Thursday, February 4, 2016

The heart is a warewolf (or a night out in Copenhagen)

In 2016 I'm determined to keep one of my eternally recurrent New Years Resolutions, to never lose my sense of WANDERLUST. So last weekend I decided on a whim to escape with a fellow wandering soul for 36 hours in COPENHAGEN and it was magical! Enjoy a selection of the beautful things we saw, ate and listened to!

Greetings from the Danish underground....





The trip started with probably the most delicious food Copenhagen, and possibly even Europe as a whole, has to offer. Despite the fact that you normally need to reserve a table 4 months in advance (and we hadn't even recieved a reply to my attempt to get us wait listed the night before), we somehow magically got a table at 108, the pop up restaurant open from the 20th of January to the 16th of April by the NOMA family.

A funny story for all you lovers of the culinary delights. Noma, renowned for using unusual, locally sourced ingredients and for sparking an interest in Nordic cuisine (most definately not the most impressive ghastronomic option if you ask me!),  though repeatedly voted the worlds best restaurant and having recieved several Michelen stars, in February 2013 was the source of scandal as  67 guests who dined there fell ill with food poisoning.

You can thus imagine my curiosity to wine and dine in this scandalous yet opulent establishment. The staff was extremely polite and the place was the exact opposite of pretentious! Modern art, a fooseball table, a yellow neon light leading you to the restrooms and communal tables with benches create a really relaxed and comfortable atmosphere. I love how the menu is comprosed of small dishes, 4 being the optimal number for a very hungry person, giving you the chance to enjoy a wide array of unique tastes. My favourite dish was   Salt Baked Celeriac a slice of celeriac with pickles and hay cheese, a unique utterly delicious taste! Also recommend trying the Braised Ox Tails with coriander seeds and fresh pine!


NEON



THE KITCHEN




THE CELERIAC


The night continued at Jolene, a bar for all the dancing hipsters out there! The music is fine, the drinks ridiculously expensive and the neighbourhood is full of hip restaurants and clubs. 

MORE NEON

Sunday was basically all about the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.




The impressive garden by the seafront that hosts an impressive collection of sculptures.


A video from the "Fire under Snow" exhibition featuring some of the best contemporary audovisual artists, (I loved the tribute to John Lenon and Chelsea Hotel)

 


Candice Breitz "Working Class Hero" #johnlennon #diehardfans #cacophony



A museum with a view



Thumbs up, when in doubt spray paint it GOLD.



THE FLUX AND THE PUDDLE by David ALTMEJD


To be honest this is the real reason we went to Copenhagen on  this whirlwind adventure and though I was skeptical and made fun of my friend who implied we would be spending an entire day staring at a glass cube with wax sculptures I must admit I was blown away! Solemly has a single work of art had such a strong impact on me, and I would gladly have spent even more time starig and exploring this cabinet of curiosities. A true contemporary masterpiece and with every tour around the installation you discover a multiple new marvellous details!


"The Flux and the Puddle is a fascinating and frightening work about the body and its place in the world.
Born in Canada in 1974, David Altmejd pushes ideas and representations of the body and all its features to extremes and in The Flux and the Puddle ends up with a gigantic model with references to ecosystems and computer circuits. This work, from 2014, is like the Baroque ‘cabinet of curiosities’ translated into our own Big Bang era, sending us on a strange voyage through the work, driven by curiosity, intuition and close inspection."






Girl and broken mirror! Objectifying the reflection.


THE HEART IS A WAREWOLF 





And the trip ended with delicious tartar at Manfreds, our lovely local winebar!



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