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Matthias Borello

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Curator and writer based in Copenhagen focused on performative and social practice 🤝 @vegaartscph // @mariaprojektet

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Tak @artandactivism.rf for turen og for at dele ud af jeres arbejde med at sætte kunsten i centrum for en bevægelse mod mere håb, fællesskab og omsorg!
I år bød kunstprogrammet på 96 indslag og derimellem flere fine greb og opgør med polarisering og leg med den unikke setting festivalen er for nye fællesskaber og utraditionelle former for publikumsengagement.

Vi besøgte Sahar Jamilis @jamilisahar fotoprojekt 'Vores drømme om imorgen' (en del af @almenekunstklubber), hvor @Louisestaugaard fra Taastrupgaard gav baggrund og en dyb indsigt i de unges visuelle opgør med stigmatiseringen.

Vi besøgte Anna Walther @materialmediumship , der tilbød gæsterne fri mudderleg med politiske undertoner.

Hede Strik @hedestrik og deres kæmpe kollektive uldværk 🐇🥁 (tjek videoen på deres profil fra processen!)

Fællessang for fred, hvor @Ninasikkersok + Aavaat koret sang og holdt tale, så tårene løb hos de mange fremmødte, for deres hjemland og ret til selvbestemmelse

@esbenholk og hans algoritmiske boble SLOP PLOT— et interaktivt AI-kunstværk, hvor festivalgæsternes uploadede billeder bidrager til at forme en kollektiv digital collage og en historie, der udvikler sig i løbet af festivalen.

Så fine projekter med stærke greb om deres kontekst og mødet med festivalens både vilde og til tider rørende kollektive energi og kraft, hvor udenforskab bliver til alt fra kædedans og gruppekram til politisk manifestation <3

På gensyn til næste år!!!

📷 @jennysellden taken in Roskilde Festival by @matthiasborello

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BYD VELKOMMEN TIL MATTHIAS

Matthias Borello er blevet tilknyttet sekretariatet for den kommende periode, hvor han især skal bidrage til udviklingen af vores projekt Hjemløshed, kunst og almene boliger (arbejdstitel) i samarbejde med kunstansvarlig Tone Olaf Nielsen.

Matthias er en erfaren formidler af samtidskunsten med lang erfaring i spændingsfeltet mellem samtidskunst og offentlige, kulturelle og socio-politiske spørgsmål. Ved siden af hans arbejde som kunstkritiker og redaktør ved kunsten.nu (2008-2019), har han siden 2011 særligt markeret sig som kurator inden for samtidskunstens tidsbaserede, performative og sociale praksisser.

Han udgav i 2015 bogen Art as Social Practice – A critical investigation of works by Kenneth A. Balfelt og har som de mest markante projekter kurateret Visit Tingbjerg i 2012, Copenhagen Art Week i 2015-2017, Fung Wah Biennial i New York i 2016 og senest VEGA|ARTS (2019-2023) og Maria Projektet (2021-2023), der opererer i offentlige, kulturelle og socio-politiske sammenhænge og rum. by @matthiasborello

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Very grateful to those of you who joined and engaged in the first edition of Isn’t that social work feat. artist Samara Sallam and director @tenstakonsthall Cecilia Widenheim. More editions to come ‼️

Thanks to @artmatterfestival @lokale_27 for housing and @christian_brems for the beautiful documentation.
#artandsocialengagement #artinstitutions #languageofchange #socialformdk #exchangetoenhance 🤝 taken in Prags Boulevard by @matthiasborello

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HRTLND, exhibition design and book launch. Project by @madsholmmads, curated by @matthiasborello, hosted at @prospekt.space, Copenhagen.
Book published by @disko_bay_books, foreword by @_donaldweber, printed at @narayanapress by @matthiasborello

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Dear network

Truly looking forward to this and hope to see you on May 15 for a conversation on socially engaged practices and the premises of change – also within the institutional modes of care and public engagement.

Social Form x LOKALE:

Isn’t that social work? feat. Samara Sallam & Cecilia Widenheim

Thursday 15 May 2025 at 17 - 19
@lokale_27 Prags Boulevard 63E, 2300 Cph. S

Welcome to this dialogue format, developed and hosted by Social Form at LOKALE, presenting the work of artist Samara Sallam and director of Tensta Konsthall Cecilia Widenheim, on artistic practice, social engagement, impact and representation.

How can we share practice in the socially engaged art field, what are the premises of socially engaged artistic work and what kind of relation can we develop between artists and the institutional framework in the attempt to matter, reach new publics and impact current political agendas?

This afternoon's programme features Palestinian artist Samara Sallam, born in Damascus in 1991 and trained as a visual artist, journalist and hypnotherapist and
Cecilia Widenheim who runs Tensta Konsthall - a socially engaged and internationally profiled art centre in the middle of a social housing area in the suburbs of Stockholm.

The two 30-minute presentations will be followed by a collective discussion moderated by Matthias Borello (founder and editor of Social Form).

After the conversation we'll share a vegan meal.

The event is a part of @artmatterfestival 2025

Social Form is a project, platform and publication on socially engaged art practices in Denmark launching the website during summer and fall 2025. The dialogue format 'Isn’t that social work?' will be an ongoing series of conversations on social practices, experiences and possible models within the Danish art scene – and beyond.

Social Form is supported by
@statenskunstfond @augustinusfonden @nycarlsbergfondet and @billedkunstnernesforbund
📷 Tensta Konsthall: workshop in urban pedagogy + Samara Sallam: Herbal Garden in Sigynsgade, 2021-ongoing. taken in Prags Boulevard by @matthiasborello

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a year ago

Watch the full conversation between Donald Weber @donaldweber and myself on Vimeo via link in my bio! by @matthiasborello

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Last week was a blast! 💥

A huge thanks to everyone who came by for the book launch and opening of HRTLND, performances and conversation with Donald Weber @donaldweber. I couldn’t have asked for a better celebration. ❤️
The exhibition will be open this week Friday-Sunday 14:00-18:00 @prospekt.space.

The exhibition is curated by @matthiasborello.
The HRTLND book is designed by @hapto_studio and published by @disko_bay_books. by @matthiasborello

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Please join Donald Weber @donaldweber and myself in conversation at Prospekt @prospekt.space on Saturday 12 April at 16:00!

Donald has written the foreword for my new book HRTLND and on Saturday we will join in conversation in the exhibition of HRTLND. We will be discussing how each of us approach photographing sites that are meant to remain out of sight in society: in Donald Weber’s case what he terms ‘Operational Landscapes’ and in mine militarised spaces. What is the role of the photographer in a world of deceitful images?

After the conversation we will open up the discussion with the audience. Hope to see you there!

Donald Weber is Associate Professor at Aalto University in Finland. by @matthiasborello

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2 years ago

BOOK LAUNCH AND EXHIBITION OPENING 👀

HRTLND launches on April 10 and you’re invited!
The book enters the world with a large-scale exhibition of the project at Prospekt @prospekt.space, Eriksgade 15, 1708 Copenhagen and in the public space at Halmtorvet.

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HRTLND by Danish photographer Mads Holm is a powerful exploration of life in a rapidly changing world, captured across 20 European and North American countries between 2013 and 2023. Through striking images of urban life, demonstrations, emerging technologies, migration, architecture, and militarized spaces, the book reflects on the paradoxes and tensions shaping modern society. It highlights the interplay between connectivity and control, freedom and surveillance, and the gradual militarization of everyday life.

The book presents a hyperreal landscape where the ordinary is interwoven with the unsettling, challenging the viewer to question what is visible and what remains obscured. Here Holm captures the undercurrents of global capitalism, militarization, and societal fragmentation, offering a layered narrative that is as much an artistic statement as it is a political act.

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Speeches and performance by Mads Holm at 17:30.

Schedule for events at Prospekt following the opening:

Conversation with Donald Weber and Mads Holm:
Saturday 12 April at 16:00-17:30 @donaldweber

Performance by Mads Holm Self-fulfilling Prophecy:
Friday 11 April at 16:00-17:30
Saturday 12 April at 14:00-15:30
Sunday 13 April 14:00-15:30

The exhibition is curated by Matthias Hvass Borello @matthiasborello.

The book is published by Disko Bay @disko_bay_books and will be available at the launch.

The book is concept developed and designed by Hapto Studio @hapto_studio and so is this gif.

The HRTLND exhibition is generously supported by: Politiken-Fonden, Vesterbro Lokaludvalg @vesterbrolokaludvalg and Rådet for Visuel Kunst - Københavns Kommune.

The HRTLND book publication is generously supported by: The Danish Arts Foundation @statenskunstfond, Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse, Ragnvald & Ida Blix’ Fond and Lizzi og Mogens Staal Fonden.

Hope to see you there! 🫶 by @matthiasborello

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Curating the upcoming show with the magnificent Mads Holm @madsholmmads at @prospekt.space unfolding his ten year work HRTLND along the mighty publication of the project with @disko_bay_books ‼️

The project is remarkable and relevant in an almost scary way, exploring “the interplay between connectivity and control, freedom and surveillance, and the gradual militarization of everyday life.”
I have been involved since October and from there on, and from each day passing the project has just gained momentum 🤯

Will post more on the project soon!

Join us for the opening April 10. 5-9 pm
#photoart #photoexhibition #photobook #curatoratwork taken in Prospekt by @matthiasborello

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Hanging out at the CPH:LAB testing prototypes - this one titled TUNER by Omid Zarei and Anne Jepsen
#cphdox #cphlab taken in Odd Fellow Palæet by @matthiasborello

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Jenny Holzer at Copenhagen City Square 🔥 as part of The Story of Art in Public Space - Dancing in the Streets (on Power) @maps_museum taken in City Hall Square, Copenhagen by @matthiasborello

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