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| Click here to read the foundation of CRIR in Danish (læs CRIRs formål på dansk) About CRIR Christiania Researcher in Residence (CRIR) offers residency for artists and academic researchers with a specific interest in Christiania as an important field of study. Background The aim of the Christiania Researcher in Residence project is to involve artists, researchers and academics in an open, critical and reflective dialogue around the free town Christiania in Copenhagen, and to feed new creative and critical thinking into the public realm. During the last year the CRIR house has hosted researchers from Denmark, Norway, England, Belgium, Lithuania, Sweden, Austria, France and The United States with a particular interest in Christiania as a research area. Christiania’s insight and experience into local organization, alternative architecture, lifestyle, culture, sustainable environments, quality of life, democracy and innovation is unique in the world and could generate important knowledge that may inspire new urban thinking. Researchers are invited to live in Christiania for short periods, depending on the nature and needs of their proposed projects. They are asked to consider their project’s expected visibility and how it may contribute to public debate – whether in the form of an academic text, a public lecture, an event, an artwork, a conference or an exhibition. Applicants will also be asked to consider how their project can be communicated internally in Christiania. Residents will have access to support and guidance as well as a historical archive from a network of Christiania residents. Various venues and public spaces may be available for events, exhibitions and public presentations.   from in front of the CRIR apartment (photo: Nicoline van Harskamp) The CRIR apartment The CRIR apartment until may 1st is about 25 square meters at ground level, and has a little courtyard in the front, there is Internet and communal facilities. From May onwards it will move to a new location within Christiania. The CRIR house is financed by the Free Town Christiania. CRIR does currently not provide research grants, so researchers are expected to finance their own stay in Christiania. Organization The Christiania Researcher in Residence project is managed by a group of christianites, ex-christianites and non-christianites from Denmark and abroad, involved in architecture, urban planning, language, art and culture. The CRIR steering committee currently consists of: Emmerik Warburg, producer and recording engineer, living in Christiania www.home.christiania.org/~emmerik Lise Autogena, artist and curator living in London, former christianite. www.autogena.org Jens Brandt, architect and founder of Urbanites.org Åsa Sonjasdotter, artist. www.potatoperspective.org Nis Rømer, artist www.free-soil.org www.publik.dk Anders Lund Hansen, researcher and teacher at the Department of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University. http://www.keg.lu.se/html/person.aspx?ID=3 Rasmus Blædel, Student and organizer, living in Christiania The CRIR homepage Homepage is designed by Nis Rømer. Maintained by Emmerik Warburg and Nis Rømer. Project partners CRIR consists of a growing network of project partners. At present it consists of: Urbanites.org The network urbanites.org, evolved from the organisation Supertanker. It has broad experience in working with the urban environment through workshops, participation in public debate, physical projects in the city etc. During spring 2004 Supertanker organised a conference on the subject of Christiania, which resulted in a series of constructive ideas, and demonstrated that it is possible to come a long way when discussing urban environments (in this occasion Christiania) in an entirely different way. A deciding factor in this respect was the independence of Supertanker - the absence of economic or political power, and freedom from vested interests, except the desire for a living city and a democratic debate, meant that the discussion about Christiania, started to loosen up. Urbanites will continue to contribute to the debate about Christiania – especially in relation to life in Christiania and how it relates to the overall development of surrounding Copenhagen. Christianias Kulturforening www.christianiaskulturforening.dk A major player in Christianias culture and political strategy. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Christiania Researcher in Residence formål CRIR tilbyder bolig for forskere og kunstnere fra hele verden med specifik interesse i Christiania som studieobjekt. CRIR har til formål at få kunstnere, forskere og akademikere i åben og kritisk dialog om fristaden Christiania, og vil formidle kreative og kritiske tanker i det offentlige rum. Siden 2004 har CRIR inviteret forskere og kunstnere fra Danmark, Norge, England, Belgien, Lithauen, Sverige, Østrig, Frankrig og USA med specifik interesse i Christiania. Christianias kendskab og viden om lokal organisering, alternativ arkitektur, livsstil, kultur , bæredygtighed, livskvalitet, demokrati og fornyelse er enestående og kan måske skabe vigtig kendskab til ny e bymæssige samlivsformer . Forskere og kunstnere inviteres til at bo på Christiania i en kortere periode, typisk under eller op til 1 måned. De bliver bedt om at beskrive hvordan deres projekt forventes publiceret og hvordan det forventes at fremstå i den offentlige debat – hvad enten det er i form af en akademisk tekst, et offentligt seminar eller foredrag, en event, kunst, en konference eller udstilling. Ansøgerne bedes også beskrive hvordan deres projekt kan vises/fremføres internt på Christiania. CRIR-Gæsten vil få adgang til hjælp og vejledning, og adgang til en historisk viden gennem et netværk af christianitter. Diverse lokaler og offentlige rum står til rådighed for gæsternes events, udstillinger eller præsentationer. Opholdet er gratis, men der ydes ikke økonomisk hjælp til underhold, varme mm. Se videre: http://www.crir.net/about.html
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