by Torben | May 19, 2019 | engelsk
In May 2019, I traveled to the United States in the service of the scissors. The University of Wisconsin-Madison had invited me to attend the symposium “Sustaining Scandinavian Folk Arts in the Upper Midwest”. The event was attended by Scandinavian and American...
by Torben | Apr 18, 2019 | engelsk
April 2th – on Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday – there was a foundation stone positioning for the new H.C. Andersen’s House (museum) in Odense. I about ten meters deep, a suitcase with some effects was dug down for posterity. Councilor Jane...
by Torben | Dec 28, 2018 | engelsk
I was busy with the scissors when I held a paper cut workshop at the Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, USA. I was at the museum for over two days. Almost 400 visitors came to the museum and many of them grabbed the scissors. I also showed the exhibition “The...
by Torben | Aug 18, 2018 | engelsk
H.C. Andersen Festivals opens this year on August 19th with the dance performance “De 5 Papirklip” (The 5 paper cuts). I have made all the paper cuts for the performance. The performance takes place in Odense Concert Hall with 1,500 persons in the audience. The...
by Torben | Jun 30, 2018 | engelsk
In the summer of 2017, Leonardo Capodarte from the Italian RAI-TV recorded me for a film documentary about Denmark. Among other things, he filmed me cutting one of my paper cut people free from the paper. The program “L’estate danese” (Danish summer) has just been...
by Torben | Dec 2, 2017 | engelsk
A Japanese delegation with 11 participants is on a week’s cultural visit to Denmark. In addition to seeing Copenhagen, they came to Odense to take part in the magnificent celebration of the 150th anniversary of when H.C. Andersen in 1867 was appointed honorary...
