︎ ERADICATE ARTISTIC POVERTY ︎ SET UP ONGOING, REGULAR MEETINGS BETWEEN LOCAL / REGIONAL POLITICIANS AND ARTISTS ︎ ESTABLISH A LOCALIZED ARTISTIC WORKING GRANT PROGRAM ︎ INCREASE QUANTITY AND AMOUNT OF ARTIST FEES PAID ︎ ENCOURAGE INDEPENDENT INITIATIVES AND PLATFORMS ︎ INCREASE ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL ARTISTIC RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ︎ ESTABLISH AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BFA, MFA, AND PHD ART EDUCATION ︎ CREATE GREATER TRANSPARENCY, COMMUNICATION, AND PROCESSING TIME BETWEEN ARTISTS AND LOCAL FUNDING BODIES ︎ IMPROVE ARTISTIC PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC ARTS POLICY ︎ PROTECT AND PROMOTE EXPERIMENTATION, QUALITY, CRITICALITY, INDEPENDENT, AND NON-COMMERCIAL ARTISTIC PRACTICE ︎ FORGE ONGOING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ARTISTS, INDUSTRY, AND ACADEMIA ︎ INCREASE REGULATION OF PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY THAT DIRECTLY PROFITS FROM THE LOCAL VISUAL ARTS SECTOR ︎ INVOLVE ARTISTS IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS OF LOCAL ARTISTIC PHILANTHROPY ︎ ENSURE INCREASED GENDER, RACIAL, AND ETHNIC EQUALITY ︎ MANDATE VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMS BE INCLUDED WITHIN GREEN / SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS ︎ ERADICATE ARTISTIC POVERTY ︎ SET UP ONGOING, REGULAR MEETINGS BETWEEN LOCAL / REGIONAL POLITICIANS AND ARTISTS ︎ ESTABLISH A LOCALIZED ARTISTIC WORKING GRANT PROGRAM ︎ INCREASE QUANTITY AND AMOUNT OF ARTIST FEES PAID ︎ ENCOURAGE INDEPENDENT INITIATIVES AND PLATFORMS ︎ INCREASE ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL ARTISTIC RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ︎ ESTABLISH AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BFA, MFA, AND PHD ART EDUCATION ︎ CREATE GREATER TRANSPARENCY, COMMUNICATION, AND PROCESSING TIME BETWEEN ARTISTS AND LOCAL FUNDING BODIES ︎ IMPROVE ARTISTIC PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC ARTS POLICY ︎ PROTECT AND PROMOTE EXPERIMENTATION, QUALITY, CRITICALITY, INDEPENDENT, AND NON-COMMERCIAL ARTISTIC PRACTICE ︎ FORGE ONGOING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ARTISTS, INDUSTRY, AND ACADEMIA ︎ INCREASE REGULATION OF PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY THAT DIRECTLY PROFITS FROM THE LOCAL VISUAL ARTS SECTOR ︎ INVOLVE ARTISTS IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS OF LOCAL ARTISTIC PHILANTHROPY ︎ ENSURE INCREASED GENDER, RACIAL, AND ETHNIC EQUALITY ︎ MANDATE VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMS BE INCLUDED WITHIN GREEN / SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS AAAA ABOUT ACTIVITIES CRITICAL PICNIC MANIFESTO PRESS PROJECTS RESOURCES CONTACT INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK
The Schooner Maja, f.eks., Stigsborg Brygge, Nørresundby, Denmark
Sunday 6th October 2019 from 1:30 - 4:30 pm
The project AAAA was an event-based public artwork initiated by artists Lukas Heistinger and Bernhard Garnicnig as part of their exhibition with the platform f.eks.
AAAA (which stood for AAlborg Anti-Artwashing) seeked to encourage interactions between the artistic, public, corporate, and government interests surrounding Aalborg’s transformation from an industrial to a cultural city. Through a combination of private conversations and public events the artists’ aim to rethink the parts art can play in the future contexts of the city.
AAAA invited local artists, developers, government officials, and publics into the project. After a collective sailboat voyage across the Limfjord, a final ‘Policy Transformation Proposal’ was handed over to the local government in a ceremony at the Aalborg harbor front.
The project AAAA forms the basis for Aalborg Artist’s Association, all rights to the name and logo was handed over to local artists in Northern Jutland in order to create a responsible long-term vision for art and culture in the city of Aalborg.