Copenhagen Free University

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Copenhagen Free University (Danish: Det Fri Universitet i København) is an artist-run communist collective established in May 2001 in Copenhagen, Denmark, although it is not an accredited institution of higher learning. It considers itself as part of the international Situationist movement[clarify] in collaboration with other like-minded organizations.

The CFU committee comprises artists Henrietta Heise and Jakob Jakobsen, its founders.[1][2]

The CFU has a guide called The ABZ of the Copenhagen Free University with entries ranging from "self-institution" through "uneconomical behaviour" to "mass intellectuality". It publishes small books and brochures, as well as hosting discussions, conferences, and screenings. One of its publications is a research paper called The Rise and Fall of the Situationists, documenting the influence of the Situationist International in Denmark.[2]

The CFU also helps to run an artist-run television service named TV-TV, broadcast from a squat in Copenhagen (named Folkets Hus — People's House) three nights per week in airtime slots that used to be occupied by TV STop, using TV Stop's equipment. TV-TV's content is usually experimental, and its stated aim is to not be like mainstream television.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Katya Sander and Simon Sheikh (2001). We are All Normal (and We Want Our Freedom). Black Dog Publishing, 357. 
  2. ^ a b c Josh MacPhee and Erik Reuland (2007). Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority. AK Press, 150. ISBN 1904859321. 

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