We have initiated a long-term ambitious collaboration with The National Center for Art and Mental Health and Amager Psychiatric Center to initiate the exploration and unfolding of what the healthcare system of a Sensuous Society would be like.

As part of initiating the collaboration, we will manifest a pilot performance manifestation takeover with the participation of the house’s users, therapists, relatives, overnight guests and a research following group. With the project, we focus on the importance of art, the sensuous and poetic ​​for mental health, and not at least the exploration of The Poetic Self as a new mental ecology. The pilot performance manifestation is realized through generous funding from Ny Carlsbergfondet.

Read more about the collaboration here.

We will open a new permanent and artistic platform under the title Center of the Sensuous in Valby, Copenhagen.

The center will unfold as a durational and inhabitational performance art piece and a platform for continuous artistic explorations in the sensuous. It will serve as a holding space for local, national and international communities of poetic kinship, Sensuous Learning programs, residencies, workshops, talks, salons and more. All to be a Nordic epicenter highligting the power of the sensuous in the transition towards a more sustainable future.

We have now initiated the quest to transform the space into a sensuous and poetic nest for all the held activities, and will open in 2026.

EGG TOTEM RELEASE

Two beautiful editions of bronze totems
We are excited to release a limited series of Egg Totems: Egg Totem Life & Egg Totem Death. Both editions are casted in pure and solid bronze. The Egg Totem Life is casted from the size of a chicken egg and the Egg Totem Death from ostrich egg with a whole weight of 13 kilos. Always a special symbol to the Sensuous Society we are happy to make these totems of the sensuous and poetic available to the world.

The Egg Totem Life is released in a limited edition of 40 and the Egg Totem Death is released in a limited edition of 5. Each individual totem is engraved with an individual symbol from Sisters Hope’s unique number-system. The Egg Totem Life is priced at 3.000 dkk and the Egg Totem Death is prized at 19.000 dkk. The Egg Totem Life can be purchased through this link. The Egg Totem Death is solely available through special agreement. Please reach out to us at sistershope@sistershope.dk.

Purchasing an egg totem is also a chance to support the work of Sisters Hope, a continued life for future Poetic Selves and carving paths towards a Sensuous Society.

During the process of acquiring your Egg Totem we will ask you the following questions:

  • In which environment will your Egg Totem live?
  • How is your Egg Totem linked to your Poetic Self?
  • What is your dream for a future Sensuous Society?

The Egg totem will be hand-delivered to you at Sisters Hope Home by special agreement or shipped.

We look very much forward to release the Egg Totems and let them travel out into the world – to new homes.

Egg Totem Life & Egg Totem Death

The Egg Totem Life can be purchased through this link.

Six European partners work together on the central question: How can a sensory approach and an artistic attitude contribute to an education that leads to a more connected and sustainable world? Through artistic interventions and workshops, we want to demonstrate that this approach can and should become the heart of all education.

Adopting a sensuous and artistic attitude is joyous and rewarding for everyone involved. It has a profound and lasting impact on the individual level. Moreover, it is conducive for deep learning and can align with the regular school curriculum.

SenseSquared will demonstrate that this new approach:

  • isn’t difficult to understand and apply,
  • can gradually be integrated into the existing school system and the actual curriculum,
  • has a profound positive impact on children-teachers interaction,
  • deeply and intuitively connects with the humanity of teachers and children,
  • contributes substantially to the intrinsic motivation and joy of learning.

SenseSquared proposes a hands-on approach from the very start, with exercises, contexts, tools and kits that are very easy to pick up, and immediately challenge the existing formats.

SenseSquared is a collaboration between Musica Impulse Centre (BE), Companhia de Música Teatral (PT), Marres, House for Contemporary Culture (NL), Sisters Hope (DK), Stavanger University (NO) and Maastricht University (NL).

MORE INFORMATION

 

 

Developing the concept of Sensuous Reading in collaboration with Hillerød Bibliotekerne in the project: Sunde læsefællesskaber for udsatte borgere 2022–2023