An exhibition consisting of air, empty cans and your imagination. The cans contain air from the old millennium. They were sealed in December 1999, at the Glud & Marstrand factory. Artists living in Denmark have made etiquettes for the cans sealed in 1999 commenting on the theme “Air from the Old Millennium”. Chinese artists have made etiquettes for cans sealed in 2006, and as the exhibition travels, it will grow, when more local artists will be invited to create new etiquettes.

Wrapping, nostalgia and play
Consumers of today put emphasis on the way products are wrapped and packed. Consumption is all about enjoyment and experience, no matter the actual content. This exhibition takes the notion of wrapping to a new level: Basically, it’s about branding old air from another epoch. In this way, these wrappings only make sense if you play along with the idea.

Air from the Old Millennium has been exhibited at the Danish Cultural Institute in Hungary and China, in other cities in China, at Dronninglund Art Centre, during the COP15 in Copenhagen. In 2010 next stop is Bruxelles.

Writer Jens Blendstrup has created an excerpt of an alternative encyclopaedia on phenomena from the gone-by millennium. Philosopher Thomas Boysen Anker has written a text on the instability of time.

Air from the Old Millennium is curated by Christine Fentz in collaboration with Randi Schmidt. The exhibition is produced by Secret Hotel, in collaboration with SCENEAgenturet and supported by Cultural House Aarhus and Det Obelske Familiefond. Original cans have been supplied by Glud & Marstrand.

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