Jørgen Callesen
Jørgen Callesen was the founder and artistic director of the live art venue Warehouse9 in Copenhagen (2007-2021). Warehouse9 grew out of queer counterculture and was founded as a queer art project in the Meat Packing district in 2007 and has since enjoyed a rich history of legendary art projects, activist driven initiatives within experimental dance, music, theater, film, photograpy, film and visual art.
As a practicing artist Jørgen has developed several art actions, performances, lectures and installations to question, challenge and develop norms and aesthetics regarding gender and identity. The pieces have been presented in different formats and spaces ranging from art academies & galleries, theatres & festivals, TV, live-concerts and through public interventions. Jørgen has guest lectured at SMART LAB, St. Martins College of Art, London, The Royal Academy of Art, Copenhagen, Berlin University of the Arts, Germany, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway, Norwegian Theater Academy, Frederiksstad, Norway amongst others.