”If you use what you have" - When We Create with Hans Christian Andersen
At Bakkehuset, we delve into Hans Christian Andersen's approach to poetry and writing together with author Jesper Wung-Sung. We are exhibiting Andersen's nearly completed manuscript for the story "In the Nursery." The poet is still not entirely satisfied, and he has crossed out and added to the handwritten document. Andersen first sketched the ideas for this story at the age of 8, but only published it when he was 60. The story followed him throughout his life! At the Fairy Tale Academy, both adults and children can spend the evening creating their own fairy tales or continuing Andersens’s story. Late evening there will be a bedtime reading by actress Bodil Jørgensen.
Address
Rahbeks Allé 23,
1801 Frederiksberg C
https://frederiksbergmuseerne.dk
Time
18:00 - 24:00
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Writer Wung-Sung Discusses the Young Andersen
In his latest novel, Hans Christian (2024), author Jesper Wung-Sung is particularly focused on the child H.C. Andersen. The story follows Andersen until, at the age of 14, he hopefully sets out for Copenhagen. Wung-Sung discusses writing in the voice of the young Andersen and reads excerpts from the novel
Reading of "In the Nursery"
Actress Anette Vetö are reading Hans Christian Andersen's story "In the Nursery" aloud in Bakkehuset's living room.
"If You Use What You Have!"
"If you use what you have!" says the adult in the story, and a glove, a pipe, a vest, and a boot become the main characters in a romantic comedy. Explore for objects at the Fairy Tale Academy, write your story with a quill and ink, or record it in the small sound studio.
Bodil Jørgensen reads Bedtime Stories
Enjoy fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen read aloud by actress Bodil Jørgensen. (In Danish.)
Exhibition and the Orangeriet
Visit the temporary exhibition "Anette Harboe Flensburg: Stone – Skeleton – Silhouette" and enjoy food and drinks in the Orangeriet.