‘Flora Excursoria Hafniensis’

Miniature flowers floating on seaweed in Saint George's Lake, Copenhagen, June 2024

The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, founded in 1856, was a veterinary and agricultural science university in Copenhagen, Denmark, up till its merger with University of Copenhagen in 2007. Surrounding the buildings, designed by Gottlieb Bindesbøll, are the unique gardens which house more than 6,000 different plants and flowers. The Gardens of the Royal Veterinary… Continue reading ‘Flora Excursoria Hafniensis’

‘The Time Is Out of Joint’ ~ Shakespeare, Derrida & Marx

‘This looks like the end of everything!’, someone remarked at an exhibition. Preliminary work from the ‘Time Is Out of Joint’ series, which references the following exclamation by Prince Hamlet in William Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ (in the form of an embodied metaphor): “The time is out of joint: O cursed spite, That ever I was born… Continue reading ‘The Time Is Out of Joint’ ~ Shakespeare, Derrida & Marx

Copenhagen Chronotopes: Documenting Three Time Glitches

August 20th, 2024, three unexpected time glitches (‘chronostases’) occurred at intervals og roughly three seconds in the Kalvebod Brygge waterfront area in the Vesterbro part of Copenhagen, Denmark. Once filled with factories, this part of the city has changed a lot over the years. Now, it has many new office buildings, hotels, and places for… Continue reading Copenhagen Chronotopes: Documenting Three Time Glitches

Garden of the Royal Danish Library in Light Snowfall

Light snowfall over the Garden of the Royal Danish Library (also referred to as ‘The Royal Library Gardens’) is a public garden in Copenhagen, Denmark – designed in 1920 by the architects Jens Peder Andersen and Thorvald Jørgnsen. The Garden of the Royal Danish Library, one of the oldest university libraries in Europe, in Danish:… Continue reading Garden of the Royal Danish Library in Light Snowfall

Kaktus Towers, Copenhagen

Kaktus Towers, Kalvebod Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (B.I.G). Two towers at 100 and 80 meters tall respectively. Close to 500 balconies distributed between the floors of the towers explain the ‘Kaktus’ designation of these semi-futuristic buildings. The opening of IKEA’s rooftop terrace has made photos from new angles possible, including ones… Continue reading Kaktus Towers, Copenhagen

‘Objects for an Ideal Home’

1st object from the 'Objects for an Ideal Home' series. Sea Urchin.

The ‘Objects for an Ideal Home’ series is inspired by a 1999 music album — in the electronica genre, as it was labeled in the mid 90s — by that name. ‘Objects for an Ideal Home’ was produced and released by the Danish musician Opiate (Thomas Knak) on record label April Records. In 2009 a… Continue reading ‘Objects for an Ideal Home’

Leben CS-600 ~ An Introduction to Leben Tube Amplifiers

This blogpost on the Leben CS-600 and the Leben CS-600X tube-based amplifiers started out as a thorough introduction to vintage tubes after buying a Leben CS-600 a couple of months ago. From there, it branched out to cover additional amplifiers from Leben Hi-Fi Stereo Company; from their early models to their latest offerings of tube-based… Continue reading Leben CS-600 ~ An Introduction to Leben Tube Amplifiers