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Focus on the Senses

Everything you nurture grows

Join us for the premiere of the artistic documentary film about the senses, created in collaboration between Aaben Dans and Kanvas Film. The documentary follows the cross-aesthetic and interdisciplinary project Focus on the Senses, which explores the concept of sensing with curiosity and without preconceived notions — in both humans and nature.

Over the course of three gatherings in spring 2025, a group of artists and scientists came together to explore what the senses mean for our existence in the world. From their respective fields, they have challenged each other: Do plants have senses? What kind of collective reflection space can the artistic approach create? What does the phenomenological perspective say about senses and art?

The documentary offers a beautiful and sensory introduction to a shared conversation. The film will be screened followed by an open dialogue with the artists and scientists behind the project.

Participants

  • Tina Unger, Agronomist and director, Sct. Hans Haverne
  • Ida-Elisabeth Larsen, choreographer, dancer and dance dramaturg, Institute of Interconnected Realitets 
  • Thomas Eisenhardt, choreographer and artistic leader, Aaben Dans
  • Nanna Nielsen, Visual Anthropologist, Kanvas Film
  • Niels Christian Holm Sanden, Molecular Plant Biologist
  • Tone Roald, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Copenhagen

The session is presented by Aaben Dans.