Adrian, Marc, Dieter Rot, Timm Ulrichs, Herman de Vries and other artsis.

[FLUXUS AND COUNTER-CULTURE IN DENMARK] Charlottenborg Festival 200 Bulletin. Nos. 1–11, and 13–15 (apparently all published, with no. 12 never issued).

Copenhagen: Kunsthal Charlottenborg, 1969. Quartos (35 × 25 cm). Each a folded gathering with [4] pp. printed on different papers in different colors. Very good or better. Item #54865

Apparently complete run (issue no. 12 was presumably not published and is not present in any known institutional holdings and past auction records) of the rare serial, of which a new number was printed daily during the “Festival 200” at the Kunsthal Charlottenborg. The festival was organized in 1969 on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Kunsthal Charlottenborg respectively the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. This event, which was both an exhibition and an open studio, was attended not only by artists from Scandinavia but also from all over Europe, including students from Joseph Beuys' class in Düsseldorf. For example, there is documented an open shower by Paul Gernes, which was separated from the rest of the exhibition space by transparent walls and could be used by anyone. A reproduction camera and a large printing press, which were used to produce a new issue of the Bulletin every day, were also available for use not only by the artists for further posters etc., but also by visitors. The resulting works were distributed in the art school as well as in a neighboring kiosk.

The festival was a harbinger of the counterculture that developed after 1968, as evidenced by some extremely drastic “happenings”. In the second issue, a manifesto was published by Austrian neo-avant-garde artist Marc Adrian, in which he not only writes that every state would be “fascist” per se, as would the art created within it. In contrast, the “Festival 200” would present a “democratic art”, “without a specific canon of rules.” The festival was not limited to aesthetic experiments, but also saw itself as a social utopia. It is therefore not surprising that after the festival, a camp was opened by students from the art school who wanted to develop an alternative form of society in a field north of Copenhagen and found their own city. The plans came to nothing, although some of those involved at the time later took part in various rural communes.

The participating artists included, among others, Marc Adrian, Moucle Blackout, Bob Bonies, Henning Brandis, Stanley Brouwn, Hansjürgen Bulkowski, Henri Chopin, Luciano Fabro, Nanette Godfrey, Christianne Heuser, Ake Hodell, Jörg Immendorf, Birger Steen Jensen, Peter Louis Jensen, Elke & Cornelius, Hartmut Kaminski, Erinna Konig, Kasper Konig, Tom Krojer, Jean-Claude Moineau, Bjorn Norgaard, Chris Reinecke, Diter Rot, Gunther Sieber, Timm Ulrichs, Nanda Vigo, Paul de Vree, and Herman de Vries.

As of June 2026, OCLC lists one holding in North America.

Price: €4,500.00

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