program changes / cancellations
 

September 30: Adrian Piper's lecture “A Kantian Theory of Xenophobia" has been cancelled.

October 1: Magnus Tingsek (sing/songwriter rock with a touch of soul from Sweden) will perform instead of Advance Patrol, who has cancelled because of illness. Damn! featuring rapper Timbuktu will still perform and at the end of the evening MC Timbuktu will flip records.

October 8: Stand-up comedy will be with Farshad Kolghi (stand-up comedian and actor), and not Shabana Rehman as previously announced.

October 9: The debate “The Development of a Tight Danish Immigration and Integration Policy: What Characterizes the Legislation and Practice Surrounding Immigrants and Minorities in Denmark and Why Has It Become Tighter?" has been rescheduled to Thursday, October 21, from 7 – 9 pm in Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus. Unfortunately, first Irene Simonsen (MP and Spokeswoman on Integration for the Danish party Venstre) cancelled and then Farrokh Jafari (founding member and Chairman of Progressive Platform for Ethnic Equality (PPEL), Copenhagen, Denmark) and Anne-Marie Meldgaard (MP and Spokeswoman on Integration for the Danish Social Democrats). The debate is thus initiated with a screening of Faik Dilan Hasan's documentary “Modtagelsen" (The Reception) from 2004 followed by an opening statement by Pia Justesen (Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Jurisprudence, School of Law, University of Aarhus, Denmark, and member of the Complaints Committee for Ethnic Equal Treatment at the Danish Institute for Human Rights). Upon that, there will be an open discussion.

October 23: Joana Ramos will not be able to attend the Youth Hearing "What Would You Do If You Became Minister of Integration?." Gowsine Joseph Alfred (Medical student and board member of Brobyggeren (The Bridge Builder) – a magazine which addresses young Tamils in Denmark) participates instead of Ramanan Balasubramaniam (Bachelor in Political Science and ethnic consultant. Member of Danish Tamil Youth Association, Copenhagen, Denmark, and co-founder of the magazine Brobyggeren (The Bridge Builder), which addresses young Tamils in Denmark).

October 24: The debate “The Danish Art Institution and the Challenge from the 'Politics of Difference'" will not be facilitated by Charles Esche as listed, but by Søren Friis Møller (Writer and Project Manager at the Centre for Art & Leadership, Institute for Management, Politics & Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark).
 
september
   
Sat. 25 Press conference. 1 – 3 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

Opening reception and press conference. “The Roses from Bispehaven," Arabic café with hookahs, tea, sweets, and music by Alt for Damerne (multiethnic women's association in Bispehaven, Aarhus, Denmark, which works to break the at times isolated existence of immigrant women in Denmark). 5 - 7 pm, Station 2: Aarhus Art Building, Aarhus.

Opening party. 7 pm – 12 am, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
Sun. 26 "What Is Danish Racism?," a lecture by Kim Su Rasmussen (MA in Literature and History of Ideas, Ph.D. in History of Ideas, University of Aarhus, Denmark. Research Assistant Professor, Department for Cultural Studies and the Arts, Comparative Literature and Studies in Modern Culture, University of Copenhagen, Denmark). The lecture is conducted in Danish. 3 - 5 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
  "Muhammed rapes, Fatima is oppressed, Peter is a good lover, and Louise is so very liberated: Mass media's construction of gender and ethnicity," a lecture by Rikke Andreassen (MA in History and Visual Communication, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto, Canada). The lecture is conducted in Danish. 5 - 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
Tue. 28 Screening of the children's film "Ikingut," Iceland/Norway/Denmark 2001, directed by Gisli Snaer Erlingsson, 87 min., Icelandic-language with Danish subtitles. 10 - 11:30 am, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
  Screening of "Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask," United Kingdom 1996, directed by Isaac Julien, 72 min., English-language, and "Black Sheep," Australia 1999, directed by Louise Glover, 26 min., English-language.
7:30 - 9:30 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
Wed. 29 Screening of "Made in Denmark," Denmark 2002, directed by Kaywan Mohsen, 59 min., Danish-language. 10 - 11 am, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
  Screening of "Vem bryr sig!" (Who Cares!), Sweden 2000, directed by Ylva Floreman, 58 min., Swedish-language with English subtitles, and "Dem der ikke hopper...10 Års Antifascisme" (Those Who Don't Jump...Ten Years of Anti-Fascism), Denmark 2002, produced by TV Stop, 41 min., Danish-language. The screenings are followed by a talk by filmmaker, journalist, director, and writer Ylva Floreman. The talk is conducted in Swedish. 7 - 10 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
Oktober
   
Fri. 1 Concert with Damn! (rapper Timbuktu's live band from Malmoe, Sweden) and Magnus Tingsek (sing/songwriter rock with a touch of soul from Sweden). At the end of the evening, MC Timbuktu will flip records. 9 pm - 2 am, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
  “The Danish Welfare Guide" – publication with essay written by Astrid Winsløw Hammer – is released and can be purchased for DKK 20 in Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus or by writing to info@dansk-velfaerd.dk.
   
Sat. 2 "Ethnic Intolerance - A New Danish Epidemic?," a debate between Helle Merete Brix (Copenhagen-based journalist, debater, and writer), Ellen Nyman (Copenhagen-based actress, performance artist, and writer), Peter Skaarup (Vice President of the Danish People's Party and spokesman on foreign policy, immigration, and defence), and Helle Stenum (Chairwoman of the anti-xenophobic organization miXeurope, Copenhagen, Denmark). Facilitated by Rabih Azad-Ahmad (Chairman of Multicultural Association, Aarhus, Denmark). The debate is conducted in Danish. 3 - 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
  "Culture Jam," a musical performance by artists Firoozeh Bazrafkan & Kræsten Ankerstjerne Aavang in collaboration with invited street musicians. Diverse styles, cultures, and personalities meet in a musical collaboration, which does not only address the issue of playing together, but the question of human interaction. 8 pm - 12 am, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
Sun. 3 "Is Denmark a multiethnic society?," a workshop with Rabih Azad-Ahmad (Chairman of Multicultural Association, Aarhus, Denmark). The workshop is conducted in Danish. 5 - 7 pm, Satellite: Multicultural Association, Brabrand.
   
Tue. 5 Screening of the children's film "Ikingut," Iceland/Norway/Denmark 2001, directed by Gisli Snaer Erlingsson, 87 min., Icelandic-language with Danish subtitles.10 - 11:30 am, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
  Screening of "Ganz unten" (The Lowest of the Low), Germany 1985, written by Günther Wallraff, directed by Jörg Gfrörer, 100 min., German-language with Danish subtitles.
7:30 - 9:15 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
Wed. 6 Screening of "Made in Denmark," Denmark 2002, directed by Kaywan Mohsen, 59 min., Danish-language. The screening is followed by a talk by filmmaker, writer, and musician Kaywan Mohsen. The talk is conducted in Danish. 10 am - 12 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
  Screening of "Coffee Colored Children," United Kingdom 1988, directed by Ngozi Onwurah, 15 min., English- language, and "Angst essen Seele auf" (Fear Eats the Soul), Germany 1973, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 93 min., German-language with English subtitles. 7:30 - 9:30 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
Thur. 7 In conjunction with the display of the postcard correspondence project "with love from 7.C" by artist Åsa Sonjasdotter in collaboration with class 7.C from Rådmandsgade's School in Copenhagen, Denmark, and various Aarhus-based school classes and youth clubs, a "Children's Culture Day" is held. Different children's initiatives, such as "with love from 7.C," World Music Center with students from Risskov School, and Frit-web.dk (an Internet forum by and for children and teenagers), will meet, share their experiences, and perform for each other. 2 - 6 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
  "Let us talk while we walk," a seminar by the artist initiative 5 Million Peace March. 5 Million Peace March encourages to active interference in the Israel-Palestine conflict by inviting people from all over the world to meet at the borders to Israel on July 1, 2005, and from there march peacefully to Jerusalem. 5 Million Peace March has a homepage (www.5millionpeacemarch.org) and is rapidly developing with contacts in a large number of countries. During the seminar, the group will report on recent developments in the conflict and on various peace initiatives and will show videos from its archive of art and documentary videos. The aim is to establish a 5 Million Peace March chapter in Aarhus. 7 - 11 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
Fri. 8 Stand-up comedy with Farshad Kolghi (stand-up comedian and actor based in Copenhagen, Denmark), followed by an open mic-session. 8 - 11 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
Sun. 10 “BACK TO THE 'GHETTO' OR ......KICKED OUT! WHY THE HETZ AGAINST 'GHETTOS'?," a debate workshop that counters the main stream conception of “ghettoes" as equalizing crime and misery and that it is a good thing to prevent ethnic minorities in living close to people they like. Statements by: Sheikh Abdirashid (Chariman of Somali Community, Aarhus, Denmark); Rabih Azad-Ahmad (Chairman of Multicultural Association, Aarhus, Denmark); Farrokh Jafari ((founding member and Chairman of Progressive Platform for Ethnic Equality (PPEL), Copenhagen, Denmark); Jan Fredin (Lawyer for local tenants in Aarhus, Denmark); and Bjarne Overmark (Lawyer and Chairman of Counseling for Foreigners, Randers, Denmark). Music by: Hanifi. The workshop is conducted in Danish. 12 - 6 pm, Satellite: Beboerhuset LADEN, Brabrand.
   
Tue. 12 Screening of the children's film "Ikingut," Iceland/Norway/Denmark 2001, directed by Gisli Snaer Erlingsson, 87 min., Icelandic-language with Danish subtitles.12 - 1:30 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
  Screening of "My Son, the Fanatic," United Kingdom 1997, directed by Udayan Prasad, 87 min., English-language with English subtitles. 7:30 - 9 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
Wed. 13 Screening of "Measures of Distance," United Kingdom 1988, directed by Mona Hatoum, 15 min., English-language, and "Made in Denmark," Denmark 2002, directed by Kaywan Mohsen, 59 min., Danish-language. The screenings are followed by a talk by filmmaker, writer, and musician Kaywan Mohsen. The talk is conducted in Danish. 3:30 - 6 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
Thur. 14 "The Danish Refugee Council's Artist Award" is this year hosted by Minority Report. The Danish Refugee Council's Artist Award of DKK 25,000 is annually given to an artist with exile background. This year's recipient is a young Palestinian-Danish artist, whose work has challenged both "Old Danes" and "New Danes." Mette Winge, Chairwoman of the Danish Refugee Council's Cultural Committee, will present the award. 3 - 5 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
  Interactive debate and hip-hop dance performance by Black Top Team (a group of teenagers with predominantly refugee or immigrant background from the Youth Clubs Bispehaven in Aarhus, Denmark). Black Top Team reflects on how it feels to be a young immigrant/refugee in contemporary Denmark. The performance includes a very special guest appearance by the Aarhus-based hip-hop band ÅVP (Aarhus West Players ). 5 - 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
Fri. 15 My Homeland, an interactive play by the Copenhagen-based international folk dance- and theater group Al-Bayader. Based on the lives of the performers - who are all based in Denmark, but come from a number of different countries - the play investigates the relation between identity and nationality. It is composed as a mosaic of daily life experiences in Denmark and in the performers' countries of origin as well as of personal stories about loss, division, and lack of acceptance. Human rights activist and Bishop in Aarhus, Kjeld Holm, will introduce the play. 7 - 9 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
Sat. 16 "Take Off Your Veils, We Have Chosen Our Silicone Implants Ourselves!," a women's hearing with All Kinds (group of 13-21 years old girls with predominantly refugee or immigrant background from the Youth Clubs Bispehaven in Aarhus, Denmark, who contributes to and interferes with the debate on refugees and immigrants in Denmark through debate, dialogue, dance, drama, singing, and poetry readings), Sørine Gotfredsen (freelance journalist and MA in Theology from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Ambara Hashii Nur (BA in Political Science and coordinating contact person in the Somali Women Organization, Aarhus, Denmark), and Gunhild Riske (journalist and MA in Anthropology from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Initiator of KVINFO's (The Danish Centre for Information on Women and Gender) mentor network for refugee- and immigrant women). Facilitated by Sherin Khankan (MA in Sociology of Religion and Philosophy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, lecturer, and co-founding Forewoman of Forum for Critical Muslims, Copenhagen). The women's hearing is conducted in Danish. 3 - 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
  Alt for Damerne (a multiethnic women's association in Bispehaven, Aarhus, Denmark, which works to break the at times isolated existence of immigrant women in Denmark) will cook and serve food in The Equestrian Hall's Café. The profit will be applied towards the establishment of the project "Bicycle School for Women in Bispehaven". 3 - 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
Sun. 17 "Norms for Citizenship," a conference on norms for citizenship in multiethnic Denmark, which consider differences in background as well as values. The goal is to develop a concluding document, which can subsequently be circulated nationally. The conference is organized by artist Morten Goll in collaboration with Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke (The Danish Association for International Co-operation) and will present norm proposals by, among others, ANTAST - Anti-Authoritarian Socialists, The Boxing Club Aarhus, Forening for moské og islamisk kulturcenter i Århus, GLO - Gymnasieelevernes Landsorganisation, and Somali Women Organization. The conference is conducted in Danish and will be followed by a party. 10 am - 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
Mon. 18 Posters designed by artists Martin Krenn & Oliver Ressler for Aarhus on the topic of racism are installed in 90 light boxes throughout downtown Aarhus. The posters will stay up until October 24, 2004. Up until October 15, it was still uncertain whether the posters would be presented to the public, since both Aarhus Municipality and the company AFA JCDecaux, which administrates the light boxes, refused to mount them due to the poster's use of the EU logo (read more here).
   
  In Satellite: Bazar Vest, Brabrand, Minority Report has opened an office in which a number of new artworks produced during the course of the exhibition are exhibited. The works are sound, video, publications, photo, and text. The office is open Thursday – Saturday from 12 – 4 pm.
   
Tue. 19 YNKB presents a new dress to the Mayor Louise Gade as well as one water container and one year's supply of water to waiting clients in Aarhus Police's The Department for Foreigners. The container and the water has generously be donated by Nestlé Waters Powwow. The gift presentations are followed by a debate. 9:45 am, Satellite: Aarhus Municipal Language Center's Cafeteria, Vestergade 72, 3rd floor, Aarhus.
   
  Screening of the children's film "Ikingut," Iceland/Norway/Denmark 2001, directed by Gisli Snaer Erlingsson, 87 min., Icelandic-language with Danish subtitles. 10 - 11:30 am, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
  Screening of "Velkommen til Danmark" (Welcome to Denmark), Denmark 2003, directed by Erlend E. Mo, 92 min., Danish-language with English subtitles. 7:30 - 9:15 pm, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
Wed. 20 Screening of "Made in Denmark," Denmark 2002, directed by Kaywan Mohsen, 59 min., Danish-language. 10 - 11 am, Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
  “From: Aarhus W to: Aarhus C – parade for fast cars and loud music," a project in two parts by SHARE YOUR COUNTRY in collaboration with Aarhus West Players (ÅVP) and car owners from the Gellerup area. All participants in the project will drive in cortege to Aarhus Town Hall Square, where ÅVP will give a concert, performing among other songs a song written to the Town Hall politicians. 3 – 4 pm, Satellite: Aarhus Town Hall Square, Aarhus.
   
  Screening of “Your Nigger Talking,” Israel 1999, directed by Amit Goren, 29 min., English-language with partial English subtitles, and “Pas les flics, pas les noirs, pas les blancs” (Not the cops, not the blacks, not the whites), Switzerland 2001, directed by Ursula Meier, 74 min., French-language with English subtitles. 7:30 – 9:15 pm, 
Station 3: The Movie Theater East of Eden, Aarhus.
   
Thur. 21 Guided tour to the Satellites in downtown Aarhus. The tour starts at 1 pm at the Information & Communication Center in Station1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
 

“The Development of a Tight Danish Immigration and Integration Policy: What Characterizes the Legislation and Practice Surrounding Immigrants and Minorities in Denmark and Why Has It Become Tighter?,” a debate with Pia Justesen (Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Jurisprudence, School of Law, University of Aarhus, Denmark, and member of the Complaints Committee for Ethnic Equal Treatment at the Danish Institute for Human Rights). The debate is conducted in Danish and is initiated with a screening of Faik Dilan Hasan's documentary “Modtagelsen" (The Reception) from 2004 followed by an opening statement by Pia Justesen. Upon that, there will be an open discussion. 7 – 9 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.

   
Sat. 23 "What Would You Do If You Became Minister of Integration?," a youth hearing with Gowsine Joseph Alfred (Medical student and board member of Brobyggeren (The Bridge Builder) – a magazine which addresses young Tamils in Denmark) , Hamayun Latif Butt (Copenhagen-based designer and story teller), Ömer Faruk Ceran (student of Commerce at Aarhus School of Business, Denmark, and board member of Anatolian Culture Association, Aarhus), LO Youth Aarhus County (daughter organization of LO - The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, which works to widen the democratic consciousness in young people and engage young people in democratic fora), and Point of View (a multiethnic youth magazine in Aarhus, Denmark). Facilitated by Shiva Farahmand (Danish-based activist and physician). The youth hearing is conducted in Danish. 3 - 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
  Alt for Damerne (a multiethnic women's association in Bispehaven, Aarhus, Denmark, which works to break the at times isolated existence of immigrant women in Denmark) will cook and serve food in The Equestrian Hall's Café. The profit will be applied toward the establishment of the project "Bicycle School for Women in Bispehaven" . 3 – 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
  SHARE YOUR COUNTRY will install a stand in The Equestrian Hall, from which they will hand out different kinds of material and information prepared in co-operation with people and associations who actively work against standardization and for greater openness and tolerance. 3 pm - 12 am, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
  "Culture in Democracy," a concert event featuring Clemens (Copenhagen-based rapper and playwright), Jomi Massage (Copenhagen-based composer, musician, singer, and artist), Lago (Copenhagen-based performer, singer, and entertainer), Schwanzen Sänger Knaben (Copenhagen-based quartet consisting of four a cappella gay singers), and Zaki (Copenhagen-based rapper). Different artists from different cultures will meet and comment on each other's messages before they put The Equestrian Hall on fire. The evening is concluded with guest appearances by No Name Requested and the DJ team Universal Soundsystem. The event is organized by Henrik Busk (Aarhus- and Copenhagen-based artist and managing director of Kamuflage, an alternative art- and cultural agency). 7:30 pm – 3 am, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
Sun. 24 "The Danish Art Institution and the Challenge from the 'Politics of Difference'," a debate between aladin/alkhemi (producer, director, artist, magician, and Vice Chair of the Cultural Strategy Group, London, United Kingdom), Gillion Grantsaan (artist and member of YNKB – Outer Noerrebro Cultural Bureau, Copenhagen, Denmark), Libuse Müller (Director of Gallery Shambala, Copenhagen, Denmark), and the curators of Minority Report. Facilitated by Søren Friis Møller (Writer and Project Manager at the Centre for Art & Leadership, Institute for Management, Politics & Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark). The debate is conducted in English. 3 – 7 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
  Benefit furniture auction for UNICEF. As one of the main sponsors of The Equestrian Hall, IKEA has contributed with furniture, equipment, and other effects. All inventary is sold to the highest bidder during a festive buffet auction, where Palestinian-Danish actor, playwright, and director Bilal Abdallah is the auctioneer. The money is donated without any deductions to UNICEF, with whom IKEA collaborates. The evening is concluded with a magic show by aladin/alkhemi (producer, director, artist, magician, and Vice Chair of the Cultural Strategy Group, London, United Kingdom). 7 - 10 pm, Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus.
   
  This calendar was last updated on October 18, 2004.