Henning Christiansen Arkiv
19.06.2026
7–9 PM
SAVE THE DATE: Friday May 29, 7-9 PM
Live performance and listening session with Rachel Dagnall and Tobi Christiansen from the Henning Christiansen Arkiv
Address: 10 documents, Via di San Calepodio 37, 00152 Rome
10 documents presents an evening dedicated to the work of the Danish Fluxus composer Henning Christiansen (1932–2008), re-activated live by Rachel Dagnall and Tobi Christiansen with instruments from the Henning Christiansen Arkiv.
The event takes place within the frame of All of a Sudden, Between Us, a group exhibition on view at 10 documents until 2 July 2026, curated by Ginevra Ludovici, of which the Henning Christiansen Arkiv is part.
Moving between score, gesture, and recording, the evening brings two of Christiansen's electroacoustic works back into listening — an extract from 6 Opinions, Opus 209 (1994), and an extract from Symphony Natura, Opus 170 (1985) — alongside a vinyl listening session and an open conversation with the audience.
To re-perform these works decades later is to treat the archive as living matter: not a document to be preserved, but a sound to be set back in motion.
Supported by Art Music Denmark and the Danish Arts Foundation (Statens Kunstfond).
Henning Christiansen (Copenhagen, 1932 – Møn, 2008) was a Danish composer and a central figure of the Fluxus movement. Resisting the idea of the isolated artistic genius, he developed a collaborative practice across music, performance, and visual art, working with Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Bjørn Nørgaard and his wife and lifelong collaborator Ursula Reuter Christiansen. From 1985 he was professor of multimedia at the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg. He lived on the island of Møn for nearly forty years, where he co-founded the artists’ colony 44Møen. The Henning Christiansen Arkiv preserves and activates his legacy.
