Squaring the Circle – 25 years with ET4U
Opening event on Saturday 16 August at 14.00-17.00
Morsø Kunstforening af 1961, Holmen 7c, 7900 Nykøbing Mors
Welcome by Per Mikkelsen, chairman of MK61.
Introduction to the exhibition by ET4U.
Information about the Denmark’s Cultural Summit program by Per Mikkelsen.
Performance by Jean-Léon Pallandre (FR) – (part of ‘Squaring the Circle’).
MK61 offers a glass of wine, and ET4U serves potato soup at the ET4U trailer – the soup is made from the vegetables that have grown in the Karby Circle.
During the Denmark’s Cultural Summit 21-23 August
MK61 and ET4U also invites for these events:
Thursday 21 August at 15.00 in MK61, Holmen 7c: ‘Together’ – participatory performance by Aðalheiður Sigríður Eysteinsdóttir (IS) – (part of ‘Squaring the Circle’) – Read more here
Thursday 21 August at 17.00 in MK61, Holmen 7c: ‘Sigrids Stue – kunstplatform, i dialog med nærområdet’ – artist talk (in Danish) by Grete Aagaard (DK) – Read more here
Friday 22 August at 12.00 in MK61, Holmen 7c: ‘Relationel kunst og borgerinddragelse’ – panel discussion (in Danish) with Finn Have, Karoline Frederikke Strøm, Stinne Møller-Hansen and Klavs Weiss – Read more here
Friday 22 August at 14.00 in MK61, Holmen 7c: Artist talk (in English) by Sadik Kwaish Alfraji (IQ/NL) – Read more here
Friday 22 August at 17.00 in MK61, Holmen 7c: ’Kropp/SøpsKULpTUR/Balanse’ – performance by Agnes Btffn (FR/NO) in collaboration with members of MK61 – (part of ‘Squaring the Circle’) – Read more here
A sculpture by Reinhard Haverkamp (DE/NO) built in collaboration with members of Morsø Kunstforening can be seen in Marienlystparken, Maagevej 46, from August 19 to September 28. – (part of ‘Squaring the Circle’) – Read more here
The exhibition includes:
– 13 banners created for the occasion by Sadik Kwaish Alfraji (IQ/NL) and placed outside MK61,
– Video and photo documentation of ET4U’s ‘Squaring the Circle’ projects made in collaboration with various communities in Mors and in Lemvig Municipality spring-summer 2025,
– A wide range of insights into ET4U’s 25-year history in the form of text, photos and artifacts from the history, including works by: Susanne Christensen (DK), Grete Aagaard & Tanja Nellemann (DK), Heather Kapplow (US) and text by Su Grierson (SC),
– A new work in one³ venue (the small glass cube exhibition space measuring 80x80x80 cm) created for the occasion by Rie Takeuchi Rolighed (JP/DK).
The exhibition can be seen in MK61 until October 5. After that, the exhibition will be moved to Stalden at Fælleshuset in Fjaltring, where it can be seen from October 11 to November 9.
Thank you very much to the Danish Arts Foundation, Morsø Kommunes Opstarts- og udviklingspulje, Region Nordjyllands Kultur i nærheden pulje, Erasmus+ and Lemvig Kommunes Thøger Larsen Pulje for financial support for ‘Squaring the Circle – 25 years with ET4U’.