[April 26th 2003]
Press release

PLAYSCHOOL
Jakob S. Boeskov, Stéphane Calais, Öyvind Fahlström, Karl Holmqvist, Kirstine Roepstorff, Eva Rothschild & Franz West

Galleri Christina Wilson
Opening Saturday, April 26 at 13:00
Sturlasgade 12H
2300 København S.

For the finissage (last day) of the exhibition Playschool, Galleri Christina Wilson is pleased to announce the performance ”Aesthetic Movement” by Karl Holmqvist. With this, the artist hopes to add a human, more humorous side to his somewhat dry installation which is part of the exhibition. Consequently, there will be cake and tea served and this afternoon should be seen as an opportunity to spend time together. ”Aesthetic Movement” is the name of Karl Holmqvist’s (self-published) publication and the fourth and final issue deals with how language shapes reality and the act of writing. There will be an opportunity to look at former UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold’s ’secret’ diary (post-humously published as ”Markings”), 19th Century Social thinker William Morris’ travel journals from Iceland as well as how current media coverage steers the Middle Eastern conflict. Karl Holmqvist did a performance ”Oh Superman” as part of the exhibition ”Fundamentalisms of the New Order” at Charlottenborg, Copenhagen. He has performed at Chiang Mai Art Museum in Thailand, at KunstWerke in Berlin and at the Tirana Biennale. Holmqvist will also present a work at this year’s Venice Biennale.

Read more about Playschool at our web site, www.christinawilson.net