The Undergang Armchair

A podcast about art and the art of creation. Every week our host, Ando, sits down and has a conversation with an artist, musician, writer, curator or other creative. The show is based in Copenhagen, the aim is world wide.

Waiting Room ft. Nathan Gulick (#122) 06/12/2019

Waiting Room ft. Nathan Gulick (#122) After a longer pause we are back with a fantastic conversation the artist Nathan Gulick, visiting town from LA for his solo show, Waiting Room, at C4 Projects. We met and had a live recording at C4, and it was both a lot of fun and very interesting. Nathan is eloquent and engaged, and we got a great podcast out of it. Please enjoy and be sure to check out the installation images from the exhibition. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/10131311

What is Doubt? ft. FOS (#121) 11/22/2018

What is Doubt? ft. FOS (#121) And we are back! Thanks for hanging in there. Today we have a conversation we’ve been really excited to share with you, with the artist FOS, also known by his government name of Thomas Poulsen. This talk was recorded during the summer when he had a quite ambitious show up at Gallery Nils Stærk here in Copenhagen, and it turned out to be a really fun one. He was really interesting to speak with and we had a good long talk about many subjects, please enjoy. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/7646387

Roskilde Festival Art Zone 2018 (#120) 07/13/2018

Roskilde Festival Art Zone 2018 (#120) The warm months have fully settled upon the land, and with every Danish summer comes the yearly tradition of Roskilde Festival, one of the world’s largest music festivals. For many years now they have also had a surprisingly ambitious art zone during the festival, with running themes and critical commentary on social and political issues. We spoke with the head curator, Mette Woller, and three of the exhibiting artists, Jillian Mayer, Oskar Koliander, and Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/6805818

The Sense of Things ft. Signe Vad (#119) 07/04/2018

The Sense of Things ft. Signe Vad (#119) We have Signe Vad on the show today, which is very exciting, and has been a long time coming. She is an exceptionally hard working artist, with tons of projects always in the works as well has her own production, and she somehow gets it all done. She is a serial collaborator, exhibition space leader and cultural front runner, and we have the pleasure of hearing about it. Our talk is also fascinating because she talks a lot about her doubts, thoughts and dreams about her total practice. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/undergang/id/6774597

The Space In-Between ft. Mathias & Mathias 05/04/2018

The Space In-Between ft. Mathias & Mathias Todays the guests are the artist group Mathias & Mathias. They had a show up at Overgaden a little while back, and we were fortunate enough to have the chance to sit down and talk to them. It was a great conversation, touching on many topics, with a lot of behind the scenes talk, which is always interesting. They are a group you should keep an eye on, they have a lot of interesting projects in the pipeline. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/undergang/id/6555431

A Slow Motion Explosion ft. Jonas Liveröd 04/18/2018

A Slow Motion Explosion ft. Jonas Liveröd Today we are terribly excited to bring you an actually well timed conversation, with the wonderful Jonas Liveröd. It’s been a while coming, but it fits perfectly, because already on this Friday, April 20th, he has a solo show opening at the great Steinsland Berliner Gallery in Stockholm. We feel that Jonas needs no introduction, his work is excellent and lively, and we do a pretty good job of covering things in the talk. Please enjoy our conversation with Jonas Liveröd! /episode/index/show/undergang/id/6490350

The Merge ft. Sara, Peter & Tobias 04/04/2018

The Merge ft. Sara, Peter & Tobias Today, in serendipitous timing, we are joined by the art group Sara, Peter & Tobias, who were kind enough to sit down with us for a wide ranging conversation about their first book, Phenomina. And just last week they won the BJP International Photography Award for their new project, The Merge. We had a very interesting conversation together not only about their projects, but also about the role of ego in photography, authorship, research, fundraising, and giving up your individuality to strengthen a group. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/6443173

The Level of Truth ft. Johan Furåker 03/23/2018

The Level of Truth ft. Johan Furåker When you talk process with an artist, many similarities between practices begin to pop up over time, but there are also those occasions where you hear about more independent ways of working and thinking. There is a balance to doing your homework & research, yet keeping a sense of mystery, happy accident and experimentation, and I think Johan is one of the people who have been on this program who exemplifies that best. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/6401410

The Muse ft. Ditte Ejlerskov 02/23/2018

The Muse ft. Ditte Ejlerskov We are very proud to bring to you today a wonderful conversation with Ditte Ejlerskov recorded a couple of months ago. Talking to her was a reminder of so many important things one must hold dear as an artist; choosing the harder path at times, about trust in yourself and your relationship to your practice, the value of plain old hardheadedness. Ditte has a big show up at Kristiansand Kunsthal in Norway called The Muse, so if you are in that part of the world then be sure to check it out. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/undergang/id/6293024

Defending the Collective ft. Yazan Khalili 02/07/2018

Defending the Collective ft. Yazan Khalili We had the great pleasure of meeting and speaking with Yazan Khalili last week, who is the winner of the extract prize 2015 from GLStrand. We had a really fantastic talk about making art, politics, representation and working under tough conditions. Yazan is very dedicated to and active in art and culture in general, and on top of it is an interesting artist, so go see his show at GLStrand (up until 11th march), and enjoy our talk with Yazan Khalili. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/6229834

A Different Time ft. Todd James 01/24/2018

A Different Time ft. Todd James We have Todd James on the show today. Todd is a really interesting artist, because he has been able to straddle so many different worlds throughout his career, and that is something a lot of people are afraid of doing, perhaps feeling that it would somehow dilute what they do, or confuse an audience. Todd doesn’t seem to have that fear. His credits are many, his skill plentiful, so let’s just get straight to our talk with him. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/undergang/id/6184213

Botanizing the Asphalt ft. Nanna Debois Buhl 01/10/2018

Botanizing the Asphalt ft. Nanna Debois Buhl Welcome back, and happy New Year to all! We have a great artist and incredibly sweet human on the show today; Nanna Debois Buhl. The more I hear about what she does, and how she does it, the more I fall in love with her work. It’s thoughtful, well-researched and also very tactile, which I find to be a rare combination today. Often it’s hard for artists to lean equally on research and material when creating projects. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/undergang/id/6135091

Introducing By The Way: A Contemporary Art News Podcast 12/13/2017

Introducing By The Way: A Contemporary Art News Podcast Hello friends - we are tremendously proud to announce the launch of our new podcast network Cultural Bandwidth, as well as the new podcast we are blasting off with on the new network, By The Way: A Contemporary Art News Podcast. Cultural Bandwidth is the world's first podcasting network based around art, and we couldn't be happier to share this with you. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/6039125

A Strange Business ft. Niels Pugholm 11/29/2017

A Strange Business ft. Niels Pugholm The guest today is Niels Pugholm. We were introduced to him through a captivating artist run space out in Valby, (an outer neighborhood of CPH) called KVADRAT16, and we sat down and talked right before he opened his show there. He a thoughtful, interesting artist who has been super active the last couple of years, popping up here and there with some wry and interesting shows. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5990631

Vox Populi ft. Gillian Wearing 11/08/2017

Vox Populi ft. Gillian Wearing A couple of weeks ago the National Gallery of Art (SMK) here in CPH unveiled a bronze sculpture in front of the museum by Gillian Wearing called A Real Danish Family. This is also in conjunction with an exhibition of her works, they are both well worth seeing. We were lucky enough to have the chance to sit down with Gillian to talk both about the sculpture she made about this danish family, and about her work in general. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5919604

Take Your Time ft. Jean-Marc Bustamante 10/25/2017

Take Your Time ft. Jean-Marc Bustamante The guest today is Jean Marc Bustamante and he of course has a long and storied art career, well worth looking into, but he also has a history as a teacher, and now as the director of École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, a prestigious art school in Paris. For those who are around CPH at the moment, he also has a show up at Gallery Susanne Ottesen, which functions as a retrospective of sorts, and is very much worth seeing. He is a wise and humorous man, so please enjoy our talk with him! /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5871873

Unpainted Paintings ft. Malin Gabriella Nordin 10/11/2017

Unpainted Paintings ft. Malin Gabriella Nordin We are joined today by artist extraordinaire Malin Gabriella Norden, who was here in town for the CHART Art Fair. It’s a pleasure to talk to the people who’s work is dictated by a relationship to their materials and their drive to move said work forward. These are practitioners who dedicate themselves to the process of making, and view their work in the long term. And to put it simply, it’s refreshing, and not at all a disadvantage. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5825866

The Cold Fact ft. Zven Balslev 09/27/2017

The Cold Fact ft. Zven Balslev We have the fantastic Zven Balslev on today, which has been a long time coming, and we ended up talking about many facets of the art world, having a practice, and about the kind of expectations-slash-priorities you might have. One of the great things about making this show is hearing diverse viewpoints on this mess of making art, and Zven’s view on it is great. It’s one you honestly don’t heard often enough. Please enjoy our talk with Zven Balslev! /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5781916

CHART Art Fair Wrap Up 09/14/2017

CHART Art Fair Wrap Up We are back again here on the other side of CHART Art Fair with our wrap up from the events this year. Part one features a short discussion with the panel of speakers from one of the Chart Art Talks, namely Peter Pakesch, Shwetal Patel, Sofia Hernández Chong Cuy, Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Mark Rappolt. The second part of the show is guested by Helga Christoffersen, curator at The New Museum, who curated an exhibition of emerging nordic artists for the fair, by the name of CHART Emerging. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5739259

CHART Art Fair Warm Up 08/30/2017

CHART Art Fair Warm Up In honor of our new collaboration with the CHART Art Fair, we have special episode out today, featuring some of the founding galleries and the director of the fair. Through talking with them about the ideas behind the fair and some of the guiding principles, we’ve compiled an oral history of sorts as a warm up to the event. It’s the 5th anniversary of the fair, and it was tremendously interesting to hear from the folks behind it, and there were even a few surprises along the way. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5688331

Insistency ft. Kenneth Balfelt 08/16/2017

Insistency ft. Kenneth Balfelt Hello everybody, welcome back. We have a fantastic guest on the show today, Kenneth Balfelt. For those who don’t know, his practice is one which truly is social, and it’s really incredible. He’s our new superman. He works with marginalized groups, often in the public sphere, on a political, architectural and artistic level, and it’s often highly collaborative. But we’ll let him tell the story himself. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5644222

Jiggling Atoms ft. Jesper Carlsen 08/03/2017

Jiggling Atoms ft. Jesper Carlsen We have Jesper Carlsen on the show today. His exhibition at Martin Asbæk Gallery unfortunately just came down, but we managed to grab him and hear about the show before it did. He has a diverse and forward thinking practice which utilizes many tools from the digital and technology worlds, and since we are big fans of the crossover between tech and art it was great to hear about his work. It’s current, it’s interesting and it’s engaging. So let’s get straight to it, enjoy our talk with Jesper Carlse /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5606013

Distrust of Irony ft. Peter Voss-Knude & Merete Jankowski - Recorded live at Overgaden 06/21/2017

Distrust of Irony ft. Peter Voss-Knude & Merete Jankowski - Recorded live at Overgaden Today we have Peter Voss-Knude on the show, this was recorded live at Overgaden together with the director there, Marete Jankowski. Peter has created an exhibit at Overgaden and album of music, all in collaboration with the Danish Army, and it's really something. After our talk we have included one of the tracks which is called Goodbye my Friend. Stick around and listen to that. Enjoy /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5464929

The Puzzle ft. Tal R 06/14/2017

The Puzzle ft. Tal R We are back with our special 100th episode! It’s been over three years of this program, 100 guests, and a lot of ups and downs. Did we mention that Tal R is the special guest for the 100th episode? He needs no introduction right? We talked about many things, including being in the entertainment industry, teaching, and many other topics, he is very generous in the way he talks about life and art. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5447413

Small Details ft. Klaus Thymann 05/10/2017

Small Details ft. Klaus Thymann We are talking adventure and exploration today with Klaus Thymann, a tremendously interesting fellow. He is a photographer, an artist, he founded a non-profit called Project Pressure, and an adventurer. We talked about a lot of themes which we personally find interesting, such as art in a greater social and global context, the development of projects, the role of ego in arts, etc etc. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5344120

Supermarket Art Fair 2017 04/26/2017

Supermarket Art Fair 2017 We visited Supermarket Art Fair in Stockholm last month, and this is a compilation of our conversations with some of the many nice folks we met. It was a lot, there were lots of exhibitors, and as usual it’s really hard to figure out when is best to try to talk to people, and of course you try not to disturb them while they are working. Fairs are like that, overwhelming, fun, frustrating, interesting, all of it, so this reflects that in it’s own way. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5301042

Bonus: Danielsson & Carlson + Johan Norling from Market Art Fair 04/08/2017

Bonus: Danielsson & Carlson + Johan Norling from Market Art Fair We’re here with a quick bonus episode from when we were up in Stockholm recently to check out the Market and Supermarket art fairs. For example, we met with two of our colleagues while we were there, Jenny Danielsson and Oscar Carlson, who have a Stockholm based podcast where they talk about art! It’s called Danielsson & Carlson, and we would encourage you to check that out. The other person we had the pleasure of talking to was Johan Norling, who is the artistic director of Market Art Fair. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5246412

Everything Rises ft. Eva Stenram 03/29/2017

Everything Rises ft. Eva Stenram We have the talented Eva Stenram on the show today, who is a very interesting artist working mostly within photographic mediums. She is a Swede living in London, and you’ve almost certainly seen her work before. It utilizes found imagery, but in a much tighter focus than some other found imagery work, and speaks to much about photographic representation, gaze and issues around women’s role in culture and society. But I’m going to let her tell the rest here, please enjoy my chat with Eva. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5214667

Research Matters ft. Matthias Borello 03/16/2017

Research Matters ft. Matthias Borello We have the very interesting Matthias Borello on today, he is a writer, curator and editor and many of you here in Denmark probably know him from the online publication Kunsten.nu. He is a very visible person in the danish arts scene, and he’s here to talk about the critical discourse, accessibility, communication and art as a social practice, just to name a few of the topics we got to. Its good stuff! Enjoy. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5172784

Unreality ft. Ulrik Heltoft 02/23/2017

Unreality ft. Ulrik Heltoft Today we fight back at the tyranny of reality together with Ulrik Heltoft. He is, in our opinion, one of the more interesting artists here in Denmark, and is also sneakily very influential here. He teaches, he makes art, and he produces the some of the wildest things you’ve never heard about. At the end of the day, all this mystery coincides well with his view of unreality, which is excellent, so be sure to hear this one. /episode/index/show/undergang/id/5111040

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