Danish Originals

American Friends of Statens Museum of Kunst

Danish Originals is a podcast spotlighting cultural figures and personalities, and explores the intersection of art, innovation and creativity, bridging Denmark...

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S5E10. Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg
From her home in Gentofte outside of Copenhagen, Danish director and former child star BARBARA TOPSØE-ROTHENBORG revisits her 11-year stay in Los Angeles, starting when she was 21, where she got her filmmaking education on the job. Returning home in search of a directing career and a work-life balance, Barbara talks about her film Loving Adults, the first Netflix Danish language original feature, and other projects that highlight her priority to tell female and personal stories.Barbara selects a work by C.A. Lorentzen from the SMK collection.https://open.smk.dk/en/artwork/image/KMS920(Photographer: Caspar Willumsen)----------We invite you to subscribe to Danish Originals for weekly episodes. You can also find us at:website: https://danishoriginals.com/email: [email protected] we invite you to donate to the American Friends of Statens Museum for Kunst and become a patron: https://donorbox.org/american-friends-of-statens-museum-for-kunst
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S5E9. Jamil GS
From his home in Nordvest, Copenhagen, Danish-American photographer JAMIL GS recalls his time living in Los Angeles as a child, growing up bi-cultural in Denmark, and moving to New York in the 1990s where for 20 years, he captured hip-hop and street culture. Jamil talks about encountering racism in the US, and his artistic life celebrating multiculturalism. He talks about Young Stringers, an initiative he started to respond to rhetoric towards immigrant communities in Denmark today.Jamil selects a work by SUPERFLEX from the SMK collection.https://open.smk.dk/artwork/image/KMS8810(Photographer: Mishael Fapohunda)----------We invite you to subscribe to Danish Originals for weekly episodes. You can also find us at:website: https://danishoriginals.com/email: [email protected] we invite you to donate to the American Friends of Statens Museum for Kunst and become a patron: https://donorbox.org/american-friends-of-statens-museum-for-kunst
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S5E8. Signe Byrge Sørensen
From her production company on Vesterbrogade, Copenhagen-born Oscar-nominated Danish film producer SIGNE BYRGE SØRENSEN shares her thoughts on what she learned to do producing her new film, The End, her first narrative feature and a six-country co-production. Signe talks about film as a collaborative art form, what she looks for in projects, the public support of film in Denmark, and the practical benefits, especially for documentaries, of award campaigns and film festivals.Signe selects a work by Loui Michael from the SMK collection.https://open.smk.dk/en/artwork/image/KMS7159(Photographer: Pascal Bünning)----------We invite you to subscribe to Danish Originals for weekly episodes. You can also find us at:website: https://danishoriginals.com/email: [email protected] we invite you to donate to the American Friends of Statens Museum for Kunst and become a patron: https://donorbox.org/american-friends-of-statens-museum-for-kunst
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S5E7. Joshua Oppenheimer
From his home in Copenhagen, a city he's called home for more than a decade, Texas-born Oscar-nominated American-Danish filmmaker JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER talks about his new narrative film The End (2024), an apocalyptic musical. Joshua discusses The End alongside his Oscar-nominated documentary films The Act of Killing (2012) and The Look of Silence (2014), and how the three provocative and divisive projects are mirrors to challenge us to look at ourselves.Joshua selects a work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder from the SMK collection.https://open.smk.dk/en/artwork/image/KMS1639(Photographer: Pascal Bünning)----------We invite you to subscribe to Danish Originals for weekly episodes. You can also find us at:website: https://danishoriginals.com/email: [email protected] we invite you to donate to the American Friends of Statens Museum for Kunst and become a patron: https://donorbox.org/american-friends-of-statens-museum-for-kunst
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S5E6. Tonny Sørensen
On a stay in Los Angeles from Copenhagen, Søborg-born Danish entrepreneur and artist TONNY SØRENSEN recalls his 32-year-long stay in Los Angeles, initiated by his 1991 World Championship title in taekwondo, his acting aspirations, to leading the clothing brand Von Dutch Originals to international heights. He discusses communities he created outside of LA, including one based on Freetown Christiania, leaving LA, success and failure, and his current focus on his photography.Tonny selects a work by André Derain from the SMK collection.https://open.smk.dk/en/artwork/image/KMSr14(Private photograph)----------We invite you to subscribe to Danish Originals for weekly episodes. You can also find us at:website: https://danishoriginals.com/email: [email protected] we invite you to donate to the American Friends of Statens Museum for Kunst and become a patron: https://donorbox.org/american-friends-of-statens-museum-for-kunst
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Danish Originals is a podcast spotlighting cultural figures and personalities, and explores the intersection of art, innovation and creativity, bridging Denmark and the US. Each episode invites guests to reflect on the enduring power of an artwork from Denmark's National Gallery, and to explore how their journeys are fueled by vision and ambition. Co-presented by the American Friends of Statens Museum for Kunst (AFSMK) and Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Danish Originals is funded by Scan Design Foundation and Studio Haslund. Hosted by Tina Jøhnk Christensen, directed by Christian D. Bruun, produced by Teresa Lai, with original music by Joachim Svare. We invite you to subscribe to Danish Originals for weekly episodes. And we invite you to donate to the American Friends of Statens Museum for Kunst and become a patron.

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