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For over 100 år siden lå der her et “afholdshotel” med store trævinduer, der inviterede indenfor. Hotellet blev opført i 1887, og blev samlingssted for de forskellige afholdsloger i byen. Siden har det været benyttet som varmestue af byens arbejdsløse. Og i 1970’erne som samlingssted af de første jugoslaver. Fredensgade har en lang tradition for at skabe ro og give ly, varme og muligheder.
I dag huser Fredensgade en udtjent busstation overfor en mørk mur; hvad har man udsigt til herfra?
OPENING A WINDOW
”Opening a window” is inspired by a meeting with several people that frequently use Fredensgade as a hangout. It’s inspired by the street life here and now. And it’s inspired by the history of the street as a busy point for public transport.
Many have taken the bus from here, both adults and children. Some are still there.
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Fredensgade 1900
More than hundred years ago, at the spot of our installation, there was a temperance hall with large inviting wooden windows.
The building was from 1887 and was a meeting place for various temperance groupings in the town of Silkeborg. Since then it was used as a shelter for unemployed citizens.
And in the 1970’ies it became a meeting place for the first wave of immigrants coming from Yoguslavia.
Fredensgade has a long tradition of providing peace as the name indicates and giving shelter, warmth and possibilities.
Today, Fredensgade houses a worn-down out-of-use bus station opposite a huge dark wall; What kind of view do you have from here?
When we need to think, we often look out of the window. What if we could create a view through the wall, a window beyond the wall?
A new perspective on an old place. Are we looking out of the window or looking at the window? It’s not so important, as long as you see.
Isabelle Reynaud & Kasper Daugaard – Silkeborg, August the 29, 2017
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Opening a Window , Graphic Nanna Rosalia , is a permanent installation (3m x 4m), shaped like a window. It is placed in the street called Fredensgade at the back-wall of a supermarket, Føtex in the town of Silkeborg. The frame is made of wood from www.maxmoebel.com and the graphics on the “windowsglass “ is printed on an aluminium 3 mm sandwich plate. The shape of this piece of art, is inspired by the windows of the “temperance Hall” a building situated at the very same place in Fredensgade from 1887 – 1972.
Opening a Window is part of Moving Spaces produced by Theater Seachange in collaboration with Silkeborg Municipality.
Moving Spaces supported by: European Capital of Culture Aarhus 2017, Statens Kunstfond, Kulturudviklinspuljen Aarhus, Knud Højgaards Fund, Spar Nord Foundation, Færchfonden and Familien Hede Nielsens Fond.
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