CAFx25: Hypogeum by Jacob Kirkegaard

A Journey Beneath Copenhagen

Prepare for an unparalleled auditory descent into Copenhagen's hidden underworlds, an immersive 'Listening Cinema' experience, featuring Jacob Kirkegaard's new work, Hypogeum.

This unique event interweaves sections of Kirkegaard's Hypogeum with insights from urban metabolism experts, shedding light on the hidden ecological and logistical networks sustaining Copenhagen. Kirkegaard himself will share anecdotes and reflections from his profound experiences working within these often-unseen urban infrastructures. Hear about the historical evolution of Copenhagen's underground, from its early sanitation systems to modern marvels like the giant underground "Colosseum" basins, designed to combat future floods.

If architecture, as historian Mark Wigley has pointed out, is "the art of hiding the pipes," Hypogeum is an exercise in anti-architecture: a work driven by a desire to make the hidden tangible, but perhaps also to surrender to a fascination with the invisible that arises in a world where everything seems far too visible and accessible.

Don't miss this profound exploration of the unseen forces shaping our urban lives.

A Soundpiece by Jacob Kirkegaard
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Introduction in English.