Join us for the finissage of Soft Assembly on Saturday 18th October 13.00-16.00

Soft Assembly is an ambitious, celebratory exhibition that repositions photography at the centre of contemporary art discourse. It is a celebration of photography’s plurality and a reminder of the power of collective visual storytelling.

The salon-style format honours photography’s democratic potential: to compress, contradict, and coalesce divergent viewpoints. Through its collaborative, non-hierarchical installation, the exhibition invites new ways of looking—not only at images, but at photography itself as a vital, urgent, and profoundly artistic practice full of friction.

Come for all 3 workshops, or just drop in for one!

Workshop 3: The Third Mind

Time: 18.30 - 20.30
Price: 250 kr/session
Buy tickets here

In this workshop we will be playing with writing, language, translation; and, crucially, the subconscious. Excavating the layers hiding beneath the surface of text, a part of the workshop will be used to create a collective body of text written in multiple languages created by participants.

Playing off a seminal essay written by William Burroughs and Bryon Gissing The Third Mind (1977) we'll be using all the tools available to us in 2025 - while still writing long-hand for the most part - and experience the full potential of utilising collage and the cut-up method in a contemporary context.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS

We will be exploring a toolkit of new, creative ways to play with words, texts and narrative. 

Each two hour workshop is for people who want to write, are writing, or/and find themselves blocked. 

We will get our hands on different writing tools, experience writing and working on texts individually and as part of a group, as well as sharing our work together.

ABOUT DANIEL

Daniel van der Noon (b. 1988) is a multidisciplinary artist and writer whose work moves between intricate visual worlds and layered, experimental prose. His practice spans large-scale cityscape murals, mixed-media works exploring narrative theory, myth, and the architecture of imagination.

Blending autofiction, speculative philosophy, dream fragments, and social commentary, Daniel seeks to capture the textures of thought and the strange logic of memory. His approach is both playful and rigorous, informed by a deep interest in how image and language shape one another, building immersive, resonant worlds on paper.

Daniel studied English Literature and Philosophy at the University of Leeds and the University of Copenhagen, and has been on artist residencies at the University of Bergen, CCA Andratx, and Cooler Gallery NYC. Daniel has created a series of writing workshops at Super Bookstore (CPH), Galleri Taxi (Bergen) and Pakhusgaleriet, Nykøbing; as well as basing his show A Belly Full of Liquorice (2023) on his short story The Mat3rialisation.

Come for all 3 workshops, or just drop in for one!

Workshop 2: Writing(ten) Reality

Time: 18.30 - 20.30
Price: 250 kr/session
Buy tickets here

We’ll be making fiction through our fingers and bringing to light our shining subconscious through a number of playful, generative and curious exercises. We will work on new methods of building texts about reality, dreams and a conflation of the two (with a peppering of philosophical discourse about the two realms)...

We’ll also be taking inspiration from the world of literature including glittering examples of reality-making by the 19thcentury French realists, the dreamy imaginations of Jorge Borges and Italo Calvino; as well as writers such as Irvine Welsh, Clarice Lispector and Marlen Haushofer.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS

We will be exploring a toolkit of new, creative ways to play with words, texts and narrative. 

Each two hour workshop is for people who want to write, are writing, or/and find themselves blocked. 

We will get our hands on different writing tools, experience writing and working on texts individually and as part of a group, as well as sharing our work together.

ABOUT DANIEL

Daniel van der Noon (b. 1988) is a multidisciplinary artist and writer whose work moves between intricate visual worlds and layered, experimental prose. His practice spans large-scale cityscape murals, mixed-media works exploring narrative theory, myth, and the architecture of imagination.

Blending autofiction, speculative philosophy, dream fragments, and social commentary, Daniel seeks to capture the textures of thought and the strange logic of memory. His approach is both playful and rigorous, informed by a deep interest in how image and language shape one another, building immersive, resonant worlds on paper.

Daniel studied English Literature and Philosophy at the University of Leeds and the University of Copenhagen, and has been on artist residencies at the University of Bergen, CCA Andratx, and Cooler Gallery NYC. Daniel has created a series of writing workshops at Super Bookstore (CPH), Galleri Taxi (Bergen) and Pakhusgaleriet, Nykøbing; as well as basing his show A Belly Full of Liquorice (2023) on his short story The Mat3rialisation.

Come for all 3 workshops, or just drop in for one!

Workshop 1: All I Know About Short Stories

Time: 18.30 - 20.30
Price: 250 kr/session
Buy tickets here

What is it that drives a short story? What are the relevance of short stories now [in 2025]? What can be told in a short story?

We will go at this class in 2 parts - the first half learning about the short story and what it is, discussing about what it has been and can/could be; take a look at some of the elements of the best short stories ever told; and touch on stories by authors such as Osama Alomar, George Saunders and Ottessa Moshfegh - to mention but a few.

During the second hour we will become the alchemists; creatively excavating the subconscious, our own pasts and imaginations to form our own short stories with content, concepts and characters.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS

We will be exploring a toolkit of new, creative ways to play with words, texts and narrative. 

Each two hour workshop is for people who want to write, are writing, or/and find themselves blocked. 

We will get our hands on different writing tools, experience writing and working on texts individually and as part of a group, as well as sharing our work together.

ABOUT DANIEL

Daniel van der Noon (b. 1988) is a multidisciplinary artist and writer whose work moves between intricate visual worlds and layered, experimental prose. His practice spans large-scale cityscape murals, mixed-media works exploring narrative theory, myth, and the architecture of imagination.

Blending autofiction, speculative philosophy, dream fragments, and social commentary, Daniel seeks to capture the textures of thought and the strange logic of memory. His approach is both playful and rigorous, informed by a deep interest in how image and language shape one another, building immersive, resonant worlds on paper.

Daniel studied English Literature and Philosophy at the University of Leeds and the University of Copenhagen, and has been on artist residencies at the University of Bergen, CCA Andratx, and Cooler Gallery NYC. Daniel has created a series of writing workshops at Super Bookstore (CPH), Galleri Taxi (Bergen) and Pakhusgaleriet, Nykøbing; as well as basing his show A Belly Full of Liquorice (2023) on his short story The Mat3rialisation.

Join us for the opening of Soft Assembly on Friday 12th September 17.00-21.00

Soft Assembly is an ambitious, celebratory exhibition that repositions photography at the centre of contemporary art discourse. It is a celebration of photography’s plurality and a reminder of the power of collective visual storytelling.

The salon-style format honours photography’s democratic potential: to compress, contradict, and coalesce divergent viewpoints. Through its collaborative, non-hierarchical installation, the exhibition invites new ways of looking—not only at images, but at photography itself as a vital, urgent, and profoundly artistic practice full of friction.

Sponsored by Brooklyn Lager

We're excited to be welcoming back Matilde Søes Rasmussen for the Danish release of her new book Inspiration.

Join us at Oblong on Thursday 14th August 17.00-20.00. Matilde will be with us all evening to sign copies and chat about the book.

Inspiration explores tensions and contradictions: between artist and muse, photographer and model, the body and her representation, fascination and ambiguity, observation and desire.

As a former model, Rasmussen is deeply interested in how the female body has been commodified in both historical and contemporary visual represen- tations, especially informed by her research on Audrey Munson, one of the earliest figures in the modeling industry.

Both muse and tragic archetype, Munson’s lingering presence in the artist’s work becomes a subversive inquiry—where the body, like a sculpture, serves as both a site of projection and resistance, shaped by external expectations yet asserting its own agency and presence.

Inspiration is published by XYZ books as part of Creative Europe Program: Intergaláctica - Books for the Culture without borders, co-funded by the European Union, República Portuguesa, DGArtes and the Danish Arts Foundation.

Join us on Thursday 12th June for the opening of Efterord, a group exhibition featuring the work of Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg, Mathilde Eriksen, Thom Geraeds, Viktor Giessing, Mathilde Bæk Mogensen & Ingrid Laub Ahlmann Olesen

Opening is from 17.00-21.00

The exhibition is supported by Frederiksberg Kommune

Opening sponsored by Herslev Bryghus

Join us on Thursday 29th May for the book release and exhibition opening of Hello “Soul Mate” by André Viking

Opening is from 17.00-21.00

André will be at Oblong all evening to sign copies of the book!

Hello “Soul Mate” is published by J&L Books

Join us for the screening of WITH Gilbert & George

Film starts at 19.30. Free admission. Dm to instagram or mail info@oblong.dk to reserve a seat.

Directed by Julian Cole

Duration: 104min

Year: 2008

Filmmaker, Julian Cole first met Gilbert & George when he modelled for them in 1986. His intimate and moving portrait filmed over 17 years, reveals for the first time the individuals behind the living sculptures.

The film traces their lives from humble beginnings to the world’s artistic stage where they have performed their enigmatic and controversial double act for four decades. Having mounted more exhibitions around the world than any other living artist, G&G’s motto ‘Art for All’ is assessed through their ground breaking shows in Russia, China and beyond revealing how their art can transcend cultural barriers.

The screening programme is funded by Politiken Fonden

Join us for the screening of Traces of a Diary

Film starts at 19.30. Free admission. Dm to instagram or mail info@oblong.dk to reserve a seat.

Directed by André Principe & Marco Martins

Duration: 75min

Year: 2010

Traces of a Diary is a cinematographic travel journal. Through a series of encounters with some of Japan’s most significant photographers, the directors reflect on the nature of creating images, telling stories and the diaristic process. Filming with two 16mm Krasnogorsk 3 wind-up cameras, Martins and Príncipe value the rawness of spontaneity and contingency over studied treatment. Both a diary and a reflection on the diaristic genre.

Traces of a Diary is a personal view on some of today’s most important photographers and the city they photograph.

With Daido Moriyama, Nobuyoshi Araki, Takuma Nakahira, Hiromix, Kaiji Syoin, Kohei Yoshiyuki and Gerry Badger.

The screening programme is funded by Politiken Fonden

Join us for the screening of Tish

Film starts at 19.30. Free admission. Dm to instagram or mail info@oblong.dk to reserve a seat.

Directed by Paul Sng

Duration: 90min

Year: 2023

A working-class photographer captures the impact of Thatcherism on the north of England but is unable to escape the poverty and inequality she exposed.

Driven by a commitment to document the impact of deindustrialisation on working class communities in Northeast England in the 1970s and 1980s, Tish Murtha used her camera to expose societal inequality. She felt she had an obligation to the people and problems within her local environment, and that documentary photography could highlight and challenge the social disadvantages that she herself had suffered. However, despite early acclaim for her work, she was unable to make a living from photography and died in poverty.

The film is a journey of exploration for Ella Murtha as both daughter and custodian of the Tish Murtha archive, a chance to elevate and preserve a legacy that has been lost and to tell the story of an artist and woman outside of the ‘mother’ that existed for her – or the version of Tish claimed within dominant narratives of the 70s and 80s photography – from the people who knew Tish and the images she left behind.

The screening programme is funded by Politiken Fonden

Join us for the screening of What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann.

Film starts at 19.30. Free admission. Dm to instagram or mail info@oblong.dk to reserve a seat.

Directed by Steven Cantor

Duration: 80min

Year: 2006

As one of the world’s preeminent photographers, Sally Mann creates artwork that challenges viewers’ values and moral attitudes. Described by Time magazine as “America's greatest photographer,” she first came to international prominence in 1992 with “Immediate Family,” a series of complex and enigmatic pictures of her own children. This work, and the controversy that followed it, was chronicled in Steven Cantor’s award-winning short film, Blood Ties.

What Remains returns to follow the creation of Mann’s new seminal work: a photo series revolving around various aspects of death and decay. Never one to compromise, Sally Mann reflects on her own personal feelings toward death as she continues to examine the boundaries of contemporary photography. Shown at home on her family farm in Virginia, she is surrounded by her husband and now-grown children, and her willingness to reveal her artistic process as it unfolds allows the viewer to gain exclusive entrance to her world.

Spanning five years, What Remains contains unbridled access to the many stages of Mann’s work, and is a rare glimpse of an eloquent and brilliant artist.

The screening programme is funded by Politiken Fonden

Join us for a croquis session in the exhibition space at Oblong – no prior experience required!

Wine from @vinhanen  available to purchase if you would like to enjoy a glass of red at the event <3. 

Please note that for our first croquis event, we have a limited selection of leads and pencils available. If you’re a professional, we recommend bringing your own materials. 

We look forward to seeing you there!

Tickets available at: www.portfoliox.dk

Oblong is excited to present Dollhouse, an exhibition of work by Gloriya Tabeli (b. 1999), Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø (b. 1997), Alva Le Febvre (b. 1999) and Mette Genet (b. 1988).  

Dollhouse is the first exhibition in Oblong’s newly expanded space. Join us for the opening on Friday 14th March, 17.00–21.00.

The exhibition explores the dollhouse as a site of control and chaos—a miniature world where fiction and reality merge. Through a combination of photography, video work, installation, collage, and sculpture, the artists construct layered narratives that blur the lines between play and control, expectation and fulfilment. They investigate how everyday objects can shift from playful to unsettling, transforming the familiar into something uncanny and charged. 

Drawing inspiration from pop culture, feminist narratives, and the aesthetics of the domestic, the exhibition reflects on the dollhouse as a space of both freedom and entrapment. In these constructed environments, narratives of care, violence, and rebellion unfold, challenging expectations of the female role and adherence to societal norms.

Dollhouse is supoorted by Handelsgartner Harry Opstrups Fond, Det Kgl. Bibliotek

Join us to celebrate the opening of Once Broken, Never the Same, an exhibition of new work by visual artist Magnus Lind Nielsen.

The event is Thursday 17th October 17.00-21.00

Lind Nielsen's practice combines theoretical reflection and a multi-disciplinary approach, drawing on his own experiences growing up in the sometimes notorious Copenhagen suburb of Albertslund. 

The exhibition runs 17.10 - 23.11.24

The exhibition is supported by Statens Kunstfond, Movia, Clear Channel, Albertslund Kommune and Frederiksberg Kommune

Join us for an artist talk with Sunniva Hestenes and Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø

Thursday, October 3rd 18:00 - 19:00 (doors from 17:30)

Come and explore the creative journeys of these two emerging artists as they discuss their practices, the art of book-making, and their experiences working within the contemporary art world as young, aspiring creators.

Join us to celebrate the release of A Tear for Someone Undeserving, a new photography book by artist Sunniva Hestenes.

To coincide with the release, Sunniva will also be exhibiting a selection of work from the book.

Oblong is excited to present Reconstructed Nature: The Collaborative Process, an exhibition by artist duo Luke & Nik.

Reconstructed Nature is the culmination of years of collaboration and interplay between visual artists Luke Norman and Nik Adam. The exhibition brings together a vibrant collection of new works - photographs, contact sheets, video, 16mm film - spliced together in a colourful celebration of the photographic medium. 

Join us for the opening on Thursday 27th June, 17:00-21:00

Join us on Saturday 15th June to celebrate the finissage of Matilde Søes Rasmussen’s exhibition The Perfect Model

Matilde will be giving a reading of some of the texts she wrote while creating her new body of work. These witty, intimate texts give an insight into her working process and help recount the conflicted feelings she experienced during her time shooting The Perfect Model.

Event runs 14.00-18.00. Matilde will give her reading at 15.00

The event is part of the programme for Copenhagen Photo Festival

The event also marks the two year anniversary of Oblong! Come join us for a drink and a toast🥂 We hope to see you there 💙💙

As part of the programme for both Copenhagen Photo Festival and Art Matter Festival, Oblong is excited to present The Perfect Model, an exhibition by artist Matilde Søes Rasmussen.

Join us for the opening on Thursday 9th May, 17:00-21:00. Sponsored by Herslev Bryghus

Audrey Munson was the most sought-after model of early-20th century New York. In 2023 Matilde Søes Rasmussen documented traces of the artist-muse Munson still visible throughout the city, using them as inspiration for The Perfect Model. The exhibition brings together Rasmussen’s research from different stages and experiences of being a model, moving freely between photography, text and video.

Drawing on her own experiences of being a professional model, Rasmussen explores historical and contemporary forms of female representation in image production – commodified and sold bodies, silent and nameless muses. The Perfect Model is a work about guilt, the guilt felt by an artist now behind the lens, objectifying the world around her. Rasmussen questions whether it is possible to critique the beauty industry and systems of female representation while taking pictures of it.

The exhibition runs 09.05 - 15.06.24

The Perfect Model is supported by Statens Kunstfond, Frederiksberg Fonden and Beckett Fonden

Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable (2018)

Screening at Oblong Wed 1st May 19.30

Join us for a drink beforehand from 18.30

Screening is FREE, dm for a seat

Described as a “poet,” an “athlete,” or a “philosopher” of photography, Garry Winogrand harnessed the serendipity of the streets to capture the American 1960s and ‘70s. His Leica M4 snapped spontaneous images of everyday people, from the Mad Men era of New York to the early years of the Women’s Movement to post-Golden Age Hollywood, all while observing themes of cultural upheaval, political disillusionment, intimacy and alienation.

All Things Are Photographable examines Winogrand’s work including the thousands of rolls of film still undeveloped upon his death in 1984. What emerges is a controversial yet undeniable influence on contemporary image making.

A HUGE thanks to the director of the film Sasha Waters Freyer for giving us permission to screen the film @winograndfilm

Sasha Waters Freyer is an American documentary and experimental filmmaker, and educator. She has been a fellow at MacDowell, Yaddo, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; was awarded a 2019-20 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship, and is the 2016 recipient of the Helen Hill Award from the Orphan Film Symposium. A professor of Film and Art Foundation at VCU in Richmond, she is included in Edited By: Women Film Editors, a survey of women who “invented, developed, fine-tuned and revolutionized the art of film editing,” and in the FemEx Film Archive, an ongoing collective archive of interviews with feminist experimental filmmakers.

Oblong is excited to present Tales of a Nomadic City, an exhibition by anthropologist and artist Christian Vium (b. 1980).

Join us for the opening on Thursday 14th March, 17:00-21:00

For two decades, Vium has been doing research in Nouakchott, the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Through a series of interrelated elements comprising a VR experience (made with Mauritanian filmmaker Med Lemine Rajel), archival film, new film recordings, photographs, sound, physical objects and printed publications, the exhibition provides a kaleidoscopic invitation to visit a unique, nomadic city, and asks questions regarding urbanisation, history, and archives.

The exhibition runs 14.03 - 20.04.24

Tales of a Nomadic City is supported by Politiken Fonden, Aarhus University, Wenner-Gren Foundation, The Velux Foundations, CPH:DOX, Ny Carlsbergfondet and Det Danske Institut i Damaskus

Oblong is excited to present an exhibition of new photographic works by artist Luna Lopez. Growing Silence is Luna’s first solo show in Denmark.

Join us for the opening on Thursday 19th October, 17.00-21.00

Growing Silence continues Lopez’s exploration of the human psyche. Her subjects surrender to the camera, exposing their vulnerability while retaining their strength, power and individualism. Lopez’s photographs render an interplay between alienation and connection, introspection and self-expression.

Luna Lopez (b. 1996) is a Danish-born artist, currently living in Gothenburg, Sweden. Lopez completed her BFA in photography at the University of Gothenburg in 2021 and graduated from Fatamorgana, the Danish School of Art Photography in 2015.

Luna was recently featured in the British Journal of Photography's Ones to Watch issue. She has previously shown at Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg (2023), Oslo Negativ, Oslo (2023), Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg (2023), Galleri Cora Hillebrand, Gothenburg (2022) Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm (2022), MELK Gallery, Oslo (2022) Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg (2021), The Print Space, London (2019), Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen (2018).

The exhibition is supported by Statens Kunstfond, Politiken-Fonden, Ny Carlsbergfondet and is sponsored by Herslev Bryghus

To celebrate the first day of Copenhagen Pride Week, join us for an artist talk and reading with Birk Thomassen & Niels Henning Krag Jensby, Saturday 12th August 16.00

Oblong is excited to present Vi har været her før, an exhibition by artist Birk Thomassen (b. 1988). The exhibition shows twenty-two new photographic works, in combination with text by author Niels Henning Krag Jensby (b. 1991).

Join us for the opening on Thursday 3rd August, 17:00-21:00

The exhibition surveys the spaces that over decades, if not centuries, have formed the framework for sexual and intimate relationships between men. Through a focus on textures, surfaces and imprints, this work attempts to capture the ways through which these places and people continually influence each other's stories, relationships and actions.

The exhibition runs 03.08 - 30.09.23

The exhibition is supported by Statens Kunstfond, Statens Værksteder for Kunst & Frederiksberg Fonden

As part of the programme for Copenhagen Photo Festival, we look forward to hosting an artist talk with Paula and Mads, exploring the themes and image-making processes behind Double Sunset.

Paula and Mads will be joined in conversation by Jonathan Lieb, founder and curator of Oblong.

Doors 18.00, talk 19.00. The event is free, email to reserve a seat.

The talk is supported by Politiken-Fonden & Frederiksberg Kommune

Oblong is proud to present new works by artists Paula Duvå and Mads Holm. Having collaborated many times in the past, Double Sunset marks a natural progression in their working relationship as they share co-authorship for the first time.

Join us for the opening of Double Sunset on Thursday 18th May between 17.00-21.00

A double sunset is an astro-geographical phenomenon in which the sun appears to set twice in the same evening, when viewed from a specific point. This rare event is as much an optical illusion as a real experience for the observer. Like a double sunset, Duvå and Holm’s new work oscillates between the real and fictional and challenges, by its staged nature, photography’s conventional ties to reality.

The exhibition runs 18.05 - 01.07.23

The exhibition is supported by Statens Kunstfond

Oblong is excited to host an artist talk with Minh Ngoc Nguyen. Minh will be joined in conversation by Pam Van Delyra.

Minh and Pam will discuss Minh’s current exhibition Everlasting Karaoke, his first photo book Sour Sun as well as his wider photographic practice, and the various cultural inputs that have shaped him as an artist.

Pam is a creative brand strategist and project manager working across a broad range of creative industries. Find out more about Pam and her work at www.pamdelyra.com

Doors will be 18.00. Join us for pizza and drinks before the talk. Talk starts at 19.00 and will be in English. The event will be filmed.

The event is free, email to reserve a place. Space is limited, so please only take a spot if you can definitely attend.

We look forward to having you.

Oblong is excited to present Everlasting Karaoke, a new solo exhibition by Minh Ngoc Nguyen (b.1992), a Danish-Vietnamese artist currently based in Copenhagen.

Join us for the opening on Thursday 30th March between 17.00-21.00

Taking his Vietnamese background as a starting point, Nguyen examines Western portrayals of South-East Asian culture. His elaborate tableaus and set-pieces create a hyperreal universe, that is at once playful and demanding. Everlasting Karaoke is a vibrant feast, not to be missed.

Show runs 30.03 - 05.05.23

The exhibition is supported by Statens Kunstfond

This week’s screening is the documentary Martha: A Picture Story (2019). Directed by Selina Miles, the film tells the story of iconic New York photographer Martha Cooper.

After becoming the first female photographer at the New York Post, Martha would go on to document the burgeoning graffiti and hip hop scenes of the 70s and 80s. Her book Subway Art became a bible for graffiti writers the world over.

The film follows a 75 year-old Martha as she tours the world, feted and idolised by generations of graffiti and hip hop fans. Still out there running around, breaking into train yards with graffiti crews, Martha is a one-of-a-kind personality. A real life-affirming film!

Dur: 82min

Screening is free, email for a seat.

Doors open at 18.30, Film begins at 19.00

The screening this week is Dolce Vita Africana (2008), a documentary about Malian photographer Malick Sidibé.

Famous for his black and white studio portraits and documenting the nightlife of Bamako, Sidibé captured the spirit of a generation asserting their freedom. He photographed for decades before becoming celebrated globally in the 90s. He became the first photographer to receive a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale.

Dur: 59min

Screening is free, email for a seat.

Doors open at 18.30, film begins at 19.00

The screening this week is a double bill of Agnès Varda’s Salut Les Cubains (1963) and Chris Marker’s La Jetée (1962). Two classics from the Rive Gauche group of filmmakers. Both films are made almost entirely of black and white still images.

Salut Les Cubains was made four years after the Cuban Revolution. A lyrical documentary about early post-revolution life and composed of 1800 photographs taken by Varda on her visit.

La Jetée is widely regarded as one of the greatest science-fiction films of all time. Its portrayal of a dystopian post-nuclear world remains a huge inspiration.

Dur: 29min & 28min

French with English subtitles

Free entry, dm for a seat

Doors open at 18.30, film begins at 19.00

We’re back with another run of Wednesday night film screenings. Still Image Films will celebrate the juncture between the still image and the moving image. A mix of documentaries, shorts and features. All screenings are free.

We start Wednesday 8th Feb with the BBC documentary The Many Lives of William Klein (2012).

Trained as a painter in Paris, Klein became a pioneer of reportage photography, as well as a much revered fashion photographer. Always experimental in his approach, he was a master innovator of the medium. Alongside his stills, Klein made films including a portrait of Muhammad Ali and documenting the Paris student uprising of 1968. His left-leaning sensibilities eventually got him ousted from American Vogue.

The documentary will be followed by Klein’s pop-art film classic Broadway by Light (1958).

Dur: 69min

Free entry, email for a seat

Doors open at 18.30, film beings at 19.00

Our final event of 2022 will be the finissage of Halfdan Venlov’s Under Heaven. We welcome you to stop by on Saturday 17th December between 14.00-20.00. Join us for a glass of gløgg or a Christmas beer, and a last look at Halfdan’s fantastic show.

Oblong is excited to present Under Heaven, a solo exhibition of new darkroom prints by artist Halfdan Venlov (b. 1994, Copenhagen, DK) photographed at Assistens Cemetery.

Featuring a series of C-type and Silver Gelatin prints, ‘Under Heaven’ affirms Venlov’s approach to the photographic narrative. Portraits, shared moments and details of the cemetery combine in a timeless rendering of adolescence. Photographed over the course of three Copenhagen summers, Under Heaven is an enchanting ode to youth and the romance of carefree days.

Come down and join us for the opening on Thursday 27th October, 17.00-21.00

Exhibition runs from 27th October - 15th December.

There will be a screening of the documentary A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks.

The screening will be followed by a talk between Liv Latricia Habel, Keiria Hissabu, and Stine Likodelle.

The event is FREE of charge.

Gordon Parks was the first African American staff photographer at Life Magazine, as well as the first African American to direct a major Hollywood studio film.

He was a trailblazer and a blistering talent. Documenting the lives of working class Black America, the civil rights movement, Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, he made visible the realities of living as an African American in a racially segregated country. He brought home both the struggles and beauty of Black America. He went on to direct several movies including Shaft (1971). A true artist, he was also a writer, composer and painter.

A lifelong inspiration for many, the documentary looks at Parks’ illustrious career and talks with photographers and filmmakers he helped inspire.

Liv Latricia Habel is currently studying photojournalism at DMJX. Keiria Hissabu and Stine Likodelle are studying documentary filmmaking and screenwriting respectively at the Danish Film School.

Film: 89min in English.

Talk will be in Danish.

Join us Thursday 29th September as we celebrate the release of Absalon Kirkeby’s Still Fantasy, the latest book from Copenhagen-based publisher Disko Bay.

Still Fantasy is a kaleidoscopic refraction of images. Employing digitally manipulated photography across a multitude of genres, Kirkeby invites the viewer to become immersed in colour, line and shape.

Come meet the artist, leaf through the book and grab a drink 4pm-8pm. A special print edition will also be available, with a signed and numbered print in an edition of 25.

MOVIE NIGHT at Oblong continues Wednesday 28th September with Corinne Day Diary (2002)

Join us at Oblong from 18.30 for a drink and chat. Film starts at 19.30. Event is FREE.

Corinne Day changed the face of fashion photography throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. Her images stripped away the glamour and sheen, embracing a raw, honest aesthetic.

Though often embroiled in controversy, Day battled on as a true pioneer. Whether shooting images for Vogue, or depicting the drug-fuelled lives of her friends, she remained unwavering in her approach.

This 20-year-old BBC documentary is a rare find. Directed by her husband Mark Szaszy, the film is an intimate portrait of an artist who’s influence remains profound today.

Dur: 50min

MOVIE NIGHT at Oblong continues Wednesday 21st September with Cindy Sherman #untitled, part of the BBC Arena strand. Join us at Oblong from 18.30 for a drink and chat. Film starts at 19.30. Event is FREE.

Cindy Sherman is one of America’s most influential and celebrated living artists. Throughout her career she has positioned herself in front of the camera, assuming the roles of hundreds of characters.

Away from her artistic practice, she shuns media attention and prefers to remain out of the limelight. The film, from 2019, features her first recorded interview in 10 years. The film offers an amazing assessment of her career and influence. A true phenomenon of photography. This is not one to miss.

Dur: 59min

Join us this Sunday 18th from 15.00 at Fotografisk Center for the finissage of Emily Beresford’s exhibition I Woke to My Heart Beating in My Ear.

The finissage will include a talk between Emily and Liv Latricia Habel about self-representation through photography.

The talk will be moderated by Jonathan Lieb from Oblong and hosted by the Breaking team at Fotografisk Center.

MOVIE NIGHT at Oblong continues this coming Wednesday 14th September with Harry Gruyaert: Photographer.

Harry Gruyaert is a pioneer of colour photography and a celebrated Magnum member.

Growing up in a strict Catholic Flemish family, he dreamt of escape. Photography granted his wish. From the grey, repressed home of his upbringing, he found a world of colour and vibrancy.

The film follows the now 81-year-old Harry as he continues his obsessive hunt for fresh images, prepares for a major retrospective, and considers his lasting impact on the art form.

Join us at Oblong from 18.30 for a drink and chat. Film starts at 19.30. Duration: 65min. There will be a book of Harry’s work to check out. Screening is FREE. Drop us a dm to reserve a seat.

For more info on Harry and the film check out www.harrygruyaert-film.com

Many thanks to the producer Jurgen Buedts for allowing us to screen the film.

Over the coming weeks we’ll be hosting regular film screenings. We start this coming Wednesday, 7th September.

We’re kicking off with Everybody Street, Cheryl Dunn’s fantastic documentary about street photography.

Everybody Street is a cinematic ride through the streets of the spiritual home of street photography - New York City. Capturing the essence of the genre, the film offers an insight into the minds and practice of some of the absolute legends of the game including Joel Meyerowitz, Martha Cooper, Jamel Shabazz, Jill Freedman, Elliott Erwitt, Boogie, Bruce Davidson, Bruce Gilden, Mary Ellen Mark, Jeff Mermelstein, Clayton Patterson, and Ricky Powell.

The screening is FREE of charge, though space is limited to 15 people. Please send a dm or email to info@oblong.dk to reserve a place.

Doors will be 18.30, come hang out before screening starts at 19.30. Huge thanks to Cheryl for letting us screen the film

To celebrate the culmination of our first exhibition INFLUENCE, we’ll be hosting a finissage.

Come down, hang out Thursday August 4th from 17-20.

Join us as we open the doors to Oblong for the first time on Saturday 18th June.

Oblong is a new exhibition space for photography based in Frederiksberg. We’re here to support and celebrate the photography community. We couldn’t be more excited to share the work of eight great artists in our opening exhibition INFLUENCE.

‘As each of us attempt to forge our place in the world, we fall under influence. We inherit from family, peer group, institutions, media, culture, national society, global community. Online or offline, we are shaped by these disparate streams to become conduit; each one of us an influence on others with whom we encounter and engage.’

INFLUENCE brings together the work of eight artists working within photography. Each of them bringing a sense of vibrancy and urgency to the medium. Oblong is excited to exhibit these artists together for the first time.

Stop by for a drink and a chat and to check out the show. We also have a performance from the wonderful ‘princess waterfall’. We're there 14.00-20.00.