Curatorial Statement
The programme for the architecture festival Opening is curated by the school’s curator, Karen Kjaergaard, in co-operation with independent architect, Boris Brorman Jensen, and CEO of Arkitektens Forlag, Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss.
Let’s stay with the trouble!
‘We aim to challenge the architect’s role as a visionary problem-solver in a changing world. The architect as the one who sticks it out, takes the challenges seriously and does not let up until the problems are fully resolved. The one who stays with the trouble. The development that followed after the modern breakthrough, the freedom and all the things we believed in have changed our planet to a degree where we now face challenges that no one can ignore. We forgot that with this freedom comes a profound responsibility.
This is true, not least, for the architecture profession, which has to adopt a new stance and learn to navigate in a much higher degree of complexity than before and acknowledge the connectedness of everything, whether in relation to architecture education, local communities or the world we all share.’
Let’s stay with the trouble!
Boris Brorman Jensen, Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss, Karen Kjaergaard