YNKB – OUTER NOERREBRO CULTURAL BUREAU
Founded in 2001. Based in outer Noerrebro, Copenhagen, Denmark
 
© YNKB
© YNKB
 
YNKB is locally based artists group based in outer Noerrebro, a former working-class neighborhood in Copenhagen, which today houses a large percentage of immigrants. YNKB wishes to relocate artistic activity to local communities; i.e. YNKB seeks inspiration in human interrelations in outer Noerrebro for activities involving the neighborhood. YNKB is collaborating with local grassroots movements in the attempt to establish an Activity Park on the grounds next to Noerrebro Station, owned by DSB (The Danish Railway), and has produced a proposal for an Art and Culture Center in the Fragtmandshallerne on Noerrebro. In addition to their activities in the community, YNKB has organized a series of events in its space: video and film screenings, lectures, debates, and concerts. YNKB's space is also being used for meetings and swopshop sessions. YNKB has participated in: In-Tangible Exchange (Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, San Jose, Costa Rica, 2003); Utopia Station (Martha Rosler's pavillon, Venice Biennale, Italy, 2003); The Prague Biennial 1 (Czech Republic, 2003); and Kontoret for Jordforbindelse (The Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark, 2004). For more info, please visit: www.ynkb.dk. During Minority Report, YNKB is represented by Finn Thybo Andersen (b. 1943 in Sindal, Denmark. Lives and works in Løgstør and Copenhagen, Denmark) and Gillion Grantsaan (b. 1968 in Paramaribo, Surinam. Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Copenhagen, Denmark).
 
Contribution: Participates with “The Future of Denmark,” 2004. A processual work produced in collaboration with students at Aarhus Municipal Language Center. Courtesy of the artists and the students of Aarhus Municipal Language Center. “The Future of Denmark” expresses the expectations, hopes, and conceptions of a number of immigrant students enrolled at Aarhus Municipal Language Center; how they regard their new life in Denmark and their possibilities for affecting social change. In collaboration with the students, YNKB will produce different proposals and projects for affecting social change to be presented at Aarhus Municipal Language Center and in the Satellites: Aarhus Police, Aarhus; Aarhus Police Headquarters, Aarhus; The Toilet Building behind The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus; Nørre Allé/Vesterbro Torv, Aarhus; and Aarhus Municipal Language Center, Aarhus.