KEC

Krabstadt is a small town located somewhere in the Arctic where the Nordic Countries send their unwanted people and problems. It’s populated by the long-term unemployed, asylum seekers, immigrants, and those with too many overdue bills. Recently, Krabstadt has absorbed an influx of unemployed artists with PhDs, burned-out artist-teachers/teacher-artists, and institutionally stuck creatures. The local Krabstadt government seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and opened an Education Center to push Krabstadt to the forefront of education.

But how does one start a school? What constitutes a “school” and how does one “start”, given that the whole endeavor takes place in the context of a fictional framework. A network was formed that decided to use methods and objects specific to animation, where fiction, farce, and fantasy are negotiated to both challenge and make sense of lived experiences. Consequently, rehabilitated volcanoes on anger management programs are teachers at KEC, while students are broadly recruited to include flora, fauna, and fungi.

KEC was founded by Ewa Einhorn, Jeuno JE Kim, Karolin Meunier.

Krabstadt is a transmedia project created by Ewa Einhorn and Jeuno JE Kim.

Website designed by Timo Hinze, Baptiste Guesnon, Katja Gretzinger with KEC; programmed by Timo Hinze, Baptiste Guesnon.

Guests & Collaborators: AVP-Lab Seoul, Maximiliane Baumgartner, Elisabeth Byre, Martin Clausen, Stephan Dillemuth, Ramiro Eraso, Melissa Gordon, Katja Gretzinger, Gudskul (Farid Rakun, Daniella F Praptono, Gesyada Siregar), Baptiste Guesnon, Lars-Ove Hedqvist, Henriette Heise, Jobst Heitzig, Timo Hinze, Seewon Hyun, Jakarta Biennale 2021 (Akmalia Rizqita, Grace Samboh, Rachel K. Surijata), Patrick Jarnfelt, Jatiwangi Art Factory (Arie Syariefuddin, Ginggi Syarif Hasyim, Arief Yudi Rahman), Oskar Koliander, KUNCI’s School of Improper Education (Eliesta Handitya, Hilman Fathoni, Rifki Akbar Pratama, Brigitta Isabella, Nuraini Juliastuti, Prapti Alpandi), Sade Lahti, Jens Ljunggren, Karina Nimmerfall, Nocturne (Julia Bee, Gerko Egert), Anni Oja, Gahee Park, PARSE (Rose Brander, Tristan Bridge, Jyoti Mistry), Linda Paxling, Manuel Rivera, Royal Danish Academy of Art Copenhagen 3D-Lab, Leonard Schölch, Henriette Sennenvaldt & Band (Carolyn Goodwin, Rasmus Kjær and Jeppe Skovbakke), Kyusun Shim, Kolbrun Inga Söring, Anja Steidinger, Sille Storihle, Kevin Tavin, University of Gothenburg, Ruben Ostan Vejrup, Eva Weinmayr, Yomma, and students of HFBK Hamburg, University of Cologne, and Oslo National Academy of the Arts.