Graphic design by Kamilla Mez.

A collaboration between Aalborg Artist’s Association
and lím collective, Aalborg, 2022

Welcome to The Department of CCCC — a collaborative project by Aalborg Artist’s Association (AAAA) and lím collective at Huset i Hasserisgade in Aalborg. During the project period The Department of CCCC will reconfigure the exhibition space Tilgang at Huset i Hasserisgade into a site for cultural activism, presented as a series of resources for engaging with Culture, Care, Commoning, and Critique.

By reformulating the exhibition space into a space for artworkers, the project wishes to explore new ways of dealing with current artistic labour politics in order to improve working conditions for artists and artworkers. Highlighting the shifting boundaries between public and personal, The Department of CCCC creates a temporary collective platform to make visible the organising labour that usually takes place within individual artist studios and homes. Presented as a series of resources for engaging with Culture, Care, Commoning, and Critique – the public is invited to participate in a wave of activities from movement workshops, walks, dinners, screenings, meetings, and talks which look into institutional barriers, occupational health, and resource sharing within the context of the contemporary art sector.

Download the exhibition catalogue here.

The Department of CCCC is kindly supported by Aalborg Municipality, Huset i Hasserisgade, and The Danish Arts Foundation. A special thank you to Arctic Street Food, Casa Anne Maries Vej, f.eks., The Greenlandic House, Huset, Kunsthal NORD, and Trekanten.

Programme for The Department of CCCC

November 8th from 4 – 7 pm
Opening of The Department of CCCC and Launch of the Platform lím collective

November 11th from 3 – 11 pm
Sangutitsinerit / Reroutings – Discussion, Screenings, Performances, and DJ with Sirí Paulsen, Uyarakq / Aqqalu Berthelsen, Julie Edel Hardenberg, New Red Order, Katrine Dirckinck-Holmfeld, and more.
Read more about the event here.

November 14th from 4 – 5 pm
Collective Preparatory Meeting for Artworkers
– prior to the meeting with Aalborg Municipality Visual Arts Council (Billedkunstråd og Kunstudvalg) on November 15th.

November 19th from 12 – 3 pm
River Walk – scream your frustrations into the river for womxn, trans and nonbinary people persons, students, allies** and children with Alex/Alexandra Jönsson.
Read more about the event here.

November 21st + 22nd + 23rd from 4 – 6 pm
Movement Class for Artworkers with Sandro Masai.
Read more about the workshop here.

November 24th from 4 – 5 pm
Collective Debrief Meeting for Artworkers
– after the meeting about Kunsthal NORD with Aalborg Municipality Health and Culture Committee (Sundhed- og Kulturudvalg) on November 23rd.

November 24th from 5 – 9 pm
Critical Picnic #25 – Dinner and Conversation and Performance with Jens Bugay-Hougaard

Velkommen til The Department of CCCC
— et samarbejdsprojekt mellem Aalborg Artist’s Association (AAAA) og lím collective. The Department of CCCC omdanner i projektperioden udstillingslokalerne i Tilgang til et kollektivt rum for kultur-organisation og aktivisme, præsenteret som en række ressourcer for kultur, omsorg, fællesskab og kritik (Culture, Care, Commoning, and Critique).

Ved at gentænke udstillingsrummet som et sted for freelance kunstnere og kunstarbejdere, undersøges der nye muligheder for at håndtere kunstscenens arbejdspolitiske opgaver kollektivt, med det formål at forbedre arbejdsvilkårene. Ved at skabe en midlertidig kollektiv platform, fremhæver The Department of CCCC de skiftende grænser mellem det offentlige og personlige, og synliggør det selvorganiseringsarbejde, der normal finder sted i kunstnernes individuelle atelier og hjem. Projektets program byder på en bred vifte af praktiske, konceptuelle og følelsesmæssige redskaber, bestående af healende bevægelsesworkshops, fællesspisning, frustrationsvandringer, filmvisninger og møder, som hjælp til håndteringen af institutionelle barrierer, arbejdsmiljø og ressourcefordeling inden for samtidskunsten.

Download udstillingskataloget her.

The Department of CCCC er støttet af Aalborg Kommune, Huset i Hasserisgade og Statens Kunstfond. Særlig tak til Arctic Street Food, Casa Anne Maries Vej, f.eks., Det Grøndlandske Hus, Huset, Kunsthal NORD, og Trekaten.


Programmet for The Department of CCCC

8. november 2022 kl. 16:00 - 19:00
Åbningen af The Departmen of CCCC og lancering af platformen lím collective.

11. november 2022 kl. 15:00 - 23:00
Sangutitsinerit / Omdirigeringer - Workshop
fællesspisning, filmvisning, performance og DJ med
Sirí Paulsen, Aqqalu Berthelsen / Uyarakq, Julie Edel Hardenberg, New Red Order / Adam Khalil og Katrine Dirckinck-Holmfeld.
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14. november kl. 16:00 - 17:00
Kollektivt forberedende møde for kunstarbejdere
— forud for møde i Aalbor Kommunes Billedkunstråd
og Kunstudvalg den 15. november.

19. november 2022 kl. 12:00 - 15:00
Fjordvandring — giv lyd til dine frustrationer ved fjorden, Aalborg. Åbent for kvinder, trans-
og non-binære personer, studerende, allierede, kunstarbejdere* og deres børn. Faciliteret af
Alex/Alexandra Jönsson.
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21. + 22. + 23. november 2022 kl. 16:00 - 18:00 Bevægelsesklasse for kunstarbejdere med Sandro Masai.
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24. november 2022 kl. 16:00 - 17:00
Kollektivt debriefing møde for kunstarbejdere
— opsamling på det kulturpolitiske arbejde omkring Kunsthal NORD.

24. november 2022 kl. 17:00 - 21:00
Critical Picnic #25 — middag og samtale og Performance med Jens Bugay-Hougaard

The Department of CCCC, 2022 at Huset i Hasserisgade, Aalborg, DK, November 2022. Documentation by Rikke Ehlers Nilsson.