Peter Laugesen writing poetry on the wall in The Black Diamond
The exhibition 101 Danish Poets – a Flight in Pen and Inkpot offers an overview of the many expressions on the Danish literary scene right now.
101 Danish poets have been set the same task: write by hand and in black ink on white paper a new text and enclose a black-and-white portrait of your own choice.
These works offer a unique insight into the individual poet’s distinctive universe and self-presentation thanks to the characteris¬tics of their handwriting, the form and content of their text as well as the depiction in their portrait.
The texts and portraits are presented together with a number of handwritten manuscripts, selected from The Royal Library’s collections by poet Peter Laugesen.
The exhibition is a spatially staged tribute to handwriting and poetry, created in collaboration between the Royal Library and the experimental and cross artistic magazine Victor B. Andersens Maskinfabrik represented by painter and sculptor Kenn André Stilling and editor Helle Marie Rafn. The basis of the exhibition is the book 101 Danish Poets – a People’s Book (Publishing House Victor B. Andersens Maskinfabrik, May 2014).
Rasmus Halling Nielsen's contribution
Please note: The Black Diamond is closed on Ascension Day Thursday May 29
The 101 poets are: Benny Andersen Anders Abildgaard Annemette Kure Andersen Naja Marie Aidt Peter Asmussen Zoltan Ara Kaspar Kaum Bonnén Thomas Boberg Suzanne Brøgger Anne-Louise Bosmans Majse Aymo-Boot Per Aage Brandt Lars Bukdahl Christian Bjoljahn Glenn Christian Claus Handberg Christensen Christian Dorph Lars Dan Pernille Abd-el Dayem Adda Djørup Daniel Dalgaard Mads Eslund Christian Yde Frostholm Chresten Forsom Niels Frank Simon Grotrian Maria Giacobbe Duna Ghali Signe Gjessing Rolf Gjedsted Rasmus Graff Per Gammelgaard Ulrikka Gernes Henrik Have Klaus Høeck Henrik S. Holck Sven Holm Lone Hørslev T.S. Høeg Knud Holten Niels Hav Yahya Hassan Kenneth Jensen Pia Juul Bo Green Jensen Janina Katz Julie Sten-Knudsen Kristian Leth Cecilie Lind Niels Lyngsø Gerd Laugesen
Maja Lee Langvad Marianne Larsen Peter Laugesen Jørgen Leth Mette Moestrup Henning Mortensen Viggo Madsen Ekse K. Mathiesen Mads Mygind Pejk Malinovski Peter Mouritzen Peter Nielsen Knud Steffen Nielsen Laus Strandby Nielsen Rasmus Halling Nielsen Rasmus Nikolajsen Lars-Emil W. Nielsen Henrik Nordbrandt Ursula Andkjær Olsen Vagn E. Olsson Juliane Preisler Peter Poulsen Naja Vucina Pedersen Arne Herløv Petersen Klaus Rifbjerg Olga Ravn Preben Major Sørensen Palle Sigsgaard Ditte Steensballe Morten Søndergaard Jørgen Sonne Asger Schnack Jens Smærup Sørensen Knud Sørensen Stinne Storm Martin Glaz Serup Rolf Steensig Sternberg Lars Skinnebach Niels Skousen Kristina Stoltz Nicolaj Stochholm Morten Søkilde Ann Mari Urwald Simon Tolsgaard Pia Tafdrup Søren Ulrik Thomsen Christel Wiinblad Jess Ørnsbo Tore Ørnsbo