Carsten Greife
About GUK and about Carsten's exhibition in GUK
The art exhibition place Garður Udhus Küche was established in May 1999. This exhibition place is situated in three countries; in a garden at Selfoss, Iceland, in a shed in Lejre, Denmark, and in a kitchen in Hannover, Germany. Three icelandic artists take care of and curate exhibitions in their resident exhibition spaces.
 
The purpose of this exhibition place is to bring to the artists the opportunity of presenting their work outside the arena of the conventional exhibition space for arts. The artist has to confront unusual and different spaces at the same time as he attempts to create the exhibition.
 
The exhibition of The Icelandic Love Corporation was the first one in GUK following their sparkling spectacular opening performance in May 1999.
 
On September 26th 1999 the artist Pétur Örn Friðriksson launched his exhibition.
 
Here below is a letter from Carsten a few weeks before the opening
 
---Hello.
I need some more Informations.
I want to send Fax paintings at Your places. So I need your Fax numbers. It
has to be an old style fax machine with rolled thermo paper.
Into the garden I want to send an faksimile of our last year christmas tree.
Please find a nice place that it can take roots again.
Into the shed I want to send a faksimile of the horse of my neighbour. It
needs a dry place and a window to look out.
Into the kitchen I want to send a faksimile of our storeroom. I think they
need some more place in their kitchen.
 
So now I am waiting for your fax numbers. I think I should send the faxes
just on the day of the opening. But maybe we can have a test before.
 
greetings Carsten
 
Photos from Garður
Photos from Udhus
Photos from Küche

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