Please join us Sunday 4 May at 3pm, when visual artist Victor Bengtsson meets Adam Bencard, researcher, associate professor and curator at Medicinsk Museion, for a conversation about the monsters of Carl von Linné, rock-starification of contemporary scientists, and maybe even doughnuts!
The talk will be moderated by Signe Havsteen, art historian and curator at the Nivaagaard Collection, and marks the completion of Bengtsson’s solo exhibition at O—Overgaden, “Horse droppings are not figs”.
The bar will be open, serving beer and soft drinks.
Entry is free, as is admission to all of O—Overgaden’s exhibitions.
VICTOR BENGTSSON:
(b. 1997, DK) is a self-taught artist holding a BA in medicine (2019-2023) who lives and works in Copenhagen. He has exhibited at venues including Mendes Wood DM (São Paulo, 2021, New York, 2022, Brussels, 2023); Public Gallery, London (2024); East Contemporary Gallery, Milan (2021); and Someday Gallery, NYC (2024). The exhibition at O—Overgaden is Bengtsson's first institutional solo show.
ADAM BENCARD
is an associate professor in medical humanities and a curator at Medicinsk Museion, as well as a group leader at the Center for Basic Metabolic Research, UCPH. In exhibition projects such as Mind the Gut (2017) and The World is in You (2021), he has worked both theoretically and curatorially at the intersection of science, art, and history.
SIGNE HAVSTEEN:
is a PhD student at the University of Copenhagen and a curator at the Nivaagaard Collection.
