NOWTOPIA will happen in and around Grey Hall, Christiania, Christianshavn, Copenhagen
Grey Hall is an amazing and very spacious old riding hall, a cultural epicenter for the area, hosting countless concerts, gatherings, protests and art events.
Christiania is a freetown village in central Copenhagen. Around 1000 people have their home here, in a historic area offering nature, culture, self build houses, activism and simply living.
Christiania is open to the many daily visitors and friends that are part of life in Christiania.
GREY HALL and around
Imagining NOWTOPIA inside GREY HALL :
Open environment, open doors and windows, a dance floor and easy seating options
Activity Islands offering a journey through Nowtopian activities, events, workshops, discussions, talks and visions, participants and visitors travel freely
Cafe Nowtopia offers vegan dinner every night at 7, drinks, hygge, and sustainable food-collection
Installations and labs/experiments, ongoing
Program for workshops, performances, concerts and talks
Imagining NOWTOPIA outside GREY HALL :
The Lawn out door installations and labs/workshops
Walks around Christiania and Christianshavn
Outdoor performances and concerts events
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Christiania was squatted and declared a ‘freetown’ in 1971, and one of the most long standing urban spaces of creative resistance in Europe began.
It’s manifesto declares:
“Christiana’s objective is to create a self-governing society, whereby each and every individual can thrive under the responsibility for the entire community. This society must economically rest in itself, and the joint efforts must continue to be about showing that psychological and physical destitution/pollution can be diverted/ prevented” 13.11.1971