Copenhagen
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The Idle walk of the Year
For the Idle Walk of the Year, the Berserk group carried objects from the Ethnological Museum to Amalienborg Square as slowly as possible, while Eric polished the Palace square with petroleum, continuing the museum’s long-standing floor-care tradition.
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Fin de Copenhague
Fin de Copenhague (Goodbye to Copenhagen) will be familiar, at least by reputation, to scholars and admirers of the Situationists, and perhaps to aficionados of the artist’s book, though not many will have perused an original copy since only 200 were printed by Permild & Rosengreen in Copenhagen, and published by Jorn’s “Bauhaus Imaginiste” in May 1957.… Continue reading Fin de Copenhague →
Fifty Walks: 40
Copenhagen, DenmarkOne last walk around Copenhagen with many stops:-Early on, for coffee in the sun on a pedestrian street near the library.-At Nyhavn to photograph the over-photographed canal houses and boats, visit Trine Fournais pottery shop, and use the cleanest public bathroom I've ever seen.-On the Inderhavnsbroen new bike and footbridge across the harbour to admire the view and the architecture.-At an exhibit by Faroese painter Anker Mortensen.-To eat a picnic lunch harbourside and watch [...]
Fifty Walks: 38
Anti-dérive, Copenhagen, DenmarkThe dérive, or drift, is a kind of urban walk in which the walker aimlessly wanders the city, following no map, visiting off-limits spaces, getting to know the hidden, unseen, and neglected parts of the city.* With only one day in Copenhagen my walk was the exact opposite. I followed a tourist map's self-guided walking tour though the most scenic and well-known parts of the old centre of town. The dotted line on the map took me past canal [...]