2013 WHO'S NEXT? 22 March - 19 May, 2013 The Project Room, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden. 76 countries in the world criminalise homosexuality. And hate crimes happen right here every day. The limited edition box WHO'S NEXT? travel discretely across borders to regions where LGBTQ subjects are still persecuted and prosecuted on a daily basis. WHO'S NEXT? is an appeal to solidarity, community and respect.   2012 NOVEMBER / DECEMBER Is in Cairo, Egypt producing her latest video project HOPE & FEAR. OCTOBER WHO'S NEXT? Book launch from 5-7 pm on the 25th of October at Copenhagen's Fotografisk Center. Opening speech by the Danish Minister of Culture Charlotte Haslund-Christensen has photographed over 40 LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people in the basement of Copenhagen Police Station - mugshots of the criminals they would be in the 76 countries that outlaw same-sex relationships. The title WHO’S NEXT? is inspired by Pastor Martin Niemöller’s protest against political apathy during the rise of Nazism. WHO'S NEXT? is published and distributed by Space Poetry - www.spacepoetry.dk EDITION: 250 signed box sets containing 42 photographic prints PRICE: 1.000 DKK / 175 $ The purchase of each box supports the distribution of WHO'S NEXT? to countries where LGBT people face daily prosecution and persecution and are denied basic human rights. JUNE VISIT TINGBJERG Opening in Tingbjerg on the 8 th of June from 16-18, Ruten 14 on my new project "To Tingbjerg with Love" MAY Opening of VISIT TINGBJERG Friday the 11th May 16-20, Tingbjerg Kunsthal, Ruten 14, Tingbjerg APRIL WHO’S NEXT? book release at The Hasselblad Center ; Sweden Release reception with talks by Charlotte Haslund-Christensen, Eva Borgström, Senior Lecturer at Gothenburg University and Louise Wolthers, researcher at The Hasselblad Foundation. The title WHO'S NEXT? is inspired by Pastor Martin Niemöller's famous statement protesting political apathy during the rise of Nazism. First they came for the communists, And I didn't speak out Because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists And I didn't speak out Because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, And I didn't speak out Because I wasn't a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me. The need to protest against the daily persecution and prosecution of LGBT people is as relevant today as at any point in history. With slated legislation for the death penalty in Uganda, a recently passed ban on even uttering the word 'gay' in St. Petersburg, and a walkout staged by numerous nations from the UN Human Rights Council on violence and discrimination against LGBT people, the need to speak out and express solidarity is stronger then ever. Each of the LGBT people photographed in WHO'S NEXT? - participating to raise awareness of the human rights of sexual minorities - was taken down to the prison basement of Copenhagen Central Police Station. They were escorted past cell doors, stripped of jewellery, had their fingerprints taken and were photographed by the artist from the front and in profile in the starkly lit studio of the police authorities. The resulting mugshots are printed in the original police format and individually inserted in archival plastic sleeves. The entire collection is assembled in a limited edition box that underlines the archive they represent and mimic, but also enables the project to travel discretely across borders to regions where homosexuality continues to be a crime. As the artist Charlotte Haslund-Christensen says: "WHO'S NEXT? is an act of solidarity and symbol of support. The box can be 'smuggled' past censorship and prejudice in the suitcases of a broad and international network that supports human rights, then handed over to contacts in the LGBT community in each of the 76 countries that criminalise their lives". The purchase of each box supports the distribution of WHO'S NEXT? to countries where LGBT people face daily prosecution and persecution and are denied basic human rights. WHO'S NEXT? is published and distributed by Space Poetry - www.spacepoetry.dk EDITION: 250 signed box sets containing 42 photographic prints PRICE: 1.000 DKK 2011 SEPTEMBER Charlotte Haslund-Christensen is exhibiting at PINGYAO International Photography Festival 2011, China's largest photography festival with works from her project Natives: The Danes. The work has been awarded one of five Special Prizes by the jury. Has become a member of BKF, The Danish Association of Visual Artists JUNE/ JULY is in Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia producing her latest video project HOPE & FEAR. MAY Come to our open house at Fabrikken for Kunst and Design on the 12th of May from 16.30. More then 70 artist and designers will open their studios for you. MARCH/ APRIL is in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania were she is doing a workshop in Photography at NAFASI Art Space and producing her latest video project HOPE & FEAR FEBRUARY WHO'S NEXT? exhibited at Generous Gestures. An exhibition on Art and Interculturalism in Denmark. Exhibition opening 4th February 17-20 at Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art. Exhibition period 5th-13th Febryary 2010 OCTOBER Charlotte Haslund-Christensen has been awarded the Fogtdal Photography Travel Bursary 2010 for her contribution to Danish art photography AUGUST Natives: The Danes at GRID2010 Opening October 1st 6pm Cultuurhuis Diamantslijperij, Tolstraat 129, Amsterdam. Holland. 1 October - 7 November 2010 Natives: The Danes Opening August 6th, 7pm Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina Until 29th August 2010 WHO'S NEXT ? is being projected at City Hall Square Copenhagen as part of Copenhagen Pride on the 21st of August August 10th Charlotte Haslund-Cristensen will hold a public lecture on "Natives: The Danes" at Alianza Francesa-Auditorium, Cordoba 946. Buenos Aires. Argentina. You are welcome. 2010 JUNE Opening of Charlotte Haslund-Christensen's site-specific installation at Nørre Alslev School/ SFO, Falster, Denmark. Commissioned by The Danish Arts Council. 2010 MAY Charlotte Haslund-Christensen and WHO'S NEXT? are exhibiting at 25CPW Gallery in NYC. 2010 MARCH Charlotte Haslund-Christensen is participating in The Silverstein Annual at Bruce Silverstein Gallery, Chelsea, NYC. From the 27th of March through 8th of May 2010 WHO'S NEXT? work in progress Showing at Gallery Signe Vad from 24th of July-12th of August 2009. SEPTEMBER 2009 ACTION AUCTION Charlotte Haslund-Christensen is one of the Danish artists donating artworks to ACTION AUCTION. ACTION AUCTION is a declaration of solidarity and fundraiser - art support for the Iraqi asylum seekers denied the humanitarian residency or asylum in Denmark they deserve. Links: http://aktionauktion.dk/ JULY 2009 Charlotte Haslund-Christensen is starting the project GIRLS, GIRLS during World Outgames 2009 in Copenhagen. http://politiken.tv/ibyen_dk/ibyen/article760624.ece JUNE 2009 Charlotte Haslund-Christensen has donated a limited edition work of art to World Outgames. The edition is limited to 325 pieces. You can buy the work through World Outgames. MAY 2009 EXHIBITION IN NEW YORK Group exhibition CATALOGUING ATTITUDES: CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE ARCHIVE, Staten Island, N.Y. © Charlotte Haslund-Christensen, All rights reserved, KKART