Exhibition opening Eye for Landscape

24. januar

Exhibition opening Eye for Landscape

The year begins with a festive opening at Esrum Kloster & Møllegård. On Friday, January 24th at 13.00-16.00 we will open the doors to our new exhibition 'Eye for Landscape - a living archive', and everyone is welcome to attend the opening. Registration is not necessary. Eye for Landscape will become a permanent part of the current exhibition at Esrum Kloster, and can be experienced year-round.

'Eye for Landscape - A Living Archive' can be experienced on the 1st floor of the monastery. On the opening day, January 24, admission to the entire exhibition is free

The exhibition is designed to be experienced across generations, with space for young and old alike

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“Join us for the opening of the exhibition Eye for Landscape a living archive on 24 January.”

At 13:00 we welcome you with short opening speeches where you can hear Emmy Laura Pérez Fjalland and Director of Esrum Kloster & Møllegård, Birgitte Meisner Nielsen, talk about the exhibition and the thoughts behind it.

There’s plenty of time to explore the exhibition, meet the artists behind the works and experience the sensory activities at your own pace.

At 15:00 we invite you to join us for a walk where we get close to the landscapes the exhibition is based on – remember warm and practical clothes.

Registration is not required.

The landscape is a living archive

The landscapes around Esrum are full of stories. People have lived, worked and adapted to nature here for 900 years – and the traces can still be found in the forest, in the meadows, in the soil and in the water. With Eye for Landscape, we invite you to experience the landscape as a living archive of stories, experiences and shared history.

Eye for Landscape is a living and changing exhibition. Natural materials are collected and processed continuously, and the spaces evolve over time – also through your imprint. You can touch, smell, explore and immerse yourself in books, activities and stories. The exhibition is created so that it can be experienced across generations with something for both young and old curious hands and eyes.

Eye for Landscape will become a permanent part of the current exhibition at Esrum Kloster, and can be experienced year-round.

Curated by cultural geographer

Emmy Laura Pérez Fjalland holds a PhD in Geography and Planning and currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at Fuglsang Art Museum and Landscape Architecture & Planning at the University of Copenhagen.

Since 2020, she has written the weekly newsletter Jordbo in collaboration with Føljeton and is behind a number of critically acclaimed publications, including En ledsager i uregerlige tider (2021), Almanak: En bevægelse gennem årets landskaber (2023) and Haverne i haven ved fjorden (2024).

She has just published A Topography: A Thousand Years in the Landscape around Esrum Monastery, published by Esrum Kloster & Møllegård with support from the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The book is designed by Mads C. Sandholm and Laura Silke.

Michael Nielsen, designer and bushcrafter Regine Thomsen, sculptor Ellen Martine Heuser, sound artist Ingeborg Okkels, Sara Daugbjerg from FabLab (Roskilde University), basket maker Steen H. Madsen, the Forestry School in Nødebo are some of those who have contributed to the design of Eye for Landscape.

Eye for landscape is supported by Augustinus Fonden, Knud Højgaards Fond and Nationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland.