The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, founded in 1856, was a veterinary and agricultural science university in Copenhagen, Denmark, until its merger with the University of Copenhagen in 2007. Surrounding the buildings, designed by Gottlieb Bindesbøll, are its unique gardens, which house a diverse collection of over 6,000 plants and flowers. Salomon Thomas Nicolai Drejer… Continue reading ‘Flora Excursoria Hafniensis’
Category: Art
“The Time Is Out of Joint” in Shakespeare’s Hamlet
This started out as a photo of the coastline of Sweden seen from Hellerup, Denmark, in a somewhat dystopian light punctuated by the distant silhouette of the Barsebäck nuclear power plant. Initially, the photo was titled ‘Last Day of March,’ after someone nearby said, ‘This looks like the end of everything.’ While reading Jacques Derrida’s… Continue reading “The Time Is Out of Joint” in Shakespeare’s Hamlet
The Artificiality of Art / Degas’ Obsession
The oldest light we can observe, the cosmic microwave background radiation, is nearly 14 billion years old. One of the defining traits of light is that it cannot truly be owned, at least not yet. In a sense, trees can archive light temporarily through photosynthesis and transform it into chemical energy. A line can be… Continue reading The Artificiality of Art / Degas’ Obsession
Sun: Triptychs for Solar Eclipses
In August 2026, a total solar eclipse will cross continental Europe, first visible there since August 11th, 1999. Sun is a triptych consisting of a system poem, which resolves a grammatical fault in a 2011 precursor, and three short video sequences: Aperture, Augury, and Apparition. The earlier version, I’d argue, is semantically richer; this one… Continue reading Sun: Triptychs for Solar Eclipses
Garden of the Royal Danish Library in Light Snowfall
Light snowfall over the Garden of the Royal Danish Library (also known as The Royal Library Gardens), which was designed in 1920 by architects Jens Peder Andersen and Thorvald Jørgensen. The Garden of the Royal Danish Library, one of the oldest university library gardens in Europe, known as Det Kongelige Biblioteks Have in Danish, or… Continue reading Garden of the Royal Danish Library in Light Snowfall
‘Objects for an Ideal Home’
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 the record label April Records. In 2009, a 20th anniversary… Continue reading ‘Objects for an Ideal Home’
System Poetry: Gibson, Wordsworth, Shakespeare (3 x Williams)
« The archivist produces more archive, and that is why the archive is never closed. It opens out of the future. »— Jacques Derrida « Wordsworth invented modern poetry in English. Before him, the poet could cultivate subjects outside the self. After Wordsworth, the poem is the man or woman who composes it. »— Harold… Continue reading System Poetry: Gibson, Wordsworth, Shakespeare (3 x Williams)
