Entrance to Christiania

Exhibition space

Together with the Czech illustrations there were also presented pictures of Greenlandic houses by Jane Lytthans (a resident of Christiania) and five ceramic artefacts by Helene Jørgensen (Greenlandic resident of Christiania). The Greenlandic-Danish duo Niels Kuitse & Robert Haasch was playing at the opening.

The exhibition in the gallery Gallopperiet

The Czech Ambassador Zdeněk Lyčka launched the exhibition with his opening speech. Gallery organizer Ingrid Borum welcomed the presented artists. Afterwards the author and former resident of Christiania Per Šmidl and the cultural worker of the Czech Embassy in Copenhagen Heda Mikulicová read to the audience one story from Rasmussen´s book in Danish and in Czech.

The ambassador´s opening speech

Ingrid Borum from Gallopperiet is introducing presented artists

Reading of Greenlandic legend in Danish – Per Šmidl: photo: Hasse Ferrold

Reading of Greenlandic legend in Czech – Heda Mikulicová

Ambassador Zdeněk Lyčka with the Czech translation of the Greenlandic Myths and Legends; photo: Hasse Ferrold

Approximately 150 guests including three ambassadors and other diplomatic representatives and friends of Czech and Greenlandic culture took part in the opening. The visitors were invited to taste Czech draught beer Bohemia Regent from Třeboň, which was a sponsor present from Kim Normann, the owner of the pub Café Švejk in Frederiksberg.

Draught beer Bohemia Regent sponsored by the owner of Café Švejk Kim Normann

An article about the exhibition was published in the daily Politiken. Ambassador Z. Lyčka also gave an interview to the Greenlandic daily daily Sermitsiaq.

A note in Gallopperiet´s memorial book

More about the exhibition
Invitation to the exhibition (JPG, 738 KB)

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