Under. Emilie Bausager, Sara Sjölin. May 17 - May 25, 2025

For Under, Lagune Ouest presented Simmer, a sculpture by Emilie Bausager placed in the lake above Simian and the performance Flöjtsolo på svenska by Sara Sjölin

Participating spaces: 
All all all, Cantina, C.C.C., Collega, coyote, f.eks., inter.pblc, Institut Funder Bakke,
Jennifee-See Alternate, Lagune Ouest, Matteo Cantarella, Sharp Projects, skēnē, Vermilion Sands

Participating artists:
Anders Hergum, Asger Dybvad Larsen, Ayesha Ghaoul, Cecilie Norgaard, Clara Lena Lagenbach, Emilie Bausager, Henriette Heise, Ida Schrader, Jens Hüls Funder, Johan S. Wieth, Kai Führer, Kaare Golles, Kevin Malcolm, Kristina Nagel, Sanna Helena Berger, Sara Sjölin, Scott William Raby, Stacey de Voe, Udsigt, Ville Laurinkoski, Yazan Khalili

Under took place at Simian, Kay Fiskers Plads 17 2300 Copenhagen Denmark (DK). For more info, please visit: www.ssiimmiiaann.org 

Under is supported by 15. Juni Foundation, Amager Vest Lokaludvalg, Fondet
for Dansk-Svensk Samarbejde, PASS - Center for Practice-based Art Studies, Restaurant Babylon, Rådet for Visuel Kunst and Danish Arts Foundation. 

The festival Under functions as a hybrid format, combining exhibition and social space, with performances, panel discussions and concerts. It seeks, if only for a moment, to capture an art scene and to present visitors with some of the many elements that constitute the artworld.

Under is populated by a diverse range of exhibition platforms. Attention to these platforms is underexposed—yet they are far from being outsiders. The ambition of the festival is to support the sense of community among these participants, to celebrate one another, and to show the outside world that there exists a vast root system of artists and exhibition spaces across formats that form an essential part of the art ecosystem. It is here that the art of tomorrow takes shape—where the boundaries of what art may be, and how it might be presented, are explored and reimagined again and again.

Under is shaped by a curatorial strategy that places strong emphasis on co- authorship, collaboration, and community. The exhibition text, for example, is shared between five voices from the scene: a curator, an artist, a gallerist, a writer, and the director of a local art centre. In a similar way, the exhibition itself is co-curated by the participating platforms.

Under is a fragment of a larger scene. Within Simian’s space, it manifests as a gathering of gestures, objects, and social encounters—together unfolding a story of a transgressive, diverse, and ever-changing art scene.

The festival is co-curated by Fafaya Mogensen and Nikolaj Stobbe in collaboration with Simian.

For Under, Lagune Ouest presented Simmer, a sculpture by Emilie Bausager placed in the lake above Simian and the performance Flöjtsolo på svenska by Sara Sjölin.

Participating spaces: 
All all all, Cantina, C.C.C., Collega, coyote, f.eks., inter.pblc, Institut Funder Bakke,
Jennifee-See Alternate, Lagune Ouest, Matteo Cantarella, Sharp Projects, skēnē, Vermilion Sands

participating artists:
Anders Hergum, Asger Dybvad Larsen, Ayesha Ghaoul, Cecilie Norgaard, Clara Lena Lagenbach, Emilie Bausager, Henriette Heise, Ida Schrader, Jens Hüls Funder, Johan S. Wieth, Kai Führer, Kaare Golles, Kevin Malcolm, Kristina Nagel, Sanna Helena Berger, Sara Sjölin, Scott William Raby, Stacey de Voe, Udsigt, Ville Laurinkoski, Yazan Khalili

Under took place at Simian, Kay Fiskers Plads 17 2300 Copenhagen Denmark (DK). For more info, please visit: www.ssiimmiiaann.org

Under is supported by 15. Juni Foundation, Amager Vest Lokaludvalg, Fondet
for Dansk-Svensk Samarbejde, PASS - Center for Practice-based Art Studies, Restaurant Babylon, Rådet for Visuel Kunst and Danish Arts Foundation.