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Introduction to “Another Look at Culture”
LET’S RETHINK is the continuous theme in “Aarhus - European Capital of Cul-
ture 2017”, that is re-thinking the culture of the city - and rethinking necessar-
ily takes the already existing as its point of departure. This inspired us to de-
pict the diversity of activities already taking place, where togetherness based
on a common interest or activity is the mainstay. Our ambition is - through the
medium of photography - to capture examples representing a broader under-
standing of what culture is, and as a rule taking place away from the limelight.
Ways of gathering differ from one social group to the other, and from one cul-
ture to the other, but what they have in common is that the very act of gather-
ing together socially creates and becomes part of the backbone of the society.
The more or less formalised or organized clubs, gatherings or groups based on
common interest cover a wide field, but coherence is the common denominator.
Some are unique, but most are representatives of many activities of similar kinds.
Everywhere, we met great interest in and openness toward our pro-
ject, and it has been an exciting and instructive experience to fol-
low the activities depicted. We hope that the readers and watch-
ers will be inspired to participate in some of all this going on.
Names and concepts are hard to translate to other languages, as the equivalent
concept sometimes simply does not exist. Hence names have sometimes been
left in the original Danish version, at other times translated explanatorily, al-
though the translation may not officially exist. The name of the home town is of-
ficially spelled with Aa (Aarhus), but some organizations keep the former spelling
with the Danish letter “Å” in their names. Thus both spellings appear in the text.
Aarhus, February 2017
Nica Photographers
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Introduktion til ”Et andet blik på kulturen”
LET’S RETHINK er temaet for ”Aarhus Europæisk Kulturhovedstad 2017”,
der handler om at gentænke byens kultur - og gentænkning må nød-
vendigvis tage udgangspunkt i det eksisterende. Dette har inspireret os
til at skildre kulturen og den mangfoldighed af aktiviteter, som allere-
de findes og dyrkes i Aarhus, og hvor samværet om en fælles interesse el-
ler aktivitet er det bærende element. Med fotografiet viser vi eksempler,
der repræsenterer en bred forståelse af, hvad kulturliv kan være – med fo-
kus på det kulturliv, som for det meste foregår uden for rampelyset.
Måden at være sammen på er forskellig i forskellige samfundsgrupper og kulturer,
men fælles er, at samvær skaber sammenhængskraft. De fotograferede klubber,
foreninger, forsamlinger eller interessegrupper spænder vidt – nogle er mere,
andre mindre, organiserede – men alle har de sammenhængskraften til fælles.
Overalt har vi mødt stor interesse og imødekommenhed over for vo-
res projekt, og det har været spændende og berigende at følge og por-
trættere et udsnit af byens mange aktiviteter. Vi håber, at både læse-
re og seere vil få lyst og blive inspireret til at tage del i byens rige kulturliv.
Aarhus, februar 2017
Nica Fotograferne