Solstice Walk: Daydreams and Sanctuaries
Welcome to a solstice walk where we explore the surroundings of Damhussøen as a poetic mirror: when we allow ourselves to be moved by our surroundings, they become reflections of our inner landscapes — and vice versa. Inspired by Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space and the ongoing project Daydream Dialogues, Peter Vadim invites you to discover and create temporary sanctuaries — spaces that open up for reflection, intimacy, and community.
Along the walk, we will:
- Draw inspiration from the stories of the site: From the Bronze Age burial mound at Skjulhøj (once located near Skjulhøj Allé) to medieval findings and architectural traces that reveal the area’s transformation.
- Explore materials and sensations: How can a stone, a shadow, a sound, or a found object become a sanctuary? Participants are encouraged to build, discover, or imagine small spaces where one can sit and daydream.
- Take part in daydream exercises: We will pause along the route to listen, draw, write, or simply be.
The walk is an open invitation to see the city with new eyes. Come as you are, and together we can create poetic pauses within public space.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Time: 21:45–22:45
Meeting point: Damhuskanten Café, Damhussøen (please meet us 10 minutes early)
Participation: Open to all ages and abilities. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Language: Danish/English depending on the group — notes will be in English.
(Maximum 20 participants)
Please wear clothes that can get a little dirty.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Peter Vadim works with sensory and participatory art unfolding within landscapes and urban spaces. His practice explores how temporary structures emerge through encounters between chaos, imagination, and the body. Drawing inspiration from ecological thinking, emergent processes, and poetic methods, he creates situations where people, places, and materials collectively reimagine sites anew — allowing relational and fluid identities space to evolve.
A central point of departure in his work is a care for the abject — the overlooked, forgotten, and excluded — as both an ethical and aesthetic foundation.
Warehouse9 is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, the City of Copenhagen, and Vanløse Lokaludvalg.
Go Batty for Summer Solstice!
Bring your bat mask or finest solstice clothing!
Together, we celebrate our longest day followed by our shortest night with a walk around Damhussøen while we marvel at one of the most fascinating nocturnal creatures, the bats.
Performance artist and bat ambassador, Linh Le invites you for a performative walk around Damhussøen where we will be attentive to the nocturnal bat species. Linh will make a few stops during the walk and share methods of attentiveness and calm breathing and movement exercises. Together, we will explore the transition from light to darkness.
Who can participate?
All ages and capabilities. We do ask that children are accompanied by an carer.
capacity will be set at 20 participants. Participation is free. First come, First serve basis.
Meeting place:
Damhuskanten café: link to map
Please arrive 10 minutes before the event start time.
Access Information:
The walk is a total of 3,6 km.
Public toilets are located on the lake route. The walking route surface is mostly even consisting of asphalt and shorter sections are packed with gravel.
Language:
English or Danish, depending on the needs of the group.
About the Artist:
Performance artist and ambassador of brown long-eared bat, Linh Le promotes knowledge of bats through sensory experiences and has developed performative workshops since she had the opportunity to be an artist-in-residency in Austin, Texas through Warehouse9’s and MoHA’s UnlistedProjects residency program. During the residency, Linh developed bat meditation, an interactive scream performance inspired by bat screams, and volunteered at the Austin Bat Refuge, where she helped with bat rehabilitation.
Linh is co-founder of performance climate activist collective Becoming Species and a board member of the nationwide association Species’ Ambassadors.
https://linhle.dk/
