story teller), Ömer Faruk Ceran (student of Commerce at Aarhus School of Business, Denmark, and board member of Anatolian Culture Association, Aarhus, Denmark), LO Youth Aarhus County (daughter organization of LO – The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, which works to widen the democratic consciousness in young people and engage young people in democratic fora), Point of View (multiethnic youth magazine in Aarhus, Denmark), and Joana Ramos (Copenhagen-based debater, ethnic consultant, and volunteer in ISRA – Independent Scandinavian Relief Agency). Facilitated by Shiva Farahmand (Danish-based activist and physician). The youth hearing is conducted in Danish. 3 – 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

Alt for Damerne (multiethnic women’s association in Bispehaven, Aarhus, Denmark, which works to break the at times isolated existence of immigrant women in Denmark) will cook and serve food in The Equestrian Hall’s Café. The profit will be applied towards the establishment of the project “Bicycles for women in Bispehaven.” 3 – 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

SHARE YOUR COUNTRY will install a stand in The Equestrian Hall, from which they will hand out different kinds of material and information prepared in co-operation with people and associations who actively work against standardization and for greater openness and tolerance. 3 pm – 12 am, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

“Culture in Democracy,” a concert event featuring Clemens (Copenhagen-based rapper and playwright), Jomi Massage (Copenhagen-based composer, musician, singer, and artist), Lago (Copenhagen-based performer, singer, and entertainer), Schwanzen Sänger Knaben (Copenhagen-based quartet consisting of four a cappella gay singers), and Zaki (Copenhagen-based rapper). Different artists from different cultures will meet and comment on each other’s messages before they put The Equestrian Hall on fire. The evening is concluded with guest appearances by No Name Requested and the DJ team Universal Soundsystem. The event is organized by Henrik Busk (Aarhus- and Copenhagen-based artist and managing director of Kamuflage, an alternative art- and cultural agency). 7:30 pm – 3 am, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

24
“The Danish Art Institution and the Challenge from the ‘Politics of Difference’,” a debate between aladin (producer, director, artist, magician, and Vice Chair of the Cultural Strategy Group, London, United Kingdom), Gillion Grantsaan (artist and member of YNKB ¬– Outer Noerrebro Cultural Bureau, Copenhagen, Denmark), Libuse Müller (Director of Gallery Shambala, Copenhagen, Denmark), and the curators of Minority Report. Facilitated by Søren Friis Møller (Writer and Project Manager at the Centre for Art & Leadership, Institute for Management, Politics & Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark). The debate is conducted in English. 3 – 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

Benefit furniture auction for UNICEF. As one of the main sponsors of The Equestrian Hall, IKEA has contributed with furniture, equipment, and other effects. All inventory is sold to the highest bidder during a festive buffet auction held on the last day of the exhibition. The money is donated without any deductions to UNICEF, with whom IKEA collaborates. The evening is concluded with a magic show by aladin (producer, director, artist, magician, and Vice Chair of the Cultural Strategy Group, London, United Kingdom). 7 – 10 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

This calendar was compiled on September 13, 2004. For complete and updated listings, please visit the website