Wednesday April 24th, 5 pm. Artist talk with Jeppe Hein.
The artist talk is postponed due to illness

Danish artist Jeppe Hein’s installations and sculptures play with our sensory experiences and let the audience take an active role. In this artist talk, you will hear Jeppe Hein himself talk about his art and the works we show at Bonniers Konsthall. The talk will be held in English.

Wednesday, May 8th, 6 pm, Kay Larson: Why was John Cage happy?

Welcome to this lecture when Kay Larson, art critic, columnist and editor, will talk about the composer John Cage’s relationship to happiness. The lecture is part of the program of Jeppe Hein’s exhibition and new work of art that is based on the artist’s desire to understand what happiness is. Both Cage and Hein are inspired by Zen Buddhism, and one can find influences of Eastern tradition in both their artistry.
John Cage, “one of the most influential composers in modern history” (as he has been called), was also one of the happiest. The story of how Cage found happiness – and used it to create new forms of music and art – offers a useful and original way of describing profound shifts in the cultural history of the last half-century. Cage learned from Zen Buddhism that there is no “gap” between art and life. In fact, there is no gap anywhere. Nothing separates us from others, or from the consequences of our actions. By asking spiritual questions and finding answers, Cage constructed an active happiness that opened his heart, mind and arms to others.
Kay Larson is the former art critic of New York Magazine (1980 – 1994) and was a frequent contributor to the New York Times (1995 – 2005).  She is author of the book Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists (Penguin Press, July, 2012) and a practicing Buddhist.

Wednesday, May 29, at 6 pm, Jeppe Hein according Psykologer tittar på konst

Jonas Mosskin, psychologist and one of the organizers behind Psykologer tittar på (Psychologists looking at…) is back at Bonniers Konsthall after his appriciated guidance of Klara Kristalovas exhibition spring 2012. Jonas Mosskin will take visitors on a personal tour of the exhibition A Smile for You. He approaches Jeppe Hein’s new work on fatigue and happiness from a psychologist’s perspective and connects what he sees to creation and creativity.

Workshop: Learn to paint with Buddhist singing bowls

One can find traces of Eastern traditions in Jeppe Hein’s art. For the exhibition A Smile for You, he has created a new work where hanging balls knock against an installation of Buddhist singing bowls, creating a vibrating soundscape. The artist has also developed a technique to paint with these meditation bowls by using the vibrations generated by touch. In this workshop, you will have the possibility to try out the technique.

At 11-15 selected Sundays: 28 april, 5 May, 19 May, 26 May, 16 June, 30 June, 14 July, 28 July. The workshop will also take place during the National Day, Thursday June 6th. Suitable from 5 years.

The happiness relay race

Listen to what philosophers, commentators, brain researchers, yoga teachers and advertisers have to say about happiness! During spring and summer Bonniers Konsthall will host a relay race of short 10-minute presentations related to happiness just after our Saturday tours. A new person offers a new perspective every week.

Saturdays, after our Saturday guided tour: 27/4, 11/5, 18/5, 25/5, 1/6, 8/6, 15/6.