Becoming Bats at schools
Learn about your local wild species through mask theatre, play and dance. Bats are almost everywhere (except Antarctica) and they play a crucial role in our ecosystem. Get to know about the wondrous bat species, where to spot them in your daily life and what you can do for the bats to live and thrive in our time of biodiversity crisis.
Bat mask workshops
Make a mask of your own species. A great way to getting to learn and feel the wonders of the world and the beautiful species we co-habit the world is to build your own mask of a species. Build with clay to feel the shapes and structures of the species and form it with a respect that will make the alliance between you and the species even stronger.
Mask technique learned by incredible mask builder Randi Kjær.
Knytte Bånd
School project: workshops and installation
A huge installation work and living art work in 2024 made with Charlotte Østergaard in collaboration with Aaben Dans and 785 people (!), primarily through workshops with school kids from Roskilde Municipality and exhibited during Aaben Dans’ SWOP festival. The knottings are a co-creation of community and connection, symbolising and enacting the ecosystem of life with knots tying us all together. All textiles are used material. The practice of knotting comes from artist Charlotte Østergaard
Writings about the project by Charlotte Østergaard
Becoming grass workshop at BIRCA during Bornholms Kulturuge
Playing, making, planting, honoring.
A workshop in becoming grass. Move with grass, become it and learn about grass’ life cycle and ecosystem through play. During the workshop, we will also make seed bombs of wild grass species, transforming spaces and spread them around to create more biodiversity. We end with a collective ritual to honor the grass species.
Byen er din – Performative Public Street Art for schools
“Byen er din / The City is Yours – Performative Public Street Art” is a project together with visual artist Phuc Van Dang focusing on storytelling of the identity of the city across generations.
The project was a 2-days workshop where I together with Phuc invited children and seniors to create performative street art in their city’s public spaces. The aim of the project was to build bridge between two generations – children and seniors – as they may have different perceptions of their city, different memories and stories. Together, they reflected on the city’s history and identity through street art, dance and performance and found a common expression and vision for their city’s future. Their final works were shown at a small vernissage.
The project worked with the United Nations World Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities.
We have visited Horsens Byskole at Fussingsvej, Juelsminde Skole and Barrit Skole, involving the children’s grandparents and members of Ældre Sagen to bring their perspectives on how to keep cities and communities sustainable.
Linh Le 