Red Stripe

Red Stripe (150cm x 100cm), photo by Katrina Lee

In conjunction with Poetisk Fusion, an outdoor film, lighting and sound installation at Bornholms Kunst Museum , kleejourneys has the pleasure to present 'Red Stripe', the first of several photos to be displayed at the museum from Oct 13 2009 until January 2010.

Click here to learn more about the project, including a web gallery of more images by project photographers Katrina Lee and Ole Christiansen.

Note: There are 5 copies of Red Stripe(150cm x 100cm) available for purchase. For pricing details, please contact katrina@leeworkstudio.com

Poetisk Fusion

Press article for Poetisk Fusion, Bornholms Tidende Monday 21 September

Photo by Katrina Lee
(click on the image for a larger readable version)

Poetisk Fusion is an outdoor film, lighting and sound installation at Bornholms Kunst Museum, running from October 9 until 18, 19:00 to 21:00. The project is created by Palle Vedel (Manden med Cameraet/Metropolights) in collaboration with artist Daniel Vestergaard, composer Christian Rønn, and photographers Katrina Lee and Ole Christiansen.

Through specially composed lighting and sound, and the manipulation of Dziga Vertovs legendary film Man with a Movie Camera, the installation aims to challenge the museum's architecture, and in the process, connect the lines that set the agenda for Futurism and Constructivism from Western Art History to the Early 20th century.

Poetic Fusion also uses different forms of communication such as the newly developed 3D virtual gallery which will give museum visitors a look into today's most advanced 3D technology. During the projects' 3 phases, individual still images taken by Katrina Lee and Ole Christiansen will be presented in this virtual gallery, as well as hung in the museum for re-interpretation.

Copenhagen 1953

A wonderful short film that shows how bicycling has inherently been part of Danish culture since 1953 and until today!

kleejourneys on CBC Metro Morning

It has come to my attention how special Nørrebrogade is, a street located in Nørrebro, Copenhagen . Not only is this where kleejourneys is based, it is also where many significant events or activities take place.

For instance, both at the beginning and at the end of the summer, hundreds of motorbikes gather and meet on Nørrebrogade before heading off on a group ride to Bakken, an amusement park one hour north of the city. Even though I am a bicycle advocate, I admittedly have a personal fondness for motorbikes and was thrilled when over 300 of them arrived and parked outside my window. Many bicyclists were however less thrilled at the CO2 and noise pollution.

As Nørrebro is the only ethnically diverse area of Copenhagen, Nørrebrogade is also the street for immigrant protests. I blogged back in March about a funeral demonstration that took processed down this street: Ligtog på Nørrebro.

However, demonstrations and gatherings aside, Nørrebrogade is actually a main commuter thoroughfare for cyclists and in October 2008, a decision to restrict vehicle access onto the street for a 3 month trial period was instigated by Klaus Bondham, Copenhagen's Major of Traffic and Environment. Instead of widening roads in order to ease heavy street traffic which is often a solution in North America, the project proposed the closure of Nørrebrogade to vehicular traffic at 2 sections, thereby allowing for the increase of bicycle and bus access. More information can be found by reading about Agenda 21 Grøn Nørrebro (Agenda 21 Green Nørrebro).

September 22nd is World car free day and in conjunction with this event, CBC radio Toronto was eager to speak to an ex-torontonian currently living in Copenhagen. Thanks to Spacing magazine and editor Dylan Reid, it was my pleasure to be selected to speak live from Copenhagen and have the opportunity to be interviewed by Andy Barry on Metro Morning about the recent infrastructure changes on Nørrebrogade.

Click here to listen to the interview.